The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

III Miss Margaret Barclay of Waltham
H Mass, is spending several days at tn
home of her mother, Mrs Mary Barcla,
of Park street.
Mrs. Eta Bascomb left late this fore
noon for her home in Morrisyllle, aftel
spending few days with friends il
Barre and vicinity.
| Miss ELL Nichols of Hartford, Conn.
who has been visiting relatives in thii
city and surrounding towns for the past
two weeks, left last night for her home
Saturday, Sept. Is, the !. o. o. L., NJ
u, will have a food sale of home made
food beans, spaghetti, etc, at the store
of late Oscar Borgh, North Main street
Reserve the date, Friday evening, Oct
/ !, to take in the novel entertainment to
be held in the Congregational church
parlors. Watch the paper for further
particulars
Ralph Rogers of Richardson street,
first honor student in the 1915 class OF
Spaulding high school, left this noon for
Boston, where he will spend about a
week before going to New Haven, Conn,
where he will enter Yale college.
Miss Elizabeth Mathieson of Burling-
ton, who came here to attend the we'd
ding Of her sister, Miss Margaret Math-
ieson, to B. A. Wheeler of Windsor. is
remaining in Barre, her former home,
for few days visit with acquaintance.
The choir and congregation of the
Church OF the Good Shepherd will hold a
corn roast at the home of Mrs. A. w.
Allen, Sunnyside farm, this evening at
| o'clock. In the event of rain, it will be
postponed until Saturday evening at the
same hour.
Leonard Calder of Springfield, Mass,
who has been spending the past month
in this city and vicinity visiting relatives
and friends, left this morning for his
home for short visit before leaving for
New York City, where he has secured
employment.
The Mercer house on the Montpelier
road is beautiful inside and the location
is an ideal one 70. a residence just out of
town. The place is for sale with enough
land for a nice garden. Call up NJ A.
Hoadley, Montpelier, and ask for price
and terms. Phone l4g-M.
Albert Creamer's record for continuous
service in the employ of single granite
manufacturing concern, as chronicled in
yesterdays Times. is excelled by that of
Ernest Jones, another employee of c. w.
Melcher. who has worked at the banker
in the stoneshed for more than 20 years.
Officer John w. Dineen OF the police
trautardatr Nav.
gennes, where ne accompanied a trio OF
youngsters to the state industrial school
for the remainder of their minorities. |
The boys were convicted in city, court Of |
completely in the theft of automobile |
accessories in a car which stood in front |
of the Brook street Swedish mission one |
night this week.
John Stephens Of Los Angeles, Cal, 4
formerly of Barre, writes that he had
the pleasure of calls from Judge II. w.
Scott of Barre city court and b. Luc-
china of the North Barre Granite Co..
and also /. Cross of Northfeld on a
single day. He says that frequent calls
from his former townsmen and the ar
rival of The Times make him almost
forget that he no longer is in Barre.
Employees Of the Hoyt & Milne stone
shed 10 the number Of about 80, left
this morning for the grove near Persons
farm at the upper end Of Prospect street
The occasion was their annual picnic.
Baseball implements were carried along
and game between the married men
md the single men was on the schedule
Tor late afternoon. Other sports In the
Inc of running and jumping will have
prominence. Scotch music in the form
# bagpipes filed the air Of that vicinity
most Of the day.
The football game that was 10 have
,een PLAYED between the Spaulding alum
II and the high school team this aftef
loon has been cancelled. Coach Brown
lecided that with such warm weather
conditions he would not put his team 10
xtreme hard practice. Light work dur.
ne each afternoon Of the week has been
.iyen the team and " IL can be arr
anged. the first game Of the season win
V played with the alumni next week
he management Of the team has near
v all the schedule made up and win be
eady for print sometime next week. As
'et no game has been arranged with the
Goddard seminary eleven and the chances
or the two teams 20 get together this
ear are pretty small.
Frank Townsend Of Alaska i visiting
( the home ~ his father, Charles 81
ovnsend Of 81 Washington street. hav-
" been dispatched on q mission east for
be purpose Of purchasing three locomo-
IVES and a rotary snowplow for = rail
lad line that was recently Constructed *
the great northern territory. Al. n
Dough Mr. Townsend has extensive IN q
rests Of his own in the Alaskan PENN II
ia, No u 70 h. employed this winter bv n
ne 81 the railroads that was recently =
lilt 10 develop untspped SECTIONS If The
,untry. A former Barre by and
-aauate 81 the old Barrs academy. Mr.
ownsend i actively engaged alonr "a
ous lines. md his uumerous undertak.
a. include = silver fo8 and marten
I'm which b. cuuducis ~ small Island =
! the coast az Alaska. Mr.. Townsend
maskina his first fisf - Barre IN four X
isrs and plans q sfFrd several dsys n
e eity. III
Visitors n the eity Yesterday SRI r.. y
y ineiuded tho following peapls NJ Il
4 Mrs 7. 7 eraerufsn1 Miss a W q
-eanwoef and ti.auHaur NJ. ard Mr.
IT Greenwood mrH rinuFeuF Fas1lnffa
.ie. ard p a. sufh ed PARTY. Hdi
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