The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-30
WILLIAMSBURG
Extension School Of Agriculture and
Home Economic, Dec 6-lo.


Circulars have been received in town
from Edward H, Loyeland of Randolph
county agent of the U. s. department OF
agriculture, giving further notice of the
extension school in agriculture and home
economics to be held in town beginning
on Monday afternoon, Dec. @, and con-
tnuing with forenoon and afternoon SEES
sions till Friday afternoon, Dec. 10. The
meetings for men will be in the grange
hall and those for women will be held
in the vestry of the Congregational
church and will be in charge of Mrs.
Julian jerks, III. +. johnson and the
county agent. The talks are not to be
set lectures but open discussions in which
all are urged to take part.
Frank j. Donahue Of Middlebury, who
has been collecting data for an insurance
map Of this village for the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance companies, has
finished the work and now goes to Chel-
sea to make similar survey of that
fvillage. The map shows the location of
all buildings, their construction and mat
erials from which roofs and frames are
made, etc. Mr.. Donahue is graduate
of Norwich university and has been en-
Igaged in this line of work as insurance
surveyor for the past eighteen years.
The ladies' aid society of the Congre-
gational church will give their usual
chicken pie supper in the dining room
of the church on Thursday evening, Dec
II, from $3.50 TO 5 o'clock Mother Goose
has agreed to be present and variety
of domestic and fancy articles will be
| on sale.
The Home Study club will meet with
Mrs. l.. O. Morgan on Saturday, Dec. a. |
Subject, Immigration" In place of
quotations q minute talk on some
foreign parsonage of note is requested. |
Please note the change of date OF meet |
ling.
The mems chorus sang very accept
ably at the morning service at the Meth I
odist church last Sunday and at the un-
ion meeting at the Congregational church
in the evening, though the full member
ship was not present at either service.
The chorus is to meet for its next I
rehearsal with Mr. Abbott on the even
ing of Monday, Dec. 6.
The new books of fiction lately pur-
chased by the public library will be ready
for distribution on Wednesday, the first
of December at l30 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Roberts, who
have been away for about two weeks
on a visit to friends in Cabot, Green's
boro and Stannard, have lately returned
home.
James Powers, former resident, who
was prominent in Masonic affairs and in
matters in which the welfare OF the gran
% IL. - r. l.
for few days and is at the home of !
his father-in-law, George w. Savery. j
Mr.. Powers has been for several years
a citizen of Mortified. II
Last week we awarded blue ribbons a
for short time taken TO bag deer to q
Frank st. John, who did the stunt in one }
hour and ten minutes. Now comes Arden o
l.. Hayward, who saw a buck as he was o
going TO a neighbours one afternoon and I
returned home for his trusty rife, and 5
was the owner Of the buck in As min b
utes, which weighed 10 pounds. "
Mrs. Bryan f. Marble has gone to &
Cambridge for stay of week or ten
days.
Chauncey Lougee has bought the Poole
house at the lower end OF Main street, N
of the estate of the late James NJ. Beck
ett of Montpelier. Price paid is report
ID as $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Lassell and n
ION have returned from their vacation. HI
'pent for the most part at the home of a
saac Recor in Chelsea. "
Edward l.. Steichen, an artist, whose y
ZONE is in France, but who is making U
Sew York City his headquarters for a as
lime, has been in town painting tor sew
raj weeks, using for his studio the house
TO Dean Martin, on the Brook W
eld road. He has painted several pie. w
ures during his stay and has now re. N
urned 20 New York for the winter. WI
Mrs. Emeline NJ Richardson has rent re
d rooms in the Poole house and will ~
love there within short time. all
Mrs. Guy Wells is living az the pres on
mt time in BreNerton, Wash, her hus. ID
and being an electrician in the EN- wa
10y OF the government and stationed on so
GARD a ship that IL doing duty in Pu- by
et sound not far from Olympia. Mrs.
Wells will be better remembered in town an
} Miss Aura Franklin, who has made ne
er home in California for several years, SCI
it'll other members Of the Benedict and de-
unham families, formerly well known w
re ana m washington.
Herbert j. Colby. who lately sold bis ma
Irm 10 c. Leslie Putnam Of Chelmsford, ia
ass., hss his affairs in town nearly set. !
ed up and win go 70 Pennsylvania ~
the near future. Before going he and he
: wife intend 10 spend a few days
the farm lately bought by Charles 81
. Edson, In East Montpelier. n
James J. Kanaly, conductor on the Dor
IRE line Of the G. v. r. r., il suffering thr
ON an attack q rheumatism and i lar
iiged 10 lay of from his work for occ
lille. ten
The lower part Of the Edson block on -
pot street. for many years occupied -
Edson Bros. a. q furniture store,
10 10 finished Of into two tenements
TIE pre-ent owner, DR.. Lewis j. Mar. -
Of barre. John A. Perry is in charge
the work Of remodsling and BE- = as
ted b. Thomas D. Poland.