The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

III business visitor in the city yesterday
H and to-day
II Miss Anna Peterie, who has been pass
n ing the winter in DeLand, Fla, returned
H to the city last evening.
II Those who are making comfort kits
H are asked to have them at Academy
H street by Tuesday evening at the lat.
H est.
H Eldon Snow of Rutland returned to
his home last evening, after making a
brief business visit in Barre and Gran
H iteville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Papin of Richard
son street left last evening for Burling.
ton, where they will visit relatives over
the week end.
Public dance Saturday evening in So
cialist hall, Granite street, for benefit of
family OF Angelo Comolli. Estabrooks'
enthusiastically.
Mrs. Henry Poll, her son, Edmund
Poll, and daughters, Teresa and Jennie,
arrived in the city from Boston to- day
for visit of week with Mr.. Poll, who
is employed here.
j. Eldredge of Brookfeld was a bust
ness visitor in the city yesterday. Mrs
Eldredge, who has been visiting at her
former home in Hardwick during the
past week, accompanied him home from
here.
Ralph Jackson of Milford, Mass, ar.
rived in the city yesterday TO spend a
few days in this vicinity on a business
trip. Mr.. jackson will endeavor to Sc
cure work at his trade as a stonecutter
while in Barre.
Ona S. Searles, formerly of Barre. who
has been visiting in the home of his ia.
Their, c. 4, Searles of North Main street,
for few days, returned yesterday to
Newport, where he is engaged in the
jewelry business.
William Gearin, formerly employed as
a bellhop at the Sherwood hotel in Bur.
lington, arrived in the city yesterday,
after having submitted to a serious sur
gical operation month ago. The young
mans condition is improving steadily.
He will remain for a time at the home
of his father, A. j. Gearin.
The funeral of Mrs. Cora Elizabeth
Paquin, who died suddenly at her home
in South Barre Thursday afternoon, will
be held at the house Sunday afternoon
at | o'clock. Rev. James Ramage, pastor
of the East Barre Congregational church,
will officiate and interment is TO be made |
in the Wilson cemetery.
Russell G. Corwin, formerly of Chel. |
sea and now of Boston, arrived in the |
city last evening from Mortified, where
he has been passing a few days with |
friends, to visit his brother, Vinton Cor |
win, at Goddard seminary John Sprague |
of Chelsea, who is student at Norwich |
university accompanied Mr.. Corwin to
Barre and will remain here for a short |
time as a guest of friends at the semi.
nary.
Giovanni Piretti, irst-class musician
in the headquarters company of the Yer
mont National Guard is home from Fort
Ethan Allen on a leave OF four days,
having been called here by the death of
Francesca Canevari of Railroad street,
who was Mrs. Piretti's grandfather. He
will rejoin his regiment Monday after.
noon. Mr.. Piretti states that the regi.
mental band is rejoicing over the arrival
of new Instruments, furnished by the
government. The Barre company has
been assigned to comfortable quarters
and the men are a contented lot, al
though they are anxious for active serv-
ice. {
Assessors of Barre have completed
their compilation of returns from the
military census in this city and find that
there are 2,S4S males of military age ..
here In smaller communities where less
detail work was involved in handling the
the listers have compiled inter
esting statistics from the figures, but |
this work was not required in the mill
tary order sent out by the governor and
when an attache from the sdjutant gen
erals Office called at the assessors office
yesterday he took charge of the blanks =
and returned TO headquarters with them. :
Cards have been received in Barre an 0
the marriage Of Marguerite ?
Gertrude Cayhue, daughter of Mrs. Mar i
yaret Cayhue of Holyoke, Mass, and
George Webber of Springfield, Mass, the :
wedding having been celebrated at a
nuptial mass in the Sacred Heart church
in Holyoke April Q. Rev. FIR. p. b.
Phelan was the officiating clergyman.
The bride is well known in Barre, where
,he formerly resided, and is grand
laughter of Mrs. Julia Cayhue of French
street and Mrs. Ellen r. Premier OF
street. The groom is real !:
state broker in Springfield. After
Wedding trip to Atlantic City, n. j.,
and Washington, d. c., they
will reside in Springfield, where they will I
,e at home, Wigwsm place, after June
In the magazine, Telephone Topics"
published in April, there are several in
eresting notes of particular interest TO
Barre people Several notes are given on
he recent convention which was held in :
Barre on March Is and l6 of this year,
ogther with the result which were
.ttained at this meeting, as well
Is at the other meeting of its
lind which was held on March 9
nd in Waterville, Me. The convention
n Barre brought out telephone men from /
IN parts of the state and had a tenden J
V TO encourage cooperation. Another
leasing feature which is of particular I
interest TO the local telephone men is
he picture which the magazine has of
he group of officials taken on the Hotel J
BARRE steps just before they were ready
o leave the city after the two days
isit in Barre
Books selected by Atty. John w. Cor
on with the approval of the Board Of
'rade committee We're shipped yesterday
D the Headquarters company of the let
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