The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

One-third off on sample underwear a
Abbotts Saturday.
Dorothy Davenport and Rupert Julian
at the Bijou to-day.-adv
James Mcintosh left this morning fol
Burlington, where he has secured EN-
ployment.
Mrs. Minnie Saunders of Orange street
is visiting friends in Piermont, \. H., for
a few days.
Miss Clara Watkins of Summer street
left yesterday for Montreal, where she
will visit for a few days.
Mrs. William Richard and daughter OF
/ st. Adams are passing few days with
relatives in Barre and Montpelier
William Bishop left last night for
Charleston, where he plans to make a
visit of several days with friends.
Mrs f. r. Brunette of Chelsea is visit
| ing for few days at the home of Mrs.
Linnie Stevens of Highland avenue.
William Clifford, superintendent of the
Woodbury. Granite company of Bethel,
was a business visitor in the city to-day.
Frank Reilly OF Graniteyille was a
visitor in the city this morning while on
his way to Sherbrooke. P. O., where he
plans to make a visit of several days
with relatives.
Only one game is fixture on the
sporting calendar in Barre tomorrow.
Goddard seminary and the Italian A. c.
are to meet for the first game of their
series on the campus at 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon, the Italians substituting for
the Barre A. G., which team viii try
conclusions with the seminary later in
the season. Spaulding high school play
ers are without an entry in their sched
ule, the next game being May S, when
Burlington high school, on a tour of in
vasion in Washington county, viii be
seen at Gospel Village.
Improvements to the highways that
thread the quarry district have been car
ried on with such degree of dispatch
this spring that most of the roads may
be traversed by automobiles. The ma
cadam road between Barre and Granite
vile, which has been passable ever since
the snow left has been treated in needed
spots to a coat of crushed stone. The
main artery of travel between Granite |
Vile and Websterville is in better shape |
at the present time than in the fall, al |
though the town road commissioner |
plans to improve the highway this year
by blasting a troublesome ledge near the |
Graniteville end of the road. Other |
roads in the quarry district are said to
be conditioned better than some of the
streets here in the city.
Many granite manufacturers were in
attendance at the headquarters of the
Granite Manufacturers association last
evening when the first of a series of cd
meetings was held. w. W.
Parry, OF the firm of Parry & Jones, gave
an interesting blackboard talk and lee
ture on some Of the problems that con-
front the granite manufactures. Is
timating, overhead expenses and cost
accounting were considered by the speak
n. An informal talk by Fred X. Irvine,
editor of the American Stone Trade.
which is soon TO issue special Barre
number, was the next speaker and in
he course of his remarks the value OF
he educational meeting was sharply en-
1hasized Mr.. Irvine closed by telling
If his observations of the educational {
Meeting as it has worked out among the
etail monument dealers. Mr.. Ripple, I
Bliss monument and ceme- Z
cry review, was the last speaker He
las recently returned from tour of =
8 western and middle western states, I
n the course of which be had occasion
o observe the effect of Barre's granite !
dycrtising campaign. He stated that =
etailers are very enthusiastic over the
ampaign and predicted immeasurably
aluable results q