The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-17
MONTPELIER.

Mrs. g. G. Cory has returned from
Westport and Port Kent y. Y.
Isabelle Hargin and Mr. and Mrs. w,
w Foster have sold TO NJ T. Smile
strip Of land on Court street for ST.
600. It adjoins property already owned
by Mr. Smile and will be used for a
driveway.
The body Of Miss Katherine 0'Roake,
half-sister Of Miss Mary Cutler Of this
city, was brought here yesterday from
New York and the funeral was held this
morning from St Augustine's church,
with interment in the Catholic ceme-
terry.
AS the result of preliminary exam
nations, taken recently at Mortified,
Rufus Percy Of Newport has been APP
pointed a candidate to West Point by
Congressman Frank Plumley, aud Mr..
Percy will leave shortly for Fort Slo-
cum, n. ", to take the preliminary ex-
aminations. Richard H. Ballard Of
Montpelier has been appointed alternate.
Thomas Widely encampment, |. 0. O.
r., held its annual business meeting last
night and elected the following officers:
Chief patriarch Dr. G. H. Parmenter
high priest, 0, J Gross; senior warden,
T. r. Ryle; junior warden, G. G. Taft;
scribe, Edward Baker; treasurer II. A.
Bowman. An oyster supper was served
after the work and smoke talk was en-
ioyed
The funeral Of NJ. ] Lynch. who was
fatally injured at West Hartford Thurs
day, will be held tomorrow morning at
8 o'clock from ST. Augustine's church,
and interment will be in East Berk
shire, to which place the body viii be
accompanied by delegations from the
Montpelier and st. Adams councils Of
the Knights Of Columbus a special
train viii carry the party, and several
officials Of the Central Vermont viii be
present or join the Others at st. AL
bans.
The discussion between f. c. Getchell
and the city council has as yet brought
forth no fruit, as no attempt has been
made to move the formers house, al
though he threatened to do so. The city
council expresses itself as ready to put
up fight if he attempts it, The rea-
son for the trouble is that if the house
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street is only one foot wider than the
house itself, and the council takes the
stand that traffic will be delayed and
therefore Mr.. Getchell must wait I'M
til he can move the building on the ice
OF the river and down the Langdon
meadow If he moves it in this way, the
council will give him the right to cross
the road to the proposed site.
The Clef club, composed Of 10 young
women from Burlington and other places.
under the leadership of George H. VIII
der, gave a most enjoyable concert at
the Armory last evening for the benefit
Of the Montpelier Military band. The
soloists were Miss Irene o. Mongeon.
contralto; Marion D. Jordan, aged ~
years. flute virtuoso, and Miss Lillian
Wagner, violinst. The program was
varied and proved very pleasing to the
large audience in attendance The Clef
club is unique organization, composed
OF young women, many of them still in
their teens, who are thoroughly ae-
quainted with the various instruments
and drilled seemingly to perfection by
Mr.. Wilder. A. j. Sibley. in behalf of
the band, expressed the thanks Of the
organization for the program and took
occasion to speak of the work Of the
club and its leader, TO which MIR. Wilder
responded