The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-08
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| VIII be closed until TUESDAY, p III.
Mrs William Johns of Hardwick wa
a weekend visitor with friends in town
Gould's prices are made to tit tn
pianos without store rent. salaries o
commissions.-adv
| Lee Tracy and Harold Halves left yes
terday for Boston, where they will spen'
a few days on business.
Deposits made in the Barre Savings
Bank & Trust Co. on or before Oct. II
draw interest from Oct, !.
| The nature study class Of the Barre
| Woman's club will meet tonight at 1886
| with Miss Mary Carleton, q Highland
! avenue.
Mrs Harold Atkins returned last even
ing to her home in Waterbury, after hay
ing spent the past few days with friends
| | in town.
William Reaside of Pearl street left
| the city Saturday for q visit of several
| DAYS with relatives in Hartford, Conn,
and New York City.
Mrs. John Paul of West Patterson
street returned Saturday from Montreal
where she has been spending the past few
days with friends.
L. II. Baine, teacher of voice, will be
at the Aldrich block, room IS prof.
Wheaton's studio), on Tuesday evening.
Phone 245-l, Montpelier
Regular meeting of Jumpers, boxers
and derrickmen's union, No. 80, OF the
O. w. T. U. of n. A., will be held in
Eagles hall Tuesday evening, Oct. 0, at
1870 o'clock. Per order of sec
Privates Ira and Harold Cheever, who
have been visiting at their home on
Mount street, left yesterday for Mantle
Conn, where they are attached to the
l0lst machine gun battalion.
Regular meeting OF the ladies' union of
the Presbyterian church viii be held at
the home of Mrs. James Robertson, 204
Washington street, Tuesday night, Oct,
o, at 1880 o'clock. A large attendance is
desired
Malcolm Durkee returned Saturday
evening to Hartford, Conn, where he ia
employed by the Winchester Arms com
pany, after having spent the past week
at the home of his father, George Durkee
of South Main street
The annual meeting of the woman's
home missionary society of the Method
ist Episcopal church will be held in st
Adams Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 80
and 81. Speaker, Mrs. c. A. Converse,
national field secretary.
Kenneth Gale returned to-day to West
field, Mass, where he has been stationed
during the past several weeks. after hay
ing spent the past few days at his home
on Wellington street Mr.. Gale is a mem |
Der of the Regimental band, which has
IL 90 hla q Mt fbp |
Westfeld cantonment.
At the parsonage Of Bethany Congre.
gational church in Montpelier Saturday
Miss Jessie B. Wood, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs T. l.. Wood Of Calais, and VI. l..
Thompson of Barre were married by the
pastor, Rev. S. F. Bloomfield, the double
ring service being used They were at
tended by George Wood, brother Of the
bride, and Miss Lucy Whitney, an init
mate friend Of the bride and groom. Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson left early in the
afternoon on a wedding trip and upon
their return they are to make their home
in this city.
Frank Lawless was pleasantly sur
prised at his home in South Barre Sat
urday evening, when about 25 of his
friends gathered at his home. The occa
sion was both in the nature of a birth
day party and a farewell party. as Mr..
Lawless left this morning for Burling
ton, where he will enroll in the pre- med 7
ical course of the University of Vermont. :
of ice cream and cake were .
served, while the evening was pleasantly
spent by the playing of several games.
Mr. Lawless was the recipient of several q
gifts from his friends, as tokens of their 2
The party broke UP at a late
hour after wishing their host many v
happy returns Of the day.
John J. Hartigan, grand knight of :
Barre council No. 40l, Knights of Co. =
umbus, has forwarded to Fort Ethan .
Allen the first contribution from st. 4
Monica's parish to the fund for the main e
,enance Of the recreation building for y
soldiers which the Knights of Columbus
,rected on the government reservation
asst fall. The local contribution amount !.
d to Sl62s5 and was obtained through 81
objections and subscriptions made in st. I
ionica's parish under the auspices of the 6
ouncil. Throughout the nation, the 7
Knights of Columbus have contributed o
j 900 900 for providing the soldiers with u
aces in which to recreate, and much
aore is to be expended. Here in Barre g
he Knights of Columbus propose to con y
niue in the work of collecting the sub al
criptions and it is expected that another II
contribution will be made in a short 81
ime. h'
With little difficulty the wrecking crew 81
rom the Central Vermont railroad head "
uarters in st. Adams righted the de- SO
allied smoker on the Williamstown re-
ranch Saturday afternoon, and upon its dr.
eturn to ST. Adams, the wreck train Iet
ad the Grant smoker in tow. The car FRI
as dersiled late Friday afternoon when
jumped the rails on slight curve and !.
titled down on its side in ditch which
xirts the road bed. An hour sufficed to 1
turn the smoker to the irons and an ex- .
revealed little damage, al
Rough several of the windows were I
-oken S. s. Russell, claim agent, and
w. Groom, assistant superintendent
the road, came down from St Adams .
iturdav forenoon to survey the wreck
ye. After the car had been removed. I
ction men repaired the track. The con
ton of Baggage Master Charles Hoyt
Maple Grove, who sustained an arm
acture in the accident, is reported to be