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

III III. homer SoWles and Ut. Cutler o
Boston were week END visitors in TIN
city.
H Gypsies in automobiles have again TAX
en- possession of the little plot OF grount
between the river and the tracks al
Dodge's crossing. The camp seems to bt
comprised of children for the most part
grown.ups numbering but three.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gladstone of Man
chester, N. H., are passing several days
in the city as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
James Stephen of Madison street. Mr.
Gladstone is native of the district in
Scotland where scenes in the life of Rob-
ert Burns are laid and on the occasion OF
his present visit in Barre he has inspect
ed with deep interest the monument to
the Scottish bard in the yard at Spauld-
ing school.
4 Fl. Nelson Browne, sophomore at
Dartmouth college, returned to Barre
Saturday evening to spend few weeks
at the home of his parents on Cliff street.
Mr.. Browne won his letter in baseball
this spring for excellence shown in play
ing in the intercompany games of the
Dartmouth regiment. There were no
varsity games played. Mr.. Browne is
planning to go to the summer school of
the University of Illinois at Chicago this
summer.
While on the trail of delinquent tax
payers and derelict dogs, Constable
| George l.. Morris ran into scene of bel
| ligerency which two men are said to
have been staging in front of the A. To-
mast block on North Main street. The
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and delivered them at police headquar-
ters. They gave their names as William
Lowe and Charles Rollins when charges
of breaking the peace were preferred
against them. II was alleged by the
officer that the men were fighting, but
Rollins entered plea of not guilty and
furnished bail for his appearance at
hearing Thursday. Lowe acknowledged
the oifense, but sentence was postponed
until Rollins has his hearing.
The membership posters of the Amer
lean Red Cross have been superseded
throughout the city by new subscription
posters printed in red ink on a white
card. In the interstices between the
arms of large red cross appear the
words: Sacrifice, Devotion, Humanity and
Patriotism. Two quotations of Presi-
dent Wilson also aid in interpreting the
humanitarian purpose OF this weeks ma
tionwide campaign to obtain 100000
600, At the base OF the poster are di-
rections as TO the sending OF checks. |
These should be made out to the "Amer
lean Red Cross" and either mailed direct |
to headquarters in Washington, ID. c., |
or turned over to the local branch
Two Barre boys will take an active
part in the graduation exercises to be
held at Dartmouth college this week.
They are Alexander Brown, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Brown OF Kirk street,
and Victor Collins Smith, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Smith of the east hill. Mr..
Brown will receive the degree Of A. B.
He is enrolled at present in the quarter
course in Tuck school and at
the completion of that on Saturday of
this week expects to be sent to Fort
Meyer, Va, for several more weeks of
training under the supervision of the
government. He will then be a com
missioned officer in the quartermasters'
corps of the United States army. Mr..
Smith is a member of the Sigma Phi Ep-
silon fraternity and OF the Dartmouth
Christian association, OF which he is sec
rotary, and will receive b. S. degree.
He is also enrolled in the Thsyer school
,f civil engineering.
Victor Collins Smith of the east hill i
returned Saturday evening from Han ]
over, n. H. to spend the week at his {
home On Wednesday Mr.. Smith will ]
'eceive the degree of B. S. from Dart (
mouth college. Mr.. Smith is connected !
With the Thayer school of civil engineer T
ng at Hanover and with a party of a
Thayer school men has been engaged b
ince the latter part of April in survey .
ng the New Hampshire Vermont bound !
ry line. Last summer the state of Yer O
mont had the line surveyed and this sea- e
on New Hampshire is having it done. n
When the survey is completed il will f
orm an essential part of New Hsmp $
hires court testimony in her effort to "
stablish the state line on the Vermont D
ide of the Connecticut river. Mr.. h
ninth states that the work is about half II
ompleted, the party averaging from one
o three miles day, depending upon
he varying topography encountered. The
'ork will probably be finished by July
O.
AT meeting of the executive commit \
ee of the local branch of the American Y
ed Cross, William ID. Macdonald, presi-
ent of the manufacturers association.
as chosen chairman. This was on Fri. :
ay and that the committee has not been
lie since its formation is shown in the
nick order in which it arranged for the
ublic mass meeting held in the opera ell
ouse last evening. Despite the fact
nat only few good speakers were
valuable for Red Cross meetings ha
the state and that most of 81
lem had full itineraries on last Fri
ny, Harold W. Slocum. director of the wi
ermont chapter of the society. and Rev. al
aul d. Moody, chaplain of the LIST Yer -
ont infantry. were secured. hurry =
ii on the printer brought forth a batch r,
handbills and in the short space of To-
70 days all preparations for the en- ca
usiastic rally at the opera house were
Indled. The same spirit is to predomi
tie in this weeks campaign for $1,000,
you may as well surrender the first OF
me Red Cross worker approaches you. f ga
Men who are planning TO file applics- Ra
Dns for the second series of reserve y,
hcers' training camps and are still W,
ubtful as to what course to pursue set
ould be interested in the information
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