The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Lawrence Tinkham of Quechce returned
home last night after visiting friends in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Keir of Craftsbury
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. b. Glad
ding over the week end.
ii. A. Mattison. cashier OF the Orange
County National bank in Chelsea, was a
visitor in the city Saturday.
Carlyle Wells OF Jefrersonvile, a grad.
uate of Goddard seminary, was week
end guest of friends in the city.
Alexander Hall of Ayers street re-
turned to Barre this morning, after
spending the week end at his former
home in Groton.
Il. r. Weems, who has been making an
extended stay in Saugerties, N. Y, ar
rived in the city last night and will pass
the summer here.
News has been received in this city of
the birth of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry w. Writers of st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Writers is former Barre girl, a
daughter of Louis Barney of South Barre
| Mrs. Sarah Drew of Boston and Mrs.
Harriet N. Little arrived last night and
Mrs. Drew is planning to make a few
days visit at the home of Mrs. Little in
Graniteville.
Edward Carroll of Bolster avenue and
Walter McHugo of Liberty street re-
turned this morning from Burlington,
where they have been visiting for few
days with relatives.
| Miss Bernice Whitcomb, who Ia en-
| ployed in the Office of Guy w. Bailey,
| secretary of state, at Essex Junction,
was a week-en visitor at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4. n. Whit
comb, Of Beacon street.
Ernest Counter, who is employed by
the Windsor Machine Co, in Windsor, was
a week END visitor with friends in Barre
and Montpelier. Zip Counter, as he Is
known hereabouts, formerly belonged to
the Italian A. c. baseball team,
Miss Marguerite Stoughton, who has
been passing 10 days in Boston, New
York, and Atlantic City, n. j., returned
to the city yesterday and resumed her
duties in the office of the Vermont Mu
tual Insurance Go. at Montpelier to-day.
William Mcleod of the Montpelier road
is taking his annual vacation from his
duties in the Quarry Savings bank. With
his mother, Mrs. Donald Mcleod, he left |
the city Saturday for Rochester, where
days with relatives.
Miss Clara Bycraft of Granitevile has |
been passing several days with relatives
at her former home in East Fairfield. |
Mrs. Fred C. Farrell of Enosburg Falls /
has been making a stay of several days
with relatives in Barre and at her for
mer home in Moretown.
From the outlying districts. chiefly
from the heights in Washington and
Orange, came reports to-day of lusty
young snowstorms this morning. In
Washington it was small.sized blizzard
for few minutes but the snow did not
remain long on the ground
Irving Potter of Boston, former in
structor and student at Goddard sem I.
mary, arrived in the city Saturday even
ing for a visit with friends at the school
on the hill. Mr. Potter is to give re
cital before the students at Montpelier
seminary before returning to his home in
Boston.
party consisting Of Margaret Wright,
Florence Moore, Henrietta Hayes, Al.
thur Hayes, Harry Holden and William
McMann of Burlington returned home !
last night after making short visit with
Miss Hattie lander of l6 South Main J
street. Miss Catheryn Hayes is making :
IN extended visit at the Lander home.
Among the patents reported granted
through the offices of Davis & Davis.
patent attorneys, are two
patents TO Barre men. Alfred A. Boyee, I
/ railway postal clerk who lives on East ,
street, has received patent on folding |
Philip Gordon, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Gordon of Richardson ,
street, has been granted patent on
frequency meter.
+. NJ. Moore. who has been employed
Is a news agent on the Central Vermont !
abroad, with a route that extended from ,
Montreal TO White River Junction, com. r
'leted his duties Saturday night and be-
IAN work to-day as an agent for the f,
Metropolitan Life Insuri nee Co. Mr.. ,
,Ioore is to work in cooperation with the 4
branch Office in this city and !
will make his headquarters in Barre. His
ome is in st. Adams. a,
After 10 months service at the Ross i
arber shop on North Main street. James ,
cake of Beckley court completed his \
uties there Saturday night and his plan
ing 10 move his family 10 his farm on A
obbh hill in the near future lie Is 4
lso contemplating reopening his quarry hi
hat is located on the farm. Melvin 81
vood. who has completed his duties at
he Holt barber shop has been engaged a,
D take the place vacated by Mr.. Geske :;
{ the Ross shop. li
Sometime this week George Walker. a
pll graduate Of Spsulding high schooi. oi
10 begin the work Of taking the school r.
snsus. Each year someone is assigned n
, the task Of gathering all the avail. q
bic data concerning the number Of chill 81
rem Of school age within the city limits. '
he canvass Is made by wards and usual
r requires two weeks. when the re- 81
arms are completed, they are submitted N
} the city clerk. who tabulates them sc- "
lrdinr 10 the ages Of the children. The III,
ndings Of the clerk are then fled for fr
~ when the fan term Of school opens in ..
eptember. q
a campaign similar % the hospital -
lmpaign conducted IN Barre and outly-
r. towns il March. 1914. il 70 b. -
unrhed in Bellows Pale sometime IN o
% near future The campo rners are 70 :
{ themselves % the task of raising a.
$3.50 for ths Rockingham hospital and .
y h0ped % make q beginning with TIE
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