War Times Cited For Saving Stamps Heroism In Action
A report from the Newark conference details remarkable wartime efforts by Otis Company employees and clerks in selling War Savings Stamps and Bonds. It describes substantial quotas met, the purchase of government securities, and community aid such as distributing educational materials and aiding destitute women and children in France. It notes Alfred Arnold and Fred Arnold’s son Fred Jr. as cited heroes, with praise from American and French authorities for acts of bravery and leadership.
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Be Faeues
Newark
Metropolitan Lite Tn
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Mali
Seece
Jee
St Yolmebury
Home Office
Ares Lys
France
Europe
Vermont
St. Tohnebury
Exeoealeht
Owdinnie
Tony
Arnold
Pershing
Vermont Press Association Meeting Planned for March
The annual Vermont Press Association meeting will be held March 7 and 8 in Montpelier if hotel rooms are available. About 50 members are expected. Guest Congressman Frank L. Growne was moved to March from January, and writer William Dudley Pelley will speak on his Siberian experiences to newspaper men.
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Burlington Free Press
Death of Roy F Scott in Bangor Me
Roy F Scott died in Bangor Maine on Saturday February 1 after returning from service with the 101st Artillery in France. He was 28, son of Frank A and the late Mrs Scott, survived by two sisters Mia and Mixx and a brother Lindel. Funeral held Monday at home, private. Rev Dori F Scott officiated. Buried Mt Pleasant Cemetery. A quip about a wife and a match closes the obituary.
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Scott
Bangor
Prance
101St Artillery
Glover
Fie
Frank A. Scott
Bovne
Field
Mia
Fred Babcock
Mixx Mhobe Scott
Lindel M. Scott
Reyrera
Amos W. Scott
Lindel Scott
Stephen ©. Carpenter
Dori F. Scott
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Caledonia County Meeting Draws Hundreds in 1920 Report
Six hundred seventy members of the Caledonia County Farm Bureau gathered in Lyndon hall for the annual meeting to hear county agent Leland Wood’s report and an address by Glen Seavey. A luncheon followed, and officers were elected for the next year. A Woman’s Department meeting in Pythian Hall discussed recent activities and listed officers and advisory council members across the county. A hospital tale from Lieut Tierney’s visit highlighted camaraderie among wounded soldiers and a morale-boosting anecdote about a machine gun crew and a sniper engagement.
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Caledonia County Furn Bue
Lythurn Hall
Leland Wood
Glen Seavey
Cringy
Samuel Somerville
Henry Bilis
Harry Waite
Exchangea
Wil
Pease
A. T.’. Stoddand
Suttons
W. P. Russell
Kirby
G. BH Hultett
St. Johns
Alvin Pin
Hertha Lee Mew
Wirmen
Advisory Council
Barnet
Henry Toy
Burke
Ira Hunter
West Burke
Haris Fyler
Danville Green
North Danville
HM. Kimball
Weet Maule
F. B. Million
Groten
Mra
LS. Blanehead
Hardwick
BE. B. Pay
W. PB. Russell
Lyndon
Aln. Wetherboo
Nuwirk
Poster Wallace
Peacham
W. B. Martin
Ryeente
A. R. Bono
St Johnsbury
Florence Rowse
Sheffield
Harry Davis
Sutton
Charles Aldrich
Stannard
Jason Hutchins
Walden
G. H. Hazelton
Wheelock
Will Hutchinson
Wheelock Hollow
Ware
Legislature sees many minor bills amid new member arrival
In Montpelier on February 1 1919 Vermont lawmakers discuss a flood of minor bills in the House and Senate while William R McKillup fills the vacancy left by Sherman R Moulton. Committees shuffle leadership and prep for adjournment before March elections amid a generally quiet session.
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William P. Me« Killup
Burlington
S. R. Moulton
Senate
William R. McKillup
Sherman R. Moulton
Queen City
McKillup
Tracy
Maurice
Judiciary
Captain H W Ellis Promoted by Governor Clement
Special to The Caledonian Montpelier February 1 Governor Clement appoints Melvin G Mevse of Hardwick as municipal judge to replace Clinton G White who has held the post two years Other appointments include Major Anyon H Grout of Newport to lieutenant colonel Captain Henry W Ellis of St Johnsbury promoted to major in the Vermont volunteer militia Lt Col Preston H Ladley of Bellows Falls promoted to colonel and placed in command of the first regiment of the militia Captain Henry W Ellis a longtime St Johnsbury resident has held numerous ranks in local units since 1891 and has led Co G Vermont volunteer militia since 1918 His friends in St Johnsbury greet the promotion with pride.
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Caledonian Montpelier
Clement
Melvin G. Mevse
Hardwick
Clinton G. Whiye
Anyon H. Grout
Newport
Kenry W. Bilis
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Rufus EB. Bown
Turlington
Burling
Nowesty Court
Preston HH. Ladley
Bellows Falls
Henry W. Ellis
Ellis
Co. 1
Vermont National Guard
Hoe
Vermont Regiment
Co. G
Vermont Volunteer Militia
Death of Gordon A. Smith in South Ryegate
Gordon A. Smith a well known granite manufacturer in South Ryegate died Saturday afternoon from pneumonia following influenza. His wife and child are ill with influenza. He is survived by Mrs. Smith and one child, his mother Mrs. M. J. McDonald, and several brothers, one in business with him, another in France, and two in Granville. The private funeral with Masonic service was held at his home Tuesday at 10.30 a.m.
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South
Ryegate
Gordon A. Smith
Smith
McDonald
Spaulding Returns From Six Week Visit With Daughter
H G Spaulding day clerk at the St Johnsbury House is back after a six weeks visit with his daughter Mrs Lee Bates in North Hartland. The annual roll call of the Church of the Messiah will be held February 5 with a dinner at 80 o'clock followed by a business meeting.
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H. G. Spaulding
St. Johnsbury House
Mrs. Lee Bates
North Hartland
Church of the Messiah
Busness
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