The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-19
CHELSEA

Tor this town, is making good progress
with the work and has IL considerably
more than half done.
The last snowstorm stopped auto.
mobile traffic between Chelsea and
Washington However, the South Roy
alton stage continues by automobile,
Mrs. II. r. Hood. who had been spend
ing week with her daughter, Mrs. Ola
Hood Sloan of Springfield, Mass, has
returned home.
G. Nj. Story, butter maker at the
Orange County creamery, went to Bur
lington to attend the Vermont Dairy
mems convention and during his alb
sence the work at the creamery was in
charge Of Jesse Hunt.
Hale X Darling was in Woodstock
Thursday and Friday, trying the con
tested divorce case of Kate Bryant Al
len vs.. G. III. Allen. and on Saturday he
was in South Royalton trying civil
case in the Windsor county municipal
court.
The newly elected officers of the
Chelsea grange were installed at re-
cent meeting by A. G. Folsom Of Tun-
bridge. The newly installed officers are
as follows: Master, Guy +. Moxley;
overseer, Miss Martha Noyes; lecturer,
George Dickerman; steward, Mrs.
Elona Boardman; secretary, Mrs. Mel
lie b. Permins; treasurer, Mrs. Clara
Nj. Bohonan; chaplain, Miss Marion
Ramsdell; Ceres, Mrs. Una Pratt; Po-
mona, Mrs Nellie Rogers; Flora. Miss
lone Pratt; gatekeeper, Mrs. Amelia
Dickerman: assistant steward, Leslie
H. Bohonan; lady assistant steward,
Mrs Ina Tilton.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the National Bank OF Orange
County was held at their banking rooms
Tuesday morning, Jan. l3, when the
following directors were elected Will
lard p. Townsend, H. n Mattison and
Stanley C. Wilson of Chelsea, Hugh
Lyman of Tunbridge and Clinton A.
Adams of Thetford Mr.. Adams was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Harrison G. Wood
ruff of Montpelier, who had been di-
rector of this bank for several years.
After the election of the directors, they
organized by electing the following Of
ficers: President, Willard 7. Town
send, vice president and cashier, Hiram
N. Mattison.
A son, Gordon Butler, was born to
MIR. and Mrs. James Rule on Thurs
day, Jan. $.
Mrs. George a. Tracy, who has been
seriously i'll for two weeks with the
grip, is convalescing slowly
Charles, the youngest son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Dennison. who live just
over the line in Washington, was taken
to Barre City hospital Thursday fore
noon for an operation for appendicitis
Miss Amber Cole. the older daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry O. Cole, has
gone to Burlington, where she has acf
cepted a position in the chocolate fac
tory
Judge Clinton A. Adams of Post Mills
was in town Tuesday, Jan. IL, to at
tend the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the National Bank of Orange
County.
At the annual meeting Of the Benevo-
lent society Of the Congregational
church, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President, Mrs
John NJ. Comstock; vice president, Miss
Marion w. Ramsdell; secretary treas
urer. Mrs. Leslie H. Bohonan; diree-
tresses, Mrs. Stanley G. Wilson tor
three wears, Mrs. Augustus i. Marshall
for two wears and Mrs. Richard Ii. Ba-
con for one year.
Announcement is made by the ladies
that leap year ball will be staged in
the town hall on the evening OF Feb. o,
when good music will be one OF the at
fractions of the four year function
Harry Shepard, who has been doing
carpenter work on the Masonic block,
has completed his services here and re-
turned to his home in Rochester.
Harry f. Bryant was in Noodstock
Thursday, being summoned as wit
ness in county court.
Mrs. Thomas J.. Doyle is doing the
Homework at George A. Traey's during
Mrs. Tracy's Illness.
tIr. and Mrs. Harold Slack have
moved into f. II. kennedys tenement
over his shop that was recently vacated
by Walter Afbuckle.
Miss Ellen Larkin, one OF the teach
ers in the graded school, was not in
school last week on account OF illness
and her place was taken by Miss Lena
Spear
The room in the new Masonic block,
which has been leased for occupancy by
the county agricultural agent, has been
completed ready for occupancy and the
new tenants will move into the same
at an early date.
Mrs. NJ. c. Taft has recently heard
of the safe arrival of her sister, Mrs.
Martin, and son at their home in Ten
nessee.
By reason of the present impaired
electric light service by reason OF short /
age of water, our movies" have been
suspended for the past two weeks,
which suspension will doubtless be per-
manent as long as impaired service con