The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-12
CHELSEA
Thirty Nine Chelsea Boys Saw Service
in World War.

While refreshing our memory iron
looking over the records of the loca
board for Orange county, we find thai
80 young men from this town paftlcl
pated in the world war, registering
from this town. while there We're sew
eral other Chelsea boys who entered
the service from some other town OF
state, and as near as we can learn
there were six of them, which brings
the number of Chelsea boys up to 30
only one Of whom made the supreme
sacrifice. Fred Jones being Killed IN
action. Two of the 80 are stu IN the
navy, viz. John w. Sprague and Harry
Jones, and the other SO received non
orablc discharges.
Mrs. II. n. Mattison is one OF the
latest victims of the measles.
Mrs. Frank A. Hayden and daughter
went last week to Portland. Me, to
visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Hay
den lived in Portland before coming tc
Chelsea last fall.
Ray A. Thrasher was a business Wis
itor in Williamstown last Friday.
Mrs. Osgood, sister of Thomas j
Quaide. who has been keeping house
for him for the past few months, has
finished work there and gone to her
former home in East Randolph.
Eugene II. Kennedy, administrator
of the estate of the late Richard Ken
nedy, has recently Sold l0-acre wood
lot belonging to the estate to Moses
!. Rivers, and Mr. Rivers has cut and
sold all the soft-wood timber from the
same and teams are delivering the
logs 10 NJ. II. Whitney's mill.
Lee /. Salter has contracted several
thousand feet of hardwood timber to
the Webster corporation of Randolph
and has put force Of help in his woods
on the old "iiira j.. BiXby' farm on
the west hill TO cut and skid the same
and has several teams delivering the
logs to the Clark Hall farm in Brook
field. from which place they will he
taken to Randolph by truck next
spring.
Mrs. Walter w. Arbuckle, who lives
on the Vershre road, was taken seri-
ouslv i'll Sunday morning and called a
physician, who found her suffering
from an attack of glllstones, and while
she has not been operated on, she IS
now much more comfortable and an
operation may not prove to be neces-
sary.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Sprague
received notice the first Of the week
that their son, Lieut., John w Sprague,
who is stationed for the winter at the
naval supply base in New York City,
was i'll with the FLU, but it was
thought that he had passed the crisis
and was making good progress toward
recovery.
Lewis i. Densmore OF Boston was in
town the of the week as the guest
of his mother, Dennis Densmore, and his
sister. Mrs. O. f. Allen. Mr.. Densmore
has recently passed his examinations
and qualified as certified public ac-
countant and at present Is doing work
in that line in Vermont.
Herbert +. Comstock, who has spent
several months with his parents here
since receiving his discharge from the
United States service, left Monday for
Cleveland. Ohio, with the possible view
of accepting a position. Mr.. Comstock
retired from United States service as
a lieutenant in the aviation branch, IN
which capacity he served nearly two
years overseas.
Mrs. Gail Hood Helmer left recent
lv for New Noyk City for an indefinite
stay.
The leap year ball which was held
at the town hall last Friday evening
was well patronized, although the
weather and travelling was anything
but good. The music by Steele's or
chestra of South Royalton was fine and
much enjoyed by all present, and this
orchestra of seven pieces has been en-
gagged to furnish the music for the an
nual Masonic ball which viii be held
at the town hall on Feb. %. All should
remember that the members of George
Washington lodge have given and are
giving their committee loyal support
to the end that this ball shall be the
record breaker of the season in this
place.
Walter W. Arbuckle who is working
this winter in Barre City, was called
to his home here the first of the week
bv the serious illness Of his wife.
Hale X. Darling left Tuesday on a
business trip which will take him to
Montpelier and White River Junction.
Noah c. Taylor and Alonzo F. Mo
rev, two of our highly respected citi-
zens, died suddenly on Monday. Mr..
TAYLOR took dinner at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Percy J. Heath, at the
south end Of the village and walked
to his home and was in his usual APP
parent health hut died very suddenly
after reaching home. Mr.. Morey had
lust finished his dinner and leaned back
in his chair at the table and expired
instantly. Both were above seventy
wears OF age and both had been al
flicted with heart trouble for some
time. 4 later notice will appear as to
their funerals