The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-03
TALK OF THE TOWN


5. ID. Allen of Franklin street was a
business visitor in Burlington to-day.
Fred Humphrey of st. Johnsbury Is
passing few days with friends in Barre
and Granteville.
Mrs. n O. Ralph and little child arc
passing few days in the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. f, O. Ralph of Brookfield
Miss Marian L. Tilden of South Main
street left this morning for Middlebury
where she will visit relatives for few
days
Mrs. Robert Shepard of Plain street
and Miss Catherine Robertson left this
morning for Boston, where they are to
pass the summer.
Among the East Brookfeld business
visitors in the city yesterday were
Messrs Herman Stoddard, Lester Stod-
dard and Thomas Martin.
flag staff on the roof of the Perry
Auto Co.'S garage off Washington street
has been equipped with large flag,
which was unfurled for the first time
yesterday.
The condition of Peter LaClair, the
blacksmith who was injured in his shop
on South Main street Saturday, is re-
ported to be improving The blacksmith
is patient at the City hospital.
Harry Stafford, formerly with the I'm
ion Dry Goods store, and now manager
for the Combination Cash store of Bur
lington and Rutland, returned to Bur
lington last evening after visit over
the week end with his family in this
city,
First-elass auto stage, beginning Mon.
day, April 80, Barre to Hardwick, via
Montpelier. Woodbury., etc. Leave Hotel
Barre $3.50 p, M, Montpelier house, 4:30;
arrive in Hardwick p. m. Returning,
leave Hardwick a. m, arrive Montpelier
house at 1890, Hotel Barre IL a. m.
M. T. Michaud.
After waiting a year for relief from
conditions in front of his house,
lnnocente Braghini of Sixth street is to
have the satisfaction OF seeing the road
improved, as the aldermanic committee
OF the whole, reporting on its investi
CATION of last week, has decided to widen
the thoroughtare.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph liter, who were |
married in Burlington last evening, ar
rived in the city to-day, accompanied
by number OF local people, who were
in Burlington to witness the ceremony /
The couple will BE- entertained at re-
reception to be given on Prospect street
this evening and tomorrow morning
hey will leave for Caribou, Me-, to re-
side.
Women of the American Red Cross in
Barre met at the Spaulding high school
gymnasium this afternoon to work on
,ajamas and other clothing for the Yer
mont boys at Fort Ethan Allen. A num-
Der OF sewing machines have been in
tailed in the gym, and as the school
las turned the use of the room over TO
he Red Cross, work meetings will prob
.bly be held there in the future
Traction company officials will be ex-
luded at the capital this evening when
peeial committees representing the
3arre and Montpelier city councils and
he board of selectmen in Berlin are to
meet to confer over proposed new
II the draft is completed il
nay be sumbitted as a counter offer to
he franchise drawn up by the company
week ago. Mayor Glysson and Alder {
nen Bruce, Reynolds and Milne and
ity Attorney Wishart will be present /
Z the conference. Il
At the regular meeting of Clan Gordon,
20. IL, o. $. c., last evening detailed
lans were made for the annual observ !,
nee of the clan memorial Sunday which !
as been set for May 20. The pastor of !
he First Presbyterian church will de-
yer the sermon and an effort is being !
lade TO enlist a large number Of clans
len to participate. Somewhat more
aborate in character will be the me- !
lorial activities this year, as the clan
lans to have an escort of five pipers and }
,ur drummers as it marches from the
Idge rooms to the church
The aldermanic street committee has
zen authorized to treat with Contractor !,
. N,Normandeau for the sale of crushed
,ck, to be reduced at the city's new :
ushing plant on Blackwell street. A ,
minimum price of so cents per ton for ;,
rload lots has been fixed and on that :
isis the committee is directed TO ne :.
,tiate with Mr.. Normandeau, who is =
the market for upward of 1000 tons. =
| the event of contract being signed, =
spur of track viii probably be laid to =,
10 crusher in order to expedite the \
Indling of huge quantity of the :,
usher output. Contractor Normandeau l.,
i'll use crushed stone on his contract at T.
e Tabor crossing on the Montpelier :,
ad :,
County delegates representing every Ii
oodmen camp in Vermont babe fare
I'll to Barre yesterday afternoon. after 8
wing tarried here for their triennial I
invention. The business of electing Off !
RS ended at noon and right after 1880
lock the visitors, accompanied by a
mmittee from Granite City camp and
e Board of Trade, motored to Mill
one hill for an inspection of the quar-
IS. Every effort was made to en-
asize the educational value of the
p and most of the tourists beheld for
e first time the vast deposits OF gran
and the deep holes where it was :
arried. For the convenience of dele.
ties leaving for their homes in mid
ternoon, transportation back to the J
V was provided, while the remaining
egates returned to Barre around 4
lock-
The MAY BALI at Rowland hall last
ming held under the auspices of the Z
Gillian club attracted large crowd OF
ncers and concert lovers, over 100 cou-
5 dancing when the entertainment