The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-03
CHELSEA

Miss Grace Densmore of Enosburg
Falls is spending two weeks in town
as the guest of her mother Mrs, DENIS
Densmore. and her sister, Mrs. o, f.
Allen
Walter w. Arbuckle's family has
moved from the Kennedy tenement in
the upper village to Henry W. Bur
banks tenement on the Nershire road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah j Little are tax
ing a vacation and are visiting their
son, Myron A. Little, and wife at One
onta, n. y.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee r. Whitney, who
had been visiting friends and relatives
in town for few days, returned Mon
day to Hardwck, where Mr.. Whitney
has a position in a garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Pmkhurst have
both been i'll with diphthera for the
past 10 days, but are convalescing sat
isfactorily, In both instances the
disease appeared in only mild form.
Strict quarantine regulations have been
observed and an outbreak of the dis
ease is not expected. DR. c, H. Burr
of Montpelier, the district health Off
Ger, was in town soon after the disease
was diagnosed as diphtheria and ex-
pressed himself as satisfied with the
way the situation had been handled by
the local doctor and local board of
health.
Miss Grace Doyle went the first Of
the week for visit to her uncle, Rolla
Parkhurst, and family who reside in
Brattleboro.
The annual meeting of the Tyrian
club will be held in the club room on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, when it is
requested that all members make an
effort to be present.
Fred o. Billings Of Sharon was in
town the first of the week on business
relative to the transfer of real estate.
Miss Hazel Darling has gone to Con-
cord, N. H.. where she has position
as maid in the family of Rev A. Black
Mr.. Black has accepted call from
some Boston church and the family will
soon move and take up their residence
in that city.
Col H, O. Bixby was called to Rut-
land the first of the week as a witness
before the grand jury in the IT, S. DIS.
trict court. During his absence he Wis
tied his daughter, Mrs. Harry r. Wish
art, at Winooski and returned Thurs
day evening with Mrg Bixby, who had
been spending the past two weeks with
their daughter
Miss Addie NJ French of Chicago
has been the guest of relatives in town
during the past week. Miss French il
the daughter Of the late George French
and for the past 20 years has been
pursuing stenogrephic work in New
York and Chicago.
Mrs. Earl f. Parker and son. Robert
arrived from Southern Pines, N. c.. a
few days since and are the guests of
the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
A. Ordway
DR.. Frank A. Hayden who has been
successful dental practitioner in
Portland, Me, for several years, has
arrived in town, accompanied by his
wife and child, and has opened an office
for the practice OF his profession over
the drug store, but as soon as che new
Masonic block is completed he will
have his office on the second floor Of
this building. DR.. Hayden comes from
Portland with very high recommends,
both as a citizen and as a dentist. He
has rented the Nancy Hall house on
Maple avenue and is occupying the
same.
Miss Edith Burgess, who has been
spending two weeks vacation as the
guest of her mother, Mrs Nellie Bur
CESS, left Friday morning for New
York, where she will report for Red
Cross public health work and expects
to remain in this country Miss Bur
CESS graduated from the Margaret
Pillsbury General hospital in Concord,
n. H., May "a, 1916, and was public
health nurse in that city until she en-
listed in the Red Cross service in June,
1918, and left on Nov. Is, 1918. on the
Princess Julianica for Liverpool, from
which place she went to France. where
she was established in base hospital
IN Paris for three weeks, when she was
called to Join the Balkan commission
for Montenegro and about Feb. /. 1919.
she reached Podgoritza, the main Red
Gross station, and was there assigned
for public health work in Nicksic. In
that part of Montenegro where she was
located she reports the country as ster.
lie and barren. The women do all the
work, while the men spend their time
fishing, hunting and fighting. Some of
the inhabitants live in caves, while
Others live in rough buildings with
their cattle She left Montenegro Sept.
j, through Bosnia by train, which made
approximately two miles an hour, and
passed through the northern part of
Italy, across the Pave battlefelds to
Venice, and through Milan, Modem and
to Paris, whore she stopped two weeks,
during which time she visited the prin-
cipal battletields and sailed from Bou.
logne on the S. s. Noordam for the
United States, arriving in New York
on Oct 5. While she realizes and APP
preelates the wonderful opportunity
and experience she has had, she yet
finds there is no country which looks
as good to her as the good old United
States and especially that little section
of 1t commonly known as Vermont.
ATTY. NJ c. Taft was in Royalton
and Brookfeld Friday, looking up titles
to realNestate as the agent of the Fed
eral Land bank of Springfield, Mass.