The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-03
TALK or THE TOWN

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/ Miss Ella Calef of Washington wa
among the business visitors in the cit,
| yesterday.
Oscar Anderson of Waterbury wa
among the business visitors in the cit,
yesterday.
Richard Attridge left this mornin!
for Marshfield, where he is the week enc
guest of friends.
| Jesse McGraw returned to his HON,
IN Waterbury yesterday after visitin,
friends on Jefferson street.
| George johnson left this morning fol
Rouses Point, N. Y, where he is making
an extended visit with relatives.
Thomas j. Kennedy of Smith place Il
steadily gaining after being seriously il
Tor the past three weeks with pneumonia
l.. N. Newell of Irasburg returned te
his home last night after visiting friends
at Goddard seminary during the past
week
Mrs. r. +. Fullam of Rochester re.
turned to her home yesterday after
spending day or two in the city on
business.
John Crowley, who was called to East
Barre by the death of his sister, Miss
Mary A. Crowley, returned to-day to
his home in Essex junction.
Mrs Il. I. Houston, Miss Teresa Hon.
an and Miss Ella Watson returned to
their homes in Waterbury to-day after
attending the teachers convention.
| w. w Wilson of Boston arrived in the
city yesterday and will spend several
days in Barre, Montpelier and through
the quarry district on business.
Miss Florence Kathan, who has been
visiting friends in Barre while attend
ing the teachers conference, returned
this forenoon to her home in Mortified.
Mrs Sabra l.. Chase, widow of the late
George ID. Chase of Burlington, who died
in that city Thursday at the age of II
years, was sister of Mrs Martha Allen
of Barre.
Rev. Stanley f. Bloomfield of Mont
peler passed through the city to-day
while on his way home from Williams
town, where he preached in the Congre-
gational church last evening.
Joseph Il. Palmer of Boston, Mass,
who has been attending the Boston Col
lege high school, arrived in the city last
NfNHih- w dL
Palmer is baseball player.
Win all of those who expect to join
the go-to-church band of the Congrega-
tional church for the coming four months
please report at the church Sunday morn
ing at l0:l5, to be enrolled and to get
their cardY
Donald Smith and Dr. II. Nelson Jack
son have returned from business trip
to Mount Airy. n c. During their alb
senee they inspected the granite quarry
ing and cutting development in the
North Carolina district.
The blasts from the Brooklyn street
district, where laborers are at work
in making preparations for a new side.
walk, caused good deal of disturbance
yesterday, and on many occasions the !
fragments of rock were thrown |
across the river and on one occasion the |
hostlers at Johnston & Candles were |
aroused from their reverie at the noon !
hour, when blast hurled piece OF rock |
about six inches in diameter across the |
river and on the roof of the barn, break /
ing hole and dropping through to the
carriage room.
Barre aerie of Eagles has completed |
plans for its 10th annual banquet, which |
will be held in Clan Gordon hall on the
evening of Friday, Feb o. A 7 o'clock
dinner win be followed by post prandial
exercises and then there win be dancing.
The following committee is in charge of
the arrangements: David Mcdonald,
Richard Attridge, Paul Bianchi, Guy Oh
tolini, NJ. j. Williams, III. Livendale and
Louis SASH.
Uncle Sam has Joined the producers,
wholesalers and retailers in raising the
cost of commodities by increasing the
price of stamped envelopes, notices to
that effect having been received at the
Barre postoffice only few days ago.
The same scale of accelerstion in prices
for envelopes OF varying sizes is retained, 4
but the purchaser will find that the cost
per envelope is slightly higher than in
he past.
II, C. Hefner of Cleveland, O., manager
If the National Retail Monument Deal
RS convention to be held in Philadelphia,
Pa, next summer, arrived in the city
asst evening and Is staying at Hotel ,
Barre while passing several days in the
Barre granite belt. This afternoon at
tIOCh MI. lltiicI was Aht 70 appear
'efore the Granite Manufacturers as
assembled in special meeting,
or conference regarding exhibits at
he convention.
From the Hardwick Gazette, followers
f basketball at Spaulding high school :
nay CLEAN the following impression of
he teams appearance in Hardwick Z
ieek ago, when the Barre school boys !
ron by 3s-to26 score: "The Hard
nick academy boys were up against :
he real championship contenders, the
lost perfect, machine-like passing COM I
ination of basketball tossers that has
topped on the local floor in years. Not
My was the team work perfect, but the z
listing players, coach and referee, were
erfect gentlemen and not a kick was 4
egistered on decisions as given by the J
sferee. The fair minded audience had
o admire the excellent, machine-like <
RECESSION with which Spaulding engi-
eercd and carried out every play"
The second evening of the bazaar which
being held under the auspices of the
ecilian club in Rowland hall showed
he same spirited interest as was mani
ested on the first, and the proceeds
-hich were obtained at the several
ooths brought a great increase into the
Tubs treasury The program of last
light was equally as interesting and was
irried out as successfully as on the pre-
sding evening. This part of the enter
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