The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-16
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last week as the guest of Mrs. Alonzo
H. Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs Leon c. Ordway returned
Monday evening from Ludlow, where
they had been the guests of Mr., and
Mrs. Sherman for week.
! Owing to recent order of the state
board of health, the Worlds Fair" at
Tunbridge has been cancelled Tor this
| year.
Misses Ellen and Agnes Larkin, who
have been visiting friends in New Hamp'
shire, have returned home.
Stanley c. Wilson spent several days
in Boston on business last week,
Miss Ruth Mills of Lynn, Mass, is
spending two weeks vacation in town
as the guest of her aunts, Mrs. Jennie
Atwood and Mrs. Alice Hadey.
| Edward b. Balch, who has a responsl,
bic position as clerk in store in Con-
cord, \. H., spent few days last week
as the guest OF his mother Mrs. Sarah
| Hatch.
Mrs. Nellie Burgess returned home last
week from Concord, n H., where she
had been the guest Of her daughter, Miss
Edith Burgess, who is district nurse
in that city.
Road Commissioner Charles Il Baraw,
with force of help, has been resur.
facing the Main street above the Buck
bridge, taking most OF the gravel from
the bed OF the river.
Mrs. Austin Foss of Lebanon, \. H.,
came last Saturday to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Luce. Mrs.
Luce is in the sanatorium at Randolph
for treatment.
Miss Lena, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Truman H. Spencer, who has been Sc
riously i'll with appendicitis, is making
a good recovery from the attack and 1t
is hoped that she will not be required
to undergo an operation,
Miss Nora f. Taylor, who is spending
her summer vacation in town went last
week to Williamstown to visit her Ia
ther and brothers.
George A. Tracy is making extensive
repairs on his farm buildings in Tun-
bridge, and when they are completed, he
will have an attractive and desirable
place
Miss Flora NJ. Corwin, who has been
a guest at the home OF her brother, Err
nest a. Corwin, for two weeks, left Fri
day morning for her home in Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Win Cady, who had been
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley H. Bugbee, returned last week
to their home in Lawrenceville, \. Y.
John w. Sprague, who had been in
camp at Fort Ethan Allen since June
as a member of the machine gun COM
pany of the LIST Vermont infantry, has
received his discharge from active serv.
ice and will return TO Northfeld next
week to take up his studies as men,
Der of the senior class in Norwich uni
versity.
Miss Anita Dutton Of East Brookfield
was in town last week as the guest OF
Miss Gertrude Medcalf.
Miss Ethel NJ Butler Of Montpelier
returned to town Thursday to resume
work as stenographer for Lieut., Gov.
Darling. who is conducting part OF his
revision work here for a time.
Mrs. William H, Sprague, who had
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
c. Wilcox, in New Britain, Conn, for
the past six weeks, returned home last
Saturday.
Miss GLADYS Ballou has returned to her
home on the west hill after spending a
week with friends in Williamstown.
News has been received here OF the
death of Scion Corwin OF Athol Mass,
at the age of 50 years Mr., Corwin
was a native of this town.
Mrs. Webster D. Hook and daughter,
Miss Myrtle. were in Waterbury re-
Gently to visit the formers son, Herman
Hook. who has been an inmate OF the
state hospital for the insane for several
years.
Mrs. Clellan W Fisher, who has been
spending the past two months with rel
atives in town, returned to her home in
Worcester, Mass, last Tuesday.
The county road commissioner, War
rem W Bailey of Newbury, VIII ;.
Bryant of Randolph and Frank Brown
of STAFFORD, were in town last Saturday
on their way to Washington, in response
to petition to view the road in that
town, which leads through Hart hollow.
and as a result they made an order on
the town of Washington to do some sPe.
cifc work on the said road from the
Chelsea line to the height OF land.
Aerial Barnes, one of the towns old /
Pr and most respected citizens, died at
his home a mile north of the village on
August 80 of heart trouble at the age
Of "a years. The funeral was held from
his late home on Friday. September j.
Rev. Robert Haseltine officiating assist
"a bv Rev. John 4. Lawrence. and inter
ment was in the family lot in Highland .
cemetery. the bearers being Ernest .
Young. John Burbank and Clinton Bowin,
three s-in-laW. and Elgin ID. Barnes,
! brother. Mr. Barnes was veteran
lf the Civil war. and i survived by five
daughters. Mrs Young. Mrs. Bowin, Mrs.
Burbank. Misses Niinner and VERNE .
Barnes. one brother, Elgin D. Barnes, and /
1ne sister, Mrs. Edna Cosgrove.