The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

Slippers, all kinds. Tilden Shoe Co.
Miss Margaret Edgerton of Mortified
was a business visitor in the city to-day.
All new money, including new-style
dimes, will be given out in change at
Smith & Cummings Co., Inc, Saturday.
f. DeIfano left the city this forenoon
for Boston, where he win pass the holt
day recess with some of his countrymen.
Mrs. Linnie Stevens of Concord, \. H.,
arrived in the city last evening and viii
visit friends on Park street for few
days
Mrs. r. Clerici Of Waterbury returned
to her home last evening, after visiting
at the home of her mother, Mrs. j. b.
Frontini OF Foss street
Leonard Gruepe, who has been visiting
relatives on North Main street during
the past two weeks, left yesterday for
his home in Albany, n. Y.
Mrs. Frank Lawrence of Burlington
and Miss Eunice George of Middlesex
visited Miss Georges brother, Glenn
George Of Jefferson street, to-day.
Mrs. Antonio Bianchi and two children,
Albra and Eleanor, of Beckley street left
this morning for Boston, where they will
spend about 10 days visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flanders of Orange
we're business visitors in the city yester-
day. .plainfeld visitors in the city yes
terdav were Charles Wheeler, Thomas
Murphy. and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bart
lett.
Neale Godfrey. who lost a leg while
brakinc in the Barre & Chelsea railroad
wards last fall, was business visitor in
the city this morning from Williams
town. The injured limb is gaining as
fast a,s can be expected.
Mrs. John McCourtie left this morning
for Burlington, where she will visit her
husband. who is undergoing treatment
after an operation to which he submitted
few weeks ago Mr. McCourtie intends
to return to Barre with his wife either
Sunday or Monday.
I Earle l.. Waterman, who has been Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin
Is. Waterman of upper Washington
street. for several days, left yesterday
for Burlington. where he will meet his
wife. who is visiting her people. During
the latter part of next week they will
return to Lansing. Mich, where Mr.. Wa
terman has a position as assistant state
( sanitary engineer.
/ Employees in Barre of the Vermont Tel
! & Tel. Co. are looking forward to next
week. when the local share of the emer'
gency fund created by the parent con-
Germ. the New England Telephone Co, Is
to be distributed. Inssmuch as the Yer
mont company is a subsidiary OF the
New England company. all its employees
come within the limitations fixed by
the older company in assigning the big
emergency fund. More than $1,000 peo'
pie are to profit by the company liber'
alitv and there are few If any OF the
local employees who viii not receive q
share OF the money. based on the length
of time they have been in the telephone
service. Those who have worked in the
service for fifteen or twenty years VIII
find the fund yielding them large
amounts. although in no single instanc'
Twill an employe get more than Sl15. Ar
melon 100000 big is to be sliced and II
anyone has worked more than thre'
months for the company and Is stlli "
lits employ he or she will come in for =
nice cut. Il Is expected that the biE
Melon viii be opened next Wednesday.