The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-29
TALK OF THE TOWN

i Barre yesterday.
Hugh Terrill left this morning fol
Burlington, where he is passing few
days with friends.
| Harold Wallace, student at Goddard
seminary, has been passing few DAYS al
his home in Fairfield.
M. E. Spencer returned to the city
last evening from an extended stay in
the vicinity of Rutland.
Miss Elizabeth Spence has gone TO Old
Orchard, Me-. where she expects 10 pass
the summer at the Batchelder house.
All Barre Retail Merchants association
stores will be open on Tuesday. MAY
20, until 8 o'clock p. m, and closed all
day May 80.
Mrs. Fred A. Wallen of North Main
street returned this morning from a
visit of several days with friends in
Newport, r. I.
/ Thomas w. Rourke of East Barre
passed through the city last evening,
while on his way TO Boston for bust
ness visit Of a few days
Mrs. +. A. Burnham, who was former.
ly employed as telephone operator in
Barre, arrived in the city yesterday for
a weeks visit with friends.
Mrs. N. 0. Ralph of Washington street
submitted to an operation at the CITY
hospital yesterday. Her condition to-
day was reported to be comfortable.
| Herbert g. Calef, who was called to
Washington week ago by the death of
| his uncle, ira c. Calef, passed through
the city yesterday while on his way
| home to Providence X. ].
There will be meeting OF the civic
department OF the Barre Woman's club
at Miss Ellen Hosr's office, Rowland
building, Tuesday evening, May 30, at
o'clock. Mrs, Shepard, chairman.
Make your plans to attend the real
estate auction sale to be held at 25
School street, in Montpelier, on Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock, the Sweet
property, near the library and churches.
adv.
Mrs. Bert Bartlett and Mrs. Henry
Petrie left this morning for Fort Ethan
Allen, where they passed the day with
the formers son, George Bartlett, a
member of c company in the state Ma.
tional Guard.
A real estate deal was recently con
summated through the j. j. Dashner t&
Son Real Estate agency, whereby Isaac
Gingrass disposed of his farm in Orange
to Santo Manero of this city. Mr.. Name
70 buys for home and will take posses.
sion at once
Andrew ]. Knight, prominent mill
wright, known throughout this state and |
Others, passed away at his home in South |
Newbury early Monday morning He
was the father of Mrs. Freeman W. Gil. |
ley, formerly of this city. The funeral |
will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Sons and grandsons of soldiers, sailors
or marines, and all visiting members of
the order are requested to meet at the
hall OF Maj. l.. A. Abbott camp, No. IA,
Vermont $. of ", Wednesday May 80,
at o'clock to participate in Memorial
day exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Calder, who re.
Gently disposed OF their home on Beacon
street, left the city to-day for Denver,
Col, where they are to visit their daugh-
ter. In few weeks Mr. Calder win
proceed to California with view of 10.
eating somewhere on the Pacific coast in
the fall.
Lyman Whitcomb, who has been at.
tending Tufts college at Medford, Mass.
left yesterday for Plainfeld, where he
is to be employed on a farm during the
summer, Mr.. Whitcomb has been pass
ing few days with his mother, Mrs
Harriet Whiteomb, matron of the
Thompson Memorial at Goddard semi
A pillow cover of unique design, which
was embroidered in Eagle Pass, Tex,
where the Vermont regiment passed the
summer in 1916, has been on exhibition
n the display window at the furniture
store of B. w. Hooker & Co. The pillow
over is the property Of Mrs, Grace Nor
ran of Prospect street, to whom it was
presented by her son, Private Leonard
Morgan, who is with New York regi- :
nent on the Mexican border.
Leon +. Nixon of Bolster avenue, who I
las been employed for some time as a |
Jerk in the Central Vermont freight Of l
Ice, left this morning for Burlington, i
here to report at the navy recruiting I
tation in obedience to instructions re- y
eived when he passed the physical ex- t
mination for the navy 10 days ago. Mr.. I
'AAoh cAPtttth w NC Viutitu w bhc ho- z
al training station at Newport, R, L., v
nd was prepared to leave Immediately
pom his arrival in Burlington.
John Corcoran, secretary of the postal Z
Jerks state association, and a mem
er of the local committee in charge OF
for the convention OF
Jerks and letter carriers here tomorrow,
as received from Congressman Frank L.
reene of the first district notice that
nportant duties in Washington will pre-
ent him from attending as a guest. 1t
as the plan of the committee to intro
nee the congressman as one of the aft
'-dinner speakers at the banquet in Ho- :
i Barre Wednesday evening.
Berlin pond, around which tradition
as woven romantic stories of buried
-easures, lost necklaces and murdered
eddlers, added to its reputation as
liquary fort valuables yesterday when :
ames Parker lost a much cherished
eerschaum over the gunwale of his boat.
r. Parker feels his loss the more keen !
because he laid down a fancy price
II the pipe in a local tobacco shop Sat z
day night and meerschaum is one OF
lie minerals that isn't growing any
Ieaper as the war progresses. Mr.. Park
i, who is something of a sailor by res-
n of several enlistments in His Males
= Royal navy, was TRAVELLING for perch,
ing accompanied by companion, when I
e pine slipped from mis- grasp, seemed 2