The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-01
TALK or THE TOWN

| "iPh a. Mhitih VI - DOynIon hbIect
has begun work in II. +. Cutters garage.
Joseph LaValley of East Brookfeld
was business visitor in the city yes
terday.
Mrs. Harold Chapel of East Mont pei
Ter was among the shoppers in the city
yesterday.
Regular meeting of the ladies of Clan
Gordon will be held Tuesday, May /, at
7;l5 p. m.
Untrimmed hats, all colors and shapes
at 81 for the rest of this week at Mrs.
Shepard Co., Inc.
Any pair women's IaFrance pumps or
oxfords, sizes 2 to 3Hs, this week at
Shea's, 1895 a pair.
Joseph Martin of II Boynton street
left town Monday to be employed on a
big mason job elsewhere.
Attend Breezy Point" Congregational
vestry, May 4, and see Mrs. George An
mas as Old Glenn. the gypsy.-adv.
Harold LAMAR of Burlington returned
to his home yesterday after a visit of
several days with friends in the city.
G. G. Cheney of Barre Town was in
the city yesterday to attend the funeral
of his sister, Mrs. e. O. Wheeler of Edge
wood
May dance and supper at Holden hall,
Middlesex, Friday evening, May A. FL
more's orchestra. Dancing till 2. Bill,
Sl.-adv.
Miss George Wilson of the Nourse &
Wilson store left Sunday evening for
Boston, where she will attend the mil
linery openings.
Mr.. and Mrs Wallace Smith of Mil
ford, Mass, returned to their home yes
terday after visiting relatives here dur
ing the past few days.
The monthly business meeting of the
ladies' union of the Universalist church
will be held Wednesday afternoon at
2;3O in the church parlor, All come who
can.
Mr. and Mrs f. c. Farrell have re-
turned TO their home in Enosburg Falls,
after having been called here by the
death of j. J. Goodwin of Merchant
street
The United Missionary societies OF the
Hedding Methodist church will hold their
regular meeting at the home OF Mrs. |
John Bishop Wednesday afternoon at
2;30 o'clock
John Cleary of North Main street left |
last evening for Albany, n Y, where he
was called by the death of sister Mrs
John Kiiroy, who died in Albany on
Saturday The funeral was held to-
day.
Eugene Smith, who has been employed
in Websterville quarry during the past
few months, passed through the city
yesterday while en- route to Burlington,
where he will enlist in the United States
navy.
Mrs. Harry Bassett and little daugh.
ter, Marjorie, who have been visiting
at the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Waterman of upper
street, returned to-day to
their home in Orleans.
Roy Mcdonald, who visited at the
home of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
$. Mcdonald of % Bassett street, over
the week end, returned yesterday to
Bellows Falls, where he is employed by
The American Express Go.
Nelson Pelky of Graniteville has just
completed long term OF service under
Supt. Milford Sanders at Jones Bros !
luarries, having been in the company's
Employ for the past II years In sever ]
ng his connection with the quarrying
.oncern, Mr.. Pelky furnishes an eloquent [
testimonial to the generosity OF his su. {
and speaks gratefully of |
he treatment accorded him by his en- I
,loyers. q
Edmund Blouin and his brother, Leon
bax MI #xal "a par |
ince their return from the Mexican Dor /
Ter last fall, left yesterday for Augusta, c
de-, to rejoin their company in the I'd v
daine regiment of infantry. A number 1
f relatives and other acquaintance ?
adhered at the station to bid the two Y
riyates godspeed on journey that may d
AIRY them far before they return to
iarre. A
To-day the management OF the Italian n
|. G. entered into negotiations with y
GODDARD seminary for baseball game to t
e played May s for the benefit of the h
american Red Cross. 0vertures failing /
0 eliminate in the game with the school h
oys. the Italian management is half a
minded TO donate the proceeds of a game
18th st. Anselm's college of Manchester.
I. Y, to the Red Cross fund The New
hampshire collegians are due in Barre
lay IL for two games and if past records
re reliable, they will prove popular !:
rawing card.
Sundry papers carelessly left loose in
ne rear OF the business blocks on the :
est side of North Main street undid the ]
ork of cleanup campaigners in the NJ.
w. r. freight yards this morning when :
southeast wind caught up the paper
fuse of many merchants and scattered (
promiscuously about the railroad belt.
or several days section men have been /
wing the yard their undivided atten-
on, but their work went for naught aft
to-day's big wind.
international Labor day had its Gus :
mary May | observance in Barre to-
~ among Spanish, Italian and Austrian z
orkmen who gained overseas their first
,tions OF solidarity among the workers.
some granite sheds where employees :
these nationalities predominant there
as an almost complete cessation of
ork and the laboring men gave them
Ives over entirely to celebrating the
easion. A gathering is planned for /:
is evening, to be held in the Granite
rect auditorium and there a dinner will
followed by speechmaking and music,
cording to plans discussed to-day. 1t
Is intimsted this morning that a pa !:
de would not be feature OF this years
servance and because of the unfavor- 4
lie weather, numerous small circles