The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-01
TALK OFTHETOWN


among the business visitors in the cit,
yesterday.
! Miss Bessie Higgins of New York 4
| visiting in the home of j. T. Higgins o
Edgewood.
| Miss Florence LaPage has gone to Bur
lington, where she is passing vaca
tion OF week with friends
Sec. III. p. Human of the Granite Man
ufacturers' association has returned from
a business visit Of few days in Phila,
delphia.
Constable George L. Morris returned
yesterday from an automobile trip Ia
Middletown Springs, where he passed a
few days on business.
Manager John b. Eames of the Park
theatre is passing a weeks vacation with
friends in Manchester, n H. his former
home, and in Boston.
Arthur Dufur, who has been passing
vacation of week in Newport, has re-
sumed his duties in the hardware store
of c. W. Averill 4 Co.
Mrs. Icy Spence of Warren street has
gone TO III Paso, Tex, where she plans
to spend month in the home of her sis.
ter, Mrs A. +. Crawford.
Earl Williams, who has been passing
several months in New York, is visiting
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
4. A. Williams, of Washington street.
Joseph T. Walker and Harry Graves
of st. Johnsbury called on friends in
Barre yesterday and to-day. Mr.. Walk.
err is well known retail granite dealer.
Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Grassland of
Wellington street are the parents of
son, Edgar Galbraith Grassland, who was
born this morning The child weighed
nine pounds at birth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Hodgdon of
Highland avenue are passing ten days at
their camp in Perkinsville. The former
is taking vacation from his duties as
district foreman for the Vermont Tel. a
Tel. Co.
An automobile party consisting of
George NJ Marion, Joseph Comolli of
Foster street, David Stuart, Paul Scam.
PM, L. r. Hutchinson and Duncan Nc |
MILAN started this morning in the for |
mers car for Burlington, where they |
are to represent the Barre Golf club in !
the state golf tournament. Other local
golfers, members of the Barre and Mead
ow Brook clubs, plan to 60 to Burling-
ton tonight or tomorrow.
A party of young women consisting of
Misses Lena Buzzi, Leila Corti, Caro-
line Calcagni, Mary and Sylvia Rizzi, 10.
seph Albisetti, Mary Donetti, Lena Bar
beri, Elyira Guidici and Josephine and
Mary Rizzi, have returned from Dan
vile, where they passed two weeks in
camp at Joe's pond. The campers were
favorably impressed with the outing pos
sibilities at Joe's pond and plan to re. .
turn for another vacation visit in 1918
Young men of Barre, who have enlist
ed in the United States army or navy
are not to be required to pay poll taxes
in this city II the sentiment prevailing
in the city council counts for anything
in the matter. Every member of the al
dermanic board and the mayor have gone
on record as favoring an abatement of
poll taxes in such cases and it is probable
that the attachments will be entered
against the name of each volunteer or
selective service soldier when the board n
Of civil authority holds its meeting. The a
number who are to be favored in this re- t,
spect is far larger than last year, when
several Barre men in service on the Mex T.
can border had their taxes abated. n
Within few days the stonecrusher q
abandoned by the street department this
'pring in favor of new apparatus pur o
,hased by the city council last winter is o
o be shipped to Bristol, Conn, arrange W
nents for the shipment having been
completed by the New England Road p
company, which took the Il
I'D crusher in the deal with the city. At v
present the crusher is in the yard at
Zones Bros plant, where ii probably re
will be junked before it is loaded. I'm W
Ter the terms Of the contract with the in
Sew England company, the street de-
'artment is to receive SOS for loading er
he machinery. A representative of the tn
ompany win be present to oversee the tn
york.
The work of transporting the George "a
!. Milne mausoleum from Barclay Bros. te
liant to Elmwood cemetery is to be got nd
en- under way within a short time, w
ermit having been received from the
ity council to use Prospect and Wash
igton streets as part of the itinerary.
he moving will be in charge of V. E. d,
yers and it is planned to move the
lg memorial from Batchelders meadow
, the M. & w. r, freight yard on fiat wi
IRIS. From Prospect street the mauso- on
um will be taken up Washington street aft
q rollers. cement foundation has wa
cen prepared in the Milne lot and the fal
,paratus for setting the memorial is in ter
ace already. The Milne job is Of ham up
cred granite and has been in course of
instruction at Barclay Bros.s for sew did
al months. 10
Barre women as well as those of sur the
unding towns who have interested
emselves in Red Cross work are untir- pie
g in their efforts and thus far have be
I'd the satisfaction of contributing sew. 80
al boxes to the soldiers and sailors.
ne local branch has shipped TO the Bos.
n headquarters two boxes containing
e following: SO pajama suits, "a sur
ral shirts, "a shoulder wraps, is tray
'ths, 80 napkins, 81 rolled bandsges, 30
irs of service socks, Is convaleseent
WINS, 100 substitutes for handkerchiefs,