The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

lila Or THE IOWN
| Mrs. Carrie Downing OF Washington
IA passing few days in town with
friends.
Engineer r. ID. Carpenter of the fire
department was business visitor in
Burlington yesterday.
DIR. and Mrs. G. II. Magoon have re.
turned TO the city, after passing a week
in camp at Fosters pond.
d. A. Perry left this morning for Wat.
erbury, where he will conduct an auction
sale to-day ON the Atkins estate.
John Leslie of Spaulding street re-
turned yesterday from Boston, where
he has been visiting for the past week
j. L. sanford, travelling salesman for
the Burleigh Optical Co. of Tilton, N. H.,
is passing few days in town on bust
ness
Miss Belle Chandler returned home
yesterday, after having spent several
weeks with relatives in Brookine, Mass,
and vicinity.
Mrs, John Vance and son, William,
OF Akron, Ohio, are passing a few days
AT the home of Miss Jane Watkins on
Summer street.
Miss Harriet Houston returned to her
home on Maple avenue yesterday, after
having spent the last two weeks with
friends in Boston.
A special meeting of the Barre Rang
ers football club will be held in the pa
vilion this evening at $50 o'clock The
presence OF every member is requested
James Antesgan of Granitevlle passed
through the city this morning while on
his way to New London, Conn, where he
expects to be employed during the sum
mer.
Mrs. Hattie Tillotson and Miss Grace
ingalls,, teachers in the city schools, who
are passing the summer at their home in
Northheld, called on friends in Barre
yesterday.
Mrs. James Muscovitch and Miss Erma
Turrell of Oshkosh, Wis, arrived in the
city last evening and left this morning
for visit OF several weeks with rela-
tiyes in Graniteville.
George Bailey is taking a vacation OF
a few days from his duties as baggage
master at the Central Vermont station
and during his absence Walter S. Milne
is in charge OF the baggage office.
Miss Beulah Paine who has been stay
ing in the home OF o. N. Waterman of
East Barre for the past year, was Wis
itor in the city last evening while on
her way to her home in Manaso, Col.
Word was received here to-day from
Rev. b. G. Lipsky, who, together with
Mrs. Lipsky, left last week for Boston.
A few days ago Mrs. Lipsky underwent
an operation for appendicitis and is prog
ressing rapidly.
| Raymond L. Arkley of Springfield,
Mass, is passing few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Arkley of
Washington street, before reporting to
Newport, r. l., where he has enlisted in
the navy hospital corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses J. Murphy, who |
were married in Barre Tuesday morning, |
left in the evening on a wedding trip |
through Massachusetts, and Connecticut, |
after which they are to 60 to Hartford, |
Conn. to take up their residence.
Mrs. Francis J. Ahern. who has been |
passing a week in Barre and at her for
mer home in Montpelier, has returned to
Chelsea. where she is continuing her du
ties as the reporter OF proceedings at
the June term of Orange county court.
James X Prize of Graniteville, Deputy
Chief Harry Gamble of the police force
and j. Edward Murphy of Merchant
street have been passing few days in
camp at Niggerhead pond, where the
frst-named owns a hunting lodge. Dep
uty Gamble has been taking a vacation
from his duties with the night shift OF
the police department.
George Teaehout of Essex Junction
a representative OF the secretary OF
state, arrived in the city yesterday to
make inquiries concerning the regulation
OF automobile traffic in Barre. Mr..
Teachout is delegated by the secretary
of state to investigate conditions that
have been reported to his Office and dur Il
ing his sojourn here he conferred at
length with Chief of Police Sinclair of
the police force.
O. n. Granger of Merchant street re-
turned to the city yesterday afternoon
from Wisnooski, where he has been pa
tient in the Fanny Allen hospital for
several weeks. Following long illness
which grew out OF an attack OF pneumo-
MIA last winter, Mr.. Granger submitted
to an operation which has resulted so
successfully that his permanent recovery ,
now seems assured. tie was accompanied
to Barre by Mrs. Granger, who has been
passing a few days in Winooski.
The spirit of Young America has been
somewhat periodically displayed by the
youths living in the south end of the
city during the past week. Several OF
the youngsters succeeded in placing two
large flags, one at each extremity OF
the grand stand of the Granite City
trotting park, off Ayers street. The
height of the grand stand allows the :
flags to be seen quite distance away.
The sight of "0ld Glory" flying in the
breeze shows that there will be no ,
"slackers" in Uncle Sans future de- ,
tenders.
Bread dealers in Barre have recently !
received a visit from William l.. Mckee,
a vice president of the tri-state associa- ]
tion of bakers, whose mission is closely {
allied to measures of food conservation
favored by the New England branch OF
the commercial economy board of the
council of national defense. One of the
moves urged by him Is conformity to
a rule whereby the practice of return.