The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-19
CHELSEA
Banquet in Honor of Veterans of '61-'65
and of 1917-is.

and or 1918,
Agreeable to previous announcement,
our esteemed citizen, Elgin d. Barnes,
gave a banquet in honor of our returned
hero boys of the world war and the old
vets of '6l-'65 at the Park View on
Thursday evening, May l5, when NJ. o.
Coburn, L. ID. Parkhhrst, T. j. Quaide,
Warren Gilman and C. o. Slack of Chel-
sea and Capt Alba NJ Banks Of Brad
ford, vets of 81; H. E. Rogers, George
Flint, Clarence Halvorsen, Frank r. Fol
som, Ned Hayward, Everett +. Spear,
Arthur A. Taylor, David c. Taylor,
George NJ Taylor, Bert L. Taylor, Fred
Ransom, Russell G, Corwin, Edward B.
Hatch, Charles V. Dumont, Warren L.
Walker, George Fl. Chase, Lieut.. Gerald
A. Bixby and Lieut.. Herbert f Com
stock Of the army and Harold C. West
of the navy, men Of the world war; Rev
John A. Lawrence. Hale X. Darling,
Harry Daniels of East Montpelier and
Ned Roberts Of Barre sat down with
their host to partake of the following
menu pray you sit down, for now we
sit TO chat as well as eat. Bisque of to-
mato, Park View rolls, queen olives, crisp
celery, mixed pickles, blue points on the
half shell, lomon de turbet (poor home
less wretchesD, petet pois Chelsea brook
trout, caper sauce, mashed potatoes gar
den peas II wish.no better choicel, chick
en- pie fruit salad, sweet corn (FQr it's
always fair weather when we soldier
boys get together, grandmother's raised
doughnuts with maple syrup (Oh my
1t reminds me of the doughnut girls we
left behind, banana split, vanilla and
coffee ice cream, with dressing, assorted
cake, fruit from the four quarters of
the earth they GOMEZ, demi tasse, cigars,
cigarettes. God be with us til We meet
again.
The Chelsea opera house orchestra fur
nished music from an adjoining room
during the banquet After the banquet
the host took his guests to the town hall,
which was filled to overlooking, and seat
ed them on the stage, when, after adj
dressing them briefly but feelingly, he
introduced Hon. Hale X. Darling as the
POSTMASTER and while it is generally
known that Gov. Darling is an expert in
the law, he demonstrated the fact that
he is an expert in handling post -prandial
exercises, in the capacity of POSTMASTER
also His introduction of the speakers
was filled with native wit and inter.
spersed with stories and "reminiscences
which kept the audience in a constant |
uproar of laughter. He first called upon
Rev. John A. Lawrence, who welcomed |
the returned heros and also spoke words |
of kindly greeting to the old boys of 81. |
Lieut.. Comstock spoke very interestingly |
of his experiences as flyer" in France. |
Ned Roberts of Barre, former Chelsea |
boy, spoke briefly, relating many pleas
ant memories of his boyhood days, and |
spoke encouragingly aud enthusiastically |
of the project under way of forming
board of trade here and was sanguine in |
his belief that it would be of much prac.
teal benefit to the town. Harold c. |
West of the navy related his experiences |
in the hospital unit of the navy depart |
ment in clear and pleasing manner,
after which Mr.. Darling called on sew |
eral of the returned overseas men whose |
thrilling experiences had led them to
have no fear OF machine gun bullets
hand grenades, bursting shells or gas,
but when they looked down from the |
stage and gazed into the faces of the
bevy of young ladies who were anxious
for Gust wore" from the boys in khaki |
they courteously thanked the governor
but declined to respond, possibly fearing
they might not utter the words the |
young ladies were waiting anxiously to
hear. Capt. Alba NJ. Banks spoke for
the boys of 81" and Harry Daniels
who is known far and wide as the wit
of Washington county, was the last !
speaker of the evening, and after paying I
tribute to Mine Host Barnes for the
splendid banquet he had been privileged
to participate in and partake of, he
grabbed his bits in his teeth and went
to his task like little man, speaking
seriously upon the great world war; the
splendid part Uncle Sam had played in
it; the great pride and happiness felt
and displayed on the victorious home.
coming of our soldier and sailor lads, but
called attention to the fact in our great
cause for joy and happiness we should
not forget the heroic deeds of our brave
boys who made the supreme sacrifice
and are resting in foreign soil. He spoke
Of the increased and enlarged respon-