The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-02
Talk OF THE TOWN
.ttend Sheals big shoe sale.

Attend Shea's big shoe sale.
| Park theatre opens Monday.--adv
| w. B. Hanna, the poet of Orange, was
a business visitor in the city yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Beattie of South
Main street left last night for visit of
few days in Springfield, Mass, and Bos-
ton.
Mrs. George A. Gender, who has been
visiting at her former home on South
Main street, returned to-day to New Ha-
ven, Conn.
| Miss Madeline Mcdonald, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Mcdonald of Perry
street, who enrolled as student at Mid.
dlebury college early in the fall, arrived
home yesterday to remain while conva-
| leseing from an attack of the influenza
which confined her for six weeks.
| Charles A, Chapman, one of the trus-
tees of Goddard seminary, has been APP
lpointed town chairman for Ferrisburg in
the United War Work campaign to be
waged Nov. Ills. In Cambridge. FL. w.
Varnum Of the Barre qnarrying firm of
Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum has accepted
the appointment of town chairman Of
Of the campaign there,
/ ltELEiMdH 1OHtfdtLDI W. ~. ATTSRDlEE
| finished his seasons work on the cement
highway which the street department
caused to be constructed on Washington
street. Because of the continued inclem-
ent weather only half of the work has
been completed. The cement road now
extends on one side from Mount street to
Bolster avenue. Supt. A. g.. Perry Of the
street department and his men were en-
gagged to-day in grading at either ex-
tremity of the cement work and between
the cement road and the ear tracks,
Barre's leading industry undoubtedly
Twin be represented at Atlantic City, n,
H., Dec. when the United States Cham.
Der of Commerce will hold a war emsr-
Igency conference at which hundreds of
the foremost business men in the country
will lay plans for meeting the problems
Of the reconstruction period that is to
follow the successful conclusion of the
war Members Of the Barre Quarters &
Manufacturers association are discussing
the advisability Of having a representa-
ton at the conference, and as sentiment
seems to favor the idea, delegate or a
delegation probably win be appointed in
the near future.
With the completion of the first half
of the permanent highway on Washing
ton street, the street department is TO
divert it's attention Monday to the last
rubbish collection of the year AT the
suggestion of the aldermanic health com
lmittee, next week will be time of gem
eral renovation for the entire city and
every household IL urged to cooperate by
cleaning up premises, Easements and va
cant lots. In another column of The
Times q schedule Of the collectors trips
win be found and so far as possible the
men aud teams will hold to the routes
therein defined.
/ John A. Cross Of the Mortified gran
tie manufacturing firm Of Cross Bros,
who recently went to Mercedes, Tex, to
pass the winter with his son, Lieut.. Her
man Cross Of the Y, $. cavalry, has sub
mitted by letter his resignation as presi-
dent of the Barre Granite Manufactures
association. He has also resigned as a
director of the Quarters a Manufaetur
ers' association. Thus fur neither resig-
nation has been accepted Both associa-
tions are aware Of the value of Mr. Cross
| aggressive work in their behalf and there
Els natural hesitaney about complying
with his request that the designations be
accepted In his letter Mr. Cross states
that the length OF his absence is uncer
tain and that he feels the associations
should be given the opportunity to fill
his place with men who are in closer
touch with local conditions.
According TO information which reaches
the office OF the Quarters & Manufactur-
ers' association from reliable source,
one third of the granite manufacturers in
the Scottish granite fields have been rem.
dered insolvent by the war High cost Of
material was the first blow and then
there developed shortage of labor, due
to the demands of the army and navy.
Low prices and the increasing cost of
production were important factors in the
dissolution of large section of the Scot
fish granite industry, and an interesting
sidelight on how American participation
Ia brought home to Great Britain is given
in the following paragraph, taken from a
Scottish report Now that we have the
necessary number Of men, we see definite
signs of the end Of the war, for which we
shall be thankful. We see large numbers
Of your naval men--there being over
200 in this town alone, making sea
mines A large number Of battleships
are also about