The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-11
TALK or THE TOWN


II Corsets, front lace and back lace, iron
II VI TO $3.50. Mrs. Shepard Co., Inc.
II Dorothy Phillips in THE Girl in III
H Cheekered Coat" a Bluebird, at the Bio
H to.day.-adv.
II Francis ana Clark Qulnlan left thi
H noon for Mortified, where they will Wis
/ il for few days with friends.
H Miss Glynora Gould is taking Mis-
Freda Hooker's place in the A. r. Alb
bolt store, while the latter is having 1
weeks vacation.
Miss Jessie Taylor Of Bugbee avenu,
left yesterday for Bethlehem, N. n.
where she will spend the rest of tn,
summer with friends.
Mrs. John b. Reardon and son, Gordon
of Church street returned to the city
last evening from visit Of a few weeks
in Reading and vicinity.
Misses Freda Hooker, Edith Martinson
and Blanche Hawkins and DR.. IL. j. Cut.
Ter, DR.. Homer Sowles and DR.. Norman
Tracy left this morning for East AL.
burg. where they will camp for week.
John Bottomini returned to the city
this morning, after passing several days
with his brother, who conducts a fruit
store in Brandon. John 0nieda of Bran.
don came to Barre for a visit of a week
with friends.
Mrs. Percy Keir of Craftsbury is pass.
ing few days in the city as a guest in
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Gladding
of South Main street. Mr. Keir &c.
companed his wife 10 Barre, but was
called back to craftsburg for business
reasons.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon for the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Montini of IA 0ssola
place, whose death occurred yesterday
afternoon, interment being made in the
Catholic cemetery on Beckley street. The
child was six years old and had been in
a delicate condition since birth. Besides
his parents, he leaves his twin sister.
A fox hound owned by Alex. Watt of
Laurel street was run down by an auto
mobile yesterday, and as the driver did
not stop his car to Investigate the dam
age done, bystsnders made it a point to
notice the number of the license plate
of the machine. The blow broke the lit
tie dogs back and DIR. o. f. Barr was
called to end the animals misery.
At st. Sylvester's church liz Granite
vile this morning large congregation !
gathered to witness the wedding OF Miss |
Agnes Conachie of Graniteville, foster
daughter Of Michael Fiske, and James |
Ford of New York, the nuptial mass be.
ing celebrated at 1880 o'clock by the |
parish priest, Rev. FIR. Joseph Turcot, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford will leave Barre this
evening for New York, where they are
to reside, but previous to their departure
friends are to tender them reception.
Six general alarms were registered at
the fire station in the first six months of
the year, according to data kept by Chief
G. B. Gladding, and while the aggregate
is somewhat larger than last year, it is
to be remembered that 1916 was an ex-
ceptionally quiet year for the frefghters.
The number of still alarms turned in
since Jan. | is surprisingly small. A
year ago 80 calls for assistance were re-
eeived in the first six months, and of this
number six were general alarms, al
though the fire loss in every instance was
almost negligible. Thus far this year
there has been only one fire in which
the loss was large, that being the de-
structon of the Wells-Lamson granite !
plant, so called, few weeks ago. Early {
in the year fire Quilted printing Office !
in Merchant street, but the other four
alarms were for inconsequential fires. =
Postmaster George W. German has :
posted in the lobby of the federal build
ng an interesting communication from
naval recruiting officer, which bears
loosely on the type of men desired for Q
Since July ] the minimum >
lge limit for enlistment has been fixed ?
1t Is and many boys who were eligible 7
or the service before the first of the Z
month will have to wait until they have Y
Idded a year or two to their
Ige. The quota of yeomen and 2
Electricians is described by the re- !
ruiting officer as being "overbalanced,"
nd as telegraph operators, many of .
rhom have applied to the navy, must
earn radio telegraphy after enlisting, ?
is suggested that they may best serve "
he nation on shore The demand for u
remen and machinists is urgent and !,
len who have learned these trades are ID
specially desired in the navy. a. a.
Children at the north end, as well as
ounger denizens of the south end, are q.
Kissing in more ways than one this sum. -.
Ter the privileges of the public play ;,
round maintained in years past, and -
lille restrictions placed on the gather - !,
,g of children under l6 Just at this ~
me would doubtless tend to keep down y. y.
lie attendance at the Fairgrounds, there =.
!, nevertheless, void in the playtime =,
,heme of many youngsters about town. ~
or several years the civic department =.
the Woman's club has been active in w
aintaining public Fairgrounds and last f. f.
ear three recreation places were provid- :. :,
for the children. There has always I i
zen a disposition on the part of the d ~
iblic TO support the public playground, IN
I'd in a number of instances the re- ia
,onse to the call for funds mas been oy
ontaneous, 1t is not thought that the ma
ca of providing public Fairgrounds has IN
en definitely abandoned. de