The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

A son was born this morning to Mr.
, and Mrs. Roy c. Blanchard of Soutl
Barre.
Mrs. Henry Massie, who has beer
staying in st. Augustine, Fla, during
the past winter, arrived in the city last
night.
Lester B. Munson of Burlington, who
has been visiting relatives in Barre and
South Barre during the past few days
returned to his home yesterday.
Through the courtesy of the officers
and members of Vineitia club, the Barre
branch of the Red Cross society will give
a card party in the clubrooms in the
Blanchard building Friday afternoon
from $3.50 to $50. The public is cor
daily invited, the gentlemen as well as
the ladies. Admission, zoe. The pro-
eeeds will be devoted to the Red Cross
work.
Rev Albert Abbott, who has been at.
tending the Vermont Methodist confer
ence in Newport during the past week,
returned yesterday to Barre, where he
joined Mrs. Abbott and two children,
who have been visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H.
| oliver of Elm street extension, and they
left for their home in Grand Isle. Mr..
Abbott has accepted the psstorate OF the
Methodist church in Morrisville. and will
move Immediately, as he will deliver
his first sermon there next Sunday.
Funeral services for Miss Eva Pelkey,
the l5-year- old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Pelkey of Webstervile, whose death
at her home Friday followed years i'll.
ness of tuberculosis, were held in st. Syl-
westerns church at Graniteville Monday
forenoon at 8 o'clock, the parish priest,
Rev. Joseph Turcot, officiating. Children
of Barre Town who attend the Convent
Of the Holy Ghost, where Miss Pelkey
was enrolled as a student, marched in a
body toward WebsterviIle, met the flu
neral party and acted as an honorary
escort to the church Those who acted
as bearers are: Edward, Rooney, John
and George Pelkey, George Dubay and
Fred Giguere. There were many floral
tributes. Interment was made in St.
Sylvester's cemetery at South Barre
On warrant issued from A. c. Dick
ey's justice court in East Barre, Enrico
Casartelli of Websterville was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff w T.. Bixby this
morning on breach of the peace charge
The man was brought to Barre and
locked up at police headquarters until
city court convened. When arraigned |
before Justice of the Peace A. A. Sar.
gent, Casartelli entered a plea of not |
guilty and furnished bail in the sum of |
$50 for his appearance at hearing to be |
held Monday morning at o'clock. |
Threatened advances made by stranger |
who called at the home of Websterville /
woman last night are said to have start
ed the deputy on the trail, but Cassrtelli /
declares that it is case of mistaken
identity and expects TO prove an alibi.
d. A. Perry of the d. A. Perry Real
Estate agency returned last evening from
West Berlin, where he conducted an auc-
ton sale yesterday for w. III. Davis. ad-
A large crowd was in attend
ance and property was sols at very salts
factory prices, the farm being Knocked
down" to w II. Douglass of Mortified
for $1,000, Mr.. Douglass buying the prop
srty for an investment. A pair Of horses
we're sold for 1913. while cows ranged
from s35 to SIS a head. Hens still kept
up at the topmost prices. the men re-
iusing TO let them slip by until Sl:0
apiece was made for the last bid, and
tools went at very good prices. Mr.. :
Perry was in Montpelier to-day con
lucting sale OF household goods Tor
Mrs. Jennie Lawrence.
Within few days T. y. Normandeau's
80 900 contract for the elimination OF I
he Tabor grade crossing will be gotten !
lnder way and for four months and pos
IDLY more the crossing viii be the scene
f digging and building operations on
arge scale Two derricks, a steam en-
line, three gasoline pumps and two &C.
nent mixers have been assembled at the
rossing, along with many smaller tools,
upplies, etc. Mr.. Normandeau plans to
se a large tractor shovel and with the
pparatus in operation it is expected
hat several weeks may be clipped from
he time limit on the contract. Some 50
hen will be employed during the spring
nd early summer months A. soon as
xcavations are made work viii be start
4 on a new trestie over the tracks of
be VI. s W r railroad