The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

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! dent G. Keith.
The property of the late c. s. Larkin
will be sold at auction Saturday, Sept
rs. o. Fl. Hale will conduct the sale
See adv.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Hardy returned
this morning to their home in Orleans
after visiting friends here while attend
ing the Pythian convention.
Charles d. Swasey, former resident
! Of Barre, who has been attending the
Pythian convention in this city, returned
to his home in Waterbury this morning
All those wishing to 60 to Williams
town Rebekah district meeting Friday
night please notify the committee, 0. f.
Philhrick and Stephen Rizzi. Leave hall
at O'Clock.
Alfred Mckay of Cliff street, who came
home from Boston to recuperate from a
serious Illness, was able to be downtown
yesterday. He expects TO return to Bos-
! ton next week.
| There viii be a meeting of the Vincitia
club this evening at o'clock and the at
tendance Of every member is requested
At 7 o'clock the board OF managers will
hold its regular meeting.
DR.. and Mrs. Gage have been called
to Camp Devens by the serious illness of
their brother Their offices in Barre and
Montpelier win be supplied by DR.. Nash
of Burlington during their absence
All stores, members of the Barre Retail
Merchants association, Inc, on and after
Oct. !, 1918, will observe the following
closing hours; Monday, $3.50 p. M. Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
at $3.50 p. m; Saturday at $3.50 p, m.
Funeral services for Ino Colombo, the
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Umberto Co
lombo of Ia Foster street, whose death
Tuesday evening resulted from cholera
infantum, was held at the house this
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was
made in Hope cemetery.
Wendell Ahern of East street, one of
the 1918 graduates from Spaulding high
school, left the city this forenoon for
Boston, where he has enrolled in the
students army training corps at the Har-
ward dental college, where several Barre
young men are now enrolled.
The current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post contains page advertise
ment of Barre granite, the first of many
advertisements which are to be inserted
in prominent periodicals as part of the
national campaign Of the Barre Quarters
& Manufacturers association. The pic
ture is a reproduction of the Cluett shaft.
Tonight at I o'clock the board of civil
authority, in a special session in the
court room at city hall, will consider the
six written appeals which have been filed
with the assessors in protest against
their quadrennial appraisals of certain
pieces Of property, The number of form
al appeals is much smaller than in past
years.
The American Red Cross asks every
body to contribute for relief of the desti-
tute Belgians every kind Of useful gar.
ment for all ages and both sexes also
sheeting, blankets and wooden goods Of
any kind, and shoes Of any size A com
mittee viii be at the Church street school
building from o o'clock a. m. until s
o'clock p. m. to receive contributions.
William Martin, ir., formerly of Wash
ington, who has been stationed at Camp
Wadsworth, Spartanburg S. c., for sew
eral months, has been promoted from the
rank of private to that of corporal, ac-
cording to word received by his father
yesterday. Corporal Martin enlisted in
the 5Tth pioneers when that regiment
was known as the LIST Vermont infantry.
Mrs Homer Sowles arrived in the city
last evening from Boston, where she has
been visiting friends since Lieut. DR..
Sowles of the U. S. dental corps sailed
for overseas service, and she viii spend
an indefinite visit at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Ida Martinson of Perrin
street. Word of Dr. Sowles' safe arrival
in France was received a few DAYS ago
by his parents, Mr., and Mrs. John Sowles
of this city.
Odd Fellows lodges in Barre, Cabot,
East Barre, Washington, Willismstown
and Plainfeld will be represented this
evening at the annual meeting of the
thirteenth district, which is to be held
in the rooms of Hiawatha lodge in the
Gordon building. A number Of grand
lodge officers win be present and the de-
gree work is to be reviewed by them
after it has been conferred by Gill lodge
of East Barre. A banquet viii be served
after the formal exercises.
Members of the city government, in
Guiding the mayor, the city clerk, the
city attorney and the chairman and other
members of the aldermanic water com
mittee motored to Orange Center last
evening to file the city's appeal from the
decision Of the listers in lacking the res
ervoir appraisal The board of civil au-
thority did not convene until an hour
after the stated time. The Barre com
mittee submitted its appeal and reply
is expected in a few days
Illness among the members kept down
the attendance at the first autumn dance
of the Italian Gaiety club in the Knights
Of Columbus hall last evening, although
a good time was enjoyed by those who
we're not detained by the grip. Upward
of 80 couples participated in the merry
making, and at intermission several Of
the young women members of the club
served refreshments. The committee in
charge of the affair included Miss Mar
garet Lamperti, Miss Carrie Calcagni,
Miss Angelina Movalli, Paul Bianchi,
John Oltolini and Oswaldo Cabrini, the
latter of Montpelier The next dance Of
the series, barn dance, will be held in
November.
Candidates for the Goddard seminary
baseball teams had the first try out of
the season last evening at the seminary
campus, when about 30 candidates were
present. Although Coach Sweat of Dor
chester, Mass, who is to have charge Of
the athletic departments at the seminary
during the coming year, has not arrived
in the city as yet to assume his new du-
ties, members of last years squad have
taken the team in hand and for the time
being the practice will consist mainly Of
learning the various rudiments, weather
conditions permitting Although the
seminary team will have few old faces