The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

II or SHINE, hot or cold.--ady.
Mrs. H.. II. Stewart OF Berlin was &
visitor in the city Saturday.
Elmer Scott left this morning fol
H Mortified on short business visit.
H Do not miss Howe's pictures at Barre
opera house tomorrow night.--adv
| Miss Angie Cato returned Saturday
from a few days visit with friends in
Randolph.
Miss Lottie Merrill of South Royalton
was the guest of friends in the city over
the week end.
P. D. Ladd and family were in Mont
pelier yesterday to attend the funeral OF
the late Carl G. Hoadley.
Copper and tin washboilers, clothes
wringers and sad irons, teakettles and
teapots. y. A. prindle, Depot square.
Miss Sue Nichols completed her duties
in the office of the Barre Granite Man
ufacturers' association Saturday night.
Call l52-W for furniture moving and
heavy trucking by auto truck at reason
able rates. Vermont Trucking & Sales Co.
The woman's association of the Con-
gregational church will meet Wednesday
at 2:30 p. IN. Please bring your Thin
bles.
Evelyn, the ll-year-od daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chesser of Warren
street, is quite seriously i'll with pneu-
monia.
Miss Hattie Lander left yesterday for
Lebanon, n. H., where she will be emf
ployed as saleslady in dry goods
store.
Mrs. b. A. Eastman and Miss Alice
Farnham of Camp street left yesterday
for Fairlee, where they will make a sew
eral days visit with friends.
Stated convocation OF Granite chapter,
No. 20, R. A. NJ, Tuesday, May 49, at
1880 p. m. Dispatch OF business and in
stallation OF officers. Per order E. H. P.
Mrs. NJ. n. Bennett OF Mortified has
been called to Barre by illness in the
family OF her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Bennett of 81 Fortney
place.
Miss Edith Barnes, who is employed
as a school teacher in East Haven,
spent the week end at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs S. H. Barnes, OF
Highland avenue.
At meeting of hose company No. 2, |
held Friday night, Alfred Milne was
elected captain TO succeed A. G.. Cordiner, |
who has been promoted TO the position of |
third assistant engineer.
Mrs. Francis Vigneault and little
daughter Beverly, returned TO their |
home in Littleton, n. H., Saturday, aft
er visit at the home OF Mrs. Wig
neault's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. C.
Carson, of Laurel street.
A small pyrene fire extinguisher was
lost off from the fire truck while that
piece of apparatus was responding to
the alarm on Camp street last week. The
return of the extinguisher TO the fire sta
ton will be greatly appreciated by the
c. F. Smith, auctioneer, held big sale
Of personal property for Frank NJ. Rugg
in Fairlee last Saturday A herd of ,
COWS sold from 1874 to Sss, all grade
stock yearlings from S25 TO $50; two
light month-old calves brought $50 each I
me horse sold for 1926, two cheaper
horses, one for 500, the other for $50; ,
arm tools and machinery brought good I
prices. Mr.. Smith is at Maple Corner in
Calais to-day holding a small sale for the
Nheelock estate and tomorrow will sell
Is head Of cattle for NJ. r. Richardson at
Worcester Corner at | p. m.
The May issue of the American Stone
Trade, published in Chicago, is special
Barre issue and contains dozen or more Y
ages, exclusive of advertising, devoted
o the Barre granite industry, with an =
account of the business to- r
ether with numerous cuts of monu
lents, granite plants and officers of the
Iarre Granite Manufacturers association. u il
ome space is also devoted to other than s.
urely granite interests, making the ar I
icle of general interest The special n
iarre edition was distributed in the city 4
Oday.
The golfng season at the Barre Golf a
Tub opens officially this week, the first n
lateh in the weekly tournament being s
Larted on Wednesday The tournament il
ill end Oct. Z A large number of play +
rs were at the links Saturday getting II
leir hands in for the opening of the Off 50
al season and they found the course TO 81
2 in good shape. The tees have been al
uilt up again this spring and were OF
ayed on to-day for the first time, while in
he permanent greens were used for the G
rst time Saturday James Freeland, al
no has been a member of the club for =
,me years, has been engaged for several !.
eeks in putting the course into shape .
" the season.
Twice in the last % hours have the
,rvices of the fire department been
He'd for, but in both cases the use OF
md chemicals has been sufficient to
iench the flames. A general alarm 4
ON box Is at the corner of North Main
I'd Granite streets at $40 Yesterday
ternoon brought the apparatus TO the Z
ar of house at "a Granite street
here a henhouse and shed owned by Ia
-ederick Ottonelli was burning briskly 9
iemicals soon subdued the blaze and
e damage. which consisted in the de- 9
ruction of most of the roof Of the
Hiding and the premature roasting Of 4
W chickens, probably did not exceed
;. At 6:55 this morning a telephone
i from IS Seminary street informed
2 department of chimney fire The
lcl responded and found dirty. smok
Z stovepipe the main trouble. The fire :
Is confined 10 the pipe and chimney
d no damage resulted. The building is
med by Mrs. William Cole and il occu-
ID by the family Of Efsoo Memmolo.
Card of Thanks.