The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-15
TALK OF THE TOWN


Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock.
Mr., and Mrs Fred Hayden Of North
field are occupying the G, l. Morris cot
tage at Woodbury. pond this week.
Call lew for furniture moving an
heavy trucking by auto truck at reason
able rates, Vermont Trucking & Sales CO
Mrs. George Gauthier of Highland ave
nue. has returned 10 the city from Bur
lington, where she has been in camp wit
Mrs. A. II. Hutchins of East Barre for
week.
| Miss Margaret Maberini Of Foss street
who is taking vacation from her dutie
in the Vaughan store. left this morning
for New York. where she is 10 pass tw,
weeks with relatives.
A. r. Campbell, sewing machine expert
on all makes OF sewing machines, is II
town cleaning and repairingi 80 years IN
the business. Orders may be left at tn,
Homer Fits Co. store,-adv.
Miss Ethel Wishart of Camp street
who is taking vacation from her du-
ties at the cashiers desk in the Eastman
store, left yesterday for a stay of two
weeks at Old Orchard, Me.
Mrs. James Elrick of Laurel street,
who has been receiving treatment at
the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington
for the past month, has returned home.
Her health is much improved.
Mrs. 4. j. Gardens and daughter, Irene,
have gone 10 st. Adams to join Mr. Gar
dens. who has been employed for several
months by Peter Depatie who formerly
conducted shoe repair shop in Barre.
There will be picnic for the junior
girls Of the Congregational Sunday
school at Benjamin Falls on Wednesday,
leaving on the l:45 car. Parents and
friends are invited. Come and bring
lunch.
Sprague brennan of Washington
street returned to the city yesterday
from Madison, Wis. where he has
been passing part of the summer Early
in September Mr. brennan, who was
graduated from Dartmouth college in
June, will 60 TO Barton, where he has
secured a position in the high school.
Frank Aiken of Orange passed through |
the city yesterday while on his way home
from Lanesboro, where, with Charles H. |
Northrop of Merchant street, he has been |
passing week at Camp Evans During |
their absence they assisted in the erection |
of a log lodge as an addition to Camp |
Evans, but found time TO catch a good |
bundle of fish.
Flowers contributed at the funeral of
Miss Helen White, held Saturday, were;
Cross, family; sweet peas, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. White and family; mixed flowers, Mrs.
Edgar White and family; carnations,
Mrs. L. T. Carroll Mrs. NJ. kearney, Mrs.
j. Bussiere, Mrs. Peranton and family,
Freda Forter, Miss Quatropani; mixed
flowers, Mrs. Fasola. Mr. and Mrs. G.
Tonguay sweet peas, Mary and Margar
ct Cato; roses, Armand, Henrietta, Lucy
and Helen Archambault
An automobile party of eight boys,
who have been absent on a two days
auto trip through the White mountains
IF New Hampshire, returned to the city
En- route they visited a num-
Der of Barre young people who are EN-
oloyed during the summer at Bethlehem,
DItIlbA NOpus anu NOl III W OOuSltth- /
In the party were: Albert Wood. :
Charles Williams, Romeo Scampini, Ben
amin Prestini, Bennett Colombo, Angelo d
colombo, Patrick Massie and John /
3rody. IA
Machinery for the new granite manu- Z
acturing plant which the firm OF johnson
/ Gustafson is erecting in Batchelder's {
Jayy nrr;,yaJ ND apI ir katno
Installed as rapidly as possible. First I
ections of the travelling crane were n
to the new shed this morning
nd others were to follow as soon as the
mechanics in charge of installing the ma I
hinery were ready for them. Work on r
he exterior of the building is practically e
ompleted, and a force of carpenters is /
urrying to complete the interior. A
abroad siding from the main line of the II
iarre & Chelsea railroad has been built il
nd carloads of equipment have been Il
hipped over the new rails. The firm ex W
ects to occupy its new plant within
NV weeks.
Graniteville sent rugged delegation of Il
s youth to the grain fields OF north Of
'estern Canada yesterday afternoon, "
hen a party of. 10 young men set out
'om the city to connect with the home :,
leaders, train in Montreal, P O. Event $,
ally they expect TO alight in Regina, :.
ask, but on the way they are sure to :,
ok the country over pretty thoroughly, !
,me of them with view to settling
il conditions appear favor
ole The Saskatchewan basin has sent SC
uch Of its best blood overseas to fight NJ
n the mother country and where har- Ct
ssting labor was formerly quoted at SO pl
nd 81 per day, husky harvesters now til
'mmand S. and &c. Among the Barre ar
own boys who will help to harvest Ca w
ldian wheat are Angus Mclean, Don m
d McIver, Malcolm McIver, Daniel Nc
onald, Daniel Morrison, John McAulay. IT,
rthur Perrault, Joseph Ross, William ~
,onard and Thomas Bishop. Unless the on
re of the new land is too compelling 10
ey will be back at the end of three NO
onths.
The spell of the spieler is on the city AZ AZ
theirs again. Late yesterday afternoon az
e presence in the city of three fourths
n motor truck was the occasion of an te
formal council meeting with the agent o. o.
r the car in charge of a demonstration 1 .rt
r the benefit of the aldermen and may
A load of 1900 pounds was ugged
Washington street on the high" with Ba
Load of leciclat0rs foIlouinu ao,,afnrf Iox