The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-11
TALK OFTHETOWN

TO his home in Windsor, after passing q
few days with friends in the city.
II Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ. band orchestra, Karl For
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 252-W.
Mrs, Eleanor Pollard of Brook street
has returned to the city after spending a
few days in Boston on business connect
ed with the McCuen store.
Mrs. Il. A. Magnus of Waterbury ar.
rived in the city yesterday for visit OF
a few days in the home of her mother,
Mrs. NJ. b. Nichols of French street.
Harland II. Maxfeld of Wendell place
| left the city last evening for White River
| Junction, having enlisted as a mechanic
in the aviation department of the Y. ).
army.
Troup viii make photographs of you
that are real portraits and that will de-
light your friends this holiday season.
Phone for an appointment to-day. The
Troup Studio.
A regular meeting of Jumpers, boxers
and derrickmen's branch, No. So will be
held in Eagles hall Tuesday evening,
Dec. l. |, at 1880 o'clock Election of Off
GERS. Per order secretary.
Robert Mackie of Terrace avenue left
yesterday for White River Junction,
where he will spend few days with
friends. While absent Mr.. Mackie ex.
poets to enlist in the aviation corps of
the L. S. army.
/ Lyman Whitcomb, who has been en-
rolled in the law school of Tufts college
in Boston, is passing a few days with
his mother. Mrs. Harriet Whitcomb of
seminary hill, Mr.. Whitcomb has en-
listed and expects to be called into the
| service within n few days
! Miss Rose Miller of Pawtucket, r. T.,
national officer of the Maccabees, who
has been spending few days in Barre
while here on business connected with
| the local review of Maccabees, has gone
| to New Hampshire to continue her in
/ spection of local Maccabee organizations. |
| Harold Potter of South Main street |
| commenced his duties in the Central Yer |
mont freight office this morning, succeed |
| ing Justin Mccarthy, who has been pro- |
NOTED to the position of yard clerk, tax |
ing the place of Patrick Hale, who left !
this morning for White River Junction. |
| Mr.. Hale expects to go to Albany, NJ Y, |
where he will take the second examna-
tion in the Z. S. aviation corps.
George Ross and Leo b. Parker, who
have been employed as night bakers at
the Holmes bakery on North Main street,
completed their duties yesterday, and
were among the men who left this morn
ing for White River junction. Messrs.
Ross and Parker, together with Arthur
Shannon, who signed up for the lst Yer
mont remigent here Sunday, have decid
ed to enter the quartermaster's depart
ment.
Frank Fl. Topper who began work for
the Central Vermont railroad as a bag
gage master in the local station soon
after his graduation from Goddard sem
mary, has resigned his position as assist :
ant agent In the Union station at Bur
ington, having been called into active
service with depot company r of the
national army signal corps. His com
pany is stationed at Converse hall, state
university, and Private Upper has been
ordered to report for duty tomorrow
morning
Plans for the publication OF the first
issue of the Spaulding school paper,
which has been called The Sentinel, are !
being rapidly completed and the first
number is expected to be issued in a few {
days, A temporary board of editors has
been chosen to have charge OF the first r
issue. while permanent board for the / K
remainder of the school year will be
chosen after the Christmas recess The 1 |,
temporary board of editors is composed .
of Misses Madeline Mcdonald, Vivien
Marion and Corinne Eastman and Hill z
dreth Martin, Deane Davis. Frank Wells. n
John Gaul and Laurence Campbell; and
under their direction pages devoted to II
alumni notes, athletic events and mat =
tiers pertaining to school functions have Q
been arranged.
On rural highways and crossways yes N
terday travellers experienced most trying h
conditions as the result of Sundays snow Y
md high wind. The roads on nearly q,
very main artery leading from Barre
we're badly filled in places, and even the :,
,arly appearance of the town road rollers .
lid not restore easy travel at once In =,
my number of neighborhoods farmers, -
hiding the roads impossible, had re-
curse to the windswept fields. In the
fternoon traveller who had stopped in ".
3arre for dinner, proposed to push his q
oadster through the snow to Roxbury te
nd Northfield where he was to make eN
BUSINESS calls, before proceeding to his us
ome in Boston, there to dock the car for
he winter. Weatherwise acquaintance SC
to dissuade him from the kf
Quincy, but the traveller was we'll az
locked with confidence and set out for tn
'orthfield in midafternoon. wi
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