The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN
Lids for Kids at Abbott's.

business visitor in the city to-day.
II Z. w. Moore of st. Adams was a bust
ness visitor in the city yesterday and to
day
H Miss Eta Graves of Waterbury was
among the shoppers in the city yester
day.
Come to the Lady Maccabees May ball
May IL; 81 per couple, 25c for extra
ladies.
John Jarvis left this forenoon fol-
Mortified, where he is passing a few
days with friends.
Miss Irene Blair of Merchant street re-
turned home Saturday after passing a
few days in Burlington.
Judge II. w. Scott of Richardson street
left yesterday for Boston, where he is
passing short time on business.
Fred G. Smith of Middlebury arrived
in the city yesterday to spend few days
in Barre and vicinity on business trip.
Mrs. c. Philip Curtis of Sharon, Mass,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas IL. Cave, ST., of Eastern avenue.
Mrs. ID. E. Sargent and Mrs. +. C..
Cone of Randolph Center were among
the business visitors in the city yester-
day.
Miss Ruth Deming, who has been visit
ing relatives in Barre and Montpelier,
has returned to her home in Holyoke,
Mass.
George Halvosa of Camp street who
accompanied Mrs. Halvosa and child to
Bolton for visit last week, returned to
the city yesterday.
Fred Noel, who has been visiting
friends in the city during the past few
days, returned this morning to his home
in Claremont, n. Fl.
2. G. Lamson of Cambridge, Mass,
granite advertiser, il at Hotel Barre
while passing several days in the Barre
granite belt on business.
Frank G.. Rogers was in Waterbury
yesterday, when he directed the work of
moving a valuable piano from a third
story fiat to the ground.
Michael Flaherty of Burlington re-
turned to his home last evening after
visit of several days with friends in
Graniteville and East Barre.
Mrs. Amelia Bianchi. who has been Wis
iting relatives in Barre during the past
few days, returned yesterday to Water
bury, where she Is employed.
Miss Marion Z. Tilden, who has been
attending the exercises at junior week
at Middlebury college, returned to her
home on South Main street yesterday.
Arthur Blackmore of Pleasant street
left last evening for New London, Conn,
where he will enroll in the naval reserve
coast patrol OF the United States navy.
The condition of George Smith, Web
sterville quarryman, who was removed
to the City hospital last week after be-
ing seriously injured, is reported to be
somewhat improved.
Charles 7. Southgate. station agent for
the NJ. & w. r. and Barre & Chelsea
railroads, having been granted a two
months leave of absence from his duties, |
has gone to South Royalton, where he |
will do the spring work on farm which |
he owns. During his absence Bernard |
Hamel of Plainfeld is in charge OF the
local station.
Miss Annie Brown, clerk in the store |
of the Tilden Shoe Co, received a tele.
gram last night from her brother, James |
Brown, saying that he had passed sue
cessfully the examination for the mount |
ed orderly section in the Headquarters |
company at Fort Ethan Allen. Mr.. |
Brown was employed until recently by
the Lamorey Clothing Co. and left with |
a contingent of Barre recruits for the
fort Monday morning.
Claiming that the lads conduct at
home and when abroad on the streets
was incorrigible, a parent of Guy Graf
ton, a l0-year-old youth, appeared before
II. w. Scott in Juvenile court
l..,e l..
done to mend the youngsters behavior.
1t developed that the boy was on proba-
ton from Juvenile court and after in
luiring more fully into the circumstances
leading up TO his second appearance as a
Juvenile delinquent, the magistrate or.
lered that he be transferred TO the state
school at Vergennes for the
of his minority. The boy
was accompanied to Vergennes to-day.
Clarence Curtis of Orange, a clerk in
he Barre Savings bank. heard the call
o the colors as he labored over his ledger
md is now in a fair way to be accepted ,
Is a member of the Headquarters com Z
,any at Fort Ethan Allen. Curtis left ,
or the government reservation in the ,
morning and late yesterday afternoon he
tltpHoutu iItuus hflt thdb ut HHh
,assed the physical examination and ex
,ected to have his application for en-
istment honored at once. Another
orange boy who expects to Join the col
RS is Rodney Peake. employed as 9
'arber at the Ross shop in Depot square. Q
young Mr.. Peake completes his duties
saturday night and, having made appli- v
alton through the local recruiting sta -
ion, will present himself at the fort for n
next Monday morning. q
Young America in Barre is pretty apt '
0 go without his firecrackers around h
he Fourth of July this year if wartime
leasure contemplated by the city council Ii
adopted. IL is proposed 10 prohibit 4
Or the duration of the war the use of -
recrackers and fireworks, although a s
ispensation which some of the council v
lembers are disposed TO question may be
emitted in the shape Of toy pistols.
he aldermanic fire committee is looking
p data and will report on its investiga
on within a week or two. Hitherto
riot ban on toy pistols has been en-
,rced, but the city fathers seem to feel
rat youthful oelebrators are entitled to
,e privilege of making some noise and
putting the lid on all other explosive
,vices IL is possible that an exception
i'll be made Of the little powder caps
.ed in pistols. Contemplated restrie
ons will be enforced by the police if the
an NOW in mind IL adopted.