The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-05
TALK OFTHETOWN

Special sale of sample suits at Fits
Old silver and gold wanted. Highest
price paid. +. Z. Burr.
Miss Clara Rabiola left Saturday Tor
| Waterbury, where she is making visit
of several days with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. McCauley OF
| Spaulding street passed the week end
| with relatives in Burlington.
| j. L. Newcomb returned last night to
his home in Bellows Falls, after passing
| few days with his son, Bernard New
comb.
Miss Louise Dashner of Washington
street has returned from st. Johns, 7. O.,
where she was called by the death OF a
| relative
William jay of st. Adams arrived in
the city Saturday and is employed as
baggage man ON the Barre branch OF the
Central Vermont railroad.
DIR. o. G. Stickney was in Burlington
to-day on business connected with the
campaign for Y. NJ. G. A. funds, which is
to be launched Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles II. Wishart and daughter,
Barbara, of Perry street returned to the
city Saturday, after passing week
with relatives in Boston.
George Olmstead of Morrisvilie who
was formerly employed by the T. Nj.
Lyon grocery store, is spending few
days in town visiting friends.
Miss Doris Covel of Helena, Mont, ar
rived in the city yesterday while on her
way to her former home in Willamstown
for an extended visit with relatives.
Mrs. James Gall and children of upper
Orange street have gone to Springfield,
Mass there to join Mr.. Gall, who has
been employed there for several weeks.
On Friday evening, Nov. Q, there will
be a social at the Hedding Methodist
church. All affiliated with the church in
any way are most cordially invited to be
| present.
I James Coon, who has been employed
| by G. A. Caron at the City bakery for
several months, left Saturday night for
Quincy, Mass. where he expects to pass
the winter.
Miss Gertrude Ennis of North Main
street. who has been detained at home
by illness for the past two weeks, was
able to resume her duties in the Shores
studio to-day.
Clan Gordon and ladies' auxiliary will
hold their annual fair in Rowland hall
on the evenings of Nov. Is, 10, II. Con-
cert and dancing each evening. CarroiPs
orchestra.-ad
John Phillips returned last evening to
Mortified, where he is employed by the
Cross Brothers granite company, after
spending the past few days at his home
on Currier street.
Clarence Bishop of Washington street
and Charles Littel of Beckley street left
yesterday for Pittsfeld, Mass, where
they have secured employment with the
General Electric company,
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Conner and son,
William Conner, of Weathersfield, former
residents of Barre, arrived in the city
by automobile Saturday evening for a
visit of several days with friends.
Charles Hoyt of Maple Grove, who re-
ceived an arm fracture and other iniur
les in a wreck on the Williamstown
branch few weeks ago, is able to be out
of doors, although some time must elapse
before he is able to resume his duties on
the railroad.
Ted Pierce of Camp street completed
his duties in the Smith & Cummings store
Saturday evening after having been EN-
ployed there several months. Mr. Pierce |
intends to leave in a few days for Hart
ford, Conn, where he has secured en- /
pIoyment with the Underwood Typewrit-
ing company. L
Auction sale tomorrow at | p m. at '
Smith Stock farm, Barre, VT, for Smith
4 Roys; 81 head of nice grade cattle, 2S Q
Of them black and white, some extra nice, |
large, fresh cows, bunch Of fancy two
year-old heifers, nice lot of stock, the \
kind you like to see and own. You will S
travel many miles before you find bet
ter lot. G. +. Smith, auctioneer. S
f. T. Cutler of North Main street has
completed the job of setting Barre l
granite memorial in Green Mount GEM
stery, Montpelier, for Mrs. Barron of Fa- )
evans. n. H. The monument is regard a
ID as one of the finest of its type in II
Green Mount and was cut at a cost of
3, 900. Hoyt & Milne of this city had c
he contract for the memorial, which is a u
product of their plant
A telegram received here Saturday :
vening by Chester Bennett advised him ;,
# the serious illness of his father, who =
ives near CIark's Island, Me. Mr. Ben =
lett. who was employed for several years y
It the plant of Jones Bros, left yester :,
lay in company with Mrs. Bennett Tor =,
lis fathers home, there to remain in ~
definitely. They have vacated their
partment on North Main street and do
ot expect to return to Barre for some a. -
ime. :,
Officers of the Washington county ma h,
al recruiting station are endeayoring to cr
rrange series of lectures on the tor a,
edo which is exhibited in the display ~
'indow at the Barre Drug store, and o.
o that end it is expected that Chief .,
Iaster- at Arms Mitchell and his assist m
mt will remain at the store each after
DON this week to explain the workings
the torpedo. School children have been
lvited to attend the lectures.
Having secured from Temple Bros. of
utland the contract TO set a large sol be
iers' monument, Fayettc T. Cutler of A,
orth Main street left this morning for sp
n. Y, where the memorial
to be located. Granite was used in bi
lie monument, the highest pedestal of
hich is to be surmounted by four pill na
rs, the latter to bear up bronze effigy Al
a soldier The entire height of the
emorial is 25 feet and Mr.. Cutler ex- ca
,ets that the work will occupy the ne
tier part of week.
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