The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Mrs. r. G. Bugbee and son of Richard
son street are passing few days will
relatives in Waterbury
Miss Beatrice Callaghan of % PARK
street is passing few days in Hinsdale
n. H., at the Frank Tilden home.
George Pierce of Currier street lett
yesterday for his former home in Red
stone, n. H., where he is passing week
with relatives.
Mrs. James Sterling left this morning
for Brattleboro where she is passing a
few days with her children, who are at
tending school there.
Wallace Guernsey of Calais is passing
few days with friends in Barre while
here TO attend the commencement week
exercises at Goddard seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs G. II. Thresher, who have
been the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. r.
Hutchinson of Wellington street, have
returned to their home in Boston. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Hutchinson,
who is making a stay of few days in
Boston and vicinity.
Miss Mabel Hewitt of Kingston, Ont,
who came here to attend the Landi- Reid
nuptials, is guest in the home of DR..
and Mrs. w. d. Reid OF South Main
street, who are also entertaining Miss
Ariel Hambleton of Goffstown, N. H., a
| classmate of the bride in st. Mary's
school, Concord, n. III.
Grand bodies of Masonry, assembled in
Burlington last week for their annual
conclave, contributed a total of $4,000
to the Liberty loan bond issue, accord
ing to statement made to-day by
George N. Tiden. grand high priest OF
the grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons
of Vermont. The grand chapter appro
priated 5000 for bonds.
The road leading from the main high
way up towards the grounds of the Barre
Golf club has been improved and extend
ed so that cars and carriages may now
clear the summit and come to rest be-
side the clubhouse. Formerly, vehicles
of whatever sort must OF necessity stop
when they came to the edge of the pas
ture including the links, some 70 yards
from the clubhouse and many feet below
il.
Although the public schools have
closed, the garden work inaugurated by
over 200 school children from the public |
schools this spring is to continue through |
this summer. Those engaged in this |
work were given badges OF honor by |
Supt. Carroll H. White just before the
close of school last week. The badges |
are. of bronze tone, about three-quarters |
of an inch across, and bear a seal SINH.
lar TO that of the state of Vermont. The
seal is surrounded by the words: OYER
mont State Guard"
A clipping from the Montreal Star tells
Of the death OF Rev Oliver j. Booth, who
passed away at the Western hospital in
the Canadian metropolis June IS, the
end following a lingering illness The
funeral was held in St. Matthews church,
Cote st. Antoine road, Montreal, Mon
day. with interment in Mount Royal
Rev. Mr.. Booth was an I'M
attached Clergyman in the diocese OF
and as an intimate friend of
Rev. w. j. M. Beattie of Barre he assist
ID in the Church of the Good Shepherd
rs special preacher in several Lenten
seasons. His last visit in Barre was in
he Lenten season of 1911.
A man doing business with the bag
rage master at the Central Vermont sta
ion this morning noticed that the two
ioors that lead from the baggage room
nto Depot square were strongly bolted
Ind inquired the reason why. The ex-
,lanation given was that they came just
within the limit within which the rail !
Dad would be under the obligation of
arriving United States mail to and from :
he station and postofiice. BY closing a
he two doors opening on the square and
Ising those that open on the station
PLATFORM, the distance that the mail !
reat enough so that that duty must a
evolve upon Uncle Sam. Across the
quare at the Montpelier & Wells River b
epot, the railroad must carry whatever
nail comes in or goes out on its line.
.eeping those two doors closed means
aving to the Central Vermont each l
,onth of at least $50. L
Bicyclists are showing a good deal of y :,
eokless disregard for the law as well as
or the comfort OF pedestrians, according
D reports and complaints which have
cached police headquarters this week.
he craze for wheeling, thought to have 7
cen practically extinct for some years, =
Gems TO have been revived and the y
ounger generation of cyclists have yet -
, learn the lesson instiled in their ell. .
ers when bicycle riding was at its q
eight some years ago. On Washington !,
rect recently an elderly woman was y
adly brushed by a fleeing youngster =
hose sole thought was for getting ~
read. The woman lost nothing but her ~
,ise, but it was due to her own agility a.
Ither than TO care on the part of the Ga
der that she was not thrown to the W "
'ound. The police have taken steps to 1
op the practice of riding on the side o'
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