The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-30
TALK or THE TOWN

To Rent-Upstairs tenement on upper
Hill street; garden. Mrs. Il. K. Carr.
Any pair women's LaFrance pumps OIL
oxfords, sizes 2 to 31a, this week al
Shea's, 1896 a pair.
Regular meeting of the ladies of Clan
Gordon win be held Tuesday, May |, at
7:l5 p. m.
John w. Gordon was one of the speak
ers at a patriotic meeting in Waterbury
Saturday night.
Untrimmed hats, all colors and shapes
at 81 for the rest of this week at Mrs
Shepard Co., Inc.
Ashrael ELSA Ramage) does lots OF
aspirin" in Breezy Point" Congrega-
tional church, May ADV.
Mrs. Isaac Goneo left the city Satur-
day for Rouses Point, ". j., where she is
passing a fortnight with relatives.
Don't forget Salvation Army hall, rs
North Main street; subject, "A Divine
Commandment" tonight at s o'clock.
Alvin B. MacLeay, who has been visit
ing friends and relatives in Barre and
Graniteville, left for Windsor last even
ing.
Miss Marie Maciau of st. Johns, p. O.,
arrived in the city yesterday to spend a
few days visiting friends on North Main
street.
A box OF knitted articles was sent to
the Charlestown navy yard Saturday for
distribution by the navy league among
the Vermont sailors.
Grato Angione, who is employed in
Bridgeport, Conn, arrived in the city
Saturday afternoon to spend few days
visiting friends and relatives
Henry FL. Hodgdon of Highland avenue
has returned from Lancaster N. H.,
where he was called by the illness of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Hodgdon.
William D. Macdonald of Summer
street, president of the Granite Manu-
facturers' association, returned this
morning from business visit of a few
days in Boston.
Perry oliver, who is employed by the
Sullivan Machinery Co. in Claremont, N.
H., returned to his work this morning
after passing several days at his home
ON upper Elm street.
| Miss Alice B. Farnham of Camp street
left this morning for Providence, r. l.,
where she was called by the death of
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Flint, who passed
away Sunday morning.
Mrs. John Tierney, who submitted to
an operation for appendicitis at the Fan
ny Allen hospital, Winooslxi, two weeks
back, has so far recovered as to be able
to be removed TO her home on South |
Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sutton of Ru- |
pert, who have been visiting friends on
South Main street for a few days past, !
left Saturday for Montpelier where they |
visited friends over the week end, while |
en- route home.
Joseph cambridge, who has been i'll
the employ OF Jones & Nye for several
years, began work this morning as
driver for the American Express Co.,
succeeding Gerald Brock, who completed
his duties Saturday night.
Letters received from the front are to
be read at meeting of the British Red
Cross relief in Clan Gordon hall this
evening at 7 o'clock and all members OF
the committee and others interested in
the work are asked to be present,
The music and art department of the
Womanis club held the last of their par
Tor musicals Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Fred Fisher The artists
Edwin Bruce Mrs. johnson chose mod
ern music of the different nations as her
theme, illustrating freely at the piano.
She also gave two examples of futurist
music. The program was closed by two
movements of Grieg sonata, written
for the violin and piano. Too much can
not be said OF the high merit of the en-
tertainment.
The Goddard seminary second team
met a team composed OF down town boys
Saturday afternoon at the Goddard sem
mary, winning by a score of to 2. The
hilltop aggregation was composed entire
ly of second team men Richards, former
ly of South Royalton high, starting on
the mound, and showing a good assert
ment of curves, minus the control. and
he gave way to "Slim" Thompson, who
the game, Thompson showing
much speed and a nice rainbow curve, c
which cut the corners of the plate in fine !
style. The down town team had a
"Ross" battery, but due to the lack of | !
practice, the pitcher weakened during the .
latter innings, letting Goddard score :
brace of runs.
The funeral of Mrs. Edward Blanchard I
who died at her home on Branch street !
Wednesday morning, was held in the
n. Y, NJ. +. church Friday, z
April 81, Rev. NJ. Goodell officiating. The
ext of the address was Rev. 4:27. The 4
,hoir rendered two selections, "Shall We 3
Meet Beyond the Riverg" and Beautiful
sic of Somewhere" The bearers were
hree sons, Harrison, Raymond and Will
lam Blanchard, son-in- law, +. w. Holt
# Barre, grandson, Russell Smith of
and a brother-in-law Ezra
snow of Ausable Forks, n. Y. Burial
vas in the family lot in Clintonville.
Those present from out of town besides
he family from Barre were Mr.. and :
Hrs Ezra Snow and daughter of Ausable
forks, Mrs Nora Snow and daughter of
Ausable Forks, Fred Blanchard of Lake .
'lacid, y. Y.
Two of Bud Fishers most remunera-
i've wage earners have fallen into sad !
state if the performance, Mutt and
ef's Wedding" at the opera house Sat
rday evening is an earnest of a wane in
opularity once enjoyed by those lively 4
elbows and their creator. Beyond any :
eradventure of doubt the Long and
hort of newspaper comic strings will z
Dntinue to hold their audience-in the
ewspapers; but the Saturday perform 4
nee of Mutt and JEFF was next to moth
u in the way of entertainment. The
pu;pv esarlahiaI not hfuu much a.