The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-18
CHELSEA

d0nJpeller seminary.
Jesse Hunt has completed a season
service as assistant in the creamery a
East Montpelier and returned to tn
home of his mother here last week.
Whitman H. Taft of Bovina, who cam
here a short time ago to get the Ayr
shire cattle he purchased at William
[ H. Sprague's auction last August, pur
| chased seven head more from William
Il. Burbank and had this entire purchas
tuberculin tested by DR.. A. B. Gay o
Randolph, who gave them all clear
bill of health and they were shipped t,
Bovina from South Royalton Oct. 10.
Robert Hood, who recently returned
from overseas, has received his discharg'
and last week visited his mother, Mrs
Frank b. Lougee Harold is the las
! Chelsea boy to arrive home and he wal
across IA months, participated in many
of the great battles and was fortunate
enough to have arrived home without {
scratch. During the last nine months
of his service overseas he was with thu
army of occupation at Coblenz, Ger
many. During all his services overseas
he never saw anyone from this or near
!
old f. Corwin of this town and Jacl
Dewey of South Royalton were with thu
army of occupation at Coblenz and al
| three returned to the States at the same
| time and participated in the parades il
| New York and Washington they die
not meet or see each other. He wen
last Saturday to Manchester, N. II.
| where he has accepted position as sta
tionary engineer.
| Percy j. Heath has taken the loca
agency for the Vermont Farm Machin,
Co. of Bellows Falls to handle Their
manufactured products.
Henry f. Gates and Leonard l. Thomp
son went to Andoyer, n. H., last week
where they purchased large truckloac
of apples, which they brought home anc
found ready market for at $3.50 pei
barrel.
Harry L. Paul proprietor of tbs
| Orange County garage, returned Friday
evening from weeks business trip t.
Boston and other Massachusetts, cities.
George l.. Hayward has sold his farm
on the Vershire road to Gabriel Huba
| who purchased the same for a home
Mr.. Huba recently came here from Ak
ron o. Consideration was 81 ,040.
Judge Stanley c. Wilson, after q
weeks vacation enforced by illness, re
turned to Newfane Monday, where hi
is presiding at the September term OF
| Windham county court
Lieut.. John w. Sprague and Miss
Winnifred E. Queeney of New York City
were in town over the week end and
during their stay in company with Mr.
and Mrs William II. Sprague attended
the Norwich university centennial Mr.
| Sprague, sr., is graduate of Norwich
in the class of 81 and Lieut.. Spragut
graduated from the same institution in
the class of II, and they enjoyed tn,
unique distinction of being the only ia.
Their and son, both graduates of the in.
stitution who We're back to attend the
celebration.
Miss Ola NJ Hood, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Forrie E. Hood, was united in mar
rage at the home of her parents on
Saturday, Oct. II, to Harold Hall Sloan
of Springfield, Mass. by Rev. Robert
Heseltine of White River junction, and
! left Immediately on a wedding trip tC
Albany and New York City and will re
turn to Springfield, where they will make
their future home and where Mr., Sloan
is the promotion manager of the Spring
| field Union. Mrs. Sloan is one of this
most highly respected young ladies Of
/ the town and has been a successful
| teacher in her home town and in Spring
field, Mass. Mr. Sloan is graduate o.
Clark college and holds are sponsibIt
position. Sincere congratulations are
extended to Mr.. and Mrs Sloan by a
large circle of friends of the bride in
this and adjoining towns
The public service commission ha;
made its findings and report on the
complaints of the states attorneys Of
Orange and Windsor counties against the
Royalton Power company, for insufficient
service in Royalton, Tunbridge and Chel
sea. The commission finds that the facts
stated in the complaints are true and
the following order is made; "In view
of the facts found it is hereby ordered
that the defendant company furnish tc
its customers 24-hour service for light
ing purposes, both public and private
at ITO volts; that the defendant supply
current for power purposes if the same
is demanded by persons within the terri.
tory covered by its transmission and
distribution system. Said current fol-
power purposes to be generated so as tC
allow the use of motors Of modern con,
struction, and that the terms of this or.
der, so far as it relates to the SUPP "
of lights, be complied with on or before
! Dec. |, 1919, and that the terms of this
order relating to the furnishing of power
be complied with on or before June |
| 1920"
Elder Irving n. Martin, with his wife
| and son, Needham, of Birmingham, Ala.
arrived in town last Friday and they
were guests of Attorney and Mrs. Nj. c
Taft over the geek end, Mr. Martin leay
| ing on Monday for his home via Wash
ngton, D. c., while Mrs. Martin and
son will remain here for few weeks
Mrs Martin and Mrs. Taft are sisters
/ George Il. Chase returned last week
Friday from Randolph where he hac
sufficiently recovered from an operation
I for appendicitis at the sanatorium t.
+ enable him to come home, where he il
making satisfactory recovery.
| Wednesday, Oct. p. the annual meet
ing Of the Orange county Red eros:
| chapter will be held in the town hall
! The business meeting will be held in Tho
forenoon, with the election of officers fol
the ensuing year. In the afternoon som,
very interesting speakers are to be here
DR. Frank Angel viii speak on The
Red Cross Past, Present and Future.
Miss Van Patten of Burlington, stat,
supervisor of nursing, win give us an in
terestng and helpful talk. Other speak
ers win be furnished, whom it will b.
of profit to hear, and it is hoped thai
as many as possible of our townspeopl,
] will aNai themselves of the nnnnrfnrit,