The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-26
TALK OF THE TOWN
New specials, Fits bargain annex.

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Chicken pie and cream cake, Baptist
church, March 2S.--adv
An eight and one half pound son was
born March % TO Mr.. and Mrs. A. p
Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Kencrson oil
Church street are passing week with
relatives in Cabot
John III. Goode of Burlington was
among the business visitors in the city
Friday and Saturday.
Thomas OHara returned to his home
in Burlington Saturday, after passing
several days in the city on business.
Mrs. Lewis Bovat has returned to her
home In Swanton, after visit of sew
eral days with her sister, Mrs. Fred Ian.
gevin.
Miss Martha Tyndall of Morrisville
has been passing week with her sister,
Miss Alice Tyndall, a teacher in the city
schools.
Mrs. Cora Jackson is at the home of
ii. II. jackson of South Main street, after
an extended visit with relatives in Bur
lington.
Miss Ella Samuelson, who has been
passing week with friends on fremont
street, returned TO her homo in South
Ryegate Saturday.
Mrs. T. A. Towers returned to Rich
mond day, after a visit of two weeks
with her daughters, Mrs J. W. Carver
and Mrs. NJ. A. Love.
Miss Ola Hood, teacher in the public
schools of Montpelier, passed through
the city Saturday while on her way to
Chelsea for a visit of week.
st. Pauls church, Burlington, will be the
preacher at Lenten services in the Church
of the Good Shepherd Tuesday evening.
Fred Ruppell of Chicago and p F. Me-
Laughlin of Philadelphia, who have been
here for 10 days on business connected
with monument trade journals, left for
their respective homes to-day.
George Taylor, who has been employed
ON farm in East Montpelier during the
past winter arrived in the city Saturday
for few days visit before leaving for
Chelsea, where he expects to work during
the summer.
City councillors got together informal |
ly at city hall Saturday evening to dis |
cuss some of the measures that are to |
come before them in regular aldermanic |
and council sessions in the near future |
Mayor Glysson was present but the
gathering did not take the form of a
special meeting and no action had been
taken when the members dispersed.
Jean, the two year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David VIII and granddaughter
of Mrs Mary Benzie, died Thursday
in Groton with commissions, the
result of an attack of indigestion. The
body was brought to Barre over the
& Wells River railroad Sat
urday afternoon at 5;35, and was placed
in the receiving vault at Elmwood. Flu
neral services were held in Groton Satur-
day afternoon.
Union men of Barre appear to be very ,
pronounced in their opposition to certain I
features of the proposed arbitration and
,nti-strike legslati ton now in the hands :
IF a general assembly committee and it
s probable that very large delegation
rom this city will be on hand with res
buttons when second hearing on the
dill is held Wednesday evening. A meet
ng of the executive boards and all legis.
alive committees affiliated with the Cen
raj Labor union in Barre and vicinity
vas held in carpenters hall Saturday a
vening and various phases of the bill $
re said to have been earnestly discussed.
resolutions were drafted to express the !, =
ointment of the laboring men.
Efforts to ascertain the whereabouts S
t relatives OF Henry Bolton, Central "
'ermont car repairer, whose death at the I,
ity hospital Friday afternoon followed c
n illness OF two months, were wholly
Saturday and again yester N
ay. The only near relatives surviving il
re two brothers, Edgar and Benjamin, p
ut inquiries made in a number of Mas o.
achusetts and Connecticut cities where il
hey were thought to be located failed to
hcit any reply. In Boston it was re- D
orted that Edgar Bolton had left his IL
lace of employment two months ago. G.
o-workers of Mr.. Bolton are to take 81
barge of funeral arrangements and serv- te
es will be held in the Perry & Noonan st
establishment in Depot &c
Iuare Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. ci
he body will be taken to the vault at 10
lmwood there TO await transfer to -
cemetery later in the spring.
Members of the Barre Woman's club
nd their friends were delightfully."- en-
rtained Saturday afternoon at the
1me of Mrs. W. NJ. Holden of South
ain street, where one of a series OF
usicales which is being conducted by
lie department of music and art was
Id The feature of the program was
lie very original and charming Discus
on of old songs by Miss Carrie Wheel
k. The quaint spirit and setting of
e oldtime hymns and airs was most
aphically portrayed in the word pic
res which Miss Wheelock drew for her
aters. The victrola was heard at in
rivals, reproducing the old favorites
iss Wheelock was assisted by Mrs. Bal
I'd in two very pleasing pianoforte
Imbers. Mrs. Holden also rendered a
araeteristic old melody in delightful
yle. There are few people, indeed, to
nom these old airs do not appeal with
Tectionate memories. and the committee
charge are to be congratulated in pre-
nting such an inspiring program. /
TO invitations issued by Il
e "Baldie MillerY opera company, some Il
Sty people assembled in Foresters' hall II
turday evening and enjoyed another II
the company's social gatherings. Dane II