The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN


III Little Dry Goods Store, Cottage street
III Alfred Mcleod has gone to New York
III to pass the remainder OF the week with
II friends.
II Andrew Kelly of North Main street
II commenced his duties as bclhop at
II Hotel Barre this forenoon
II Miss Catherine Reid, who Is employed
II at Concord, n H., is spending few days
II AT her home on Bassett street.
II Violet Mersereau in "AIorgan's Raid
H ers, Bluebird feature, and the current
events weekly, at the Bijou to-day
adv
Bradford Smith of Boston is visiting
his father, c. +. Smith of Washington
street, having been called here by the
death of Glenn w. Merrill
H A large number of Barre Shriners are
going to Montpelier Tomorrow TO attend
ceremonial of Mount Sinai temple,
which is to be staged in the afternoon
and evening
John Tomasi Of Merchant street,
1917 graduate of Spaulding high school,
and Angelo Colombo of Granite street
left yesterday for Swanton, where they
have secured employment in an ammu-
milton plant.
Mrs. John Magnaghi and daughter OF
North Main street left this forenoon for
Burlington. where they will spend a
week, the latter expecting TO undergo a
slight operation at the Fanny Allen hos
pita this week.
Peter Nerlo and Adolph Comoli left
this forenoon for Burlington, where they
will take the second physical exsmina.
tions for entrance into the L, s. navy,
they having passed the first examination
at Me. Jpelier recently.
Miss Faith Walker. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. +. A. Walker of Edgewood who
came to Barre for brief visit after re-
ceiving her diploma at Middlebury col
lege, returned this forenoon to Boston,
where she is employed.
| Fred Inglis, who has been employed as
grocery clerk at the Eastman store, |
has accepted a position in the Office of |
Smith, Whitcomb & Cook. He will sue
coed George l.. Bates, who expects TO
move to Calais in the near future for the |
purpose of conducting a poultry farm.
| In the noon hour to day the auto fire
| truck was called to 20 Currier street
where chimney fire was endangering
the house occupied by Andrew Bjorn.
| The blaze was promptly checked al
though regular was left ON the prem
ises to guard against second outbreak.
Frank McCrea who has been employed
as a bellhop at Hotel Barre for several
weeks, has completed his duties there
and this week started his duties at the
office of the Western Union Telegraph
company. Maio Gudolio, who has also
been employed at Hotel Barre. com
menced his duties at the Langlois bot
ting works on Granite street this fore
noon.
A sizeable sum having been added to
the initial subscriptions recorded at the
public meeting last Thursday evening,
the specifications for deer park have
been turned over by the committee to
the president OF the Board of Trade. 1t ,
was the sense OF the meeting that the
Board OF Trade should handle the de- ,
tails incident to establishing an outdoor J
home for the doe which the state is
holding at the Cutler livery. .
A survey of poles, wires, etc, on the {
South Main and Washington street lines J
of the traction railroad has been com !
pleted by Walker & Walker, and this :
afternoon the engineers made begin I
ming on the North Main street line. A !;
copy of the survey in Barre is to be =
filed with the city clerk as a part of the y
agreement whereby the city recently :
granted the traction company new =
franchise. Similar surveys are being :
made in Berlin and Montpelier.
Nothing has been definitely decided in Il
the matter of bringing the LIST Vermont !,
band north for the Memorial :
day observance in Barre, although efforts =
to bring the trip to pass are being con +
tinued. The city council stands ready
to do its part in completing the musical \,
end of the program, and it is understood !,
that the selectmen of Barre Town. who u
handle an appropriation for g
Memorial day observance, are willing to !,
cooperate. :.
Failing to come to terms with the e.
lessee of the Granite City driving park o,
prominent horsemen of the city have 81
rented Paramount park for the season 4,
md will set about at once to get that la
we'll known speedway into condition a,
There is a possibility that two or three n,
ace meets may be arranged in Barre III
his year, but the first purpose of the II,
lorsemen in obtaining Paramount is to In
ecure place where they may work out
heir horses. 1t is stated that little -,
work will be required to put Fairmount =
n good condition, and as the course is 90
plendidly adapted to trotting, it is ex 81
,ected to be a popular resort for horse =.
utHs VIM aver tlidtt tAttpJ lbi bIt idtL AZ
hat it is little more inaccessible, it is -,
more desirable course than the Ayers =,
treet track. y
The higher the citizenship the more III
emocratic the government was the tn
heme of an excellent paper delivered wa
V City Clerk James Mackay before the Sa
lens club of the First Presbyterian ell
hurch last evening. Mr.. Mackay's pa ba
er was the last of a series of lectures Cir
nd addresses arranged by the club last wa
al. and no more monthly meetings are
, be held until next season. Popular ioa
lucation, the speaker told his audience al
the principal stepping stone to good Tn
tizenship, and he cited America, France, ~
ngland and Italy as nations where 10y 80
ty in all crises, including the present 40,
re, is paramount largely because good III
,vernment has its foundation in citi- 49,
nship. Mr.. Mackay further declared ne
AT people who are displeased with laws -
wv extant should not show their dis 81,
easure BY law violations, but should srss
vote their energy to the cultivation ~
a healthy public sentiment against bad tbo
VS. that they may be repealed. Re ,bo
eshments were served at the close of 80
e address.