The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-18
TALK OF THE TOWN


White enamel ware in Abbott's bar
gain basement.
Big line of children's school shoes, Low
est prices Shea's Shoe Store.
Save money on your children's school
shoes. Purchase at Shea's Shoe Store.
A fve-reel feature, "What Woman
VIII Do" at the Bijou to-morrow.-adv.
Miss Theresa Dix OF Franklin street
commenced work in the shoe department
at the Homer Fits Co. store this morn
ing.
Miss Edna Dashner left this morning
for Chelsea. where she will resume her
duties as teacher in the Chelsea graded
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Hughes of Elm
street returned from Burlington last
night, after visiting relatives over the
week end.
The auction sale of household furni-
ture conducted by Dan A. Perry at Mer'
rill Russell's in Montpelier Saturday was
we'll attended and the property brought
good prices.
+. j. Trask. president of the Bay State
Artesian Wells CO., arrived in the city
Yesterday and will spend several days in
the city on business connected with his
company.
Nelson Hardy who has been visiting
friends on North Main street during the
past two weeks, left this morning for
Middlebury, where he will enter Middle
bury college this week.
Mrs. Walter Randall, formerly of
Barre but now of Milton, is visiting
friends in the city for a few days.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Randall will be
glad to hear that they are running very
successful mercantile establishment in
Milton.
A party of about % members of the
Italian colony of North Barre iourneyed
to the Townsend grove Saturday night.
where they held a corn roast After the
roasting of the corn and marshmallows
the company enjoyed few games, after
which they returned to the city at late
hour.
Every member of the Barre Board OF
Trade, with his lady, is expected to at
tend the sixth and probably last get
together or better acquaintance tour Of
the 1916 season, to be held at Mortified,
Wednesday evening, Sept 90 1t is the
wish of the Board of Trade committee
that this Mortified trip be made the
banner trip of the season. Automobile
owners are requested to offer the use OF
their cars for the occasion to B. w. Hook
er, G. r. Varnum, Z. c. Glysson or f. II.
Rogers. Supper tickets can be purchased
of the above committee or IL. A. Phelps.
Stony hill on Hill street is to escape at
least part of the odium attached to a
roadbed hitherto so rocky as to be dan
cerous to travel. Under the direction OF
the street superintendent coating OF
fine stone chips and granite dust is being
applied to the thoroughfare from the
Barre & Chelsea railroad crossing to the
top of the Hill street decline and again
as far north as the crest OF the Perry
street hill. Autoists and those who still
rely on the horse will be among the first
to appreciate the improvement. The
steam roller is stationed on the hill, to
remain there until the work is completed.
Choir boys of the Church of the Good
Shepherd to the number of 80 gathered
at Sunnyside farm Saturday evening as
the guests of Mrs. A. w. Allen, the occa-
sion being their annual corn roast. In
the group who took possession of the
farm in the early evening were number
of bows who were formerly associated
with the choir as well as other guests.
The boys. carried along some OF the nee
essarv fxings for real corn roast and
what with apples, corn and other necessl-
ties supplied at the farm, there was an
abundance of everything for all. Before
the Sunnyside premises were vacated, the
choir lads sang several rOusing songs and
gave three cheers for their hostess. The
corn roast was postponed from Friday
evening because of the inclement wealth
er.
Several friends of Miss Hattie Gregory
invited her to the pictures Saturday
night. while the remaining members OF
the party went to her home to decorate
the parlor in order to give her a surprise
on her return from the movies. On her
return home she was greatly surprised to
find about 20 of her lady friends assem-
bled to give her a linen shower in honor
of her approaching marriage to Charles
Stewart. a Montpelier merchant. The
room was decorated in pink and white,
the table in the center of the room peing
enclosed with streamers of pink and
white crepe paper attached to a hook IN
the ceiling. giving the streamers cone
shape effect. The presents, which con
sisted of cut glass. oil paintings, linen
and various other gifts. were placed
within this enclosure Of crepe paper on
the table. TIE guests were served cake
and ice cream for refreshments.