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Orleans
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ITOR
Vol. 47 -No. 23
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1918
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FOR SALE One of my horses and
wagons. B. Cohen, 'Phone 56-13, Bar
ton. 22-23p
FOR SALE 3 registered Jersey
bulls, 1 year old. H. C. Cleveland,
Coventry. 21tf
FOR SALE 400 acres of wood
land, one mile from Willoughby sta
tion. McDowell, Evansville. 2tf
FOR SALE One nearly new road
wagon, also one Scotch collie puppy.
George King, Orleans. 23-25p
FOR SALE Ford cars and parts.
Goodyear tires. Hood tires, guaran
teed 7500 miles, Barton Garage, O.
B. Lafont, Mgr. 20tf
FOR SALE 40 to 50 yards of
granite on Main street. Also few
tons of good phosphate. R. G. Stiles,
Barton. 19tf
FOR SALE 24-acre farm, com
fortable buildings. Keep 6 cows and
team. Mrs. Noel Lumbra, Orleans,
Vt. 22tf
FOR SALE One new Ford for
immediate delivery. Grass seed, clo
vers, Jap millet and Sanford corn. A.
A. Webster, West Glover. 21-23p
FOR SALE Thirty pigs, five
weeks old. Delivered at Barton vil
lage in lots of ten or. more $6 each
N." E. 'phone G-21. II. K. Keniston,
Sheffield. 23-24p
FOR SALE at auction June 22d.
Farm of the late Burrill Lane, near
Orleans. 34 acres excellent land,
good buildings. Fine one-man farm.
See bills. 23-25
FOR SALE One wheel harrow,
one two-row corn planter, one Green
Mountain silo, one swing churn, and
worker, one large size combined
churn and worker. Tel. 28-23. W.
J. Gray, Barton. 20tf
FOR SALE OR TO RENT Tene
ment on Sheffield street. Handy to
stonesheds and Peerless. Seven rooms
in good order. Electric lights, good
barn, near pasture. Garden. H. C.
Gay, Barton. 23tf
WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 18tf
WANTED Sound, clean sacks. R.
P. Webster, Barton. 38tf
WANTED Girl for all-around
restaurant work. Normandy Cafe,
Barton. 21-22p
WANTED Will pay 4c a lb. for
healthy young calves, three days old.
Milo J. Owen, Barton. 18tf
WANTED Three carpenters for
the summer. Geo. Goodheart, Bar
ton. 18tf
WANTED AT ONCE Experienc
ed waitress, good wages and tips. St.
Johnsbury House, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
23-24
WANTED Girls between the ag
es of 18 and 30 to act as machine
operators and inspectors in factory
manufacturing Taps, Dies, Reamers,
etc. Good pay and permanent em
ployment. Write, or apply in per
son to Butterfield & Company, Inc.,
Derby Line, Vt. 20-25-
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICE TO SUGAR MAKERS
Will take your sugar any day in the
week at the highest market price.
Monday preferred. Also want a car
load of fresh and near-fresh cows.
W. E. Hanson, Barton. 17tf
AT YOUR SERVICE Registered
Black Percheron Stallion' Douglass
116566. Bred in France. 'Phone
111-31, West Glover. Mondays at
Crystal Lake Stable, Barton. 22tf
HAVING RENTED THE CRYS
TAL Lake Livery stable for automo
bile storage we are now in a position
to offer the automobile owners a
suitable place to store their autos at
a reasonable rent. Call early and se
lect a space as they are going fast.
Crystal Lake Garage. 'Phone 25-11.
TO RENT
TO RENT Tenement, H. T. Seav
er, Barton. 42tf
Photographic Work.
A. Allyn Bishop will be at his stud
io in Barton Friday afternoon of each
week. Telephone his studio at New
port for appointments.
A choice line of frames for sale at
each studio.
Mr. Bishop will try hard to live up
to the reputation his work at New
port has brought him. (adv.)
Help Complete County's Honor Roll.
In order to complete the Honor
Roll of Orleans county any person
who knows of anyone who has en
listed in any branch of the service
since January 1st will immediately
send their names to H. A. Black of
Newport and Geo. F. Root of Newport.
Auto and Team Owners, Attention!
We have it on the authority of
the sheriff's department and from the
state's attorney that there is to be
another drive on in Orleans county
for the remainder of the season. It
is to enforce the road laws relating
to teams and automobiles. Officers
will be stationed on the highways in
different towns to arrest parties op
erating cars at excessive speeds and
to arrest drivers of teams not equip
pd with lights as required by law.
The laws on these subjects are
made in the interests of public safety
and will be enforced.
No Time of Day Given Hereafter.
"We are on the trail of every kind
of interference with efficient tele
phone service at the present time, as
well as seeking for al forms of waste
in the telephone business," said Man
ager Brown when asked about the
discontinuance of the giving of time
by operators to subscribers on Mon
day. "As in all big businesses in
these war times, we must make every
part of the organization as efficient
as possible, and any usage of the
telephone, which in any way impedes
the service for the government or for
subscribers must be eliminated.
"While the giving of the time of
day to anyone who has called has
been of service to some of the public,
the practice has grown to such an
extent that many of the telephone
country, as well as ourselves, have
felt it necessary to discontinue to
give such service. In the New En
gland Company's territory there have
been 100,000 calls per day, the bulk
of such calls coming at times when
difficult to handle them.
"Should any subscriber, through
long habit, thoughtlessly ask the
operator for the time, the operator
will make this response: 'I am sor
ry but it has become necessary to dis
continue giving the time of day.' Our
subscribers, therefore, will know that
this is the standardized statement
which will be used by all operators
throughout New England territory,
and an operator's refusal should not
in any way be considered as a per
sonal discourtesy."
BARTON LOCAL NOTES
O .W .Caron is in Boston on busi
ness. The little son of Ellis Prescott is
very ill.
Harry Scott of St. Johnsbury visit
ed his father Monday.
Miss Alice Wakeman was home
from Newport over Sunday.
There will be a Red Cross dance
tonight at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Mrs. Lucy Robinson is visiting
Mrs. Alida Niles in Coventry.
Miss Mary Wilkinson of Burling
ton is visiting friends in town.
L. J. Brown of Greenfield, Mass.,
was a visitor in town last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Paige visited
friends in Beebe, P. Q., last week.
Mrs. Helen Hall of Hingham,
Mass., is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Josie Bigelow of Lyndonville
has been visiting friends in town.
James Learmouth is spending a
month in Inverness, P. Q., with his
son.
Miss Maud Campbell of Montreal
was a recent guest of the Misses
May.
Mr. and Mrs. Bean of Canada are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. A. A.
Larabee.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elrick of
Boston were recent guests at Vernon
Elrick's.
P. W. Cowles was in town a few
days recently, returning to New York
Monday.
Miss Marie Browning visited
friends in St. Johnsbury the last of
the week.
M. C. Rowell of Lowell, Mass., has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. F. W.
Comstock.
A nurse from St. Johnsbury is as
sisting in the care of Mrs. M. H.
Brunning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barker spent
Thursday at Armour Anderson's in
East Albany.
Mrs. F. S. Hoag and son have re
turned from a several weeks' visit in
Island Pond.
Mrs. Malvina Wright is visiting
her son, C. F. Wright, in West Glov
er for a time.
Regular meeting of Crystal Lake
Grange Friday evening. Roll call,
latest war news.
Mrs. Hattie Cowles went Monday
to Lowell, Mass., where she will
visit her sister.
Sprague Drenan, assistant in the
high school last year, is spending a
few days in town.
News has been received of the safe
arrival overseas of Walter Buckley
and George Barton.
Mrs. Frank Hardy of Orleans was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. George
Goodro, last week.
Mrs. H. C. Barrows of Coventry
has been spending a few days with
her son, C. A. Barrows.
Miss Margaret Ufford and friend
of Spokane, Wash., are at N. M.
Hubbard's for the summer.
Donald Webster, son of Homer
Webster of Bennington, has been
spending a few days in town,
Mrs. H. J. Stannard was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cheney at Wil
loughby lake several days last week.
COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Baccalaureate Sermon and Junior
Reception.
Commencement activities began
Sunday night when Rev. W. A. War
ner preached the baccalaureate ser
mon to the graduating class in the
Congregational church. The church
was filled and the service was an in
spiring one. The choir rendered the
anthem, "He Goes before Me," and
Rev. M. A. Turner assisted in the
service. Mr. Warner chose for his
text, Isa. 32, 17, "And the work of
righteousness shall be peace; and the
effect of righteousness quietness and
assurance forever."
Mr. Warner enlarged upon the
thought that peace was a a thing to
be prized, whether of heart or mind
or in the sense of the cessation of the
world conflict, but must be a right
eous peace.
He said the attempt to find peace
by escaping a duty cannot bring real
peace and often brings pain and cha
grin. Meeting a duty face to face
instead of dodging it develops char
acter and strength.
He urged that the members of the
class go out into the world carrying
peace and quietness and confidence
to a torn and bleeding world which
needs the service of all.
There was a large attendance at
the Junior reception Monday evening
when the junior class gave its annual
reception to the seniors in Alumni
hall. The evening was spent in danc
ing and promenading. Ice cream was
served.
Graduation exercises are in Seav
er's hall Thursday evening and the
Alumni banquet, served by the Red
Cross, will be held in the Congrega
tional church Friday evening.
Flag
Day.
Fall in, Yanks of Orleans county,
June 14 and march to Barton. We
expect the Kaiser. We have sent over
(600,000 of our boys after him. At
I the same date we will attend to the
business of the Orleans County Veter
ans' association. At 10 a. m. comes
the business meeting and at noon
there will be refreshments at a nor
mal price. At 1.30 o'clock we will
listen to "Hot Shots at the Kaiser."
The public is invited.
Per Order of the President,
E. G. Colliston.
Mr. and Mrs. P., A. Johnson of
Newport, N. H., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Underwood last week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ford of Con
cord, N. H., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Wilkie the first of the week.
Mrs. Gerald Plunkett leaves to
morrow for New York, where she will
spend several days with Mr. Plunk
ett. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Bean and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Bean of St. Johns
bury were visitors in town Thurs
day. Miss Queenie Wakeman of Spring
field is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wake
man. F. W. Comstock's meat cart will
not run after June 8. Will be pleas
ed to wait on .all customers at the
market. , adv.
R. M. Gilmour has had lightning
rods put on his house and barn, the
work being done by G. I. Cummings
of Hardwick.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ford of Nash
ua, N. H., and Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Bean of St. Johnsbury were guests
at J. Barker's Sunday.
Miss Ina Paige, who graduated last
week from the Training School of
Christian Service in Boston is home
for the summer vacation.
Following a week of rainy weather
the past few days have been ideal.
The season is considered advanced,
grass being especially forward.
Mrs. E. W. Barron entertained
Mrs. George Gorham, Mrs. W. A.
Warner and Mrs. George King at the
New Willoughby Hotel Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Elrick are in
Boston to be present at the marriage
this evening of Mr. Elrick's brother,
Henry Elrick, to Miss Ruby Strang.
Llewellyn Ray and family went to
St. Johnsbury with Mr. and Mrs. R.
P. Webster Sunday to see Mrs. Ray,
who is in the hospital there for treat
ment. Mrs. H. W. Carter spent last week
in Worcester and Northampton, re
turning the first of the week accom
panied by her daughter, Miss Marion
Carter.
The pupils of Mrs. Fred H. Pills
bury wilLgive a piano recital at the
Gem theatre Wednesday evening,
June 12, at 8 o'clock. Everyone is
cordially invited.
Mrs. H. M. Gardiner is unable to
be in the Bradford clothes shop on
account of illness and Mrs. H. J.
Stannard is assisting in the store
during her absence.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Baldwin, F. W.
Cutting, Mrs. F. D. Pierce and Mrs.
C. A. Barrows are attending the
meeting of the Grand Chapter O. E.
S. in. Rutland this week.
. Chas. C. Baldwin, Dr. H. R. Beale,
E. E. Bagley of Keene, N. H., and H.
P. Baldwin of Springfield, Mass., are
spending the week with J. F. Batch
elder at his camp at Long Pond.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Currier and
daughter of Philadelphia are guests
of Mr. Currier's mother, Mrs. Susan
Currier, for a few days enroute to
Quebec.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dutton of
Portsmouth, N. H., and Mrs. Julius
County May Reach $11,0C0.
Revised returns show that the War
Fund Red Cross pledges in the towns
of Orleans county bring the total up
to $10,846 with a bare possibility of
reaching a grand total of $11,000.
When reports are complete a detailed
statement will be made.
Craftsbury was making its canvass
last week and finished $800 strong
with an apportionment of $450. Der
by has completed its canvass and al
so went over its apportionment.
Every branch apportioned in the
county has been exceeded except the
Orlearis-Brownington quota which
was voted as apportioned from the
war chest.
Orleans County Gets 24 Credits.
From figures sent to the adjutant
general of Vermont by the provost
marshal general of the United States
it has been announced that 8,125 men
of the Green Mountain state are un
der arms in defense of the country in
different branches of the army, but
do not include those who went into
the navy. Of those at the present
time Vermont has no record, except
ing through the state treasurer's of
fice by means of those who are get
ting state pay.
The following figures have been
announced in a statement of the
credits to which Vermont is entitled
for individual and voluntary induc
tions, which brings the credit to May
1 to a total of 636, by counties, as fol
lows: Addison, 32, Bennington, 38,
Caledonia 72. Chittenden 184, Essex
none; Franklin 28, Grand Isle 14, La
moille 41, Orange 25, Orleans 24,
Rutland No. 1 28, Rutland No. 2
eight, Washington 125, Windham
seven and Windsor ten.
Farmers' Exchange Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Orleans
County Farmers' Cooperative Ex
change,' Inc., is called at Irasburg on
Wednesday, June 12. The business
of the meeting will be to hear the re
port of officers.
To vote on the following amend
ment to the constitution, viz. Arti
cle 1, Section 2, changed to read as
follows: "The shareholders of this
corporation shall be limited to per
sons owning or operating farms and
who are also- members of either the
Orleans County Agricultural associa
tion or the Caledonia County Farm
Bureau in the State of Vermont, and
persons or organizations, at the dis
cretion of the directors, who are en
gaged in a business requiring the use
of products handled by the Ex
change' To see if the Exchange will join
the Eastern States' Farmers' Ex
change. To elect officers for the ensuing
year.
To transact such other business as
may properly come before this meet
ing. The directors have been fortunate
in securing Howard W. Selby, manag
er of the Eastern States Farmers' 1
Exchange of Springfield, Mass., who
will bring to the farmers of Orleans
county a message that will make you J
feel that cooperative organizations
are destined to play a big part in the
future business of the country, and
also that your own organization has
been one oi the pioneers along tnis
line, of which you may well feel
proud. It is hoped a representative
of the food administration will be
present and talk to us on the whys
and wherefores . of food regulation,
also a home economics demonstrator
to give a demonstration on the use of
wheat substitutes. This means the
ladies are necessary to the success of
our annual meeting.
Irasburg grange will serve dinner.
The call is signed by J. H. Bartlett
of Orleans, president, and C. W.
Richmond, clerk.
Dutton of Westfield, Mass., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Pierce
the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Pierce, Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Caron, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry Conner and Mrs. Florence Pills
bury attended the U. C. T. Minstrels
in St. Johnsbury Thursday night.
Clarence Willey, Glen Comstock
and Clarence Lang went to Burling
ton last week for examination for
service in the navy and were accept
ed. They leave soon for training.
Dr. John H. Meyer of Los Angeles,
Cal., whose wife was formerly Miss
Maude Mossman of this place, has re
ceived a captain's commission in the
medical reserve corps and is station
ed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Lieutenant Hiram McLellan of the
aviation service, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John McLellan of this place, has been
selected as an instructor in bombing.
Of late Mr. McLellan has been doing
night flying and has practically fin
ished his course of instruction.
The Monday morning Burlington
Free Press mentions the annual
graduation of nurses from Mary
Fletcher hospital, which was held at
the medical building Saturday eve
ning. Mrs. Eunice W. Collins of this
place is a member of the class and
gave the class will at the exercises.
Mrs. Collins remains at the hospital
until fall to complete her three years'
training.
The first public band concert of the
season was held in the park Satur
day evening and a large crowd gath
ered to listen. Automobiles from
surrounding towns were numerous
and-everyone enjoyed the music. The
band has come to be such a fixed in
stitution that we think of it as auto
matic in its work but the fact is the
boys put in much hard practice and
the cost of music, instruments and
uniforms keeps the organization
"poor." The probability of losing
some of the members of the band
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.
Fine Parade in Afternoon and Ad
dress in Evening.
The Memorial day parade Thurs
day was of unusual excellence being
made up of the Barton band, a dele
gation of Knight Templars, a troop
of Boy Scouts, several associate G. A.
R. members and a large delegation of
school children, each carrying a flag.
J. A. Pearson acted as marshal and
the parade formed at the school
building, marching to the cemetery
and return, making a splendid escort
for the-seven veterans.
The exercises and address were
held in Seaver's hall in the evening
and were well attended. Members of
the school sang a patriotic song in
chorus and Miss Flora Emerson gave
a reading. The general orders from
G. A. R. headquarters and Lincoln's
Gettysburg address were read and E.
G. Colliston explained that the pic
ture, coat and sabre exhibited on the
rostrum were those of Capt. G. W.
Quimby from whom the local post is
named. Capt. Quimby was a native
of Lyndon, but taught school in Bar
ton in the fifties.
J. A. Pearson introduced Rev. M.
A. Turner, who gave the address. He
said nations as well as individuals
had ideals and that Germany's ideal
was the domination of the world, no
matter by what means attained. He
gave several examples of the ideal
that was before that nation, all of
which showed the cruel, unscrupulous
and high-handed methods and means
employed by the German govern
ment. In contrast he cited the ideals of
other nations but particularly that of
our own nation which has entered
this war for no reason whatever ex
cept perpetuating the ideals upon
which this nation was founded and
which we believe must eventually
dominate the world if a lasting peace
is ever to be attained.
The Schubert club of eight pieces
furnished excellent music. A dele
gation of Sons of Veterans from
Glover was present and seated with
the associates and veterans.
Pre-Memorial Exercises by Grade
Children.
The first six grades of the school
gave a particularly appropriate Pre
Memorial program in Alumni hall
Wednesday evening of last week to
a large audience.
The complete program was as follows:-
"America" by the grades; exercise,
grade I; recitation, Roaldus Rich
mond, grade II; song, grade III;
recitation, Elizabeth Erwin, grade
IV; concert recitation, boys, grades
V and VI; song, grade IV; recitation,
Rachel Cohen, grade I; recitation,
Marion Tower, grade II; flag drill,
grade III; recitation, Kathleen Blake,
grade IV; recitation, Arlene Flan
ders, grade V; dialogue, grades V
and VI; concert recitation, grade II;
recitation, Frederick Baldwin, grade
VI; exercise, grade IV; concert reci
tation, girls, grades V and VI; song,
grade VI; recitation, Pearl Jenness,
grade IV; dialogue, grades V and VI;
recitation, Robert Buck, grade IV;
recitation, Dorcas Nute, grade IV;
"Star Spangled Banner."
by army draft and the loss of other
men will handicap the organization
this summer, but the public can put
spirit into the boys by letting them
know they are appreciated. A word
of encouragement, enthusiastic ap
plause and such manifestations of
support will help to keep the band and
our concerts going during these times
when a band is so much needed.
WILLOUGHBY
Aaron Annis of Erol, N. H., is vis
iting friends here.
Harold Gray of Plainfield is visit
ing at W. T. Brooks'.
Miss Harriet L. Austin of Barton
spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs.
Orcutt.
Mrs. Aiken of Lakeport, N. H., is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. B.
Orcutt.
Elmer Stoddard of Lowell, Mass.,
spent Sunday at the home of F. F.
Kimball.
Lewis Lloyd and family spent the
week-end with his mother, Mrs.
Mary Forrest.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hyatt of Comp
ton, Canada, spent last week with
George Wheeler and family.
Mrs. Fred Hemmings has returned
from Ashland, N. H., where she has
been visiting friends and relatives.
BROWNINGTON
Miss Cora Miller has finished work
at Miss Bryant's.
Miss Ethel Newton, returned to her
school at Orleans Monday.
' Ernest Sanborn of Albany was in
town on business recently .
Miss Eva Day spent several days
with friends in Derby recently.
News was received last week of the
death in Hartford of Mrs. Percy Dut
ton. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Vance of Glov
er visited at W. G. Dutton's one day
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grow of
Walden recently visited their father,
O. A. Grow.
Children's day will be observed on
Sunday with appropriate exercises by
the children. ' . .
Antonio Beauregard began Monday
morning working in the Chandler
mill at Orleans.
Mrs. John Coxen from Graniteville
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Canning.
Father Marceau 50 Years a Priest.
On June 13, Father L. Marceau of
St. Paul's Catholic church of Barton
will complete 50 years of priesthood
and the parishioners will celebrate
the event with a program beginning
Wednesday evening, June 12, when
the children of the Parochial school
will give Father Marceau a recep
tion. Thursday solemn high mass
will be held at 10 o'clock after which
there will be a reception by the par
ishioners. At 12 o'clock a dinner
will be given him by the clergy and
in the evening at 8 o'clock there will
be a banquet.
Congregational Church Notes.
Rev. W. A. Warner, Pastor.
Sunday, June 9th
10.45, Morning service.
12.00, Sunday school. .
6.00, Christian Endeavor meeting.
Subject, "Progressive Christians." 2
Pet. 1:1-11. Leaderless meeting.
Thursday evening, prayer meeting
at 7.15 o'clock. Subject, "Spiritual
Awakening." John 3:1-13; Acts 10:
9-18.
Congregationalists to Meet at New
port. The seventy-eighth annual meet
ing of the Orleans Association of
Congregational churches will meet
with the church at Newport on June
11th. A splendid program has been
prepared. Our state secretary, C. C.
Merrill, will be in attendance during
the entire meeting as will also the
Rev. Frank L. Moore, D. D. and the
Rev. Charles T .Riggs, who will
bring inspiring and uplifting messag
es concerning the world-wide pro
gram of the Congregational church
in these days of stress and trial. We
are looking for and expecting a
meeting of unusual interest.
An installation for the purpose of
installing the pastor of the Newport
church is called for June 10th. It
is hoped that all of the churches of
the county will be represented on this
council. The full program of the
meeting follows.
TUESDAY FORENOON
10.00, Devotional service, Rev. W.
G. Macfarlane, Westfield; organiza
tion; 10.30, address of welcome, J. R.
Akin, Newport; greetings of sister
churches, Rev. H. B. Rankin, pastor
of the Baptist church and Hev. H. C.
Coontz, pastor of the M. E. church;
response by the moderator; reports
of standing committees; 11.15, im
pressions of the state conference at
Lyndonville, Dea. F. W. Baldwin of
Barton, followed by business and din
ner. TUESDAY AFTERNOON
1.30, Devotional service, Rev. Eu
gene South dj ,Eftt Charleston;
auditor; Th church " r Unifying
Force in a Divided World 2.15, "The
Fact of Divifltefi" ev. Lemuel Da
vis, Derby; 2.30, association sermon,
"One Gospel, A Gospel of Brother
hood," Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Orleans;
3.00, Communion service, Rev. C. J.
Peterson of Craftsbury, Rev. Wilbur
Rand of Westmore, assisted by Dea.
W. M. Richmond of Newport and
Dea. W. B. Gilpin of Westfield; 3.30,
"Church Union," Rev. C. C. Claris,
Coventry; 3.45, "Unifying Protestant
Churches," Sec. C. C. Merrill; 4.15,
ladies' missionary meeting, led by
Mrs. E. W. Barron of Barton; meet
ing of the church council in the ves
ary; supper.
TUESDAY EVENING
7.30, Praise service, Rev. Eugene
Southard, East Charleston; 7.45, ad
dress, Rev. Frank L. Moore, D. D.;
offering for Vermont Domestic Mis
sionary society; 8.20, address, Rev.
Charles T. Riggs; benediction by the
moderator.
Each church is entitled to four del
egates. Registrar, Rev. Robert Lawton,
Island Pond.
Treasurer, C. A. Wood, Newport.
Auditor, Judge Spear, Newport.
Mr. Litchfield, who has been caring
for W. G. Dutton, has gone to his
home in West Burke.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Burbank at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Walter
Kenneson in Albany Sunday.
Misses Hattie and Ruby Dutton
attended the funeral of their sister
and aunt in Hartford Sunday.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Mrs. Lora Foss of Albany has been
visiting in town the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Day of Coven
try spent the week-end at T. G. Cran
dall's. Miss Marion Cartwright spent the
week-end at her home in Abercorn,
P. Q.
Mrs. Leon Gilman of Orleans is
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Lund.
Mrs. George Woodard of Barton
visited her brother, E. A. Gallup, Fri
day and Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Weeden and grandson
have been spending several days in
Lyndonville with her daughter, Mrs.
D. I. Grapes.
Mrs. E. A. Emerson and two sons,
Ray and Ralph, and daughter, Rose,
and Miss Nelson of Weathersfield
visited friends in town Saturday.
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TELLS EXPERIENCES.
Packed House Hears Guyette and
Talks on Savings 'Stamps
and Food Problem.
Corporal Raymond C. Guyette, one
of Pershing's heroes and winner of
the French Croix de Guerre for brav
ery in action, one of 50 soldiers chos
en and sent back to America to relate
their experiences, told his story to a
crowd in Seaver's opera hall Tuesday
evening, which was packed to the
doors.
His story was one of the happen
ings to him and his company from
the time that he enlisted up to a
short time ago when he was sent
home with Pershing's men to tell
America what her boys are doing in
the war. He began his enlistment at
Waterbury, Conn., ten days after the
war was declared, told of his train
ing in Connecticut, and then of the
passage overseas to England. Here
they were put in a rest camp, said
Guyette, then in the hold of a small
evil-smelling boat for the trip across
the channel to France. Here, after
another brief stop in a rest camp,
they were pushed toward the front in
box cars, dirty, lousy and bad-smelling,
containing 40 men where there
was barely room for 20. After a trip
of three days and three nights, they
arrived at their training camp only to
find that their barracks were not yet
ready. Here they lived under' ad
verse conditions, hampered by cold,
snow, rain, and sleet, until they re
ceived orders to get reudy for the
front.
Corporal Guyette then took his au
dience with him on the hike of three
days and nights to within 25 miles of
the front line and then on the three
hours' march through the communi
cating trench to the reserve line. This
last march was 'made through mud
and water and under full equipment.
They finally arrived at their dugouts
to find the conditions of the worst.
Rats, lice, cooties and other pests in
fested these places that were to be
the homes of Guyette and his mates.
In spite of this and other difficulties
which they had encountered before
and were to encounter later, Corporal
Guyette impressed the fact on his au
dience that there was no grumbling
among the men and no manifestations
of dissatisfaction, except that they
wanted to get at the German s quick
er. Up where Guyette now was No
Man's Land was constantly under
heavy shell fire. His platoon was
placed on outpost duty not far from
the German lines, where they had to
be constantly on the alert for gas
and infantry attacks. At this junc
ture the speaker described "vividly
the play of a man's imagination,
when in the still watches of the
night he was doing lonely guard
duty. A post in the enemy barbed
wire entanglements first rivets one's
attention, said the corporal. Then
this begins to move, to take on the
shane of a man. and finally appears
to draw nearer and take the form of
a German. In sheer desperation the
guard raises his rifle and fires and as
soon as he does so he knows that his
imagination has gotten the better of
him again and that he has fired at a
post.
Finally, said Corporal Guyette, his
company which had the reputation of
being the best company over there,
was called to form a raiding party.
Thirty-five, among whom was Guy
ette, volunteered, they were sent be
hind the lines and trained and then
sent back to the trenches to go over.
Soon after this the enemy let down
a heavy barrage and the men retired
to their dugouts knowing that as
soon as the barrage lifted they would
be called upon to go out and repel an
attack. Their own artillery answered
with a barrage and also let down bar
rages from each side so that a box
was formed. Three hundred men were
then sent into No Man's Land to
meet the anticipated advance of the
Huns. They found 500 picked shock
troops, "The Giant Blondes," none
under seven feet tall advancing. Out
of the 500 Germans, 450 were killed
and the Americans lost from their
300. three killed and seven wounded.
When the speaker made this an
nouncement the audience broke into
cheers and it was several minutes be
fore they calmed down sufficiently
for Corporal Guyette to go on with
his recital. He said that one way in
which the Americans inflicted such
heavy casualties on this occasion was
by the use of two hand grenades in
stead of one. They would strike two
together and then throw them. After
the fight the men's hands were raw
and almost barren of skin because of
the friction of the grenades but there
was no grumbling.
He also cited a few instances of the
atrocities" of the Germans which sent
a shudder through the audience.
The young Vermonter told of the
disappointments of life "Over there."
He said that one time after a long
stretch in the trenches they were or
dered back for a protracted leave of
absence. They had no sooner gotten
behind the lines than they were or
dered back to the front and footsore
and weary they hiked back to their
work. Their food was lost en route
so for several days they were sup
plied with edibles by the Red Cross.
They arrived at the new sector and
found nothing but swamp land, with
dugouts that were almost useless.
They made the best of it, however.
Corporal Guyette then came to the
point where he was chosen as one of
the men to return to the United
States. The colonel of his regiment
spoke to him before he left and told
him to tell the people at home that
the 102d had a better reputation than
any division of regulars in the ser-
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