The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-15
TALK OFTH T. TOWN

Sadllers, Keith avenue, baDy carrlhee
and go.cart runners.
II George Nixon is passing few day
with friends in Berlin, n. ii.
Mario ReiIi of North Main street ha
been passing few days with relative
in Waterbury.
Five cents ON every dollars worth o
cash register slips for cash purchases a
N. d. Phelps Co.
| Framework of all kinds. Mrs. Water
man, 81 Camp street. TEL ob6-W, OF
| Mrs Shepard's store.
| Mrs. Joseph Tondreau left Yesterday
for Haverhll, Mass, where she is making
visit of several days with relatives:
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ. band orchestra, Karl For
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 252-W
William Robertson of Boston, who Is
passing several weeks with his sister IN
Brookfeld, has been visiting friends IN
the city.
Mrs. Clara Carson and daughter of
Portland Me-, arrived in town to-day
and are the guests of Miss Hazel kccfe
of the Morse block.
G. Il. McAllister OF Williamstown
passed through the city this morning
while on his way to Boston for a business
visit of a few days.
Lieut.. William Littlejohn, who has
been visiting in the home of his sister,
Mrs. A. c. Simpson, of Orange street
since his commission in the second Platts-
burg training camp left yesterday for
Camp Dix, Wrightsville. n. j., where he
has been assigned to duty.
! James T.. Roberts of North Main
street who has been employed as ian-
tor for some time, has accepted a posi-
ton as fiagman on the Granite street
crossing of the Central Vermont and NJ.
IL w. r. railroads, succeeding Patrick
Mcmahon, whose sudden death occurred
Wednesday.
Foreign Masons are to observe st.
Johns night on the evening of Saturday,
Dec %, but the annual festiyity VIII
be shorn of one of its former attractions
through the decision of the committee to
abandon any idea of banquet. The de
cision is prompted by desire on the
part of the organization to harmonic
their plans with the recommendations OF
the food administration
On Dec. Miss Ida G. Cooney and Will |
liam s. Cordiner were united in marriage
by Rev. A. b. Hunt at Spencer, La. Miss
Cooney, formerly Pennsylvania girl, is |
employed as penmanship supervisor IN
the Spencer schools. Mr. Cordiner is a
graduate of Spaulding high school and
of the engineering department of Iowa
State college al Ames, Ia The young
couple went to Des Moines to spend their
honeymoon with the grooms sisters,
Dorothy and Mary Cordiner,
Service on two railroads entering
Barre. which was badly crippled as re-
suit of the storm, was somewhat nearer
normal to-day, although trainmen were
delays on the main line.
The suburban service over the Nj. \ w.
R. railroad was back in its old gear yes
terday. even though travellers on the
main line were beset with delays. Bos
ton papers arrived in Barre last evening,
and New York morning papers, which
IRE sent on the Central Vermont rail I
-oad, not at all Throughout the night
: V trainmen were overdue, but the
rouble was on the main line. This
morning the Williamstown branch train
vas late in making its local connection
md the passenger train due to leave
he Barre station at 1925 was held up '
or some little time.
Insurance adjustors representing sew !
raj companies were busy yesterday and
o.day examining the remnants OF the u
town hall" fire of Wednesday. Inspec q
ion of the damage to paper stock and
ther supplies in the printing establish. !
nent of J. j. Lamb & Co. had so far /
in the afternoon as to permit T
he printer to resume work What was a
ayed from the stock of Houghton &
tobins was examined by the adjustors, a
nd representatives of another agency Il
rere busy in the Laws fruit store II is .
expected that the losses on the building u
7il be adjusted at once, and in the con q
erence with company representatives.
Tho insured the upper part OF the build D
1g, the city is to be represented by its q,
ldermanic property committee. The ad - -
lstors, it is thought will be ready to re- II Il
ort early in the coming week. .,
Private Norman s. Gordon of Camp "
reene, Charlotte, n. c., arrived in the
ty this morning for visit in the home
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John w
ordon of Richardson street. having OBJ.
lined three months furlough in which =,
prepare himself further for a course al
the I. $. naval academy at Annapolis. a. a.
rivate Gordon was member of the ~
INITIATING clHeS ut ophuIulHp HlgH M
hool last June having completed the :
nglish course although he enlisted in a
company Of the lst Yer !,
ont regiment when the war broke out ),
e was one of several graduates who !
ere granted furloughs from Fort Ethan l
len to attend the commencement exer- !
,es of their class Before submitting ,
mself for examination at Annapolis, he ~
poets to inform himself further in sew va
al branches of study.
Efforts to cancel small deficit occa
med by the protracted quarantine last :
MINER were successful on the part of ]
E First Presbyterian Sunday school Z
It evening, when a large audience as
nbled for an enjoyable concert by the
unger children of the school To- 9
her with a gratifying large advance ]
e of tickets, the proceeds are enough Z
discharge any obligations formed
en- the Sunday school by reason of
quarantine, was not self-supporting.
e concert was opened with a piano
0 by Miss Ruth Wylie Ten BOYS were :
Ird in the next number, repertoire
short songs, and much interest was
infested in a farce. Two Ghosts in
lite, IN which eight girls participated I
e remaining numbers were as follows:
no duet, Ruth Wylie and Mabel