The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

Beautiful spring goods in Abbott
windows.
Red Tag sale week Mt Rockers; $l.2
rubber door mats, lSx3O, SOC.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Hasson Of Grotol
were among the weekend visitors in TIN
city.
Lady Washington party Tuesday aft
ernoon, given by Barre Women's club
Food sale--adv.
II George Pierce left this forenoon fol
Redstone, n. H., where he is passing
several days with relatives.
Mrs. Fred Cree and daughter, Freda, Of
Plainfield were among the business visit
ors in the city this morning.
Miss Phyllis Farr of Goddard sem
mary left Saturday for Rochester, where
she will remain for few weeks.
A regular meeting of the ladies' aux.
iliary to Clan Gordon will be held Feb
20 at 7:l5 p. m. Business of Importance
Joseph CALI of Toledo, O.. arrived in
the city Saturday and will make an ex-
tended visit with friends and relatives on
Berlin street.
Charles Arnold of Rutland, formerly a
repair man at the Palace garage, arrived
in the city Saturday and will spend a
few days visiting friends in Barre.
The Misses Mary and Hannah Biorn
returned Yesterday to their home in East
Brookfield after spending the week end
with friends and relatives in the city.
| A. IT, Fasola, who has been on an ex-
tended business trip through the Middle
| West, in the interests of the Excelsior
! Granite CO., returned to Barre last even
ing.
p. +. Mclaughlin. who has been pass
ing several days in the Barre granite
belt on business connected with his trade
journal, left last night for his home in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Blair and two sons,
Alex, jr., and George, are expected to ar
rive in the city this evening, having been
called here by the death of Bert L. Blair
of Academy street.
Joseph Papin of Richardson street, who
has been confined to the house during
the past month on account of an attack
of grip, was able to resume his duties at
his livery yesterday.
Mrs. Tena Clifford Of Burlington, while
here to attend the annual meetings of
the Odd Fellows Friday, was entertained
as a. guest at the home of Mrs Frank
Taetson of Tihprtv strept
Miss Florence LePage Of Prospect
street has completed her duties at the
Office of DIR. Jarvis and Miss Isabelle
Thompson of Spaulding street has taken
her place as Office assistant,
The fourth in the series OF readings
from literature by members of the
Spaulding high school faculty viii be
held at the school this evening when |
Miss Robinson viii read from James
Whitcomb Riley's works. The time is
7:l5 sharp.
Mrs. Viola Ordway and daughter. Dor
othy. who have been sojourning during |
the past few weeks with friends and rel |
atives in Boston. arrived in the city Sat ,
urday and will make an extended visit |
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Churchill of Merchant street.
Among the Mortified week end and
business visitors in the city
were Messrs. d Cambria, F. A. Bennett,
]. l.. Raymond, p. H. Whitman, +. II.
Marsh, l.. NJ. Dix, Walter b. Hedges,
B. J Atherton, George Macdonald, p.
Stafford, c. c. Bentley, o. A. Nelson and
Louis b. Luigi.
d. J. Morse of fremont street left last
evening for New York, where he will
spend two weeks on business in the in
.erest OF the A. p. Abbott Co. aid while
here he will attend lectures on general
store management and decorating which
ire given under the supervision of the
Dry Goods Economist Co.
The ladies of the G. A. r. circle No. /,
md S. OF V. auxiliary, No. s. will observe
and Lincoln's birthdays ,
Feb. % at auxiliary hall. Worthen block.
All members of r. b. Crandall post, No.
q, and Major l.. A. Abbott camp No. Ia,
J. of W. with their families, arc cordially
invited to attend also the families OF :
he Ladies of the g. A. r. and auxiliary.
dinner win be served at | 80 by the la
les, after which there will be program
onsisting of music and speaking. 1t is 5
oped that every member of r. b. Gran !
all post will make a special effort to .
ONE. Come early and have social /
ime before dinner
Electrical apparatus was required Sat i
rday to thaw out the water gauges in =
he basement of city hall, a freeze hav 4
lg developed on the Prospect street con- :
ection during the night Until Satur-
ay very little difficulty has been en- y
Duntered by the water department, al :
hough in the cold spell that terminated
Dward the end of the week, the thaw-
lg device was used in a number of
wellings. Some time was required to S
law out the gauges. which are used by
ne water department in obtaining read
lgs of the pressure available from three G
'nrces of water supply. The gauges R
ere affected by extreme cold weather =
year ago.
The time when candidates for Office p
nv file nomination nauars pxnir,la This