The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-05
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY S, 1917.
The Weather
Sunday probably fair; continued cold
TALK OF THE TOWN

pccH passing several days IN SOutn Mont
gomery as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Owen.
Miss Margaret Doheny of Jefferson
street is passing the week end in North.
field, where she was called by the illness
of her father.
/ H. Colletti of ] Thurston place, who
is suffering with an attack of pneumo-
MA, was removed to the City hospital
yesterday afternoon.
John B. Magnaghi of Washington
street is passing short Sme in New
York on business connected with the
Presbrey- Coykendall Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Nelson and daugh-
tiers, who have been occupying their
house on Hill street during the winter,
have gone to Woodbury. to reopen the
Woodbury. lake house.
| The business meeting and social of the
Philathea class of the Congregational
church will be held at the church Tues
day evening at 1880. This is the dollar
social, twice postponed.
Miss Ella Parker, who has been pass
ing week with relatives in Bradford,
has arrived in the city to visit friends
for few days before returning to her
home in Bellows Falls.
Foreningen Monitor boiler arsfest lor-
dagen den maj. Program av song, mu-
six ock defamation kommer att utforas.
ALA Skandinaver valkomna. Danes ON
bedes medfora kaffelrod Mote XII. 7.
The condition of George Smith of
Websterville, who was brought to the
City hospital Thursday after suffering
injuries in quarry accident, was re-
ported to be slightly more comfortable
to day.
Alterations to the interior Of the Office
occupied by the fuel firm of Calder &
Richardson in Depot square are nearing
completion. New partitions have been
erected and the ground plan of the office
changed in several ways.
The Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co.
will be very glad to receive subscriptions
for the U. $. government 31a per cent
Liberty Loan" These subscriptions can
be made at par. Full particulars will be
furnished by the bank as early as pos
sibe.-adv.
There will be sewing meeting of the
Red Cross at their headquarters in the
high school building Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock. All interested in the work
are invited to attend. Additional sew
ing machines will be there for use at
this meeting.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Kelley of Boston, w. S. Willard Of Con-
cord, n. H., +. NJ Short of Lowell, Mass,
j. o. Sheldon of Woodsville, N. H., and
William O'Brien of New York.
Police headquarters has been undergo
ing its annual spring house cleaning,
the work being done by Gordon of
workers enlisted by Chief Sinclair. just
now the police are being measured for
new uniforms, the spring allowances of
apparel to be supplemented with new
overalls in the fall
Palo Lucchina, who was awarded A |
seventh class license by the county COM
missioners early in the week has leased |
the lower floor of the building at 80 |
Granite street, where he will establish |
himself in business if the location is
approved by the commission after
hearing to be held May Ia.
Miss Ida Bianchi of Summer street,
who has been employed as stenographer
in John b. Kelly's office for several
months, has completed her duties and is
now engaged in the Office of Charles BIZ
anchi & Son, succeeding her sister, Miss
Adele Bianchi, who has beeL transferred
10 the firms Buffalo office.
Miss Mary Bishop of Barre, a graduate
II Spaulding high school in the class of
1916 and now a member of the fresh.
nan class in the University of Vermont.
won the first prize in the Julia Spear
lrize reading contest there this week, the
being chosen from the young
aides of the two lower classes. Miss
Bishop has also won high position in
scholastic work, being among those
named for attaining high rank during
he first half of the years work.
Sixty neighbors and other friends eff
ected Ranking movement on the home
If Mrs. Isabella Gibson of Highland
venue last evening, took the household
r by surprise and carried out well laid !
'lans for an enjoyable farewell party.
There was an impromptu program in
which vocal and instrumental numbers
we're featured and before the exercises
we're over Mrs. Isabella Thompson, speak
ng in behalf of the company, had pre- =
ented Mrs. Gibson purse of money. 8
Afterward refreshments were served and {
arewells taken. Mrs. Gibson and her
wo children are to leave within a few !
avs for jackson, Mich, there to make
heir home.
Comparatively few motorists, accord :
lg to the police, are complying with the
ew statute regulating the glare of auto
eadlights and it is with the feeling that !
nough warning has been given that the
authorities expect to institute prosecu- ii
ions if the letter of the law is not n
beyed. 1t is said that enough data of
n discriminating nature may be secured
ny time after dark. Dealers report a =,
risk demand for glass discs that are de- :
gned to eliminate the flare occssioned
Y strong lamps and it is likely that
ltoists are coming gradually TO an un-
OF what TIE lawmakers Of
M contemplated in legislating for less
vid flashes on rural and city roads and
reefs.
A statistician, specializing on the pos
BILE effects of CONSUMPTION acre in Yer
ont, has produced some interesting fg-
res on the basis of an initial army Of
ne million men. Reckoning the popula-