The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-08
TALK OF THE TOWN
Anniversary sale at Fits.

called to Montreal Thursday owing Z
II the serious illness of his mother.
II William Mears OF South Main stree
H left this morning for Haverhill, Mass
\ where he will visit his son, Fred Mears
II Twenty-ffth annual old and younl
II folks ball, East Montpelier, Jan. 20
y Dances to suit all. CAROLS orchestra
ltadv.
Start your Christmas Club account
e now. Bank open Saturday and Monday
I evenings, TO o'clock. Barre Savings
G Bank a Trust Co.
e Why not come to the Hotel Barre to.
morrow and have special turkey dinner
: and no bother at homer Tel. 600 for
, reservations. j. VI Rowen, manager.
Employees of the Daylight store and
! friends were guests of Manager Eames
/. at the Park theatre following their din
! ner at Hotel Barre Thursday evening.
News has been received Of the death
, of Mrs. James G. Bailey at Oak Park,
| Ill. Mr.. Bailey wasta former resident
of Barre and is brother OF III. NJ. Bal
| ley.
Miss Jean Darling, who has been Wis
iting friends in the city for several
days, LETT this forenoon for Canaan, n.
H., where she is engaged as teacher in
the village school.
/ A telegram received by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Skerritt Of this city informed
them that their son, Harry Skerritt,
had gone through successful operation
for appendicitis at Atlantic City, N. j.
Roy Kidder, who has been spending
the holidays at the home of his mother
on Summer street, returned to Lowell,
Mass, this morning to conutine his
course at the Lowell Commercial col
lege.
John 0'Lcary, of the granite manufac-
turing firm of Marion & O'Leary, who
has been quite seriously i'll at his home
on Eastern avenue, was able to be out
of doors to-day, for the first time since
his illness.
Past masters Of Granite lodge, No.
80, f.. & A. NJ, conferred the mark |
master degree on several candidates at |
a special communication in Masonic hall I
last evening. The delegation of the GER
emonial to the past masters brought out
many Masons and the degree work was
watched with keen interest. Afterward
substantial luncheon was served.
A barge carrying a large number OF
Barre Odd Ladies went to Graniteville
last evening, when officers of the Gran
iteville lodge were installed. Mrs. Harry
Gamble and Others of the Barre delega-
tion assisted in the exercises and after
the officers had been indicted into office
there was a banquet and social hour.
Among the visitors in the city yester-
day and to-day were the following peo-
pie: g. II. Bigelow OF Washington, c. L.
Schoif OF st. Adams, A. r. Smith OF
Bellows Falls, A. J. Elliott of Rutland,
c. o. Streeter of Worcester, Mass, G.
w. Simpkins OF Manchester, Mr.. and
Mrs. III, X. Gerlach of Great Barring Z
ton, Mass, William NJ. Callaghan, Wen ]
dell NJ. Campbell, Roderick X Mcleod, t
Thomas Thompson, Howard Lewis, ]. II.
Cordella and II. ID. Bell of Hardwick !
Miss Bertha Gates of Laeonia, n. H., c
John McMasters of New London, Conn. Il
Fluctuations in the price of gasolene in i
.he past few months eliminated this T
week in an increase that overtops the
FORMAL price by several degrees. A Barre :
nan, who it may be mentioned incident
lily, joins with many motorists in re- HI
oicing over the fact that gas has seen III
It to soar in the month when autos are m
perated the least, recalls the fact that III
ohm d. Rockefeller, trave,ing through III
florida sometime since, was compelled HI
o pay % cents per gallon for gasolene HI
hat the Standard Oil Co. was retailing HI
t 10 cents. The big price which John XII
}. had to pay because someone saw him iii
oming is nearly identical with the pres. VII
Mt market price. Hi
Clerk F. s. Plat of the United States III
curt contemplates holding a session of HI
court in Barre sometime I'LL
bis month or early in February, the l|I
xaet date not having been determined I'LL
5 yet. Mr.. Platt examined number I'LL
{ candidates in Bethel Yesterday, but I'LL
stunned Immediately to his home in |
after a brief visit in this vi | Hi
nifty. A number of candidates for citi- Hi
,nship who were unable to be present lI
the December hearing, have expressed
desire to obtain their first and second I'LL
.pers without delay. Unless there is
| uncommonly large humble of appli iii
nts in Graniteyille, the court will not I'LL
nvene in Barre Town next month. I'LL
Constable George L. Morris reports Hi
e sum of 81 400 in delinquent taxes Hi
llected in the period between Jan. |, llll
is and Dec. 81 has been turned over iii
the city treasurer. Several taxes on Illl
seable budgets of real estate in the MI
y are overdue, but the aggregate men, NH
,ned above includes a number of real. HI
taxes. Poll tax collections have been III
irly brisk in the past two months, al
ough many delinquencies remain. In
e period between 1918 and 1915 the I
m of S4,l00 was collected and diverted lb
the city treasury. a meeting of the
ard of civil authority is to be called III
rly in February. hi
The remains OF Mrs. Diana Thurston, Hi
fe Of the late Almon ThurstOn, for III
my years a resident of Barre. who died I'M
Someryille, Mass, Thursday, will ar
e in the city this evening. To-mor. Y
= the body viii be taken to West =
psham. where funeral services are to
held in the afternoon. The funeral 1
4 take place in the church at $3.50 -
lock. instead Of o'clock. as was pre-
usly announced, the change being
de on account Of the illness of the d
1T Topsham pastor. Rev. r. +. New. sl7a
Of the Heading Methodist church at