The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Mildred Rooney of Summer
street returned to-day from Rutland,
where she has been spending few days
with friends.
Keep in mind the venison supper,
which the Baptist ladies' aid society
will serve in the dining room at the
Baptist church Tuesday evening, Dec. 9.
Harold Adams, student at the Uni
yersity of Vermont, was a visitor in
the city to-day, returning to his home
at South Barre TO spend the Thanksgiv-
ing recess.
Among the transactions in the city
yesterday was the sale of 35 shares OF
Peoples National bank stock for STA
share, the sale being made TO one OF
the directors.
The management of the Goddard sem
mary basketball team changed the date
of their opening basketball game. The
game against Norwich Independents was
scheduled for tomorrow night, but
short time ago the game was deferred
until Saturday, Nov. 20.
Misses Clair and Kathleen Miles, who
attend school at st. Mary's academy,
Burlington, arrived in the city to-day to
pass a week at their home on West
street. Misses Pauline Canning and
Dorothy Donnhue, also students at st.
Mary's, will pass Thanksgiving as their
guests.
The two children who were taken to
the house of George Morehouse on the
East Montpelier road, Monday. after
they apparently had wandered from
home, were claimed by Second street
man, whose home is about two miles
from the Morehouse residence To-day
a Waitsiield woman called mp the office
of local attorney, saying that she had
read the descriptions of the children in
The Times and thought they fitted quite
accurately the descriptions of her two
children who had not been staying with
her part OF the household for some time
The woman was anxious to get her chill.
dren back.
A union Thanksgiving service will be
held in the Presbyterian church tonight
at 1880. Rev. j.. +. Newell of the Meth
odist church will preach the sermon.
The Presbyterian choir will furnish the
music. Last year for the first time
the union Thanksgiving service was held
Wednesday evening, instead of Thurs
day morning as of old. The response
of the people was so enthusiastic and
the attendance was so good that the
Barre Ministers union voted to hold
the service the same way this year.
Therefore this service is tonight, in
stead of tomorrow morning.
Alexander Wilson is at the City hos.
pital recovering slowly from the effects
of a painful accident which he sustained
while employed at the Martinson estate
plant on Aver street Saturday. Mr..
Wilson is stonecutter, and while he
was trying to adjust the position OF
stone, it fell over and struck him on
the right leg. DIR. " c.. Goodrich, who
was Immediately summoned, treated the
man for a fracture of the right ankle
and deep cash above the knee. The
ankle bone protruded through the skin.
50 severe was the fracture, and because
of the mans condition it was deemed
advisable to remove him to the hospital,
where the fracture was reduced. Will
son is a married man and has apart.
ments at the Northern hotel. It win
be several weeks before he is able to
resume work.
A large assembly of Redmen from
East Barre, Montpelier and this city
came together in the lodge of Iroquois
tribe, No l6, !. o. r. NJ, last evening
for supper of corn and venison. Red
Men from Wuchosen tribe, East Barre,
and Sioux tribe Montpelier, were guests
of the local Indians. A well prepared
supper of venison. corn and fxin's was
served at 1880 o'clock and in the course
of social hour which followed several
of the visitors as well as members of
the entertaining tribe contributed to
program of song. Among those who
gave vocal solos were Thomas McDon-
aid Arthur Pirie, John Milne, William
Innes, Alfred Milne, William Wallace
and Peter Brown of the Iroquois, James
Jerome of the Sioux tribe and w. J.
Bison of the East Barre Red Men. +.
c. Barrett of the Montpelier lodge gave
an interesting fve-minute speech. The
gathering of the tribes was the occasion
for renewing a debate as to whether the
Sioux. the Wuchosens and the Iroquois
should come together for an etening
this winter Last year a joint meeting
was held and several of the prominent
Red Men of Vermont were present. 1t
is likely that gathering of the same
kind will be held in January.