The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-05
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See those coat values at Abbott's.
O. Galfetti left yesterday for Morris
vile, where he has employment in 1
granite shed.
There will be meeting of the Barre
branch. Red Cross. tomorrow evening al
1850 In Aldrich hall, A large attendance
is desired.
To-day applications for sugar cards al
the city clerks Office had mounted "a
$50 and there were indications that
more were TO follow.
Charles A. Churchill OF 80 Merchant
street, who has been confined TO the
house by illness for several months, IL
now steadily improving.
Frank Tettamanti OF Granite street re.
turned To the city last evening, after a
visit of several days with relatives in
Boston and Quincy, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dean of Glenwood,
Ia, who have been visiting Mrs. ). J.
Jones of Eastern avenue for few days,
left to-day for Rochester, y. Y.
The sewing committee OF the Hospital
Aid association win meet at the hospital
Thursday afternoon at o'clock TO sew,
and it is urged that all willing to assist
be present.
William b. Marion of Worcester,
Mass, who is employed as a travelling
agent for the Boston 4 Maine railroad,
is passing a few days with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Marion of North Main
street.
Attention, Maccabeesl Regular meet
ing of w. b. A. o. T. NJ, in X. of p. hall,
Wednesday at 7 p m. Important bust
ness. A good attendance is desired. The
record keeper will be at the hall at Gas
to receive dues.
The United Missionary societies will
hold a regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles HENDERSON Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. q, at the usual hour, 2:30. If any |
have not brought in their sunshine
bags, they are asked to do so on that !
afternoon.
Leslie Wright, former member of the
B. A. c. baseball team, who has been alb
sent from Barre several years while in
the employ of Ironside Bros. in Hastings,
Mich, arrived in the city last evening for
A visit of several weeks.
Citizens of the Italian colony met at
he Northern yesterday afternoon to dis
'uss municipal politics. There is pos
ibility that a member of the colony may
pc named as a candidate for mayor, al
hough the meeting did not settle def
litely on anyone.
Speedsters from the Slayton stables on
south Main street came out of the ice
aces on the Winooski river yesterday
fternoon in fine condition. Three of the ,
orses started and were uniformly sue ,
essful in being in at the finish. They !
re to start in the races Saturday. 4
Misses Cecile Cleary and Sadie Kelly.
Tho came to Montpelier to attend the i,
leeting of the Winooski Valley Teach h
RS association, have returned to their \
ONE in Burlington, after passing few {
avs in the city as the guests Of Mr.. and Il
FRS. Charles +. Barrows of Central \
treet. H.
just before noon to-day Arthur w
obinson, one OF the rural mail carriers
perating from the Barre postofiice, re-
lrned to his quarters, having been /,
alked by huge drifts near Kimball cor +
er in Orange. At every turn, according !
} the mail man, the highways were bad J,
filled, but they were not impossible =
it'll the corner was reached. There the
ind had piled up big drifts and packed
lie snow so firmly that further progress nj
as impossible. Ii
Matt. Haley of Maple avenue, the vet a,
an monument setter, whose operations IL
nee he left Barre last fall have extend. a
into several states, arrived in the city u,
is morning, after an extended soiourn a
Pasadena, Cal. From the sunny slopes n
the Pacific coast, Mr.. Haley reached hi
IRE on the coolest day of the winter, al
d reports that the last lap of the jour. Gu
y was the longest in point of time and in
e most exasperating. With other pas SC
1gers he made the two-hour trip be-
cen Montpelier and Barre on the early
,rning train which reached this city RI
Dund 10 o'clock be
fir,