The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

| F. X. Bailey was a Burlington bust
ness visitor to-day.
Odd Fellows and members of Bright
Star Rebekah lodge, No. Is, to the mum
Der of "a, journeyed to Plainfeld last
evening, going in Jones & Nyes barge
The party reached there at little past
s o'clock, where Proprietor Snow had q
bounteous chickenpie supper awaiting
their arrival. After the supper was over
the members of the party assembled in
Bancroft hall, where dancing and cards
We're enjoyed during the remainder OF
the evening.
Granite chapter, No. &c, will be repre-
sented by a delegation of more than fifty
of It's members at the capital tomorrow
afternoon, when the annual meeting of
the third chapter district of Royal Arch
Masons will be opened in the chapter
rooms of King Solomon chapter, No. 7.
AT o'clock, the Barre lodge, with Cor
don Watson as excellent high priest,
will open the lodge of most excellent
masters and confer the degree. Arrange
ments for the gathering are in charge
of Charles w Mcmillan, the district
deputy grand high priest.
Funeral services of Iris A. Simonds,
the ten -month-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Simonds, whose death oc-
CURED Sunday morning after a weeks
illness of the measles, were held at the
house this afternoon at o'clock. Be.
cause of the prevalence of the malady in
the Simonds home, the funeral was held
in private and the attendance was not
large, Rev. b. G. Lipsky, pastor of the
Hedding Methodist church, ofliciated at
the services and the body was placed in
the vault at Elmwood cemtery there to
await interment in Hope cemetery in the
spring.
Announcement was made to-day by
the officials of teh Central Vermont rail-
way to the effect that the legislative
trains on the main line, Nos. IL and Is,
would be cancelled every day in the week
with the exception of Monday and Fri
day until notice is given for them to run
as has been scheduled. The reason given
by the company for canceling these
trains is because of the heavy SHOWS of
the winter, which have made il almost
to make regular schedule time
for the past month, and the dropping of
these trains will help to regulate the
regular schedule and get the trains to
running on time again.
Members of the University of Yer
mont Independent basketball team ar
rived in the city this afternoon from
Burlington and will line up tonight |
against the Goddard seminary quintet |
of basket shooters. The Vermont team
has not played together this season, but |
a fast game is assured, as there has |
been steady practice during the past two |
weeks. Vermont does not make basket |
ball major sport, but there is league |
among the several fraternities in col |
ege, and the Independents are the stars |
selected from the different teams in the
Word comes from the Bethel branch |
If the quarryworkers' international un.
on that there is prospect of more work
or the quarrymen early in April, as the
Woodbury. Granite Co. has secured
building contract that will set the wheels
It its quarry and cutting plant in mo-
ion early in the spring. According to
ldvices received at the headquarters of
he international association in Barre,
business has suffered greatly from lack
Il orders at Bethel. Gangs of men were
during the summer and fall in
Ising the channel bars and other heavy
rills at the quarries, but some weeks
go work was suspended altogether. The
utting plant has been closed for several
months.
Charlie Wong, Chinese laundry man,
nd the other tenants in the building at
0 Merchant street are on skids for a
ew days while Anthony Tomasi begins
is forward movement toward the curb
ng. 1t is not the intention of the pro-
rietor of the building TO inconvenience
ny of the tenants and even though a
ig lot of blasting has been in progress
here during the past fortnight, the
lundry person and others have been en-
BLEED to pursue the even tenor of their .
-ay. Pursuant to the plan outlined by ,
lr. Tomasi before the city council, a :
bird story will be added to the build :
u as soon as it is set flush with the .
Their structures fronting Merchant :
treet.