The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07
TALK or THE TOWN
Lids for Kids at Abbott's.
See Abbott's silk hose at soc.

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See Abbott's silk hose at Soc
Howe's moving pictures tonight, operi
house.-adv.
Wanted-An order and delivery clerk
Eastman Bros.
II Miss Vera Beckwith was business
visitor in the city from Chelsea Satur
day.
1t was quiet week end at police head
quarters. with no intoxication entries or
the blotter.
Regular meeting of st. Monica's ladies
aid society will be held a. the convent
Tuesday evening at 1880.
w. c. Clifford of Bethel, manager OF
the Woodbury. Granite Co., was a Barre
visitor through the week end.
Mrs. George F. Nichols of Woodsville
n. H., arrived in the city last evening to
spend few days visiting friends on
North Main street.
Misses Ruth Humphrey and Flossie
Doyle, teachers in Mortified Falls, were
weekend visitors at the home of Miss
Humphreys parents on Gilmore street.
There will be a regular meeting OF
Minnehaha encampment, No. 2, Tuesday
evening at 1880. Work, royal purple de-
gree. All patriarchs requested to be
present.
Frank Beard and John Benjamin, who
have been making an auto trip through
southern Vermont New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island during the
past week, returned yesterday to their
homes.
The body of DR.. R. NJ. Minard was re-
moved from the tomb at Elmwood eeme-
terry yesterday and taken to West Tops
ham for burial in the family lot. The
| trip was made by an East Barre auto
hearse.
| Miss Anna Fontana, who has been
employed at the Diversi Fruit Co. store
during the past year, has completed her
duties there and commenced work this
morning as a clerk at the A. p. Abbott
store.
There will be demonstration OF or
chard pruning by the county agricultur
al agent at the farm of William Brown
in Berlin on Wednesday, May 0, at 1870
P. m. Pruning our apple trees will give
us more and better fruit.
Mrs, Charles Ruseoni, who has been
patient at the Fanny Allen hospital in
Winooski during the past month since
submitting TO an operation, has so far
recovered her health as to be removed
TO her home on High Holborn street.
There will be sewing meeting of the
Red Cross at their headquarters in the
high school building Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. All interested in the work
are invited to attend. Additional sew
ing machines will be there for use at
this meeting
Among the recent weddings recorded
at city hall is that of Miss Rose Robin.
son and Patrick j. Ryan, both of Barre,
who were married April Is by Rev. j. B.
Reardon. On April "a Miss Rose Ida
Pruneau and Henry NJ. Rich were mar
ried by Rev r. NJ. McKenna.
Lloyd Mccarthy, who has been en-
ployed at the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co., in New Haven, Conn, during
the past two years, arrived in the city
this morning TO make stay OF a few
weeks at the home OF his parents, Mr.. !
and Mrs. T. c. Mccarthy, of South Main
street.
This evening at 1880 o'clock the mems |
club of the First Presbyterian church |
will hold another of its monthly series
of meetings. Rev. Lewis G.. Carson, Phi. |
D., pastor of the Unitarian church in |
Montpelier, viii speak on "Crime and
Modern Methods of Prison
Control" A luncheon will be served aft
err the speechmsking The last meeting
Of the season is to be held early in June.
A farm deal was recently consummated
through the ID. A. Perry Real Estate
agency, whereby She farm owned by Mr..
and Mrs. ID. V. Stone on the Richardson
road, consisting of the buildings and one
acre of land was sold to Mr.. and Mrs.
c. L. Davis of Plainfeld Mr.. and Mrs.
Stone will move at once to their prop
erty known as the Little farm near
which they purchased
through the Perry agency last summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, who recently sold
their Plainfeld property to +. H. Stay
ton of Hardwick, will take immediate
possession of the Richardson road prop
arty.
In an informal way the city council
1t an aldermanic committee of the whole
assembly, broached street paving and
franchises Saturday afternoon, although
lction, if any is to be taken, was de-
erred until this evening, when the coun-
i'll holds its fortnightly meeting. Some
# the features drafted into tentative
Franchise by joint committee of Barre
md Montpelier city officials Thursday
light were described by members of the
Barre delegation. Opinions as to the
Idvisability of paving South Main street
nd bridging the Jail continue 10 vary
vidalv and fha council IL not pxacflv at c
ne in the proposal TO grant concessions
o the traction company, but progress is
eported and something besides words I
nay be in order tonight.