The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-13
TALK OF THE TOWN


II The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
III thur Anderson of l42 Elm street died a
II the City hospital yesterday. The chill
II was 10 days old. Funeral services will
II be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clocl
H and interment will be made ut Hop
III cemetery.
II The ladies and pastors union Of thu
II Hedding Methodist church will hold III
III annual business meeting at the churci
II Thursday at 2:30 p. m. II is hoped there
III will be a large attendance, as officers fol
H the coming year viii be elected at this
II time.
H Letters received here yesterday an
| nounce the arrival in Jacksonville, Fla.
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Whitcomb, who
left Barre on Jan. 5. Their address Is
800 East 9th street. Mr.. Whitcomb
notes a business depression there, so diff
ferent from former years, and he at
tributes it largely to the effects of the
| European war. The products OF the
South, cotton, turpentine resin, etc, feel
the effects of the war much more than
the food products and manufactures of
the North.
Services at the Baptist church the last
two evenings have been well attended.
Last night the interest was good, as Mr..
Thompson spoke. The special music was
duet, sung by Mr.. Holt and Mr.. Thomp-
son. Tonight at 1880 there viii be an
other preaching service, preceded by a
service of song. There will also be spe-
cial music. The services will continue
| through Friday evening. All are well
come. Everyone win hear something of
interest and help.
| A mishap on one of the lines of the
Consolidated Lighting Go. early last
evening plunged most of the city into
outer darkness and people who did not
command the service of an auxiliary gas
/ light or the old-fashioned oil lamp were
compelled to forego the conyeniences or
artificial Illumination. The trouble start
/ ed when two wires near the George
/ Bond granite plant off Depot square
4 burned out, A remedy was quickly sup
| piled by the Consolidated Lighting Co.
and the entire city service was resumed
before many folks had discovered the
candles they laid away at houseclean-
ing last spring.
A farewell service and reception in
honor OF Captain Young was held in the
Salvation Army barracks last evening,
when large number of Army people
and sympathizers assembled to say good
bye to the departing captain. After the
praise service there were several inform
al speeches by associates OF Miss Young
and refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served. Captain Young received |
notice Of her transfer several days ago
and will leave within a few days for |
New York state, where she will be en-.
gagged in n wider field of the Army's |
service. Announcement was made last |
night Of the appointment Of Miss Rouse |
10 succeed Captain Young in command |
of the Barre corps. Miss Rousse has I
been affiliated with Army work in and /
around New York and is expected to ar.
rive in the city this evening to assume
her new duties.
Representatives and employees Of the
Barre & Montpelier Traction & Power
Co. and the Consolidated Lighting Co.,
comprising nearly everyone connected /
with Tenney service in Barre and Mont
pelier, viii gather in Eagles hall at the
capital early this evening for their sec
ond annual dinner. Officers OF both com
panies will be present and a dance pro-
gram will follow the dinner, which be-
gins az $3.50 o'clock There will be in
formal talks by Howard T. Sands of
Boston, vice president, and II. d. lara
bee OF Montpelier, manager of the light
ing company. Other officials may be
called upon for brief toasts. Features
Of the afterdinner program will also in
clude four reels OF motion pictures and
vaudeville sketches. W. II. Phillips will
furnish music for the dancing and dur
ing the first march the companies guests
will sing "Tipperary" and when It's
Night Time Down in Burgundy"
"Citizens Of Tomorrow" was the sub
jet Of an interesting lecture which Err
nest n. Coulter delivered before an APP
preciative audience IN the opera house
last evening under the auspices Of the
Rarre Womans club. The lecture was
one Of a series which the club Is giving
during The winter months. Seated on
the stage with the speaker were Judge
W. W Miles 81 the superior court, Judge
Prank } Martin Of the probate court
which is the juvenile court In Vermont ,
a the present time; Judge n. W. Scott
81 the city court, Judges q. n. Dale and
" = Capp. assistants 70 the superior
Judge sheriff Prank u. Tracy Of Mont
Delier. Chief Sinclair Of the Barre police I
.orce. and Probation 0hleer Charles A.
smith Of Montpelier. Mr.. Coulter was
introduced BY Superintendent q. N. Ros-
soe Of the city schools His address ,
showed familiarity with approved
methods Of handling boys and was 1n- :
erlarded With a fund Of good stories. r
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represented by sizeabls delegations in
barre late tifis Afternoon when the open.
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