The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-28
MONTPELIER

The Memorial day exercises j
Montpelier will take place in city ha
Monday forenoon, which veteran
OF all wars have been invited TO at
tend. Edward Baker is master of cere
monies, while the committee of ar
Engagements is composed Of j. g. Far
well, Fl. NJ. Pierce, r. i. Joslyn, y
Montey, A. n. Blanchard and G. NJ
Felt. w. A. Pattee, former captain
of Co. Fl, will be marshal of the pa
rade, which will form at 0;30 o'clocl
on Main street near School street, ant
in that the band, boy scouts, campfire
girls, sons of veterans and World wal
veterans will participate. After re
turning TO the city hall, Rev. c. ID
Piper viii offer prayer, the sons o.
veterans will sing selection, the fla
nous general order number will BIZ
read, Lincoln's Gettysburg address vii
be recited by Lemra Roberts. Rev
| Charles n. st, John of Montpelier
will deliver the address, the schoo
children will sing. memorial services OF
the G. A. r. will be given. Children will
| conduct decoration service and the
| closing exercises will be band selec-
ton. In the afternoon decoration OF
| graves in this section will take place
The evening mail train on the Cen
tral Vermont railway was about two
hours and 80 minutes late last even
| ing owing to engine trouble south of
| here. The engine would not steam.
The report received here was that it
| was due to poor coal. At Braintree
freight engine was taken from a
train and the one that had been Civ
ing the trouble was placed in the
freight train and pulled TO termi.
nal,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Sparrow went to
Burlington last evening for a short
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Deslaurier of
Springfield, Mass, who have been vis-
ting here, have gone to Morrisyilc.
The Crane divorce matter seems to
have been finally cleared and the or
der was completed Thursday before
Judge II. b. Chase went TO his home
in Brattleboro, SO that Mrs. Crane
gets $1,000 alimony in two amounts Of
$500 each, part OF which goes to the
support OF her youngest child, of which
she was given custody and which Mr.
Crane wanted placed in an institution
in Boston because he claimed his wife
was not competent to care for the
child. The oldest child will be cared
for by his father and each parent will
be permitted. under the order. 10 visit
the child in custody Of the other par
ent al reasonable times.
The funeral of Bert l.. Hersey, who
died about noon Thursday, will take
place from his late home at l:30
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. He died
after a long illness, a portion Of which
he had been in Heaton hospital He
was a native of East Montpelier. born
July n, 1872 He lived most OF his
life in that town but for about four
years had lived with a sister in the
city. He is survived by two sisters.
Miss Gertrude Hersey Of Montpelier
and Mrs. J. j, Dolan of Springfield.
Mass, and three brothers, Bernard Of
Montpelier, Glen of Williamstown and
Zion of New York City
George w. Groom, assistant super
intendent. and John Sullivan, train
master Of the Central Vermont rail
way, were in the city yesterday check
ing up the work in the different de-
partments in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Sweeney of
St Adams were local visitors yester. |
day.
L. S lockwood of Proctorsville. who |
is mentioned as a candidate for sheriff !
in Windsor county, was native OF
Waitsfield, where he passed his life |
until he grew to manhood.
Mirror Lake and Cobble Hill oranges |
are to exchange programs, Mirror Lake
going to Cobble Hill at their regular |
June ]. at which time Mirror |
lake will give the following program:
Piano solo. Austin Brown; farce.
" Bumps" Sisters Stone. Barney and |
vocal solo, WILDER Brown; |
Margaret Curtis; piano
duet, Mabel and Austin Brown; dis
cussion. Can an eight-hour day on the !
farm produce all the food needed in /
this country, stabilize prices and at.
tract labor TO the farm!" opened by
Bros Pike. Corliss, Benjamin and Per
rim. This discussion is open to every
one. Vocal solo. Arthur Brown; es-
.ay, "The Crow" Lou Andrews; piano
solo, Ruth Barney; illustrated read
ing. Wanted. a Wife" Brother and