The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-04
TALK OFTHET TOWN


Alton Buker of Jacksonville has ar
rived in the city 20 take employment OF
west hill,
Timothy Holland Of st, Adams, a for
mer resident of Barre, called on friends
in the city yesterday
Marcella undergarments, combinations
and separate pieces, in silk and cotton
soc TO $3.50. Mrs. Shepard CO., Inc,
Mrs. William Milne and Mrs. William
Stewart of Maple avenue returned yes.
terday from visit of few days in
Montreal, p. Q.
James Il. Malloy, who has a position
on Pearl street, is employed in the shops
of the Lane Manufacturing Co in Mont
pelier during the enforced suspension of
business at the Hub.
Fred N, Braley Of Merchant street has
been passing few days in Burlington,
where he played with the team repre-
senting the Montpelier Country club in
the state golf tournament.
Miss Edith Gordon, who is pursuing a
course in the training school for nurses
in the Waltham, Mass, hospital, is pass.
ing a vacation at the home of her father,
Alexander Gordon of Spaulding street.
John Mcdonald of 20 Bassett street
has been designated by the Barre polish
ers' union as the chairman of it's adjust
ment committee. Mr. Mcdonald has ac-
cepted the position and the registration
station has been transferred to his home.
Barre subscribers TO the Red Book of
the granite trade have learned that
new edition of the rating book is in proc
ess of compilation and will be in the
hands of the printer within short time.
Barring unexpected delays, the Red Book
will be ready for distribution around
Sept. /.
One of the first of the Orange county !
young men to be called under the selec. |
tive service act is Roy Scott of Wash !
ington, who drives the automobile stage |
between Barre and that town. Mr. |
SCOTS number appeared early in the
drawing and he has received his notice
to appear before the registration board |
at Chelsea. The stage driver is married.
Quincy, Mass, granite quarters and |
are contemplating an adj
campaign which viii incorpor-
lte some of the features of the great ma
.ional campaign launched in behalf of
Barre granite more than year ago, ac-
'ording to information received by men
Ictive in the granite industry here. Di-
ect advertising matter is to be used as
veil as space in trade papers, although
t is improbable that the campaign will
ttain to the national sweep which the
ocal movement has reached
Additional committees for the fiying
quadron of Barre granite quarters and |
who are to set out for the /
ational retailers convention in Philadel. !
hia one week from tonight are an
ounced as follows: Relief work en- route, ,
c. Booth, chairman, James 7. Cars ;
ell, Walter p Scott, Alex Straiton and !
!. Lucchina; exhibition committee, W.
. Macdonald, chairman, Joseph G. Cal
tBHl, NuN ~ NdfHuuly II. D. VI. jones
nd Z. r. Carter Just now many of !
ie preparations are centering on the
lip. Special accommodations have been
lgaged and whether the wind blows hot
, cold, every effort will be made to pro. t
de comfort and convenience for the n
avelers. A
c. H. Magoon, local eye doctor, ran :
to a young Italian workingman astride
bicycle in front of the Drown phar-
acy late Thursday afternoon and in the
lufile the latter received painful cut n
Ter the left eye. DIR. Msgoon was trav- Il
ing in an automobile with the car head "
toward the south when the cycIist APP d
coached. Either one or the other or d
'th became confused, with the result W
at the automobile struck the bicycle b
ancing blow, throwing the rider to the d,
rect. The optometrist stopped his car So
front of The Times Office and went nj
ok to assist the cyclist, who later Wis
ID Washington street physician TO =,
We the abrasion dressed. =,