The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-21
TALK OFTHETOWN

| among the business visitors in town yes
terday.
There will be a regular meeting OF Cob
BILE Hill grange this evening, All mem
bers requested to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w Knox, jr have re-
turned to their home In Burlington, after
passing few days in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w Martin of South
Main street have returned from few
days outing at Joe's pond in Danville.
Miss Eda Conf, who has been visiting
with friends in town during the past
week, returned to her home in Westerly,
R. l., yesterday.
Miss Marie Boyce of New York, for.
merly of Barre, is passing a vacation
with friends in this city and with rela-
tives in East Barre.
Miss Marguerite Brown of Jefferson
street is taking vacation from her du
ties in the office of the National Life In
surance Co. at the capital.
If the members and friends of the Bap.
fist church who have made pledges will
hand them to F. A. Hutchinson, il will
be appreciated by the collector.
Mrs. H. Tape and son, Thomas, arrived
yesterday from New York City to spend
few days at the home of the formers
brother, Edwin Keast of Prospect ave-
nue..
Mrs. Rose Grady, Miss Irene Grady,
Mr. and Mrs. d. NJ. Miles and Mrs. j. w
Stewart returned yesterday from Bur
| lington, where they have been visiting
with friends during the past few days.
j. H. Anderson of Austin, MINI, re- |
tail monument dealer, who has been at. |
tending the national retailers convention |
in Philadelphia, is registered at Hotel
Barre while passing several days in the
Barre granite district.
Mr. and Mrs. p A. Noonan have re.
turned from Groton pond, where they
have been camping during the past week
Mrs. Noonan resumed her duties in the
Homer Fits store yesterday after va.
cation of two weeks.
The condition of Alex Letourneau of
Graniteville, who was removed to the
City hospital Friday after sustaining Sc
rious injuries at the Boutwell,, Milne &
Varnum quarries, was reported to-day to
be somewhat improved. Despite the fact
that skull fracture and a broken arm
will delay his release from the hospital,
his chances for recovery are considered
bright
R. Q. Sears of CharIestown, W. Va,
who has been attending the national re-
tail monument dealers convention in
Philadelphia, arrived in the city to-day
for stay of several days in the Barre
granite belt. Mr.. Sears is widely known
in this locality, having been employed for
several years as travelling representa-
tive of Elwell & Co, which maintained
a branch office in Barre Within a few {
years he embarked in the retail business
in West Virginia and is at the head of
thriving concern, which handles many
of Barre granite
The ID. A. Perry Real Estate agency
has sold for f. J. Seymour and wife of
Brookfield their. i40-acre farm situated
n Brookfed Center, to R. s. Wilcox of
coventry, who purchases the farm for a
rome. Mr.. Wilcox, who is the road COM
missioner for the town of Coventry, $,
axes in the deal the cows, CROPS and al
arming implements, there being about Of
Z 900 involved in the transaction. Mr. b,
Wilcox will take possession of his newly
cquired property about Sept. 10.
Rooms needed" is the high sign which in
he committee in charge of arrangements ca
or the cemetery superintendent con- 81
ention continues to fly and unless there 81
J very general response on the part of
ouseholders by the end of the week =.
ONE intensive campaigning will have to
e done before accommodations for all of Ii
he visitors are provided. Thus far the
anvass has been fairly successful, but .,
he number of people who will volunteer !,
D provide rooms at 81 per day has not :"
pproximated the desired total Persons an
ho have rooms available are asked to IN
at once with members of an
lie committee. "
The street department busted itself to- nu
ny with the task of repairing some of
lie damage done by the storms of late
esterday afternoon and last evening.
o reopen traffic along Maple avenue it
as necessary to deploy detail of axe u.
en- to the spot where a silver maple was
own across the highway. By midfore-
BON the tree had been reduced to fire.
God dimensions and the laborers were
work on hill streets, where tons of
ayel were washed down to the flats
he new cement gutter along the south
lie of lower Washington street demon
rated its efficacy last night and little
ouble resulted from the rush of water Alb
wn the incline
The big block of granite which is to !
rm base for the George B. Milne -
ausoleum at Elmwood got out of -oo
lear" on Washington street yesterday
ternoon, in consequence of which traf- w