The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-30
TALK or THE TOWN

H yesterday and to-day.
II Miss Gladys Hassam left this noon 70
/ Bethel, where she will spend the Easte
| vacation with relatives.
Mrs. V. J.. Perkins and daughter
MRS. Greta Evans, of Waterbury wer,
visitors in the city yesterday.
Hemstitching done while you wait
Secondhand machines So up. Singer
Store, Tel 55T-R. 10 Elm street.
Members OF the Sodality of the BlesseS
Mary will receive communion in a body
at the 0 O'Clock mass Sunday morning.
William b. Stearns of Poughkeepsie
N. u, returned TO his home last evening
after spending several days in the city
| The Methodist choir will meet for re
hearsal Saturday night, instead of Fri
day, at o'clock A full attendance Il
requested.
Miss NJ o. Larkin, who has been visit
ing at the home of John Kelly on Pros
pect street, returned TO her home il
Waterbury yesterday
| Mrs. John Clark, who has been visit
ing for a few days at the home of Mrs
Pearl Haskins, returned yesterday tt
her home in North Duxbury.
Miss Kathleen Miles OF West street
left this morning for Burlington, where
she WI visit friends and relatives during
the remainder of the week.
Mrs. r. Clerici and son. Aldo, who
have been visiting relatives on Berlin
street during the past few days, returned
to-day to their home in Waterbury.
Miss Grace Buckley, teacher at God
dard seminary, left yesterday for More
town, where she will spend the Easter
vacation with friends and relatives
Albert +. Williams passed through the
city yesterday while en- route from his
home in Portsmouth. \. H., to Granite
vile, where he will spend several days
visiting friends.
"How Germany is forcing the United
States into declaration of war;" being
a disclosure on a vital subject, by Rev
f. Grassland at the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening at o'clock.
Attend the Easter opening on Friday
and Saturday of this week at Miss l.. f.
Townsend's millinery parlors, SO Wash
ington street, and inspect our complete
line of spring millinery adv.
Public masquerade dance in Clan Cor.
don hall Friday, March 80, at o'clock,
auspices of Winnetta council, D. of P.
Carrolfs orchestra. Tickets, SOC per
couple, extra ladies lOc-adv.
Tonight, "Around the Map" in "os-
tune and song, some OF the best local
talent taking part. Ii will be worth your
while to come. Program begins at S.
o'clock. Admission, l0c.-adv.
Harry H. White of Concord n. H., ar
rived IL, tha ait, raSfarJoy ord ,v;fI oorp
mence work in one of the stonesheds the
first OF next week. Mr.. White will move
his family to Barre during the first of
May.
meeting of the various legislative
committees OF local unions will be held in
the granite cutters rooms, Scampini.I
block, Saturday, March 81. at p. m. Per
order state branch legislative committee, |
Fred w. Sutton, chairman; Alex Ironside, |
secretary.
Special sermon by request Rev. Bert |
J. Lehigh will preach, by request, at |
the Baptist church on Sunday evening, |
on the theme, Jesus Christ, the Garden
err" About year ago Mr.. Lehigh |
preached this sermon and by the special
request of some he will repeat it. You
are invited
The local Salvation Army will hold
a rummage sale Saturday to help defray
the expenses of the corps and meet back
debts. This will be known as five and
ten-cent sale, as only a few articles will
be sold at price over 10 cents. Saliva
ton Army rooms, 70 North Main street.
Raymond A. Briggs visited his brother,
Alton X. Briggs of Park street, yesterday
while en- route from Randolph TO Bur
Iington to resume his studies al the Uni
versity of Vermont. Mr.. Briggs was
accompanied by Joseph Sargent, who has
been visiting friends in Randolph during
MS vacation from college.
Although Robert johnson, a member OF
he regular fire department, is qualified ,
operator, the fire station cannot claim {
he honor of having the only Barre wire
ess operator in its ranks. There are ,
everal amateur stations in the city and
here are a number OF young men who {
ave schooled themselves sufficiently to I
end and take messages through the air. :
edmund Milne of Spaulding street, Will >
lam Adams of Maple avenue, Harold !
tits of Park street, George Cove OF
EASTERN avenue and Eldon Ball of Hill !
treet are among those who possess more =
han the ordinary knowledge of the wire
ess and have erected stations. just be-
ore he left town for New Haven, Conn, :
.eorge Nallstrom dismounted his outfit
n Essex street, but his partner, Edward =
ackson, is an operator. =
First steps toward organizing a home
uard were taken at D meeting of Span
III American war veterans last evening,
hen the boys of '9s were entertained by
IT. Joe W. Jackson at their old meeting
lace on South Main street. Any ar
made at the meeting ere
lerely tentative, as more aggressive
tops may be taken at a second confer
nee of the veterans to be held in the
ear future, possibly next week The
,eling prevailed that the member of old
o. + may do a great deal of work To-
lily if the nation goes to war, and it
pes without saying that every man
ands ready TO lend a helping hand
hereyer il will have effective results.
committee was delegated to the task
ascertsining how many rifles of mod
n make can be mustered in Barre. An
her function OF the veterans, il is eN-
'cted, will be to foster recruiting when
er possible. In BrattlebOro a strong
,me guard is being formed and it is
ought that an oxcpllanf working or / .