The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-26
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Burlington last night, after having beer
a business visitor in the city.
Miss M. l.. Tacy of Prospect street
left yesterday for Burlington, where she
is passing the weekend with friends.
Mrs. Frederick j. Noel returned tc
the city last evening, after passing q
few days with Mr.. Noel in Claremont
N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Craddock OF
Highland avenue have been passing a
week with relatives in Boston and Prov
idence, r. L.
Children of the Church of the Good
Shepherd presented "The Greenbird," be
fore large audience in Websterville
Thursday evening.
Lucius Proyencher of Summer street
left this morning for his former home
in Newport, where he is making visit
of few days with relatives.
James Mackay, B. W. Hooker, A. p.
Abbott and II. f. Cutler, who have been
passing several days in camp at Lake
Caspian, Greensboro, returned to the city
yesterday.
Auction sale of furniture to-day for
Mrs. j. j. Goodwin at 81 Merchant
street, P. M; nice clean lot of goods.
See adj, page Z, this paper. C, T. Smith,
auctioneer.
Rodney Peake, who recently enlisted
in the lst Vermont regiment at Fort
Ethan Allen, returned to his post last
night, after passing few days with rel
atives in Barre and Orange.
Charles A. Chapman, who was called
to Washington to attend the funeral of
Ira G. Calef, returned yesterday to his
home in Ferrisburg, after visiting John
Chapman at Goddard seminary for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ S. Rounds and daueh-
ter, Dorothy, of Park street have re-
turned to the city after passing several
days at Fairlee lake as the guests of
Rev. and Mrs. +. A. Poole OF Worcester,
Mass.
Mrs Albert f. Scott, who has been
passing several weeks with her parents,
Mr., and Mrs. w. f. Mann of Orange
street, left this morning for Trenton, N.
j., to rejoin her husband, who is en-
ployed there.
Junior class students at Spaulding
high school left this morning in automo-
biles for Woodbury. pond, the occasion
being their annual class ride. As guests
of the class several members of the fac
ulty made the trip.
The Barre First Progressive Spiritual
ist society will hold services at Unity
temple, South Barre, Saturday evening
at 1880, also Sunday at and 1880 p. m.
Rev. Effie /. Webster will lecture and
give spirit messages at each session. All
are invited.
Rev. Edgar Grassland of Wellington
street leaves tomorrow morning for
South Ryegate, where he is to occupy
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in
exchange with Rev. /. T. Simpson, who
is to preach here in the First Presbyteri-
an church at morning and evening serv-
ices
Another Barre law who has been accept |
ed as a recruit in the United States navy
is James Murray, jr., until recently EN-
ployed in a Batchelder's meadow stone |
shed. Young Mr.. Murray passed the |
physical examination at the recruiting |
station in Burlington and was ordered |
home to report for duty when called In |
the past fortnight nearly all Of the navy /
recruits who have submitted to examina-
tons at the Burlington station have been /
permitted TO return home to await or
iers. All told there are 80 young Ver-
nonters who expect to be called to some
,aval training station within few days.
The mission for women, which has
been in progress at st. Monica's church
through the week, will close tomorrow
morning and its end will mark the be-
ginning of a weeks mission for the men
If the parish. Throughout the week
have been moved by the elo-
luence of Rev. Frs. Moore and Riley,
arge congregations have been the rule
md not the exception. Daily services
or the men of the parish will begin
Monday morning and there will be de-
and sermon every evening.
rhe two priests are to complete their
mission at st. Monica's Sunday, June 3.
A number of local musicians, who
'layed at dance in Waterbury recently d
ave been requested by the health author
ties to use due precaution in their
movements about town, as it is thought
hat persons present at the dance were
exposed to smallpox, which is prevalent
n a slight degree in Waterbury just
ow Several Barre people, all told, par
ieipated in the dancing and mild quaran
inc measures apply in their cases. In
ne instance young man who is en- /
Logged on local delivery team has act
d wisely upon the suggestion that he
urn his route over TO someone else
ntil the danger of developing the mala-
v is past. He has also been requested
0 avoid the moving picture theatres and
Their places where crowds gather.
In Barre not so very long ago a COM |
any of 80 or more men were discussing |
Military service in Europe and as the i
waxed interesting and per-
Dnal experiences began to filter through
he channels of talk, it developed that a
Oxen or more of the men present had
zen service with Scottish regiments in
he British Isles or elsewhere in Great
ritain's colonial possessions. Presently
ne % the party began to tell of an en-
stment which he served with the Brit
h field artillery and before he had fin
he'd it came out that no fewer than ten 1
len in the circle had served terms of
arous length in the field artillery.
borrower. il was recalled that ten artil-
rymen make a gun crew and now there
talk of offering Uncle Sam an ex-
srienced gun crew from Barre.
Veterans of the Civil war and the Sons