The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-24
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ut his home on Foss street.
DR.. J. A. Wark of North Main stree
left last night for New York City, whei
he will spend a few days with friends.
Mrs. Il, LABEL and son, Harold, al
rived yesterday from New Haven Conn
e to spend a few days at the home of Mr.
h Anna McGue of the Morse block.
Harold Nelson and Charles Gray, bot
d of whom are employed by the Sulliva
/ Machinery company at Claremont, n. ii
are spending few days at their re
9 spective homes in town.
Il The annual meeting of the woman
i association of the Congregational churc
will be held Wednesday afternoon a
: 2;30 o'clock. All who have not pai
D their dues are asked TO do so at tina
. time.
Dr. III. A. Stevenson of st. Adams. VIII
! was visitor in the city yesterday, lief
this morning for Groton, where witt
, Mrs. Stevenson he is to pass the holi
days in the home of Rev. and Mrs. +. w
. Lewis.
Miss Kate oliver arrived last evenin,
from Greenfield, Mass, where she is EN-
ployed in large studio, to spend few
days at the home of her parents, Mr.
n
street.
| Alex Brown arrived last evening from
Aver, Mass, where he is in the ordnance
department at Camp Devens, to spend
a short leave of absence at the home OF
his parents, Mr., and Mrs. Peter Brown
of Kirk street.
r. X. Houghton OF Washington, who
was arraigned on an intoxication charge
before Magistrate II. w. Scott in muni-
cipal court Saturday night, acknowledged
a first oilense and arranged to pay fine
of So and costs.
| Miss Minnie Townsend of Hartford,
Conn, who is spending few days at her
home in Montpelier, returned this morn
ing to her home, after spending a few
days at the home of Miss Elizabeth
Paul of West Patterson street.
| Weather observers noted change of
more than 40 degrees in "a hours when
they glanced at their thermometers this
morning. Soon after dawn the mercury
lowered around 20, while at the same
hour Sunday morning, local indicators
were registering from Is to "A degrees
below zero.
The member- OF the home department
and the children of the cradle roll, be-
ginners and primary departments. with
their mothers, are cordially invited to
attend the Christmas party to be given
in the congregational church vestry
Thursday, Dec. ~. from to p. N.
There will be short program. games
and a good time for all
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma J. I'm.
erson, wife of George Emmerson of II
sAszlgl .r. 90 L, H.
night followed an operation, were held
at the house this forenoon at ii o'clock
Rev James Ramage, pastor of the East
Barre Congregational church, was the
officiating clergyman The body was
taken TO Orange Center for interment |
in the village cemetery.
Members of the graduating class of /
Spauding high school last June are com
pleting plans for holding reunion of /
the class, in the form of a sleigh.r ride, /
which is to be held Wednesday evening I
Baneroft's inn at Plainfeld is their des-
All the members of the class
who expect to attend the reunion are re-
quested to notify some of the class off
GERS as soon rs possible.
According to word received by Alex.
cordiner of Hillside avenue, Gordon Cor
liner and William Cordiner, who were
formerly residents, but who have been
residing in Ames, la. during the past
few years, have enlisted, the former in
The L. ). navy at Chicago and the latter
N the army, stationed at Fort Dodge, L
la. Gordon Cordner was member of
he graduating class of Spaulding high
,chool in the 1918 class and left Barre I;
hnr lxr Is l..
Some OF the boys and girls advise us
hat they are having some difficulty in
getting convenient information relative
% National Banks" To help them in
preparing their essays in the prize com |
position contest, we are running a series ,
# advertisements emphasizing some of /
he features of national banks. We (
would suggest that these be cut out and
aved, as this collection will be a great !
Ielp. The competition does not close |
until 3 p. m, Saturday, Jan. 3. Peoples
National Bank.-adv /
Five DRINKS who did their Christmas
hopping Saturday night appeared be- /
ore Magistrate II. w Scott in municipal
curt this morning, and two of the quin /
Ell will spend the holiday and nine other
avs with Sheriff Tracy. Frederick Rem S
niger and Eugene Martin OF Berlin,
-oodsmen employed in the Tomasi camp, I
nd Charles Spreadbury of this city,
ach acknowledging first ofrenses. had r
leir fines paid by employers. Not so
18th Charles Murphy of Oldtown, Me-, r
nd St Adams, and John Fletcher of
itchburg, Mass Murphy, remembered r
eally as an old Northern league star,
nd Fletcher admitted first offenses and S
ent to jail for the minimum sentence.
In the afterglow of the holiday check L
players from all corners of Vermont
i'll gather in Barre for the annual r
atches of the Vermont State Checker f
,sociation, which are TO be held in the
,oms of the Barre Chess & Checker ID
ub in the Gordon block. W C. Hoag
Burlington, in whose toy shop the r
board was recently de-
royed by fire, is the state champion, V
I'd against him are to be arrayed aspir d
its from the Ii counties. There are To- p
/ checker players who are nursing de-
gns on the silver cup that is to replace
e historic championship board, aad in
much as the state honOrs went to
IRE players for many years, il will not Oh
surprising if the local club produces p,
other champion. The matches are to 81
gin at 10 o'clock Wednesday forenoon :
d continue until the championship is
7arded
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