The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-21
TALK or THE TOWN


Saturday bargains at Abbott's.
Everything in jewelry. The Phillips &
Lucas store, Montpelier. Tel. 70lW.
The window display of B. w. Hooker &
Co. attracts the crowd of Christmas shop
pers.
John Plun<ett, former chief of police
in Mortified, called on friends in Barre
to-day.
Rev F. L, Goodspeed, pastor of the
Barre Congregational church, is men
toned as a candidate for the chaplaincy
of the state Senate.
Commencing Saturday evening, Dec 81,
all banks in this city viii be open from
7 to p. m, the action being taken by
the banks on account of the quarry train
being replaced.
To enable the city employees to receive
! their pay before Christmas, next weeks
regular meeting of the board of aldermen
will be held Monday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock, instead Of Tuesday evening.
Henry Hogan and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hogan of West Berlin were in the city
to-day to attend the funeral of Miss
Bridget Teahan. They were in the flu
neral party which accompanied the body
of Miss Teahan to Mortified for burial
The body of James Manson, former
resident Of Barre, whose death occurred
| in Lynn, Mass, late in September, ar
rived in the city over the Central Yer
mont railroad early to-day Interment
was made in the family lot at Hope
cemetery.
Sgt. Louis Frattini, who has been serv-
ing as instructor and personnel adjutant
at Norwich university, has been honor
ably discharged from the service. He
expects to resume work in the home Of
fee of the National Life Insurance Co.,
Montpelier, after Jan. |.
G. H. Jones Of Davenport, Ia, tray-
cling salesman for a well known manu-
featuring concern in the Barre granite
industry, is passing several days in this
city and Mortified on business. During
his stay in the East, Mr. Jones is max
ing his headquarters in Randolph, where
Mrs. Jones and daughter are visiting rel
atives
Funeral services were held in the G.
Tomasi building on North Main street
this afternoon at O'Clock for Bert San
ders, who died Thursday. Rev. B. j.
Lehigh, pastor of the First Baptist
church, was the officiating clergyman.
The body was taken to Montpelier for
interment in Green Mount cemetery.
Corp. James B. Stewart, who was sta
toned for some time at the cavalry off
GERS training school in Camp Stanley,
Tex, has returned TO Barre, after pass
ing week in Chelsea, where Mrs. Stew
art is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hale X. Darling. Mr.. Stewart has been
honorably discharged from the service
and is employed at present in the Office
Of the Granite Manufacturers associa
ton.
Smith college students home from
Northampton, Mass, for the holidays in
clude Miss Marguerite Currier, Miss Rose
Tomasi, Miss FTeda Iadd, Miss Vivian
Marion and Miss Marcia Langley Miss
Rachel Hollister, who rs enrolled at Jack
son college, Medford, Mass, arrived this
morning for a vacation and Miss Kath
ieen 0Leary, who is attending school in
New Rochelle, N. Y, also is home for the
holidays.
Priyates John Marion, Alfred Ger.
betti, Stanley Tassie, and James Siyret
were among the soldiers returning this
morning from military camps in the
South. Messrs. Marion, Gerbctti, Tassie
and Sivret enlisted in the mechanics
corps at Burlington last July and have
been stationed latterly in Camp Eustis,
Va. Earlier in their training period they
were assigned to units in Springfield,
Mass, and Tufts college, Mass. Private
John Robertson, who enlisted in Bur
lington, later 10 be stationed for a time
at Camp Deyens, arrived from Washing.
ton, d. C., All have been honorably dis
charged from the service.
Reassuring news came yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ Hendrickson Of
Academy street, who received letter
from their son, Private Carl A. Hen
erickson Of X troop, I'd U. S. cavalry. II
was written Nov "a and in il the sol
der expresses himself as follows: we
got an order to move this morning and
our rolls and packs are ready. We ex-
pect to move to the north of Metz which
has been the scene of some severe fight
ing. The people at home seem to think
we are all sick or wounded in France
Wen, there are very few sick soldiers
here that / have seen and the worst
illness in our troop rs bad cold | want
to get back to the U. S. A., where |
won't have to sleep on hardwood floor
Oh no, am not kicking for some get
worse than that. There are several
thousand English soldiers in our camp
who have been German prisoners for two
years. There is great need of patrol
work in this sector, so cavalry is being
used am in Toul at present, and Il
is very cold, but no snow. There is a
lot of talk about going home, which
hope is true"