The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-16
TALK or THE TOWN

II Ring. ADV.
II Miss Evelyn Congo is quite i'll at he
II home on North Main street.
II II. A. McCaulcy returned yesterday t.
II the city after spending the week enc
II with relatives in burlington,
H w. G. Wells returned to his home in
II Burlington last evening after spending
H the day in the city on business.
Il Mrs. Nancy Wood, who was taken i'll
II few days ago, remains in about the
/ same condition to-day as yesterday.
H Andrew Mudgett of Proctor arrived
this morning and will spend several days
visiting friends and relatives ON North
Seminary street.
A. NJ. Haskell of Brooklyn, N. Y, who
has been in Barre and Williamstown on
business during the past week, left the
city this morning for his home.
Luther p. Hight, representative from
Topsham, passed through the city yester-
day while EN- route to Montpelier. Mrs.
Hight accompanied her husband to the
Capital city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Younis, Anthony
Solomon and b. j. Fayette, who have
been visiting friends and relatives in the
city during the past few days, have re-
turned to their home in Burlington.
The members of the first infantry band
last evening held their second rehearsal
since they organized at band headquar-
tiers, every member of the company be-
| ing present. Gen. Lee s. Tillotson was
present and after the rehearsal he gave
a short talk in which he expressed his
appreciation of the work which the Barre
members have taken up. In concluding
his talk he said that if the members kept
at it as well as they had commenced, the
prospects for a good band looked bright
and promising.
Street department men were busy this
| forenoon unloading two snow rollers of
| approved design, which are to supplement !
the work which has been done in recent
years with a single roller of smaller pro-
portions. The snow rollers, which were
manufactured in Littleton, n H.. ar
rived in the NJ & w. r. freight yard yes
terday. Each of the two rollers has |
diameter of six feet, as against the dia- |
meter of five feet on the big red roller |
now in uses They are so constructed as |
to permit the instant removal OF brok- |
EN- Stat and each piece of equipment is
reinforced by strong steel bands. The
snow rollers will be placed in commission
at once.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: +. NJ. Partch of
New Haven, Adjt. Gen L. S. Tillotson OF
st. Adams, L. B. Newman of Bellows
Falls, Thomas b. Carney of Burlington,
Sherman W. Smith of Springfield, David
kinshaw of New York City, Franklin D.
Elmer of Pougkeepsie, n. ", l.. r. ID
Wright and b. N Grabble of Sac City, II
Ia, b. l.. Price and II. p Oliver of st. /,
Bohnsbury, II. Palmer of White River !,
j. II. Goodwin of Bellows Falls,
L. b. Dow of Barton, r. II. Bierce of (
Brandon, w. l.. Stickney of Concord, N. i
H., and John R. Dalton of Hartford i
Under the patronage of the Macca bees, !
IN enjoyable whist and 500 tournament
was held in the Knights of Pythias hall j
asst evening. There was large attend
lnce and a good deal of friendly rivalry :
vas promoted by close scores in both !,
High honors in the 500 4
tournament went to Mrs. George +. !,
Bond and H. w. Parks and favors award y
a for the lowest scores were carried !,
way by Warner Wheeler and Mrs. Eliz- h
beth Little Mr.. Little was high play !,
II in the whist tourney and Miss Mary a
scott received favor for her low stand q
ng in the finals Refreshments were !,
erved at intermission. The Maccabee 4
women plan to continue the series OF Z,
M
Letters received in Barre from Aber- y
onians contain Enclosures of newspaper -
Iippings which tell of the promotion OF l.
former Barre boy, now with the colors.
ergeant Thomas Mckenzie, son OF
FRS. Davidson, is the recipient of the
Military medal, according TO the newspa- ca
err reports. The young sergeant, dur
10 his residence in Barre, was known
mong acquaintance by the name OF err
ommie Duncan, as he made his home sn
18th his grandmother, Mrs. Duncan. As
schoolboy he obtained much OF his edu- ey
ttion in the public schools of Barre and ar
nring his stay here was prominent IN ~
re Indian club. Later he finished his
iucation in the Alle-End school in Alb flu
.deen. When the war broke out in 90
IA. he was in Barre. Enlisting in the
ritish transport service, he was en- pr
ayed for some months in transport ~
wing between Liverpool and Montreal.
i Oct. 1915, he enlisted in the 18th East y
lrreys. In comforting the military med
ON Mckenzie, the divisional general
mmended the young sergeant for his
eat bravery in removing the injured co.
,der fire and suffering from exhaustion. ru
thu
- Regular meeting
Al XlfA Fuo. Gordon !