The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-12
BARRE PEOPLE
PAID HONOR
To Unknown Hero During
Celebration Of Armi-
stice Day
EXCELLENT PARADE
AND SILENT PRAYER
Heads Barred BY Throng
During Two Minutes
Following Noon

with services made the more deeply
impressive by their simplicity, Barre
paid tribute yesterday TO Americas 3
Unknown Hero and honored the ending
of the titanic struggle which brought
to him the homage Of the nation. No
where throughout the entire land,
bowed in reverence, could the end have
been accomplished more completely.
For all one could have told, this gal
liant warrior, in the chill embrace of
eternal sleep but warmed byi the fires
OF glory which never will die, must
hsye been Barre boy.
Barre's little city park was thronged
when Attorney s Hollister jackson
stepped to the rail OF the bandstand
at Ave minutes to l2 and. IN a voice
firm though filed with emotion,
brought out the treble significance OF
the observance.
Just as the speaker finished, at IL
o'clock. the fire whistle doomed out,
the church bells commenced 10 toll,
hats came off and every head IN Barre
bowed For two minutes the bells led
the mute prayer. The sonorous note
Of the whistle again rolled over the
city and as it died away the shrill,
clear notes Of @Taps" rang out. The
last note of the soldiers good night
had been waited away into the hills
ON the faint breeze and Mario BARBER
had his bugle at his hip before the
heads were raised Few there were
who didn't feel just tiny tug at the
throat or wipe a bit Of tear from the
eye.
The parade which preceded the serv-
ices was the finest seen here for many
veara. Practically all OF the frater-
mites in the city took part and not
only that but every one had good
representation in the line. The streets
we're lined all along the course which
was made shorter than originally
planned because of delay in starting.
The bows OF Barre post, No.sl0, OF the
American Legion were greeted on all
sides with thoughts Of approval II not
with demonstration. Co. NJ, lst in
fantrv. V. ". G., Barre's own militia
company. furnished the spectators with
an agreeable surprise, by their fine ap-
pearance. Capt Neil Hooker had 90
men in line and they marched and
carried themselves like oldTlme regu-
lar army men. Furthermore, they were
in their new uniforms and presented
an appearance on a par with any pre-
war organization.
DR.. j. w. Jackson was marshal and
his aides were DIR. Howard II. Reid and
r. Luochini The work OF parade mar
/ sbal never can be called a sinecure and
.vesterdav's procession was no exeep-
tion. However. DIR. Jackson and his
assistants handled the affair like past
masters and there wasn'ta single hitch
to mar the arrangements. The order
of marching was as follows: Marshal
DIR. i w. Jackson. assistant masshals.
Dr II. II Reid and b. Lucchini; City
hand. Co. VI. Captain Hooker and so
men. Barre post No. 10, Of the Amer
lean Legion. Commander Alex Straiton
and IS men; truck carrying Ladies'
Auxiliary TO Barre post, Red Cross,
Mrs. Frances Watkins in charge. four
automobiles: Salvation Army. Barre
police, Chief James W. Sullivan IN
charge. FIVE men; Mayor Frank =.
langley and board of aldermen, y.
Aldemar commandrry. Homer c. Ladd /;
Canton yinton. I. O. o. F., Capt. G. q.
Averill: yincitia lodge. X OF p. Neil
Ralph: Barre council, X. G., John B.
Kelly: Naccabees, automobile. Mrs.
Nellie Biarchi in charge; Ladies OF
Mposeheart Legion. truck. Mrs. Thom-
as Jefrav and Mrs. Hugh Chri>fie IN
charge; Auxiliary to Clan Gord~n. au-
tonohile. Mrs. Jessie Clubb in charge;
Barre Scottish Pipe and Drum band
Clan Gordon. James Hogg; Noman-s :
club. three automobiles, Mrs. +. ..
, Hokerk in charge
The Brief Address.
The parade did not get under way
until about il.35. but DR.. Jackson
shortened the route in such a manner
that the marchers were hack AZ the
nark AZ ll:5O. Those who took part
In the parade were lined in ranks
across the park with the Legion boys
and the National Guard in front. Mr..
Jackson then gave his well-aPPoinied
talk. He said:
s.Fellow Citizens Three years ago
on this spot We celebrated the signing
of the World war armistice. To-day
we perpefuate ne memory 81 the World
var veterans. Then the bells peaied
merrilv and the ioy Of peace vas IN
bounded. Now the bells ton sclemnly
AZ our Unknown Soldier i tenderiy
laid AZ rest in his ovn home land; and
the 10Y Of resoe is.temPered j. with sor-
row for ne sacrifice required
aThe horrors of actual conflict hare
caa.rd and tine has scotbed The