The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-12

SATURDAY, JANUARY IL, 1918.
The Weather
Sunday snow and colder,
TALKOFTHETOW

II brought TO the City hospital yesterda,
II and underwent an operation to-day.
II The meeting of the nature study elias
II of the Barre Woman's club, arranged TO
II Jan. IL, has been postponed one week
II G. Il. McAllister of Williamstowi
II passed through the city last night Will,
II on his way to Boston for a business visi
/ of several days.
II +. G. Russell of the Red Cross phar
macy returned last night from Boston
n where he has been attending conven
II ton of Rexall druggists.
H Miss Edith Barnes, who has been visit
ing at her home on Highland avenue
has returned to New Haven, where she Ii
a teacher in the public schools.
Harry Clark, always a favorte, will
sing at the high-class concert in the
\ Presbyterian church, Wednesday, Jan
| IL. Come and hear him.--adv
| Barney Sturgeon, who was taken Sc
riously ill with pneumonia while en-
| ployed by Anthony Tomasi in his Berlin
wood lot, was removed to the City hos
pital from IL Merchant street yesterday
Make it part OF your plan this year
to save some of your income every week,
and Christmas club account will help
you to do this. Bank open tonight, to
5 o'clock. Barre Savings Bank & Trust
Co.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the /. A. G. corporation it was decided to
sell the !. A. c. grounds, and Angelo
Scampini has been appointed agent for
the said corporation. Anyone wishing
to buy lots apply to Angelo Scampini,
agent.
Miss Edith Merchant who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. i. Merchant.
returned yesterday to her home in Rut
land Because of i'll health Mrs Mer.
chant is making an extended stay in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Seam
pini
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre yesterday and to-day were the
following people, Miss Elsie j. Tuck of
Joplin, Mo, J. r. Liz and r. l.. Burrell
of Middletown, Conn, Louis p. Schultz
of Worcester, C. +. Human of Burling
ton, Sidney B. Gie of Springfield, l.. NJ
Carroll of GAINESVILLE, O., and David
Nenk Of Buffalo, N Y.
| At the parsonage of the Hedding Meth
odist church on French street last night
at 10 o'clock Miss Ida Annie Cook and
Frank +. Colburn of Randolph were mar
ried by the pastor, Rev. b. G.. Lipsky.
The couple were unattended. The groom
is employed as a garage assistant in
Randolph, where Mr.. and Mrs. Colburn |
will make their home.
At his home on Bughee avenue James |
Morren was greatly surprised last night /
when about 80 of his friends entered to /
bid him farewell, for he is to leave to-
night for Cambridge, Mass, where he is |
to be employed. Roy Tassie presented I
him useful gift, and the recipient re-
sponded with hearty thanks. The even
ing was spent with games and music, and
light refreshments were served
Rollin II. Brown, local yard master for
the M, & w. r. railroad, intends to leave
early in the coming week for Williston
to attend the funeral of his cousin, Pri-
vate Charles M. Brown, whose death at
Camp Greene, Charlotte, n. C., followed
an illness of pneumonia The date when
the body Of the young soldier. a former
Goddard student, will arrive in Vermont
is uncertain, although it is expected that
the funeral will be held Tuesday.
Edwin Milne, who is employed in the
factory of the Underwood typewriter
factory in Hartford, Conn, is passing ,
several days at his home on Laurel !,
street, having been summoned back to
Vermont by the death of his niece, the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ,
Milne of Mortified Mr.. Milne and his ,.
brother, Fred Milne, went to Mortified /,
this morning to attend the funeral, which
was held this afternoon with interment
in the village cemetery. !
On account of the unusual demand for !;
in government service,
Goddard will offer a course in commercial
raining to commence with this winter
erm The plan is to have those enter
ng this course graduate with those who
entered last fall. There will also be an '
for the evening school for
.nyone to review their shorthand, type
writing and bookkeeping if they want to I
ry any of the examinations for govern. Q
nent service. The evening school will
commence next Tuesday night at 7 I
o'clock It will meet Tuesday, Thurs Z
lay and Friday evenings. Here is the Z
opportunity for young people to prepare
or government service,Aadv. \
Mayor Glysson presided at an informal !,
difference of Salvation Army and church !; !,
workers. in the reception room at Hotel i
'arre last evening, when Brig. Gen. Ash y
r of Hartford, Conn, outlined some OF -
he features of the war fund which the 4
lrmy folks are planning to launch. G. S. =,
andrews, Methodist layman, and Capt. I,
rawford of the local Army corps were !.
mong those present, and one of the re- II
ults of the conference, it is expected, =,
ill be a meeting of business men next
Wednesday evening, when ways and
leans are to be devised for helping the
A. canvass. 1t is stated that Army
hacks in France are bulking large in the
lief work, and that the Salvation Ar '"
lies reach many who are not otherwise
SISTED. =
Winters wallops were not exhausted "a
hen the recent cold spell had spent its ~
Try, for the most disquieting billiards ~
this bad winter prevailed last night =,
nd during the early hours of the day. ~
Tell meaning train crews, who have
zen striving to restore service to normal r.
Fer since the mercury began to rise. re- ~
lived another setback, and most trains -,
ere reported hours overdue. The b. & mo
/. r. & F. Co. did not make its usual r.
rick recovery from the effects of storm, ON
ID throughout the forenoon service on
e main line was badly impaired, while .u
ashington street cars did not run at W
|. A pelting east wind accompanied the
owstorm and added to the trials of MI
untrv folk who had headed for the city a
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