The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-07
TALK OF THE TOWN

H Plattsburg See ad. on page 8.
II William Milne is passing several day,
/ in Boston and vicinity on business.
II Regular monthly meeting of the A. O
1 II. Thursday evening, June Z, at Z o'clock
II Mr.. and Mrs Carl G. Perkins of Wash
ington street are passing few days il
Hardwick.
The Weekly club will meet with Mrs
Robert Rock, ll5 Seminary street, Friday
afternoon at 2:30.
Regular meeting of Col. j. B. Mead
circle, Ladies of the G. A. r., Friday
afternoon, June s, at $3.50 o'clock.
| The regular monthly meeting of the
| guild OF the Church of the Good Shepherd
will be held this Thursday evening at
1880 with Mrs. Carter, Is Keith avenue.
Mrs. Robert Pierce and little son, How
ard, of Maiden, Mass, are passing several
days in Barre as guests in the homes of
A. J. Baldwin of Washington street and
B. w. Hooker of Park street.
Children's day at the Presbyterian
church will be observed Sunday, June II.
Baptismal service for children will be
given. Parents wishing children baptized
should notify the pastor.
Rev. FIR. j. p. Moore, who has been a
guest in st. Monica's parish house on
Summer street while assisting in mis-.
sion for Catholics in Barre, left yester.
day for his home in Springfield, Mass.
The /. 0. o. L., M. T., will hold their
regular meeting Friday, June s, in X. of
c. hall. Ladies' night win be observed
and each member is asked to bring
friend. Meeting at 6:45. Initiation.
Guards please be present. Guests come
at S:l5.
Special Sale-Owing TO the lateness of
the spring, | have more colored hats on
hand than usual and will dispose of them
at prices that will please everybody.
Come in and see Them while the assort-
ment is good. Mrs. S. f. Laviolette, 81
| North Main street. Barre.
| A fund created from fire and water de-
partment appropriations is being used to
repaint the hydrants about town and
painter who started the work yesterday
had gotten fairly well on his way to-
day The color scheme OF red and black
has been retained,
Pythians of Barre will observe their
annual memorial service at the First
Baptist church Sunday when the pastor,
Rev. B. j. Lehigh, will preach an appro-
pirate sermon. Members OF yincitia
lodge, X. OF P, will march to the church
for the 1890 service, after meeting in
body in the castle hall at GAS o'clock.
Hugh IIalvosa of Hartford, Conn. ar
rived in the city yesterday for a visit of
several days at the home of his uncle, |
William r. Halvosa Of South Main street. |
Mr.. Halvosa, who formerly resided in |
Barre, is private in a Connecticut cav
airy regiment and expects TO reioin his |
company soon after returning to Hart. |
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Hodgdon Of
Highland avenue left yesterday for Ian
caster, n. H. where they were called by |
the death of the formers mother, Mrs.
Mary Hodgdon, which occurred Tuesday
night after a long illness. The deceased
was advanced in years and had been in
failing health for some time. j. Neale
Emerson, grandson of Mrs Hodgdon,
who is employed by the +. D. Ladd Co,
left to-day for Lancaster to attend the
funeral, which viii be held tomorrow.
The Brook street school is to give
concert and folk dancing exhibition this
week Friday and Saturday, June and 0.
at the school building, The program will
be given twice daily, at | 80 and 3 p. M,
and will consist of May pole dances on
the lawn, patriotic drills, singing and
dancing. Much work has been done by
the teachers in the building to make the
affair a success and the sum raised from
the admission fee OF 10 cents will be used
as the nucleus of fund to purchase a
piano for the school.
Miss Hattie j.. Davis, who for the past
two years has been attached to the dea-
,oness' home at North Barre. left the
,ity yesterday afternoon for Superior, :
Wis, to which point she has been trans
erred. Young people of the North Barre .
mission Bible class, which is conducted
lnder the auspices of the Methodist
hurch, gave evidence of their devotion /,
o Miss Davis Tuesday evening when the +,
ntire class gathered at the deaconess
ZONE for party in her honor. A sub
tantial gift was presented the departing :
eaconess by Louis Frattini, president of !
he Bible class. who spoke earnestly of
Ter work in Barre. Later in the evening
here were games and refreshments were
erved. Deaeoness Davis is succeeded by !,
)eaconess Church, who recently arrived =
n the city from Philadelphia,
Walter 2. Scott of +. A. Bugbee & r
o. is getting over the first effects of =
n accident which was alarming enough
1 its possibilities to leave many a mo- !
orist unstrung for month. After
hort spin into the country a few days
go, Mr.. Scott headed toward his home 4
n Orange street and made for a small :
arage which is perched on the brink of
high hill overlooking Ayers street. In I
Dme unknown manner Mr.. Scott's car :
ID not stop at the appointed moment
nd when he passed through the door OF .
he garage the engine was still chug-
ing. 1t continued TO make mileage I'M
| the front of the automobile had nosed 3
5 way through the end of the garage
nd was about to topple over the bank
hen the brake was applied. One end
the car was looking out over sheer
,op of more than 50 feet when Mr..
,ott dismounted from the seat. Little
image was done TO the car, but the
ar wall of the garage is undergoing re- :
lirs.
Returning to her home at 80 Brook
rect last evening. Miss Mary A. Cowie :
lexpectedly found herself playing the
lie of hostess to some Is young women :
ho had gathered for a kitchen shower
honor of her approaching wedding to 4
fieer David Henderson of the Barre po- 3
n forca With sucb fidelity 10 detail 4