The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-20
TALK or THE TOWN

A daughter was born in the City hos
pital yesterday to DIR. and Mrs. Harold
j. Cutler Of Park street.
A daughter was born at the City hos
pital this morning 10 Mr.. and Mrs,
Woods of Currier street
Antonio Moreno in "The Magnificent
Meddler,' a Vitagraph feature, and a
comedy, Bijou to-day.-adv
Miss Hazel Maiden of Church street
has returned to the city after passing
the summer at Old Orchard, Me
Joseph koyalsky Of Forsythe place,
who has been in charge of tailoring es
adjustments at Camp Deyens and at
Plattsburg for several months, has re-
turned to Barre to reopen his tailor
shop on North Main street.
There will be a meeting of the truck
mems brotherhood in Odd Fellows hall,
In the Gordon building, Monday evening
at 1880 o'clock, and al important mat
tiers are to be considered, ii il hoped
that there will be a large Attendance
Louis Miro OF North Seminary street
has been passing several days in Qun-
cy, Mass, where he was called by the
illness and death of his son. Peter Miro.
who passed away Wednesday evening
Mr. Miro viii be in the party which &C.
companies the remains to Barre this
evening.
After conducting military tailoring es-
Adjustments for several months at Camp
Devens and at the officers training camp
in Plattsburg, | have returned TO Barre
to reopen my tailoring, cleaning and
dyeing establishment, and fur shop at
1872 North Main street. where | shall be
i pleased to meet old customers and new
Joseph Kovasky.
Il Nicholas Peterson, known to hundreds
Of passersby at the Elm and Washington
street corner of North Main street as
Popcorn" has enlisted under the Amer
lean flag, according to word received by
Manager George Maniatty OF the Barre
Fruit Co. Popcorn" sold the product
from which he derived both his nickname
and his living in Barre for long time,
but has lately resided in Akron, @.
\ Fred w. Irvine Of Chicago. H. one
Of the officers of the company which pub
fishes the American Stone Trade, arrived
in the city last night and is registered
al Hotel Barre while here on business
connected with the local Office of the
! publication. F. A. Church of South Main
street, who has acted as local manager
for the company for some time, has ten
dered his resignation, as he expects TO
leave Barre in the near future.
i A party of members representing Ruth
chapter o. f. S., which motored to Wa
terbury yesterday afternoon to attend
the annual meeting Of the fourth district
Of the order, included the following: Mr..
and Mrs, James Mackay, Mrs. James b.
Mackay Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Roberts,
Mrs. A. NJ. Durham and Mrs. A. G, Til.
den, and Mr. and Mrs Alfred Roach OF
Graniteville Members of Queen Esther
chapter acted as hostesses, and the even.
ing session was preceded bv~T banquet.
Barre men viii be the speakers at flag
raising exercises in Groton this evening,
when a service flag which is expected to
include all of the men from that town
who have Joined the colors viii be dedi-
Gated in the town hall Atty. John w
! Gordon and Rev. Edgar Grassland, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church,
| have been engaged to speak, and they
have elected as their subjects the Red
! Cross and the forthcoming Liberty loan.
Another feature of the gathering will
| be concert by the Barre pipe and drum
band. The kfties, as well as the speak.
ers, left this afternoon by automobile.
Thus far no move in the direction of
organizing a football team has been
made at Spaulding high school and it
Is probable that the athletic council will
elect to abandon the fall sport this year.
| A similar course has been followed in
other Vermont secondary institutions of
learning, and while little attention will
be given to football, an effort will be
made to have the school represented in
| interscholastic basketball during the
winter Montpelier seminary and God
dard, among other schools, are to be
represented on the gridiron, but II is i'm
probable that any of the high schools
in the county will have organized elev-
ems
William T. Maiden, who has been pass
ing a few days at his home on Church
street since returning from ST. Adams
/ bay, where he was one Of the councillors
at Camp Kill Kara during the summer, is
to resume his duties as a member of the
faculty az Montpelier seminary Tuesday.
Mr.. Maiden win continue as coach Of
the athletic teams at the institution, and
at present is giving his attention to the
football schedule, which is nearing com
pletion The season viii open the last
Of September. Eight members Of the
squad which turned out for the first
practice last year are available, and that
number includes FIVE Of tho regular play
ers, so that Montpelier seminary, with
the new material, is expected to have
strong team in the field.
Motoring to Webstervile over the
lower road yesterday afternoon, Archie
| X. Nye of the Jones & Nye livery and
Seth Wood Of Burlington, a salesman
for Swift g. Co had an uncomfortable
experience near the city line. 1t hap
pened Just east of the Quarry street
crossing, cit" being sharp report that
sounded for an instant like tire blow
out. Mr., Nye, who was at the wheel,
Immediately examined the tires of the
car, only to find them intact Then the
driver and his companion began to rec
ollect that the report sounded more like
that Of frearm Arriving at the Ner-
ney store, the liveryman began a minute
inspection of his car, with the result that
he located bullet mark on the rear of
the back seat, Apparently somebody
with a rife that carried something heav
Ter than % calibre bullet had fired
at the auto. The bullet punctured the
metal body of the car and by the APP
pearance of the enamel, which was miss
ing on considerable area around the
point where the nose of the missile
struck the body il was inferred that
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