The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-21
T4LKOFTHE TOWN

Underwear bargain in Fits annex.
Red Cross concert and dance Wednes-
day evening.
Red sole, leather heel rubbers for men,
women and children at Shea's.
William H. Rock of Farwell street left
last night for Bolton, where he is making
a business visit of several days.
Carload of fancy winter apples in ham
pers. Quality No. ! and No 2. Prices
right Call at ear, c. V. station. Boyn-
ton Fruit Co.
Martin Riley, jr,, of East street is alb.
sent on business trip in the interests of
Canton Bros At present he is in the
middle western states.
| Any woman who is tempted to save a
| few dollars on the afternoon frock or
evening gown may do SO by selecting
same at Mrs Shepard Co., Inc.
Regular meeting of local PAL, R. c. |.
P. A, Worthen hall Wednesday evening,
| Nov. 81. Very important meeting and
every clerk is requested to be present.
| Charles H. Northrop of Merchant street
has resumed charge of his express bust
ness, after having been confined to the
house by illness for the past five weeks.
Compressor trouble at the plant of the
Harrison Granite Co. may postpone the
resumption of work until next week, al
though it was expected to-day that the
arrival of an expert repair man from
Portland, Me-, might enable the manu-
facturers to call in their men tomorrow
or Friday The plant of Comoli & Co.,
which receives its compressed air from
the Harrison company, is also shut down
for a few days.
Mrc Sopbronfo n NoraS until tbraa
years ago a resident of this city, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. Z,
Hastings, in Groton early yesterday
morning. Mrs. Moves is survived by one
daughter, Mrs Hastings one sister Mrs
Fannie A. Richardson of Vancouver,
Wash, and three grandchildren, Stanley
and Edwin Robinson of this city and
Earl Hastings of Groton The funeral
will be held at B. w Hooker & Co. /
chapel Thursday afternoon at o'clock, !
with interment in Elmwood cemetery.
Optometrists and opticians Of Barre !
and nearby towns recently gathered at |
Hotel Barre for an enjoyable o'clock !
dinner, which was followed by timely !
technical papers Included in the list OF |
speakers was DIR. Folsom of South Roy !
alton, who spoke on Proficiency in Prac.
tice." Mrs. w f. Humphrey of North
field considered the topic, ordination |
and Cooperation" and Elimination of
Evils" was discussed by A. S. Haskins
of st. Johnsbury. DR.. ID. c. Jarvis of this
city contributed remarks and the paper,
Building on Business Bases" was given
by a. d. Barter of Middlebury.
Miss Thomasina Kesson of Boynton
street was rendered miscellaneous
shower at the home of Miss Ethel Gam
BILE of Division street last evening when
about - of her lady friends gathered
there in honor of her approaching mar
riage to Arthur LaBrec of Danville. The
house was tastefully decorated with
flags and bunting, which gave a pleasing
effect to the various rooms. During the
evening refreshments were served, and
I'm impromptu program of musical num-
bers and the playing of several games
tended to provide delightful evenings
During the evening Miss
kesson was the recipient of numerous
articles as tokens of her friends es-
-eem, for which she responded in most
lifting manner.
Returning by motor from business
rip TO Burlington yesterday, John Pa
pin, a local liveryman. looked over the
ocale OF an automobile accident in which H
IN Olds car sheered over an embankment
rear Bolton. dropped IS feet, and de-
posted the driver intact in the meadow
below. Natives assured Mr.. Pspim that
he autoist emerged nscathed from the
Iccident, although the fence on the curve q
vhere the car left the road was de- H
nolished and fragments Of the auto were
lung up on the bank The accident oc-
urred early Tuesday morning and the
lippery condition Of the highway was
believed TO have contributed to the acct
ent