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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
6
A collection of handwritten letters from Everett Waldo dated November 1917 from Somewhere in France. He writes about mail delays, requests for gloves and candy, Christmas hopes, and life in hospital and training. The piece also notes local civic items and church events in Chelsea and West Corinth.
Local notes recount Hardwick HA alumni defeat by present academy squad in a lively gym contest last Wednesday. The item lists residents visiting relatives, New Year dances, a big winter storm disrupting rail traffic, and village meetings about a municipal wood yard with figures from the recent real estate drive.
Mae Webler, Rashaw and Myrie Colley are home for Christmas. Mr Ahice Sawyer visits Sunapee. Clifford and Ralph Doty return to Hartford after vacation. Mrs Albert Crawford recovering from illness. Mrs Clone Alger and family guests of Mr and Mrs Van Orman. Walter Davis and family entertain relatives from Montpelier and Elmore. Several locals host visitors from Hartford and Montpelier while others travel for work and holiday cheer.
Fragmentary text references planes, canoe teams, and players with inconsistent dates and locations. Names such as Kanereon MeKanpin Bree Nelson Lakeside Senith Karie and Stuevis Row appear amid garbled phrases and numbers.
The Waterbury column notes morning and evening preaching at the Christian Advent hurl and a sermon series at the Methodist Episcopal church led by Rev. L Smith of Federated churches. St Andrews will hold high mass and a sermon by Rev Robert Dovay with an evening address at Stowe. A New Year’s charity event by Knights of Pythias supports the Red Cross, and a varied program at the opera house entertains locals, with the Wilders and Mr Wilder highlighted for a cordial welcome and community attendance.
During Red Cross campaign week Groton added 167 new members and 41 renewals, bringing the town’s unit total to 208. The effort saw J. Biiley Eastman Lo Stanchard and G. B. Clark credited for leadership and morale as residents contributed to over the top of their quota while several townsfolk were noted in social and personal notices.
Nearly 20 members attended the second meeting amid Christmas activity and a push for more town women to help soldier boys. Names include Miss Lillian Simonds returning from Dorchester and Mrs. Edward Bond visiting from Plaintielt, with various townsfolk noted for holiday plans and hospital visits. The Red Cross drive expanded membership in East Montpelier and the club plans a gathering with Mrs Townsend after Christmas.
Fragments from Worcester detail local Christmas activities and visits. Names include Fred Bolton of Lowell, families at Money Abbott’s, Miss Josephine Plek and Mrs Charter Cale. Various students and instructors from Clinton and The musical college are noted, with travel from Burlington and Breckmantown mentioned as Christmas vacation visits.
Readable fragments describe relief policy proposals and official statements about kidney disease treatment and government aid. The text references medical terms, policy debate, and possible program names or acronyms without clear attribution or dates.
South Ayegate A T Beaton vacates the new stone shed by the railroad crossing and moves back to the old shed farther along the track. The piece lists local visitors and holiday events, noting preparatory church services and communion, plus various residents visiting relatives in Portsmouth New Hampshire and elsewhere.
North Montpelier Sunday school teachers and scholars thank donors for candy and items that made the Christmas exercises a success. The play Starbright will be presented January 10 and 11 by the youth. Various local residents and visitors are noted, including Grace Humbleth of Burlington, Arthur Cook’s trip to Barre, and Mrs. Fred Dwinell staying at S. Devinelts.
All members of division No 3 A O HL urged to meet at Graniteville Hall on Saturday December 2 for a grand dance. Three piece orchestra, admission 80 cents, ladies free. Music by Chatsfield Orchestra. Two dances, refreshments by Red Cross ladies. Admission 30 cents per couple. Ladies coming unmuekel 26 cents.
An enjoyable Friday afternoon at Billescheool Tow e featured a Christmas tree adorned with handmade articles by We pupils for presents and gifts of apples and popcorn. Dean Tadd, the school’s Sanita Claus, supervised the event and the Alateibillion drive. Pupils expressed warm esteem for the teacher, and Mrs. Ladd recalled the gathering fondly.
Planned Farmers exchange at the town hall in Plainfield with Abbott to take orders for seed grain and fertilizer. Mrs Baldwin will host Mothers’ Club gathering at her Irwinield home Thursday morning.
Fragmentary text reports a Saturday evening event in Websterville with names like Vinod Lassise and Phanepiene orchestra. The passage includes stray dialogue about treaties and a whipping remark, along with garbled names and phrases. No clear narrative or outcome emerges from the unreadable OCR.
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