The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-22
CHELSEA


Rev. Edward r. Wood went last
week to Waterbury. Conn, being called
there by the serious illness Of his ia
| ther.
Miss Marion Lord has returned to
her school in Thetford after an en-
forced vacation of several weeks by
reason Of suspension of schools in that
town occasioned by the flu epidemic.
At special communication of
George Washington lodge, No. 81, r..
and A, NJ. held last Thursday night.
the NJ. NJ. degree was conferred. This
was the first meeting held in the new
lodge rooms when electric lights were
available, which added materially to
the pleasure of the evening.
Warren Gilman, who has been spend
ing the winter at the home of his niece,
Mrs. Heman Priest, has returned to his
home in Lowell, Mass.
Ray Ransomfi who works for Russell
G. Corwin, left last Friday for New
York City to spend short vacation
with his brothers, Fred and Roswell,
who have employment there.
Willard f. George. who has been To-
| Gated in the Davis store building owned
| by Z. d. Barnes since the old Masonic
| block was burned in January, 1919,
moved his stock of goods and store fix
lures across the street, into the new
Masonic building last Friday, where he
Mas large and commodious quarters in
which to conduct his business.
Word has been received from the Me- |
Lane Manufacturing company that the
new postoffice equipment will be |
shipped from Milford, n H., the first |
of this week and no doubt they will ar
rive in season to be installed so that
Col Bixby can occupy the new quar-
ters in the Masonic block on the be-
ginning of the new quarter, April |.
Miss Gertrude Lyon OF Clear Lake,
y. Y, came recently to town, and with
her mother, is a guest at the home
of her uncle, Charles w. Lyon, on the
Vershre road.
Daniel G. Bixby, who has employ
ment in a drug store in Woodstock,
made a flying business trip here last
week to arrange for the moving of his
mothers household goods to Wood
stock, where she will 90 to housekeep- | :
ing. Leon Bugbee went with the goods
Thursday. II
Measles have broken out in a new ,
section of the town and have appeared
in the families of Heman Slack and
John Doyle, and George A. Ovitt has !
also been a victim. q
The local high school has developed f.
/ strong basketball team for a pre- i
school and has succeeded in d
wrestling the game from its oppo {
lents in the last two games il has n
played On Friday evening. March IL, b
[ PLAYED the South Royalton high a
school team at the local high school /,
gymnasium and won by score OF 10 to h
2. A large crowd was present to wit a
less the game, including many from I
south Royalton, and after the game o
unch was served by the domestic sci Fl
nee department of the high school, Ii
The line up was as follows: Chelsea ID
Ugh, Burgess, ri Hunt. Morey, eff; a
Iendall. c; Holmes, rg; Lyon, lg. 81
,outh Royalton, MeMurphy, RI; Gift IL
ord, If; Christie, c; Xix, rgi Smith, b
2 Referee, Houghton. On Friday even is
ng, March 49,, they played a team is
rom the local legion, the lineup OF the ca
chool being as given and the lineup Il
or the legion being Dwinell, Hatch, sa
Tough, Spencer and Smith. and the M
anne resulted in a score of 80 TO 10 in III
avor of the high school. Story ref q
reed this game, and there was large III
nd enthusiastic crowd present. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A. Ordway re- IN
Irned Friday evening from Boston, g
here they had been attending the Ga
automobile show. y,
The running time of the Barre -Chel- r.
"a stage has been changed again, and -
ne stage now leaves here daily, except
unday, for Washington at 10 o'clock,
stead Of O'Clock, as heretofore, and
turns from Q to 10 o'clock in the
'ening, the time depending largely on &
lie condition of the travelling.
At a meeting of the fourth quarter
conference Of the loca Methodist
urch held on Monday evening, March
!, the reports from the various de- Il
Irt ments of the church were present 4
, which showed that most encourag
z conditions prevailed. At this meet
2 the following officers were elected
justices, Elra O. Bicknell, Calvin \,
,arborn. f. Ralph Walker, Thomas
Hill, Fred A. Ordway, Roy B. San
IN, Ernest NJ Young, Norman n.
int and Rev William $. Hathaway;
awards. Elra c. Bicknell. Andrew L.
rague. Calvin n. Dearborn, f. Ralph
alker, Miss Edith Dearborn, John W.
cknel, Thomas n Hill, Ernest NJ
lung, Roy B. Sanborn, Mrs. Nellie IS
,od, Mrs. Alice Sprague, Mrs. Sybil
int. Mrs. Luna Godfrey, Mrs. Alice
alker Mrs. Bertha Dearborn, Miss
little Laird. Miss Edith Dearborn,
10 had been treasurer for the last IL
As. resigned. and Ezra o. Beknell II
: elected treasurer, and Roy b. San ID
m assistant treasurer. The license W
Rev. Harold c. West as local preach ~
was renewed. Edward +. Wood, :
O has been pastor of the church dur g
the last year. presented his resig
ion, to become effective at the an
Il meeting OF the Vermonth Meth -
st conference.
sheriff George A. Tracy was in Ran
ph. st. Adams, Burlington and Yer
mes last week on official business,
committed a young girl from Ran
oh to the state industrial school.
he schools in town closed Friday for
.wo weeks vacation and the stu
Is and some Of the out flown on
cheers have gone to their homes to q r
nd the vacation.