The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-30
TALK OF THE TOWN


the least money, 20 to DIR. Magoon's.
Miss Pauline Jensen of Boston is pass.
ing vacation in Barre, her former
home.
Nearly new Estey organ for sale at a
low price at Bailey's Music Rooms, IA
Elm street.
Netop over the top, 81 in attendance
last Sunday. Come and help make il 40
to .morrow. adv.
Wilfred Letourneau has returned to
the city, after passing some time IN
New Haven, Conn.
Fresh strawberries, asparagus, will ar
rive to-day. Barre Fruit Co., George
Manatty, Prop. Tel. 700.
Miss Nelma Coffin of Washington
street has been passing several dayswith
relatives in ST. Johnsbury.
Who is ahead in the Netop class CON
test. Reds or Blues? Come TO the Meth.
odist Sunday school tomorrow and find
out.
Special convocaton of Granite chapter,
No. 20, II. A. NJ, Monday April l, at I
p. m. Work, NJ. f. NJ. degree. Per order
4. II. p,
Baby carriages and sulkies. Good Sc
lection. Ladies Easter suits and coats
for stout and slim. Sadiers, Keith
avenue.
Miss Hlda Martnson Of Perrin street
left this forenoon for Boston, where she
will spend week with her sister, Mrs.
Homer Sowles.
At $3.50 p. m, Sunday, a special East
err concert will be given by the Sunday
school of the Italian Baptist mission.
Everyone cordially invited.
Ronald Crane, who is 4 member of the
senior class OF Goddard seminary, left
this forenoon for his home in Nergennes,
where he will spend a few days
George Jacques and Arthur Paradis
! left this morning for their former home
| in Swanton TO view the ruins of the
powder mill destroyed Thursday after
noon.
Miss Annie Messer teacher in the
public schools of Wells River, arrived in
the city last evening to pass the Easter
vacation at her home on Richardson
street.
Miss Edith Barnes, who is engaged as
| teacher in the New Haven schools, ar
rived in the city last evening to spend
| the Easter recess at her home on High
land avenue.
| By virtue Of an order requiring them
| To register, doctors, dentists and pro
| fessional nurses of Barre have been i'll
ing their registrations at the city clerks
Office this week.
Alex Smith, former resident of
| Barre, who is employed in a munitions
plant at New Haven. Conn, is renew
F.! ing acquaintance for few days with
friends in the city.
Corp. Robert Knox Of Camp Devens
and Mrs Knox, who is engaged as an
assistant in the y. w. c. A. building al
Aver, are passing an Easter respite with
relatives in Barre,
John Muiry OF Bassett street, who has
| been confined to his home for the past
two weeks by illness, resumed his du
ties at the Montpelier & Wells River
| freight office yesterday.
| Members Of st. Aldemar commandery
will assemble in their asylum in the
| Blanchard building for breakfast Easter
morning. and later attend services at the
First Presbyterian church.
Beginning April |, granitecutters in
| the Barre district are to receive a mini
mum daily wage of $3.50, and CORES
| ponding increase affects other workers
in the cutting plants and at the quar-
ries.
Youngsters aud Others who arc too
old to come under that classification got
sharp rebuke from firemeu aboard
the horse drawn chemical outfit when it
was hurrying to the Hilltop avenue fire
yesterday afternoon. The practice of
using the fire apparatus as common
carrier when the alarm rings has grown
almost intolerable, and a number OF per
sons who attempted TO board the chemi-
cal rig probably will not repeat at the
next fire, for one of the regulars had to
threaten plainly with whip before the
wagon load could be lghtened sufficient
ly to make the grade on Washington
street
Barre friends Of ID. W. Anders, who
has been identified with Barre granite
advertising ever since the national cam
paign was launched will be interested
to learn that he has volunteered for
service and has been transferred to
Washington, ID. c., where he is serving
in the camouhage department OF the
United States shipping board Mr. Ans
ders was connected with three separate
issues of Memorial Masterpieces, " which
has circulated through every quarter of
the globe. and was active in the whole
sale distribution of Barre Granite, an
other illustrated booklet which was re
Gently issued in connection with the adj
vertising campaign.
Members of the sophomore class OF
Spauldiug high school were pleasantly
entertained last evening at the assem-
bly, hail. an enjoyable reception being
rendered them by the members of the
senior class. A delightful program con
sisting of several selections by the high
school orchestra, vocal solo by Hill
dreth Martin, humorous reading by
Deane Davis. piano solo by Evelyn
Mathewson, duet by Margaret Wood
ruff and Marion Tilden, and marches led
by the presidents OF the two classes
made up the evenings entertainment.
After the program dancing was enjoy
ed by large number of students a.
well as alumni, the music being fur
nished by the school orchestra. The
committee in charge OF the arrangements
was composed Of Freda Ladd Madeline
Mcdonald Theron Morse and Edward
Glysson.
Conforming 70 the usual