The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-14
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Regular meeting of Barre lodge, New
England Order of Protection, tonight at
| 1880.
Miss Pearl Densmore of Elm street is
passing few days with friends in Bur
lington.
V. L. Aver left for Boston Sunday and
from there will go to Florida for a few
weeks stay.
! Mrs. Byron Jackson left this morning
for Burlington, to be with her husband,
who is in the Mary Fletcher hospital.
| Judge H. w. Scott of Richardson street
left this forenoon for Boston, where
he is to attend a meeting of the supreme
lodge, n. Il. 0, p. of Massachusetts,.
Regular meeting of the l.. A., A. y. h.,
in X. of C. hall Wednesday evening at
1880. The president requests a fun at
tendance, as business of Importance is to
come before the meeting.
Thomas III. Moore of New York, an as
sociate director of the American Publish
ers' association, who is to speak on
Newspaper Advertising" at the business
mems dinner in Hotel Barre this evening
arrived in the city this morning.
Notice, ladies of the Barre sewing CLUB
for the allies: The sewing meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. j. G. Morri-
son, 9 Laurel street, Thursday evening
at o'clock. Although the consignment
on which the club was working is all
ready for shipment, pending orders from
Boston, the ladies are still busy and
have started sewing on the next con-
sgnment, and will be glad to hear from
all the workers. "a.
Representative employees of the teie-
phone companies in Vermont, who are to
gather here for conference will have
the use of the Bijou theatre tomorrow
to show pictures depicting the develop
ment and growth OF telephone concerns
in recent years. The manager of the
theatre has deferred to the wishes OF the
telephone representatives by cancelling
his scheduled show and the establishment
will be placed at the whole disposal OF
the telephone people.
Yesterday when the telephone ex-
change turned in an emergency call TOT
an ambulance to the office OF local
undertaken it quickly developed that
no horses for the conveyance were avail
able in the city. Every livery horse in
several barns was abroad and as make
shift the man who received the call was
compelled to resort to another convey
ance in order to transfer the patient to
the hospital. Lately there have been ire
auent occurrences of similar incidents
and the service afforded by ambulances
in time OF need has been seriously al
fected.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: H. w. Ladd OF
Grand Isle, c. A. Smith of South Rye
gate, Rev. Charles A. Boyd of Burling-
ton, j. NJ. Cops of Springfield, b. F. st.
Clair of Plymouth, v. H., X. L. Bueil
and III. "A. Fox of Middlebury, Howard
Finn of Providence, r. J., j. w. Parker
of Burlington, Miss Helen Smith of
White River Junction, George II. Wilder
Of Burlington, DIR. Z. E. Ellis OF Brook
field, H. j. Miller of Rockford, Ill, A. l..
Duke of Manchester and George X. Van
Loon OF Albany, N. Y.
After careful examination of his
stock, Thomas c. Carson, whcoe office
room in the south end OF Whitcomb
Bros. plant, so called, was Quilted by fire
Tuesday noon, finds that nothing can be
salyaged from his little store of stone
shed supplies. Moreover, he estimates
his loss at $500 and because of prohibi-
tive rates for property adjoining ga
rage he is without insurance. Mr.. Car
son himself has been in poor health for
some months and he is receiving much
sympathy from acquaintance. He is at
a loss to account for the origin of the
blaze. as he had been absent from the
store but quarter of an hour when the
fire was discovered. Mr.. Carson dealt
largely in stonecutter's lenses, gloves,
brooms, rulers, etc, and in view OF the
fire he is undecided as to his future
course.
Rev. Charles A. Boyd, secretary of the
state Sunday school association, returned
TO his home in Burlington to-day, after
taking charge of a workers institute at
the Unversalist church last evening,
when persons hereabouts who are inter
ested in the development of the Sunday
school gathered for the fifth OF series
of conferences inaugurated IN Novem-
Der. Rev. William Shaw, pastor OF Irin-
ity church in Montpelier and president
of the state association, and Miss Marion
F. Stickney OF this city, who is at the
head of the elementary department, as
sisted the secretary in the conference,
which began at 1880 o'clock with lee.
ture by Rev. Mr.. Boyd and continued
with group conferences. Young man
hood-Directed Service" was the keynote
of the conference and considerable
number of local Sunday school workers
were present.
Reports from the City hospital to-day
indicated but slight change in the condi-
ton of James Davidson, an elderly team
ster. who received serious injuries IN
peculiar accident at the granite plant OF
Gasparello Bros. in West second street
Yesterday afternoon. When the deck oil
the sleds fell on him. the king bolt i'm
paled the right forearm, the iron pm
penetrating the limb from the inside ana
protruding on the other side. oniess 10
fection develops il is thought that the
wound will heal. although il is very pain