The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-19
TALKOFTIIE TOWN

II isA, VIII be held Sunday afternoon NJ
II o'clock. W. }, Gilbcrtson, secretary.
II The Nature Study class will meet will
II Mrs. Hoar Monday evening at 1880.
II Mrs. Blanche Perrin of Plainiied was
among the shopping visitors in the cit,
II to-day.
II Mrs. L. o. Morgan and little son OF
H Willamstown were among the shopping
H visitors In the city to-day.
II A daughter, weighing GA pounds was
II born yesterday forenoon 10 Mr.. and Mrs
II John McCourtie of 30 Highland avenue
III Mrs. Russell Brown of Southeastern,
| Mass, is passing several days with her
mother, Mrs. Clara Page of jefferson
street.
Rev. William Shaw, superintendent of
the st. Johnsbury Methodist district,
was in the city to-day TO oiliciate at a
i funeral.
Alex Hurry, who is employed in a
munitions plant at Springfield, is visiting
for few days at his home on Washing
ton street.
Mrs. Henry Turcot left the city this
afternoon for Berlin, n H., there TO Join
her husband, who recently secured EN-.
ployment in that city.
Rev. George W. Keeling, pastor of the
the city this afternoon to attend the flu.
neral of Rev +. H. Roberts.
Ebert o. Kent of Wellington street ;.
who recently completed his duties with
the f. L. Smith Co. at Graniteyille. is
employed as a clerk in the Smith & Cum
ings store.
The second of series of sermons on
''The Prodigal Son." entitled "Thc Re,
turn of the Young Man to HIMSELF" at
the Presbyterian church tomorrow even
/ ing at o'clock
| +. A. Slayton of South Main street
went TO Montpelier this forenoon with
Junior Hal, and a high. stepping black |
mare from the Slayton stables. The two
horses were slated to start in the ice |
races on the Winooski river this after |
noon.
In this unusual year the educational |
department of the Barre Womans club |
has fortunately secured local lecturers
and college extension service Prof /
Burns, botanist. of the college of agri-
culture, University of Vermont gives an
illustrated lecture on Improvement of
Home Grounds" next Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock, in Rowland hail. Club mem
bers free, each taking guest; all others,
l5c.
Wood enough TO supply the needs of
the charity department for some little
time is being sawed on the city wood
lot at the rear of the Church street
school as the result of the introduction
of saving machine. Chairman Henry
Alexander of the aldermanc charity com
mittee has been able to hire plenty of
help since the suspension in the granite
industry and the output each day has
been materially increased,
Under the auspices of the Italian
Pleasure club an enjoyable dancing as !
sembly was held last evening, 80 couples
being in attendance. Forsell's orchestra {
played for the dancers and at inter ,
mission a light luncheon was served /
The dance was one of several affairs !
of its kind which the club has planned !
for the remainder of the winter The I
committee in charge OF the affair consist. {
ed of Frank Maino Charles Cato and !
George Mola.
Lance Corporal George Thompson of
the S7th Grenadier Guards c. +. f., the :
Barre boy who was wounded at the front !
in France and who has been convalescing
in a Canadian hospital. is expected to ).
arrive home in Barre this evening at
o'clock. and the Barre pipe and drum
band has been secured to escort the t
young soldier from the Central Vermont L
station. A large number of Corporal '
Thompson's friends are also planning to L
turn out to give him welcome. \
r. c. Holland of Franklin street was n
,ne of the successful candidates to APP n
Dear before the state board of examin Il
RS of embalmers, which held specis Y
Meeting in Rutland Jan. 3. Mr.. Holland "
has received from the chairman of the CO
BOARD a communication stating that he b.
,assed the examination, and the notice t.
5 accompanied by state license which b;
ntitles him TO practice the profession Of al
in Vermont. Recently Mr..
who came to Barre two years n,
go, was graduated from the Renouard n,
training school for embalmers in New eff
FORK City. He is to continue his con fo
ection with the firm Of B. w. Hooker fir
Co. m
Commissioner of Industries Robert w. al
'imonds was in the city yesterday TO &c
reside over brief hearing in the case il
{ John Gamble VS.. James Robertson and nj
he Travellers Insurance Co. a case grow W
,g out of alleged injuries at the Rob ii,
rtson stoneshed in which the plaintiff vi
,st the use of an eye and eventually r,
he commissioner was accompanied by bo
is stenographer and after brief consul If,
alton the hearing was adjourned. Mr.. so
amble. who was employed at the plant lie
3 stonecutter when flying frag
tent struck him in the eye, has so far re-
,vered from the operation as to be able r.
, do light work. -,
Due to request from the state fuel -,
in which the attention -
the committee was directed tc the or Pu
er closing halls, theatres and places of an
lsiness on Monday, it has been decided
defer the X. of c. war fund rally, which br'
as to have been held in the opera house me
onday evening, until Tuesday evening col
o'clock To-day the committee an sta
,unced that a fourth speaker for the SUI
ass meeting had been secured in the Ger
,rson of Capt. Frank p. Stretton, L. 5. wa
:, of Chicago, ILL.,, whose eloquence has Of
ready been heard elsewhere in Vermont 20:
connection with the coming campaign. tee
he other speakers scheduled are Rev. pan
c. Griffin of Wallingford, States At me
rney W. r. McFeeters of Franklin the
unity, and Frederick q. Fleetwood, sec is
tary of state. Other plans for the pa!
mpaign are going forward satisfactor I
:. enc
Two Barre granite manufacturers, Jo- ING
phi Calcagni and r. Tosi, qualified as Der
pert witnesses to-day in the municipal r.
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