The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

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See the summer dress values at Alb.
bolts.
A new cottage for sale at Woodbury.
pond Inquire Woodbury. Lake house.
Mrs. i. w. Cassie of Sheridan street
returned yesterday from visit OF sew
eral weeks in New York.
Miss Louise Dashner of Washington
street left to-day for Chelsea, where she
expects to pass the summer
Miss Violet Ducharme OF South Barre
left to-day for Chelsea, where she is
making stay of several weeks.
| Mrs. l.. j. Bruya of Maple Grove has
returned from Middlebury, where she
was called by the death of her sister.
| William Gibson, who recently enlisted
in the United States navy at Brooklyn,
\. Y, is at his home here on brief
leave.
Miss Clara Purvee, who has been
teaching school in Harvard, Mass, ar
rived in the city yesterday TO pass the
summer at her home on Prospect street.
Charles Riddel, who has been passing
a few days at his home here, returned
this morning to Fort Ethan Allen, where
he is attached to a company in the LIST
Vermont regiment.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Henderson of
Brook street, who were recently married
in Barre, returned yesterday from their
wedding trip. Officer Henderson resumed
his duties in the police department this
morning.
Edward 0. Mckay and George Pratt
returned Saturday from Brooklyn, n. Y,
where they applied for admission into
the United States navy. The former
was rejected for color blindness and Mr.
Pratt failed in the physical examination
because he was under the required height.
Jup Pluvius once again thwarted the
plans OF the Italian A. c., when he caused
the cancellation of the baseball game
with Windsor scheduled for yesterday
afternoon. Shut-in fans resorted instead
to careful perusal OF accounts of the
stirring White Sox Red Sox game of
Saturday afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. Burns Eastman of Mich
igan passed through the city Saturday
while on their way to Woodsvile, n H.,
there to remain with relatives for
few weeks. DIR, Eastman is graduate
of Goddard seminary and expects TO re-
turn TO Barre for part OF the COM
mencement week program. He recently
enlisted in the medical reserves corps.
Sheriff A. A. Reed OF Williamstown
passed through the city Saturday while
on his way home from Rutland, where he
accompanied Joseph Bean, a Corinth man
who was recently convicted in Orange
county court of petit larceny. Bean will
serve sentence in the house of eorrec-
ton.
At meeting of the Woman's club Fri
day afternoon, Mrs. Alexander Duncan
gave an interesting report Of the recent |
meeting of the state federation of wom-
ans clubs. During the business session |
the club voted to appropriate the sum
of 500 for the purchase OF Liberty |
bond.
Six Scotch bagpipers gave short con-
cert before the opera house around s |
o'clock last evening to attract the atten-
ton of passersby to the Red Cross mass |
meeting. CAROLS orchestra was also on /
hand and furnished music before the |
speaking began and again at the close of |
the meeting when America" was sung |
A detachment of boy scouts acted in the
capacity of ushers.
Among the seniors who received diplo-
mas at the annual commencement exer
cises of Tufts college dental school in
Boston to-day was r. James Grigg, a
former Barre boy, who was for some
years a member Of The Times staff. DR..
Grigg obtained his preparatory education
in Spaulding high school and has been
attending Tufts since his removal to
Somerville, Mass, in 1914.
Listed among the New England men
chosen for the second and third batteries,
provisional field artillery in the officers
training camp at Plattsburg, n. Y, is
Charles l.. Brown. until recently a mem
Der of the faculty at Spaulding high
school, who left for Plattsburg in May.
Mr.. Brown has been assigned to the re-
serve officers third battery, which in
dicates that his position among the Off
GERS in the making is secure. The coast
artillery units are to be transferred from
Plattsburg at once.
Among the guests at the Hotel Barre
over Saturday and Sunday were the fol-
lowing: Mr.. and Mrs. Z. II. Kingsbury,
Montpelier; c. NJ Farnum and Chester
Glover, Windsor; Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Gil
christ, Morton c. 5. Gilchrist, and Mrs.
9. s. Gilchrist, Newport; Mr.. and Mrs.
F. L. Brown, South Royalton; Miss
Laura Wears, Queehee; Frank Carr and
Lew Walker. Windsor; DIR. A. j. An
tome. A. J. Riley and DIR. +. d. Antoine,
Burlington; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Ford. Jamaica Plains, Mass; II. G. Rick,
Mich; Mr.. and Mrs. VI. Kaye,
New York; L. +. Sergeant, ;. Gesepp,
md Mrs. O. A. Powers, Rochester; A. G.
Hastings and family, Milton, Mass; W.
4. Dutton and A. b. Thomas, Hardwick;
Mrs. r. J. Wilson. South Walden; Mrs.
y. A. Dutton. Miss DuttOn and Miss
Wheeler. Hardwiek; John Anderson,
south Royslton: Thomas Adams. White
River Junction; A. H. Chapman, Port
and. Ne: H. g. Wolfe, Mrs. g. +.
Wolfe and Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Stewart.
sorham. y. H.; Mr.. and Mrs. r ;. Pike
md Edward :. Pike. Rutland; c. VI.
each. Hardwick; Mr. and Mrs. 1. G.
7iagg and Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Glover,
Stockton, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ c.
hanson. Leominster. Mas; A. S. Hall, :