The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Parish supper at the Congregational
church Friday, March 3.
+. b. Hoyt of Williamstown was Wis.
itor in the city yesterday.
Smart spring styles in millinery at
Mrs. w. +. Shepard's. Special prices
adv.
Mrs. Guy Tobie of East Montpelier
was the guest OF friends in the city yes
terday.
Come to the dinner. pail party Wednes
day afternoon, March s, Congregational
church,
Mrs. Frank Carr OF Mortified arrived
in the city yesterday for visit OF sew
eral days with friends.
o. T. Robinson left the city this morn
ing for st. Adams, where he is spending
the week end with friends.
/ G.. Sartorelli arrived in the city this
morning from Northfeld for weekend
4 visit with friends on North Main street.
Charles i. Southgate, ticket agent at
the Nj. d W. r. railroad station, has re-
turned to the city, after supplying as
agent in the station at Groton.
The Barre Granite Manufacturers as.
ISOLATION met at manufacturers head |
quarters in the e. w. Averill building /
this afternoon for special meeting.
Mrs. Charles Paini and children, who
accompanied the remains of Mrs. Maria
Falcetti TO Barre for burial early in the
week, returned yesterday to their home
in Bethel.
Miss Lillian Roberts of Jefferson street
resumed her duties as ticket agent at the
Central Vermont station this morning,
after passing several days at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Rob-
erts in Mortified.
Robert w. Simonds, chairman of the
industrial accident board, and the secre-
tary, Miss Laura Burbank, who were
registered at Hotel Barre while transact
ing business in this city and Montpelier,
returned this morning to their home in
st. Johnsbury
Louis Bishop of Graniteville was
brought to the City hospital by M. j.
Whitcomb at ] o'clock this morning and
was operated upon Immediately for APP ]
pendicitis. The patient was reported to
be recovering from the effects OF the
ether in satisfactory manner the fore
noon.
To-night's basketball card calls for a d
yame between Goddard seminary and a p
cam OF Newbury players, who came TO o
Barre this morning with "A record of hay =
ng won IL of Is games played since the n
eason opened. The Newbury team is !,
described as one of the fastest aggrega n
ions in Vermont Less than a fort #
light ago Newbury took fall out of the s
eminary in a close game on the floor of A
he former team. al
Louis R. Moore of st. Adams, an Off +,
err of the Vermont branch of the broth IL
rhood of railroad trainmen, arrived in IN
he city this morning to assist in the -
ompletion of arrangements for the flu
eral of William NJ. Grant, the Central
ermont yard master, who died yester
ay. Efforts made last night and to-
ay to locate sister of Mr. Grant, who M
thought to be residing somewhere in
merica, were futile. 1t is known that
E has distant relatives living in Eng
md. al
Maple Grove residents were greatly ex at
ted this week over the sad plight of a tr'
It which had scaled a giant tree in the III
sighborhood, only to lose its taste for We
ZEE venturing when it had gained the 10
pmost branch. Efforts to persuade the mn
line to descend from its perilous perch tir
ere unavailing, and after the animal TEL
Id remained exposed to the elements
r two nights, ii was brought down with an
rife. People acquainted with the hab- an
of the feline family say that cat grs
cending a tree beyond certain height, sis
III invariably refuse TO come down. of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Dashner of Washing He
n street were agreeably surprised last XII
ening by about twenty of their friends
10 called to remind them Of their 3sth
,dding anniversary. The evening was
emit with vocal and instrumental mu
and dancing. Refreshments were En-
wed in the latter part of the evening.
I'm Nelson, on behalf of the friends
asent, and few more who were I'M
lie to attend, presented Mr.. and Mrs. IN
sinner a chair, Mr.. Dashner expressing ha'
J surprise and gratitude of Mrs. Dash diV'
r and himself in a fitting response. the
e party broke up at late hour with use
my expressions of good will toward ave
host and hostess ef;
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