The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-11
TALK OFTHE TOWN


/ where Ht IN mixing WISH OF severn
days.
W. c. French went TO Lyndonyille thi,
morning to pass few days with rela
tives.
Walter Cook of Washington was
among the business visitors in the city
to-day.
George Parker of Hartford, Conn, il
visiting in the home OF his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S, n. Parker of Spaulding
street.
Miss Nettie Smith has gone to Wash.
ington, where she is passing several
weeks in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. +. G..
Smith.
Clyde Geake, who has been employed
in New London, Conn, during the sum
mer, is at his home on Church street for
a time
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Beckley and
daughter, who reside near Woodsville, n.
H., are passing several days with
friends
Mrs. George +. Mathieson and daugh-
ter, Evelyn, went to Waterbury this
morning for visit OF few days with
relatives.
Miss Gladys Suitor of Somerville,
Mass, formerly of Barre, arrived in the
city last evening for visit of several
days on Liberty street.
Pearl Bradbury, who is taking vaca-
ton of two weeks from his duties in the
Dodge Jewelry store, has gone to Wash
ington 10 visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. r. Bradbury.
John Riley of East street, who has APP
piled for enlistment in the navy as ma
chinist, went to Burlington this morning
TO confer with officers at the navy re-
cruiting station. >,
Miss Lottie Merrill of Jefferson street,
who is taking a vacation from her du-
ties in the Daylight store, has gone to
Boston for a visit, after passing sew
eral days with relatives in Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson of Balti- |
more, Md, formerly residents of this
city, who have been passing week at
Hotel Barre, left last night for their |
home En- route they plan to stop in
Philadelphia for few days.
Josie Lougee has returned from two
weeks visit in several Massachusetts cit.
les, where she visited her son, Guy, her
brother, several nephews and cousins. She
also visited Vivian Dufur of Barre, who
is in the children's hospital in Boston.
Frail vegetable stuffs were within
few degrees Of their finish this morning
- Af lab |
felt in the air. There was nothing close
~ akin to a freeze, but early observers
noted that the mercury dropped to 80 de-
grees.
consignment of 100 telephone poles
was shipped from Barre yesterday TO
where they are TO be used
in the extension of farmers line over
the hills to the west of the village The
poles were cut on Washington heights
and prepared for shipment by the local
service crew of the Vermont Tel & Tel
Co. ,
Locals of the several unions in Barre
have designated delegates who shall rep {
resent them at the annual convention of
the Vermont State Federation of Labor 8
in Rutland next week Most of the dele a
gates will leave for Rutland Tuesday I
and the annual report of the ex
,utive board will be read by Sec. Alexan. v
Ter Ironside of this city Wednesday J
morning. b
The city council will meet in another =
session extraordinary Monday evening TO
open bids for granite paving on South il
Main street 1t is unlikely that a decis- t
on as to the bids will be made on the {
anne night, although the somewhat mo- v
nentous question of whether cement or \
Tanite or neither is TO be used will prob b
lbly be settled at the regular meeting ii
# the aldermen Tuesday evening. n
The fourth call of drafted men for the u
elective service army was issued yester-
lay and the men whose order numbers e
'egin at 80 and continue to 80 are ex- L
'ected to appear at the county court "
ouse for examination. The registration Ct
oard was not in session this morning a.
he third group, call for which was CT
ssued recently, is to report for exam m
nation Monday morning. d
James N. Gall of Franklin street, who -
, taking vacation from his duties in -
he office of the Barre & Chelsea rail. =,
Dad, will leave the city this afternoon :,
Or Cedar Point O., where he is to repre- Z.
ent Suadah temple, No l40, D. o. X. X, y
this city at the imperial palace session 8,
the Dokies. He is to be accompanied n
y W. H. Duthie of Washington street.
ne of the imperial trustees. Messrs.
all and Duthie expect to be absent a
eek and en- route to Ohio they will stop Z
Buffalo, n. Y, and Niagara Falls.
Dokies of Suadah temple, No. 40, d.
X. X, were in conference this week A
yer the proposal to hold ceremonial in
le near future. There are many appli-
Ints who are awaiting the signal TO em' 4
'rk on the journey across the hot sands Z
I'd IL was the sentiment Of the conferees
lat something should be done for them.
o that end a ceremonial meeting will be
Id early in the coming autumn, al
ough the exact date and place remains
be decided. On account Of the war
ID for other reasons the usual spring
remonial, which was TO have been held
May, was postponed.
A complimentary banquet Is to be ten
red by the Barre Granite Quarters and