The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

Sugar social tonight at Presbyterian
church.
| See those pretty silk waists for $l.o'
at Vaughan's.
The best values in suits we have eve
seen at $40, $3.50 and $500. Lamor
Iey's.
Howard Randall of Burlington is visit
ing relatives in this city over the week
end.
Albert Blair went this morning tc
Waterbury, where he win pass the week
end with friends.
Miss Augusta Thompson of 22 Hill
street is passing several days with
friends in New York.
| Misses Emile Smith and Lena Brown
OF Mortified are making brief visit
with friends in the city.
good program has been arranged in
connection with the sugar social at the
! Presbyterian church tonight. Better
spend your evening where you will enjoy
| it most.
Mrs. Max Junge, who has been passing
several weeks at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. w. W. Calder of
Beacon street, returned to-day to New
York City.
Misses Murdena and Joena Smith, who
are attending school in Boston, arrived
last night and will make two weeks
visit at the home of Alex Duncan on
East street.
Miss Alice Mcdonald, who has been
making n stay of several days with
friends in Burlington, was visitor in
the city yesterday, while on her way
home to Graniteyille.
Frank O. Lee, who qualified yester-
day as superintendent of the city water
department and city engineer, plans to
move his family from Burlington to
Barre within a short time Mr.. Lee has
assumed his duties at city hall.
Miss Leafy Whitney, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in the
city and vicinity for the past two months,
left this noon for her home in Little
ton, N. H., where she will make short
visit before returning to her work in
keene, N. H,
Beginning tomorrow evening and CON
tinung through the term OF years COW
cred by agreement recently signed by the
BARRIERS and their employers, all union
tonsorial shops in the city will close at
$3.50 o'clock, instead OF 10 O'Clock, the
closing hour for the past five years.
Miss Belle Pressly has just graduat ted
as nurse from the Barre City hospital
training school after course covering
two years and three months and is now
at the home of her brother, John Press
~, on Currier street. Her place at the
hospital ia taken by Miss Mary Murphy
of Graniteville.
The remains of David T. Benjamin, a
former Barre resident, whose death at
the age of 81 years occurred at the home
OF his brother Joseph Benjamin, in
Plainfield Tuesday, were brought to
Barre to-day and inferred in the family
lot at Elmwood cemetery. Funeral sery
ices were held at the home of Mr. Ben
jamin this forenoon at II o'clock.
George Maniattv OF the United Fruit |
store received telephone message from
Westfield this morning advising him OF |
the improved condition of Michael Plum
pides, a Barre man who was taken Sc
riously i'll while visiting Maurice H. !,
Gray in that town last Sunday As soon |
a. Mr. Plumpides condition will per.
init, he will be removed to this city for
treatment.
Howard Harold Peterson of Shelburue,
a 1918 graduate of Goddard seminary,
and one of the cleverest twirleTs who has
the seminarans on the
mound in several seasons, has been sign
ID by Manager Frank Irwin TO pitch
for the Lewiston team in the Maine
state league in 1915. A Lewiston sport.
ng writer makes the following mention
IF Peterson's coming appearance in that
,ity; Peterson comes from Shelburne.
IT., and is recommended by George Win
er, the former Red Sox twirer, who was
,oach of thc University Of Vermont
line" Along with Peterson, the Lewis
on club has signed Frank Lange, an
Atlantic league~siTortielder When he
ppesrs in Lewiston uniform. Peterson
viii make his debut in league baseball,
Though he pitched successfully for in
dependent teams in Vermont and New
FORK state last summer
Barre. Bethel, Randolph and Montpel.
er realty seekers bid in on the j.
Sheatley Camp farm in East Randolph .
yesterday, the successful bidder being
. W. Bowen OF Bethel who purchased
he property for S2,470 with the idea Of
making his home there. A deed convey
~ the farm. which contains $50 acres !
nd includes the buildings, has already I,
cen registered and j. signed bv !. W.
ann Of Warren. Mr. Bowen plans to !.
rove his household goods from Bethel
, his new purchase within few DAYS .
II. Camps plans are not definitely an. )
ounced. although il y known that he !.
xpects 70 90 10 California with his
rother, making the trip by automobile :
an A. Perry Of this city acted as auc. !,
oneer and after the sale Of the farm /.
, sold personal property AZ good prices i
ows brought from $40 10 s45i hay IN :
BE- barn sold at sI5 per ton and :
sir of oxen. four year-old steers, were a
hooked down for sl44. l.
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