The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

Edward B. Guyer OF Eastern ayenu
left the city last night for northern New
York, where he was summoned by tn
serious illness OF his grandmother.
Ensign Parsons, who has been con
neeted with the Salvation Army corps II
Barre for the past year, left last nigh
| for New Britain, Conn, whittier she hai
been transferred by the adjutant genera
OF New England,
| Manager Clinton +. Millsr of the Con
solidated Lighting Go. left this morning
for Middlebury. where be is to be one Of
the representatives of the company at a
hearing before the state public service
commission Mr. Millar expected to be
joined at Montpelier by supt. H, D. Lar
rabee OF the Tenney service. The hear
ing is concerned with the purchase of the
Moody & Almon electric plant, SO called,
by the Tenney corporation.
A special car attached to the Green
Mountain express, arriving in Barre at
sos O'Clock this morning. brought dele
CATION of nearly 40 "Dokies" back from
Lyndonville where they attended cere-
monial OF Suadah temple, No. lao, d. Q.
X. K, last evening "Dokies from
nearly every town in the state where
Pythians are connected with Suadah
temple were present at the meeting and
there was a representative assembly Of
New Hampshire members present. Sew
en- candidates were escorted through the
burning sands to Mecca and a substan-
tial banquet followed the ceremony
Visiting members of the craft were roy
ally entertained by the Lyndonville "Do-
kies." Festivities ended for the Barre
and Montpelier delegates at | o'clock, at
which time the train for Barre made
quick adjournment necessary.
With spring coming on apace, plans
for building operations in the spring und
summer of 1916 are maturing rapidly.
Rumors that at least three stonesheds are
to be built have not been confirmed, klt
the Presbrey Coykendall company has
made formal application and received a
permit TO erect an annex to its Wiley
street plant that win be good sized
stoneshed in itself. The addition is to
be los feet long, to conform with the
present plant in height and width. A
sizeable addition to the office is to be
built also. DIR. II. Nelson Jackson of
Burlington has practically completed
plans for adding a third story to his
business block on North Main street. Ii
he carries out his present plans the APP
pearance OF the structure viii be mate
rally improved. 1t is probable that the
third story will be equipped with fire
escape. /
Barre school teachers are in receipt 81 /
! program OF exercises TO be used in the I
public schools throughout the state on /
he anniversary Of Vermont's admission /
% the union. Just l25 years ago March (
!. Vermont the first state to be Joined /
o the sisterh0od after the Revolution,
,eeame a part of the growing nation.
Is the anniversary occurs on Saturday I
{ has been suggested that the exercises
v held on the Friday afternoon proceed +,
ng March T. Tabloid history 81 Yer /
n0nt's achievements and references to 4
er native sons are printed in the pam
,hlet. which also includes Charles r.
lariiug's poem entitled. "Where Vermont
'emes In a song. Vermont bv Helen
E. WinslOw. TO BE- sung to the tune Of
America aud @'rhe Song Of the Young
'ernonters- 20 be sung to the tune 81
Maryland. Nv Maryland" The mate
.ai for the program was collected BIZ the
reater Vermont ASSOCIATION.