The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-16
TALKCFTHE TOWN
See latest IN uillinery at Abbott's.

| New Haskell drs-s SILKS al fltts.
Good trades in wool blankets at Alb
bolts.
Special sale of pianos continues all this
week at Baileys Music Rooms, IA Elm
street, Barre.
Regular meeting of r. G. /. p. A., local
| gal, in Worthen hall Wednesday evening,
Oct. IL, at o'clock.
| A special meeting of the senior sodal-
| ity is called at the convent this evening
at 7:30. Important.
Catholic Order of Foresters and Hiber-
mans meet for a card game in X. of G..
hall Thursday evening at 1880.
Regular meeting of tool sharpeners'
union, No. 2, will be held Wednesday
evening, Oct H. at o'clock.
Miss Dorothy Marion of North Main
street has returned from a visit of
week with relatives in Burlington.
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ. band orchestra. Karl For
SELL manager, phone Montpelier 252W.
Rev. James Ramage of Camp street,
who was detained from filling the pulpit
of the East Barre Congregational church
Sunday, is recovering from the effects of
a severe cold
hltA hpsSs a. ioi itslutHI vi bdlIt,
has returned to his home in Quincy,
Mass, after spending a few days here.
He was accompanied to Quincy by his
brother, James.
Miss l.. L. Townsend, SO Washington
street, has just received a new line of
velour and velvet hats. Saturday and
Monday sale of two dozen velvet
trimmed hats for S2.50--adv.
The woman's association of the Com
gregational church will hold its regular
meeting in the church parlors Wednes-
day at 230. Ladies please come pre-
pared to sew, also bring any articles of
clothing suitable to put in a missionary
barrel
A special meeting of Col. j. B. Mead
circle, Ladies of the G. A. r., will be held
! Thursday afternoon, Oct Is, at 230
o'clock. Department officers will be pres
ent to inspect the work. Let all officers
and members be present. Refreshments |
of ice cream and cake will be served |
Each bring dishes for one
Special policemen who have been in |
the service of the Barre department since
the polio quarantine was instituted last
July were recalled from duty Saturday
night and unless there is another out
break of the disease the patrol system
will be discontinued permanently The
emergency patrolmen have served eff
GENTLY and at all times sought to CO.
operate with the police department and
the board Of health
Saturday afternoon at $50, in How
land hall, Miss Spear will present her
pupil, Miss Isobel Gall, in an especially 1,
interesting recital for piano. Miss Gall
will be assisted by Roger Ericsson, violin
soloist; Roland Morgan, accompanist,
and Miss Marion Anker, who will give
two readings. Miss Spears pupils, their
parents and friends, and any other in.
terested persons are most cordially in
yited to be present No admission fee
sewing meeting will be held at the
hospital Thursday afternoon at o'clock, s
and as there is considerable sewing which
must be done for the Barre hospital this p
quarter, every member of the ladies aid
is urged TO help out all they can. If 8
those who cannot come to the sewing /
meetings would be willing to take some
work home, same would be greatly APP c
oreciated and by calling 245-M, arrange e
nents could be made by the chairman OF
he sewing committee TO get same. r,
James Booth Of Washington street, \
Who has been engaged as special police
nan during the poliomyelitis quarantine,
las completed his duties at police head -
quarters. Mr.. Booth leaves tonight for
lew York, whence he is to sail within a \,
ew days for Liverpool, England where !,
le is to proceed TO his former home in &
Scotland, there to rejoin Mrs
Booth and children. He has been EN-
loyed as a granite cutter in this city "a
or many years and expects to make a
tay of indefinite length in the land OF NJ
lis birth Mr.. Booth is one of very ~
ew of his eountrymen who have essayed p'
0 brave the submarine dangers by re- "a
urning home during the war, trans At al
lntic travel on the part of Barre people "a
aving been nearly negligible of late, al
hough before the war large number of st
eople left annually for Scotland to vi
pend the winter. 10
At their home, 1914 Washington street, at
IT. and Mrs. Aaron Gustafson were sur We
rised by the arrival of company of 50 lca
lends Saturday evening The affair m'
,ok the form of housewarming, as pc
lie host and his wife recently occupied WI
" the first time the house purchased by "
rem of H. L. Reynolds. The head of tn
re house was absent when the guests tn
rived and his surprise upon entering =
as complete. An evening of music and -
tines followed. An impromptu musical |
'ogram included several vocal selections, l.
e Accomplishments being played by =
ISIS Hazel Diemer. A pleasant feature :
the gathering was the presentation of q
rocking chair to Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf- 4
n. The speech was made by Raymond Y
emer, and both the host and hostess III
piled A substantial luncheon was III
rYed before the quests were nermifted I'll