The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-22
TALK OF THE TOWN
Visit Abbott's basement.
Haskell dress taffetas at Fits.

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only Zoe pound.
around the Map" Congregational
church, March 30.--adv.
Regular meeting of Ladies' of the G. A.
r. Friday afternoon, March %.
A meeting of the truckmen's union
chapter will be held this evening at 1880
o'clock.
Alexander Ogilvie, who has been visit.
ing friends in Barre and Montpelier, re-
turned this morning to his home in Proc
tor.
+. II, Ruppell has returned to his home
in Buffalo, N. Y, after passing several
days in the Barre granite belt on bust
ness.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Skerritt, who
have been passing several days in the
home of the latter's brother, in Brooklyn,
n. Y, have returned to the city.
We would like YOU to call and see our
display of early millinery, which we now
have ready for your inspection at Miss
L. f. Townsends, SO Washington street.
Mrs. Fred Grearson invites the Phil
athea class of the Baptist church to her
home on Nelson street Friday evening
at 1880 for a business meeting and So
cial.
David Patterson, who has been furnish
ing estimates on number of business
signs along Barre's main street, returned
yesterday afternoon to his home in East
Calais.
Howard T. Sands, general manager for
the Tenney company in central Vermont,
returned last evening to his home in Bos-
/ ton after having been in conference with
! the Barre city council.
! Canyassers who are engaged in taking
the military census OF Barre made con-
siderable progress yesterday, the first
day of the canvass. Each of the IL as
/ sistants has been instructed to report
every morning at the assessors office,
where the census returns are being tab
ulated
F! Frank B. Putnam of Brattleboro and
! George f. Root of Newport, accompanied
/ by other grand officers of the state com
mandery, arrived in the city to-day from
Montpelier, where they conducted com
mandery review last evening. Tonight
! they will inspect st. Aldemar command
cry at special conclave.
| Indoor baseball practice is going along
finely at Goddard under the-direction of
Coach Charlie Hoernle, although there is
an undercurrent of anxiety lest the gath
ering forces of spring fail to clear the
campus of ice and snow before the com
mencement week festivities are over. In
addition to the list of candidates recently
mentioned in The Times, two capable
pitchers in Adams and Thompson are be-
ing developed
II. NJ Clark of Seattle Wash, for
mer resident of Barre, is visiting his fla
Their, G. NJ. Clark, in the Miles brick
building on North Main street. Twenty
three years have elapsed since Mr. Clark
left home. He is a veteran of the old
Spencer Rifles and at one time was ac
tive in that organization. Formerly he
was a granite cutter, but before leaving |
Barre he took up railroading and was |
for time employed on the Barre & |
Chelsea railroad. At present he is an en-
gineer in the state of his adoption. While !
her husband is renewing acquaintance in
Barre, Mrs. Clark is staying in Cam
bridge, Mass, where she was summoned |
by the illness of her mother.
The regular meeting of Cobble Hill
grange was held Tuesday evening. The
lecturers program was prepared by the
chaplain, lady assistant steward and sec
rotary. As il was so near St Patrick's
day, the program was made up as much
as possible of Irish selections, as follows:
Piano solo, Lena Owen; reading, Mrs. C.
i. Tracy; Irish selections, consisting of
song and reading, Mr.. Callaghan; presi
Dental guessing contest, grange; rollcall,
responded to by Irish jokes; reading,
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Erin" Hazel Hack. All present were
given sprigs of Irish shamrock. II is
hoped there will be good attendance
at the next meeting, as the district dep
uty is expected. Refreshments will be
served.
Prayer services over the body of George
r. Sanborn, whose death at his home, 5
King street, Tuesday afternoon followed
a long illness, were held at the house last
evening at o'clock. Rev. w. j. NJ
Beattie, rector OF the Church OF the Good
Shepherd, was the officiating clergyman
This morning the body was taken over
the Montpelier & Wells River railroad at
20 o'clock TO Knowlton, p. O., where
is to be made. The bearers
were; Charles Gauthier, David Stuart,
]. Frank Perry, c. w. Perry, d. NJ. Leith
and Walter j. Jellyman. George f. San
born, the younger son of the deceased is
quite seriously i'll of the measles and
was unable TO attend the funeral His
brother, Edmund Sanborn, of Quebec,
Canada, accompanied the body to Knowl-
ton.
Thirty young friends of Miss Lillian
5regoire of Newton street gathered at ,
ler home Tuesday evening in honor of
ler l4th birthday, the affair being in the
nature of surprise for the hostess.
Games were enjoyed and an impromptu J
musical program was carried out. Miss
Helen Skerritt, speaking for the guests,
presented Miss Gregoire pendant and
hahn. The following numbers were in
,luded in the program: Eighth grade
,ongs, Misses Helen Skerritt, Irene Blair,
Aisle Lambert, Rosabelle shannon, ac-
by Miss Gladys Grogan;
lance, Eva wilkins and Alice Skerritt, 4
accompanied by Miss Lena Higgs; Italian
luo, Mary Coppi and Angelina Coppi;
local solo. Hazel Penn; Cute Little !:
iaid," Helen Skerritt; reading, James