The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

APfoHHs caps 10 mdlcn AT hnlSHI ,.
A. o. H. picnic at Dewey park Satur'
day.
i Dante Rizzi of South Ryegate is max,
ing stay in the city with friends.
Read G.. S. Andrews advertisement in
this issue and see how you can make
fifty cents.
Rev. and Mrs. Z. c. Downey Of Port.
land, Me-, are guests at DIR. H. l., Leon
ards for few days.
1.-The Superior Law, a splendid three
reel dramatization of Sir Gilbert Park
er's, "The Right of Way" at the Bjou
Miss Margaret Mcdonald of Granite
Vile was a visitor in the city to-day OH
her way to Berlin, n. H., for few days
visit
Miss Gertrude Carrigan of Summer
at Pittsford, where she will spend a
month.
Auction sale. household goods, at City
auction market, Depot square, Saturday
at p. m. See ad. 0. II. Hale, auc-
tioneer.
+. p. Carter of | Church street left
this afternoon on a business trip to New
York in the interests of the Central
| Granite Co.
Dean X. Adams Of Maple avenue left
yesterday for Boston and vicinity, where
he will combine business with pleasure
for the next two weeks.
Mrs. Clarence b. Gladding and son,
Edmund, of South Main street have
gone TO Plattsburg, n. Y, for a visit
of several days with relatives.
Mrs. Abbie Emery and son, Fred EN-
cry, of Washington. ID. c., are passing
several days with friends in Barre and
vicinity. Mr.. Emery is connected with
the Washington Office OF the Associated
Press.
The Woman's club will hold rum
mage sale in the emergency room in the
basement of the city building Satur-
day afternoon, July 20. Everyone hay
ing articles to contribute is asked to
send them to the room Saturday fore
noon.
Yesterday afternoon about fifteen
members OF the Fortes club enjoyed
their annual outing at Benjamin Falls.
The outing was in the form OF a basket
picnic. The affair was in charge OF
Misses Mamie Mcdonald and Marie
Boyce.
South Barre grange, No 4G7, will hold
its regular meeting July "a, Worthy
Flora Mrs. John Worcester having the
program i'll charge. The program: Piano
solo, Mrs. Don Camp; vocal solo, Harold
Adams; reading, Mrs. NJ. /. Towne; yo
cal solo, Mary Adams; drill by sixteen
ladies'
Mrs Edwin Cornell Of South Cam
bridge n. Y, Miss Fannie DIN of Ben
nington and F. w. Oln Of Alton, H..
who have been visiting at the home of
A. T. Smith of Trow hill and with 9TH
er relatives in the city for the past
week. left for their respective homes
this morning.
+. y. Normandeau, contractor. who
has had force of workmen making nee.
essary repairs at the city reservoir in
the town OF Orange for the past few
weeks. has completed the work This
morning he went to South Royalton,
where he will superintend the construe
tion of concrete underpasses which he
is erecting there at railroad crossings.
Carl Miner who has been employed as
a clerk at the Central Vermont freight
office. went this forenoon to Essex juno |
ton, where he viii act in a similar ca
pacity for the same road Mr.. Miners |
change Of position comes in the nature /
Of promotion He has been a resident |
Of Barre for two years, coming here |
from Richford, where he was formerly |
employed by the Central Vermont road
The annual Sunday school picnic in
with the Church of the Good |
will be held on Saturday, July !
%, at Dewey park. The children are re-
luested to assemble at the church at 10 |
/. m. sharp. Car leaves at l0:l5. The
are of all the Sunday school children
will be paid. Parents are asked to
accompany their children. as we'll as the
teachers. All are to bring baskets along
The choir boys are invited to attend,
md their parents viii also be welcomed.
A single blast from the fire whistle
{ the gas plant and the accompanying
lang of one stroke on the big gong at
Ire station ] made many people think
here was a fire around $50 o'clock
his forenoon, 1t developed afterwards
hat the false alarm was due to a
rossed wire caused by linemen EN-
loyed by the Vermont Telephone &
telegraph Co.. who were employed ON
he Summer street line. Wire Inspector
ienry H. Hodgdon notified the station
f the accident, and the damage was
DON repaired None OF the fire fighting
pparatus left the station, as the indica.
or failed to register any box.