The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-01
TALK OF THE TOWN
Auto snamels at A. V. Beeklsys.
Visit Abbott's bargain basement.

Regular meeting OF NJ. p IT,, local 4s'
Sunday at 3 y. m. w. j. Gilbertson, Sc
Gilbert Phillips Of Pleasant street ha
gone TO Detroit. Mich, where he has
position,
Mrs, Rose Neveau and son Of west IN
have been passing several days with rela
tives In Enosburg Falls and Berkshire.
Hannibal Miner OF Jacksonville ha
arrived in the city 10 make his HON
with his son, Charles Miner Of Merchan
street.
Miss Edith Barnes Of Highland avenu
has been engaged TO act as preceptress
Beeman academy in New Haven for an
other year
Miss Dorothy simonds OF Williams
town, a teacher in the public schools o
81. Johnsbury, called on friends In tn
city yesterday.
Clarence Geake, who ia employed II
Hartford, Conn, Is passing the week enc
with mis- mother, Mrs. James Sawyer o.
Church street,
Rev. y. l.. Goodspeed Of Maple Grove
has returned from Amherst, Mass, his
former home, where he delivered the
Memorial day address Thursday.
Mrs. Clementins Comolli and son, 10,
seph Comolli, OF Foster street, returned
TO the city to-day from Piqua, o., where
they were called by the death Of Jaspar
| Comolli
Mrs Charles johnson has returned to
her home In Orange, after having cared
for Mrs John $. Ladd and infant daugh,
ter OF Plsinfeld.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Maoneil and
son, Wesson, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz w,
Jackson of Hill street are passing sew
eral days in camp at Highgste Springs,
Mrs. Flora Foster, who has conducted
a millinery and art goods store in the
Gordon building, has closed her business.
The store will be occupied in the near
future for office purposes
Harry Scott, who accompanied the
body Of his mother, Mrs. Elvira Scott of
Brandon, TO this city for burial, has re-
turned to his home in Chicago, ILL.,, after
passing few days with relatives in
Barre and Montpelier.
Miss Elizabeth Carson Of North Main
street, a teacher in the Beckley street
school, is passing several days with her
mother, Mrs. 7. g. Carson in Montreal,
p Q. Through the week end she is en-,
tertaining Miss Gladys Bradford of South
Main street.
Alfred Z. Mckay of Cliff street, who
has been employed as granite cutter
by Mari & Gordon for several years, left
the city this forenoon for East Boston,
Mass, where he has employment in a
boiler plant, where Carl D. Waterman, a
former Barre boy, has been located since
last fall.
During the coming week number OF
Barre men who have pledged themselves
to visit one OF Uncle Sans shipyards for
the purpose of looking over the pros
poets, will journey down to Portsmouth,
N, H., for a soiourn Some of them have
already decided to locate in Portsmouth
as shipbuilders. Among those who prom
ised to visit Portsmouth when a repre-
sentative of the shipping board addressed
the carpenters Tuesday evening were |
Edward w. Anderson, George W. More |
house. Harry Broadwell, y. II. Cheever |
and A. B. Coffin.
City Clerk James Maekay, officially |
designated as chief registrar, a position
which he held satisfactorily a year ago, |
has announced plans for registration day |
Tuesday, when all young men who have
1917. and on or before June 5, 1918, must !,
appear at the appointed place to register
The appointed place, il has been decided,
will be the council chamber at city hall,
and the hours OF registration are between
a. m. and p. m Persons whose age
comes within the order who do not reg
ster are liable to be punished by i'm
prisonment.
Another brochure issued by the quarry
ng firm of Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum
BEARS the title, Vermont and Granite.
II is a departure from the more elahor
ltely illustrated booklets hitherto print
ID for the Barre Town quarters, al
.hough the purpose it serves is quite as
essential as that for which THE Rock of
Ages" a profusely illustrated brochure
which appeared a number Of years ago,
vas issued. Vermont and Granite" sets 4
orth in interesting words and figures
he more important natural assets OF the k
Green Mountain state. Statistics have
he paramount position, but drawings of
quarry scene, the Langdon building (
nd the firms suite of Offices are repro
uced,
Few veterans throughout the nation
VINO pdlllclpateu III lHt htHoiihi uas |
Exercises Thursday can point TO the
nique distinction which the longevity of
Irs. Nancy Wood of upper Prospect
treet confers on her son. Most Of the
nothers OF Civil war veterans have ]
assed on, but Mrs. Wood, In her 9sth
ear, is able TO say that she has son :
rho fought on the northern side in the
,ar between the states. Comrade Albert
; Wood, who came here from Dorches-
err, Mass, last year when his mothers I
lness took serious turn, remains al
lost constantly by the side OF the non
yenarian He enlisted at the outbreak !
the war and re-enlisted when his term
ypired. Mr.. Wood is native OF Barre,
Though many years of his life have
cen passed in Massachusetts,.
One of the odd items of interest which
re continually turning up In the mass
returns from the national advertising
,mpaign launched in behalf of Barre
ranite, concerns letter recently re,
lived at the local headquarters of the
larriers and manufacturers. The writ
is an interned Belgian soldier, who
fidently saw some of the national ad.
srtsing in an American periodical that
ached Holland. Says the soldier: Il
n Belgian soldier interned in Holland ]
nee more than three years now liz
axe here, TO pass nv time and earn !
me money, many beautiful souvenirs I
war, such as bayonets of bone 81,
'per knives of bone 81 each, penholders
bone so cents each. rings with the Bel.
an eolore for - Couldp,t van And | z