The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

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June ~, at 8 o'clock.
Regular meeting of local 24l, r. C.
r. A, will be held in Worthen hall oil
wednesday evening, June 20, at 1880.
MISS Beatrice Beach, teacher in tn,
school at Highgate Springs, was recen
visitor at her home ON Prospect street
NJ A. Corbett of Mortified passed
through the city yesterday while on hi
way to his former home in Granitevill'
for visit of few days.
Complete stock of white and figured
voiles and linenes for sport skirts, also
q large stock of hamburg embroideries
Little Dry Goods Store, Cottage street
ii. j. M. Jones of Jones Bros Co i:
passing several days in Boston, where he
IS IN attendance at meeting of the
New England coal commission, of which
he Is the member from Vermont.
Mrs. Andrew Fagerstrom of North
Main street, accompanied by her two
children, left this morning for New Ha-
ven, Conn, where they are to join Mr..
Fagerstrom, formerly Barre granite.
cutter, who has been employed there for
several months.
DR.. ii. H. Reid of South Main street
returned this morning from a stay of
several days in Boston. During his alb
sence he attended the graduating exer-
cises OF the Tufts College Dental school,
in which DR.. r. James Grigg, former
ly OF Barre, received his diploma.
| Ernest Marchetti, who is taking a va
cation from his duties in the City wine
store, left Sunday for Waterville, Me,
his former home, where he is making
a visit of several days with relatives.
He was accompanied by his brothers, An
gelo and Joseph Marchetti.
Managers of the local talent company
which is to present "The Girl from
Broadway" in the opera house Thursday
and Friday evenings, were advised to.
day that the regimental band from Fort
Ethan Allen will arrive in the city on
Thursday afternoon TO furnish music for
the entertainment.
Another former Barre boy to enlist is
Paul II. Premier, who has enrolled in 4
company OF the LIST corps, L. S. engi-
neers. AT present he is stationed in
Washington, ID. c., and in letter to
George N. Tilden he writes Interestingly
of life in the corps. Young Premier en-
HsVt1 at fOrL SiOcum, y. L.
Private ID. Cassacico of the LIST Yer
mont regiment at Fort Ethan Allen is
home on leave for few days. Private
Cassacico is one of the recruits admitted
last week and much to his satisfaction
has been assigned to place in the regi
mental band, having had considerable ex-
perience as a saxophone player.
All told l6 Brookfeld men applied for
enlistment in G company, according to
an examination of the returns of last
weeks campaign. Five of them were re-
jected because of dependents, but the
others were sent to Fort Ethan Allen.
The percentage of recruits from Brook
field. when it is recalled that the regis
tration number was only 50, was wholly
gratifying to the recruiting party.
Train service over the NJ. & w. r. rail |
road resumed normal proportions late |
yesterday, the wrecking crew sent to the |
relief of a derailed freighter having com
pleted its work by noon. Two freight |
cars and tender were returned to the |
irons and the locomotive attached to the |
string led them into Montpelier last |
night. The Barre Boston service, so soon
to be Cancelled, was resumed last night
and the Green Mountain express made its
regular trip this morning.
Harold w. Lucas of East Montpelier,
who was locked up on an intokication
charge yesterday, acknowledged first
offense when arraigned before Magis-
trate H. W. Scott in city court this
morning and went to Jail for 10 days in
lieu of paying the minimum fine. John
E. Branston, newcomer in town, plead
ID guilty when charged with a first of
tense and was packed off to Jail with
Lucas because he couldn't pay his fine.
BARRIERS of Barre and Montpelier who
ire affiliated with the international
are undecided whether to
proceed with plans for a Joint outing at
caledonia park, as was projected early
n the spring, and to test sentiment
lmong the members it is probable that
he question will be submitted TO a ref
The entry of the United
states into the war and the attendant ,
acrifices have caused some of the mem !
'ers to frown upon further plans for
he picnic and it has been suggested that :
he money spent on the outing might
Ne used for patriotic purposes. q
As the flag end of forlorn excursion (
o The Weirs, n. H., a party of six mo- j
orcyclists rode into town last night I
round 10 o'clock, heartily tired of mud a
y roads but somewhat calm in the sat 7
'faction that they had plugged through a
o the town where motorcyclists from Il
II over northern New England were sup L
osed TO assemble Sunday. II will be v
SCALED that the Barre delegates struck p
ut early Sunday morning only to halt +
{ Plymouth, n H., because of the in a
erior going. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwaru Z
londi and Marie Perry were among the
vclists who returned home, but others
etermined to make the entire trip and H
fter tarrying over night in Plymouth
iey started early yesterday for The
'eirs, arriving in time to see the hill
imbing contest staged by the manage il
ent of the gypsy tour. n
Pre- commencement activities at God :
ird seminary find a large place in the
lroniclings of the current issue of The
ecord. which was delivered to subscrib-
5 yesterday. Evidently the whirl OF te
'aduation preparations has imposed Al
Of tax on editorial energy,
II two numbers OF The Record have h