The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-26
CHELSEA

been residents of this town for many
wears. having immigrated to the Unit
ed States from France in 1873, have de-
cided to dispose of their property and
return to their native country.
Miss Dorothy Heseltine of White
River junction was in town recently
visiting friends and while here was a
guest of Mrs. Gertrude Colby.
Earl Larkin went last week to the
Randolph sanatorium, where he SUD
mitted to an operation for appendicitis
and from which operation he is report
ed to be making a good recovery
J. Burton Hill, who has occupied the
Clement house on South Main street
for the past two years, has moved into
the Frank Smith tenement recently va
Gated by James j. Rule.
Henry o. Laid, who carried son the
George Griffin farm the past year, has
moved to his own farm and MIR. Griffin
has moved his family from South
Washington to his farm on the Cor
NTH road and will carry on the same
himself the coming year.
Benjamin H. Adams was in Windsor
several days last week sitting as a
member of the grand jury in the Unit
ed States district court
At the regular monthly communica
ton of George Washington lodge. No
81. +. and A. NJ, held last Thursday
evening the f. A. degree was conferred
ON three candidates, and at this meet
ing District Deputy Leon L. Grant
made his official visit. After the work
and business of the meeting, refresh
ments were served by the stewards.
There will be a Special meeting OF the
lodge Thursday evening Of this week
for the purpose of comforting the sec
ond and third degree and full at
tendance is requested by the w. NJ.
Mrs. Forrie E. Hood returned last
week from visit to her daughter, Mrs
Harold Sloan of Springfield, Mass.
Albert P. Bugbee, who has had en-
ployment in Cambridge, Mass, for the
past two years, has closed his engage
ment there and returned to town and
will carry on his farm on the west
hill.
Janitor Elmer +. Wallace has com
menced his semi-annual housekeeping
at the courthouse.
Richard Beattie Of Maidstone, sher-
itf of Essex county, was in town over
Sunday and on Monday morning ar
rested Eugene d. Hook on complaint
instituted by the states attorney OF
Essex county, charging him with kid
mapping a l3-yesr-old girl by the name
of Emma Bagley in the town of Con-
cord on Friday last and bringing her to
Chelsea where they were married early
Saturday morning by Rev. Percival
Hewitt. Bonds were furnished and
Sheriff Beattie returned without Mr.
Hook who will appear in Essex county
Mrs. Emma Hatch Little of One
onta, N Y, arrived in town recently
to spend the summer at the home OF
her mother, Mrs Sarah Hatch.
Attorney Hale X. Darling was in
Barre and Montpelier on legal business
Monday and Tuesday as was States
Attorney Millward c. Taft in Corinth
on Tuesday.
On Friday afternoon, May 20, a
county spelling school was held at the
town hall and the following item rela-
tive thereto is furnished by one OF the
Judges: I'VE strolled into the town
hall Just in time for Superintendent
Crosby and Superintendent Willis to
invite us with many complimentary re-
marks, to act as judges in an old fash
Toned spelling match in which the best
grammar school spoilers OF the county
were participating. Each one OF the
Young contestants was given a number
and then corresponding seat in one
of the two rows facing the three
Judges. who during the oral test
checked each word that was missed,
and also the number that had mis-
spelled the word. The written test,
which consisted of about so difficult
words was also averaged in with the
oral test and the one missing the least
number of words in both tests was pro
claimed winner And this honor came
TO Angel Fernando Of Williamstown.
II was gala day for old Chelsea in
more ways than one, for as we lett
the hall where intense, earnest, demo-
cratic young Americans stroye for mas
terry in books. we crossed over to the
park to see sturdy, eager, robust, dem
ocratic young Americans busy chris
tening the tennis court, which has re-
Gently been resurreeted. And there
Young America was found with ice
cream on his chin and cake crumbs
on his nose and his pockets stuffed
with candy. God bless him! May he
continue ever to teach older Americans
a lesson Of whole heartedness in clean
hard work and play. II is q far cry
from the old district school spelling
matches to our more complicated meth
DDS of education of to-day, and we are
not az all dissatisfied to see now and
then a return to certain Of those older
customs, some of which we often think
much wiser and saner than many Of the
experimental fahrications that seem 20
characterize some branches Of our mod
ern system However, we have faith
in America and in her schools and we
trust that a few years will give us a
well-worked out system whereby each
child, rich or poor. may not only be
exposed TO a liberal and useful educa-