The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-28
TALK or THE TOWN
ee Abbott's line of wash skirts.


II the business visitors in the city to-da
II Children's tennis, play oxfords, Mar
III James, etc. for Decoration day, at Shea
II Miss Mildred Hazen Of Windsor passe
II the week end in the city as the guest {
II Miss Annie Brown of Bassett street,
III Mrs. Albert Bertrand OF 46 Foste
II street was taken to the City hospita
II yesterday for treatment.
II Gaiety club dance in X Of G. hall Tues
II day evening, May 90 Estabrook's or
II chestra. Everyone invited.
II Robert Brown OF Windsor passed tn
Il week end with his PARENTS Mr.. and Mr'
H John Brown of Bassett street.
H A. b. Curtis of North Main street ba
returned to Barre, after sojourn o
several weeks on his farm in Sutton.
II The children of the Uniyersalist Sun
day school will meet in the vestry aftel
school Tuesday. Mothers please note the
time.
Miss Leona Ryan of West Topsham
was brought to the City hospital yester
day, where she underwent an operation
last night.
Saturdays express brought us more
new waists, wolfe, crepe de chine and
eeorgette, white and colors. Mrs. Shop
ard Co, Inc
Don't miss breezy Point" by local
talent. May 30, for benefit Red Cross,
Spaulding assembly. Candy and popcorn
cakes on sale.--adv
Francis Craddock of Highland avenue,
who, with Mrs. Craddock, has been pass
ing week in Boston resumed his duties
in the Drown pharmacy this morning.
| Oscar Nelson, who was locked up Sat
urday on an intoxication charge, ac
knowledged first offense when arraigned
before Magistrate H. w. Scott in city
court this morning and paid So fine and
costs
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Cutler, Mrs! c. c.
Page, Mrs. Emory Clark and ID. V.'Cut
! Ter OF South Barre were among the local
people who went to Plainfeld Saturday
afternoon to attend the funeral OF Mrs.
Smith Martyr.
Robert Burns, on his pedestal in front
of Spaulding school, is going through his
semi annual additions with the assist
ance of monument cleaners whose task
of cleaning the Scottish bard's memorial
is financed by fund left by the late
William Barclay.
Through insdvertence. the name of
Isaac Riddell was omitted from the list
OF entertainers at the clan anniversary.
Piper Riddell furnished considerable mu-
sic during the evening for grand march
and reel and also for dancing and il is
mainly through his efforts that a pipe
and drum band has been organized in
Barre.
Mrs. w. d. Reid of South Main street
is in receipt of an interesting descriptive
letter from her nephew, Maj. Fred Moody,
formerly Of Toronto, Ont, who is an Off
GER in Canadian regiment overseas.
The letter was written in the trenches
soon after the memorable battle OF Vimy
ridge, in which the Canadian battalions
distinguished themselves. Before the
war Maj. Moody was an occasional visit
or in the Reid home here.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre through the week end were the
following people: Mr.. and Mrs. R. F.
Stufflebean of Troy, n. Y, Edward Hart
well and H. w Harpin of Windsor, w.
f. Gilroy of Cambridge, S. NJ. Fells of
Cleveland, o., r. f. Blow and j. +. Brown |
of Windsor, George Williams of Portland, |
Me-, l.. Mazzolini and son of Randolph, |!
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Borden of 0tsego, |
Mich, c. w. Borden OF Syracuse, n. Y,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Colburn of Bethel,
Ephraim Burke of Kingston, Ont. Her
man Cross of Mortified. S. Thomas
Simpson OF South Ryegate, Mrs. w. II. |
Temple of Rutland, Charles n Hyde and !
Il t( Tlux .Hrt - ID, -
William Van Camp of Boston and W. L.
Jones of Windsor.
Preparations for the allies Red Cross
to be given in the Barre opera
house Tuesday evening, are now complet
ed and large crowd u anticipated. A
splendid program is to be submitted and
all the entertainers are confident of Civ
ing a good account of themselves. The
Barre pipe and drum band will give
Monday evening and will march
from the postoffiee TO Depsst square and
thence to City park. The male members
Of the concert committee will accompany
them and tickets may be had for either
the concert or the dance. The ladies OF
the sewing club for the allies are working
most willingly to make this concert a
success and have arranged for a refresh
ment booth to be operated during the
lance. The following women will do
their share of the work: Mrs. James
Scott, president pro stem; Mrs James
Rhind, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Steph-
ms, treasurer; Mrs. George Patterson. !
Mrs. Robert Patterson. Mrs. w. w. Rus
'ell. Mrs. James Reid, Mrs. Nellie BIZ
'nchi, Mrs. Alex Hanton, Mrs. Isabella :
Thomson, Mrs. John Watt. Mrs. J. c. =,
Morrison, who has done much for the !
ause and who was formerly president, !
$ now a patient in the City hospital.
Ter many friends will be glad to learn
hat she is recovering steadily. The la q
lies committee Is asked TO meet in Clan
iordon hall Tuesday afternoon at 2 s
o'clock. The following members of the $
oulmittee will be on hand to sell tickets
Turing the band performance this even /
ng; George Mowatt, George Mcleod, e
George Robertson Charles Greig. William
ray, Alex Cormack. John I-awrie. Rob
1T Clark. John Morrison. Concert tick 5
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