The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-27
TALK or THE TOWN


There will be no choir rehearsal to,
night at the Church of the Good Shep.
herd
George Mckenzie passed the day yes.
terday with his father, who is employed
in Groton.
Untrimmed hats, all colors and shapes
at vi for the rest of this week at Mrs.
Shepard Co., Inc.
A. c. Holman and Il. M. Davis of New.
port were among the business visitors in
the city yesterday.
Another large shipment of hats ar
rived to-day. Mrs. Birnie, 8 Pleasant
street, off Brook street.
Canada, Our Ally" most interesting
subject, at the Sunday evening service, 7
o'clock, Presbyterian church.
The messenger boys at the Western
Union Office have been supplied with the
Western Union special bicycle.
II. c. Moore of Rutland returned to
his home this evening after brief bust
ness trip in Barre and vicinity.
Elite, Barry, Snow and Walkabout
dress boots for men who care to dress
well at Shea's, 81 to $3.50 per pair.
Miss Dorothy Davis, who has been
visiting friends in Barre for a few days,
returned yesterday to her home in Wat
erbury.
Among the South Royalton visitors in
the city yesterday and to-day were
Messrs. George p, Bingham and George
II. White.
A recital by real artists, Mrs Alice
Averill Johnson and Mrs. Edwin Bruce,
at Mrs. +. G. Fishers Saturday at 3
O'Clock. Admission, l0c-adv.
Elliot Prize of Graniteville liz among
the later Barre boys enlisting in the
navy, he leaving yesterday for Burling-
ton, where he will take the final physi-
cal examination.
Francis Wells, who has been patient
at the Barre City hospital during the
past seven weeks with an attack OF rheu-
matte fever. has recovered to such an ex-
tent that be was moved yesterday to
the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank G.
Rowland of French street.
Allen B. Curtis, who has been passing
a few days at his home on North Main
street, has returned to Sutton for a
brief stay and upon his arrival here he
will be accompanied by Mrs. Curtis, who
has been making an extended visit with
| relatives in Caledonia county.
Barre police headquarters got a tele-
| phone message from Montpelier around
midnight requesting the officers to be
on the lookout for suspicious acting in
dividuals who might have been connect
ed with an attack on the guard at the
state arsenal. According to the inform
ant of the police two shots were fred
at the sentry, the guards returning the
fire vigorously
Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell and
daughter Of Highland avenue leave the
city late this afternoon for Harrisburg,
Pa, where they are to make their home, |
During his long residence in Barre Mr.. |
Mitchell has gained wide local reputa-
ton as an expert carver, having been in |
the employ of the Harrison Granite Co. !
for some years. He was also active in |
the male choir at the Church of the Good |
Shepherd.
Leon Blouin, who was locked up on an |
intoxication charge yesterday after po- |
licemen, returning from a raid at North !
Main street. had interviewed in an alter !
cation which the respondent was having |
with North Main street poolroom man
ager, was arraigned before Acting Mag |
istrate A. A. Sargent in city court this
morning. Inquiry developed the infor-
nation that Blouin is a minor, but he
refused to disclose satisfactorily and the
Judge remanded him to the lookup for
further meditation.
Approaches to the South Main street
bridge on the Jockey Hollow side of Jail !
branch are being ironed by the street
department, small gang of laborers
having been assigned to work there yes
terday by Supt A. G. Perry. Hitherto
travel on the section from the base of
the hill to the deck of the bridge has
been nearly half as hazardous as the
going from the Barre & Chelsea railroad
crossing to Ayers street, but holes are
being filled and the highway at that
point will be put in condition to with
stand heavy travel until more permanent
repairs can be made
Spanish speaking people in Barre and
Barre Town are somewhat interested in
the efforts of foreign language news
paper man from New York to establish
in this vicinity a weekly paper to be
published in Spanish. Marcelo Gondolfo
is soliciting support for the proposed
journal and thus far he has met with
encouragement from adyer
tisers as well as others who might be in :
terested in Spanish publication. 1t is
probable that the paper will have its
birth in Montpelier, where considerable
portion of the Spanish population of
county is centered. "Tribuna
Obrera" the "Workmen's Tribune" has !
been suggested as a name for the sheet
and if the hopes of its sponsors are
realized the first issue viii not be long
Knights of st. Aldemar commandery, !:
No. IL, X. T., met at their asylum last
evening, took account of their standing I
financially and numerically in 1916, and
elected officers for the ensuing year.
There was present large representa-
ton of the commandery and encourage
ng reports were received from the retir-
ng officers After the business meeting !
the entertainment committee served
luncheon and adjournment was taken
around IL o'clock. Following is list OF
he officers who are to serve in l9l7-lS:
Eminent commander, Waldron Shield;
Clinton F. Millar; captain
general Arthur ID. Young; senior war
len. VI. d. Mower; junior warden, Homer
:. Iadd: prelate. Noble :. Love; record
r, Walter p Scott; treasurer, Edward
w. Bisbee; standard bearer, Nathaniel