The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Back-restng Memo corsets at Abbotts
A meeting OF the Granite Manufactur-
ers' association will be held at head
quarters Thursday evening.
Mrs. w. Fl. Goodfellow returned to
the city yesterday after visiting in
South Ryegate for few days.
| Plainfeld visitors in the city to-day
were Wheeler J. Batehelder, Miss Jane
Clark, Miss Abbie Clark, Mrs. Fred
Martin and two children
Wednesday evening in Rowland hall,
it's the Cecilian club ball. Free punch
served, and CAROLS orchestra will fur
nish the best of unsteady.
The nurses of the Barre City hospital
have placed in their dormitory a new
Hobart M. Gable piano, the instrument
having been purchased of H. A. Gould.
There will be a holiness meeting to-
night at 1880 at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. Williams, l3l Washington
street, conducted by Rev. and Mrs. Chas
Jenkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins are to
go to Africa in the fall as missionaries
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend.
About 80 friends of Miss Anna Pru.
neau gathered last evening at the home
of Mrs. Edward Dion of North Semi.
nary street, where she was invited, the
affair coming to her as surprise and
taking the form of linen shower in
honor of her approaching marriage to
Alphonse Blanchard Miss Madeline
Hale for the company presented Miss
Pruneau gift. Refreshments were
served.
Manager Chapman of the Goddard
track team has worked up a schedule
for the men this spring which will prove
OF much interest to the followers of
the sport in Barre and vicinity. The
first meet is to be held on May s,
when the classes hold the interclass
meet: As class A, freshmen, sophie
mores and juniors; class B, the two
commercial classes; class 3, the regular
seniors. The meet will be held at the
trotting park. On May IL, Goddard
will meet the Barre hose team. May Is,
Goddard will journey to Burlington to
meet the other preparatory schools in
the meet on May 10. The track men
have been making good progress for the |
coming meets under the guidance of
Coach Kinney.
Barre women affiliated with the Red |
Cross chapter and all others who are in |
terested in the work will meet in the |
gymnasium at Spauding high school on |
Thursday afternoon for tine first sewing |
bee since the local branch was formed. |
Sewing machines have been installed in
the gym. and the hum of industry will |
begin to be heard when the seamstresses
arrive at 2 o'clock. Barre has quota
Of pajamas to make for the Vermont
soldiers and it is probable that detail
Of women will work on that order. It |
should be understood that all women
whose patriotic impulses may stir them
to use the needle in behalf of the Amer
can Red Cross are earnestly invited to
attend the first big sew at the gymna-
sum.
Before the water is finally turned into
Bolster reservoir, which has been praeti-
ally arid for some months because of a
leep leak at the spillway, Supt. F. o.
zee and his men will remove a crust of
seaweed" which has formed on the bot
ON and sides of the basin. Laborers
Who are at work on the flag end of extern
i've repairs at the mouth of the reser-
'oir describe the vegetable formation as
layer of kale, variety of fresh water
weed, but the department, as well as the d
ldermsnic water committee, believe that
most of the kale in sight has been sunk
t the spillway and will concern them Z
elves with the removal and not the name {
+ the formation. Cement work at the s
eservoir is nearing completion and Boil /
ter will soon be assisting Orange reser- :
DIR and the Martin brook in carrying the '
BAD imposed by consumers here in the '
ity. Il
The vanguard of some so Woodmen, J
camps in every county in
he state, win arrive in the city late t
his afternoon for the triennial conven- T
ion OF the Vermont Modern Woodmen i
t America. Among those who are ex- t
ected to lend their inspiration to the (
ctivities of the celebrating Woodmen p
re: A. o. Palmer of Burlington. state c
equity; c. :. Sherwood Of Rutland; dis {
net deputy, Benjamin Gates of Mont Il
elier; and NJ. p. Maurice, lawyer from p
louisville. who is designated as state v
cturer. Exercises viii be held in the |
nights of Columbus hall this evening. a
nd tomorrow. after the election Of dele G
ates to the Chicago convention in the e
,renoon. the visitors viii be taken d
rough the quarry and cutting districts "
' a committee from the Barre Board OF "
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