The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-21

At a burial place, pleasantly situated
in the center of our town and known
as the Town House cemetery. there
gathered last Friday afternoon four
hundred of our townspeople. who came
to show their respect and sympathy to
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Brock at the home
coming of their son. who gave up his
life on Islanders Field" in the service
of his country.
Here in this old cemetery, where re-
pose the remains of our dead boys
kindred, not only his townspeople. but
representatives of a nation gathered to
do him honor, and the last rites which
a nation bestows upon its dead are
impressive, indeed. The body draped
with the American flag, resting on a
cassion drawn by four horses and es-
corted by boys Of the Earl E Brock
Post, left the Horace w Bailey Mem
orial Hall at eleven O'Clock and march
ing over the hills. which We're clothed
in their autumnal shades, this long
procession followed the remains of this
Newbury boy to his last resting place.
The solemn committal service was
read by a comrade and as the body
slowly descended into the grave, the
clear notes of the bugle rang out. and
as they reverberated from the native |
hills of the deceased were a hitting |
requiem.
With the presentation of the flag to |
Mrs Brock, and the salute of three
volleys by the firing squad. the exer-
cises were brought to a close and Earl
E Brock was at rest in American soil |
with his ancestors
EARL Il. BROCK.
Private. First Glass, Earl E Brock.
eldest son OF Ernest + and Olive knight
Brock, and lineal descendant of Cen
eral Jacob Bayley, Newbury's founder,
was born February 6; 1899 in Newbury.
and the High School for two years
He enlisted under the United States
nag April, 1917 with Co. B 10th Field
Battalion Signal Corps, at Oceanport
and was at once transferred to the
18th Telegraph Battalion Signal Corps.
He was wounded at Gesus. France;
about five miles north of Montfaucon
and just west of Meuse. in the early
evening Of oct. 27th as he was return
ing from constructing telephone lines
jumped from the truck was struck
over the left temple with a piece of
she'll He was given first aid and taken
back to the base hospital. where he
Captain George f Shaw. LIST Lieut..
Rodman NJ Cornell and Lieut.. Edwin F
French CENSOR in letters sent to the
bereaved parents writes: Private. First
Class. Earl f Brock was loved and
respected by every officer and enlisted
man IN his organization. Quiet and
modest in demennor hut efficient and
effective in every duty he was called
upon to perform"
Mount Pulaski will ever be asso-
ciated with the annals of Newbury.
and surely this article written by a
Newbury High School girl, Miss
Martha Knight, the daughter of Mr.
NJ c Knight, will be of interest to
the readers Of the Newbury column
wherever they are located
MOUNT PULASKI.
count Pulaski. for whom Mount
Pulaski was named. was born in Podo-
liza March 9Th. 174s. and died near Sa-
vannah. Georgia October II. 1879. He
was a Polish General and took part in
the insurrection following the forma-
tion Of the Confederation OF Bar in
17ss. He escaped from Poland. enter .
ed the American service in 1877. serv-
ed at Brandy Wine and founded a corps
called Pulaskfs Legion in l77s. He
defended Charlestown in 1873 and was
wounded near Savannah on Z
9th. 1879. II
The name Mount Pulaski vas given {
BY Rev. David Sutherland Of Bath. n.
H. who delivered an address AZ =
Sunday School Celebration held on top 7
y this mountain in 1875. In his adj
iress he spoke OF the service Of Count I