The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-04
TALK OF THE TOWN
Attend Shea's shoe sale.

Mr. and Mrs. +, w. Hutchinson and
son, Lyndol, and Florence Hutchinson of
Windsor, Conn, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
f. A. Hutchinson of Park street. They
made the trip in an auto.
"Where Sleep the Brave" is the caption
over page advertisement OF Barre gran
tie which appears in the November issue
of Scribner's magazine. The illustration
is half-tone of a soldiers private me-
mortal in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery,
Tarrytown, n Y
Springfield Reporter: A Barre clergy
man has resigned his parish to go farm
ing. With milk at II to l6 cents quart
and butter at 65 cents a pound, his judg-
ment is approved He ought to be able
to get enough to eat at least on a farm.
Robert Renfrew, who attended school
in Barre and later was employed as a
clerk in local pharmacy, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of first lieutenant in
the U. S. army, according to word re-
ceived by friends here. Lieutenant Rem
frew, former South Ryegate boy, is
commanding officer of the veterinary de-
tachment Of the SD field artillery at
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Tex.
Capt. George Hoban, nephew Of John
4. Hoban Of Liberty street and well
known among sport fans in this city, was
a prominent factor in the football victory
which Camp Deyens scored over Brown
university Saturday, the points standing
20 to Z. Hoban, who is an old Dartmouth
and Lehigh university football player,
played the fullback position and contrib
uted one of the features of the game
when he made 35-yard run.
H. p. Human of Orange street, state
publicity director of the Vermont United
War Work campaign, to be launched on
Nov. H. left this morning for Burlington,
where he ia to join other campaign work
ers in series of conferences that Is to
continue throughout the week. The west
side meetings will be in charge of Earle
S. Kinsey OF Rutland, state chairman Of
the campaign committee, and every
strategic center in the district will be
visited for the purpose of comforting with
town and county ehairmen. A number of
speakers from out of the state will par.
ticipate in the conferences.
Potato pirates despoiled field on
Hooker hill sometime last week, so that
Grover G. Hall of 8 Beacon place, who
titled war patch during the summer,
surveyed nothing but sodden field Of
vines when he went to harvest his crop
Saturday. More than 10 bushels, the
estimated yield of the plot, went to the
thieves instead of into Mr.. Halls cellar,
The lessee OF the land believes that the
depreciation was committed sometime
Friday night. At any rate the thieves
made a clean sweep, even going so far as
10 include in their haul the smallest po-
tatoes. A number of similar pieces Of
thievcry have been reported this foil.
Although thin coverlet Of snow for
the moment ohscured some Of the debris
that will have been eliminated when
cleanup week is over, to-day marked
the beginning of the fall campaign
planned by the aldermanic health com
mittee, and teams and men from the
street department were busy making
their first rounds in the garbage eollec-
ton. The schedule of streets TO be visit
cd by the collectors and the days on
which the teams win make the rounds
was published in The Times Of Friday
and Saturday, and householders who de-
sire to cooperate with the department in
obtaining the maximum results from the
collection are urged To familiarize them
selves with the route that brings the
garbage teams nearest their doors
Miss Mary Anderson, whose death oc-
Cured in Hayerhill last week, had
reached her 49th birthday anniversary
only two days before She had been liv-
ing with her sister, Mrs. David Beattie,
and was taken i'll there with pneumonia,
which caused her death. Miss Anderson
was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the
daughter of the late James and Jessie
Anderson. She was a member Of the
Presbyterian church OF Quincy, Mass,
and former resident Of Barre. Two
sisters survive, Mrs. Beattie Of Haverhill
and Mrs, George Sutherland Of Scotland,
and one brother. James, of Scotland. The
funeral was held in Hayerhill, the bearers
being j. X Anderson of Barre, George p
Milne of Springfield, Charles Mason
| William Mears and David Beattie Of Ha.
lverhill, all former residents of Barre
There were many floral tributes from
relatives and friends.
Coon hunters have lately initiated
| their autumn campaign and on pleasant
evenings in the country to the south Of
Barre the nocturnal nimrods are fire.
quently seen, getting plenty of healthy
exercise and now and then a raccoon
Tell-tale odors waited cityward on the
| fall breezes indicate that the skunks are
once more ON the defensive, and local
trappers already have taken a number OF
these animals. Furs of every description
are bringing top prices this year and that
fact undoubtedly accounts for the large
number of people who are visiting traps
| these days, Since Nov. l. mink, muskrat
and otter have been added to the list Of
! fur bearing animals that may be taken
although the number of otter pelts TO be
seen drying on the outside of barns and
woodsheds Is by no means staggering
Members Of coon hunting parties are re.
minded that the law requires each tt
have license
The last vestige Of the influenza quar-
antine disappeared this morning with the
reopening Of the city schools. Yesterday
the churches, acting in accord with the
release order of the state board of health
which became operative at midnight, re
sumed their services and large congrega'
i lions were the Tule. us eHect nlusb IN
mediately discernible in the places o.
worship, the release order also operated
in favor Of local clubs, which were CLOSED
uy the local board Of health more than &
month ago. Practically all Of the teach
ers were in their places when sessions il
the city schools were resumed this morn
ing, and plan is to be devised whereby
some of the time lost during the quaran
tine may be made up, Goddard seminary
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