The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-22
LIFE ON BOARD
WAR RELIC TRAIN
First Day in Vermont Full
of Interest Although
Strenuous
GIVES VICTORY LOAN
DRIVE AN IMPETUS
Overseas Men Accompanying Train
Clean and Happy Lot and Furnish
Much Amusement Besides Being Good
Speakers-Itinerary.

Speakers-Itinerary.
If New England "comes across in
the Victory Liberty loan drive-and
there is every reason to expect that
she will no small. part of the credit
will be due TO the enthusiasm created
by the four war relic trains which are
travelling for the New England Liberty
Loan committee, that is, if the person
mel of each is as efficient as Train No.
4, which made a trip up the West RiY-
er valley yesterday Brattleboro was
the first town visited by this train,
which is TO cover Vermont and Maine,
and it returned here at 1890 clock
this morning, after a strenuous first
day.
One needs to travel with this train
TO really get an idea of what it ae-
composites, and the same probably is
true OF the other war relic trains AL
though substantial subscriptions to the
Liberty loan are taken at the various
stops the results are apparent long aft
er the train leaves, as it as the means of
arousing enthusiasm and giving de-
cided impetus to the work of the va.
rious town chairmen The results,
therefore, cannot be tabulated.
1t is q happy bunch of boys that
travel with train No 4. There is no
dullness on the train. They are clean
lot of fellows who have seen overseas
service aud they have an eye single to
putting over the Victory loan. Some
| are artists at entertaining and speaking.
and those whose job it is to guard and
explain the war relies take infinite
pains when they have time. in pointing
out the mechanism of the captured guns
and other equipment to the men and
boys. women and girls.
| Fred A. jerks of the Plymouth Cor
dage Co., Plymouth, Mass, iss in charge
| of the train. presents the speakers, who
| work in entire harmony with him. and
speaks himself when occasion requires.
He has devoted much time to war work.
A. ]. R. Helmus of Cambridge. Mass,
who is in the bond business and who
has done much Red Gross and other
| war work, not being able TO get into
the service. also is speaker and as
| sists IN securing subscriptions. G. w
| Ellison of Reading. Mass, a Boston &
| Maine trainman, is with the party and
is .'one of the boys and Alex Me-
Lean of Cliftondale, Mass, is along as
mechanic
The party includes Capt. Julian +.
Brown of the marine barracks, Bos-
ton, who was wounded; Sergt. Samuel
J. Limits of Boston, who was wounded
and gassed and invalided home; SerCt
Charles NJ. Weiner of Everett, Mass.
Sergt Wilfred Linfield of West Somer-
vile, Mass, Corp. John E. Hines of
East Boston, Private Sidney c. Per
ham of Chelmsford. Mass, of the Bos-
ton city hospital unit, and Privates Ev-
erett L. Finkelstein and Morris Green
berg of Dorchester, Mass. Julius Gold
stein of Roxbury, Mass, and George D.
Carpenter of Cambridge, Mass Ensign
White Joined the train in Brattleborc
this morning Assistant Division Sup
erintendent Foley of New London went
to South Londonderry. and others on
the train included County Chairman
John f. Piddock of Saxtons River
Clarence l.. Sticknev of Brattleboro
who assisted in. selling bonds. Capt
Ernest W. Gibson of Brattleboro, VIII,
presided at the South Londonderry
meeting, Walter A. Gilbert of The Re
former staff and William H. Newtor
of Newfane, making total of 20 o.
more
All along the route were good sizcc
and responsive audiences, and when th'
boys in khaki were not entertaining
the crowds they were furnishing amuse
meut for the passengers. Finkelsteii
is born musical leader, and when an,
2 singing was desired {" Fink was tn
man TO start it off, and Greenberg
clarion tenor helped produce the har
mony. Corporal Hines ''put across
| elocutionary stunts that showed hin
5 to be an expert, one who could do som
really fine work, and he always got
! ! good hand. Sergeant Weiner IS a viz
: ard at card tricks. and he puzzled tn
i party with this diversion. Sergi
h Fred Linfeld and g Red Carpente
were especially desirous of getting bac
y in time for the dance in Festival hal
+ and it was easy to start a line of tal
! by referring to the dance. which the
!, were destined not TO enjoy.
Leaving Brattleboro at II 'elcck, tn
Il first stop was at Newfane where
crowd OF about 800 was waiting at th
station. Here the speakers We're Captai
: Brown and Private Perham. 1t was ar
q nouneed that the quota was So. 900 an
! that about $4,000 had been subscribe
before the train arrived. Before til
train left additional subscriptions q
$ S., 100 had been received, and other
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