The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-05
T1LKOFTIIE TOWN

Ladies of Clan tiofdon VIII hold reg
| ular meeting Feb, . at 1il5,
Miss Marie Mayo OF Washington stree
visited friends in Burlington yesterda!
aud to-day.
II. II. Brown OF the Barre 4 Chelsei
railroad crew visited friends in Willis
ton yesterday.
Mrs. Alex. Lawson Of Reid street /,
employed as clerk ut the City bakery
for few days.
Rev w. j. NJ. Beattie of fremont
street il attending the annual convention
Of the Vermont Episcopal diocese in Rut.
land.
Mr. and Mrs. William George OF North
Main street returned last night. after
a weekend visit with relatives in Wat.
erbury.
Oscar Martinson returned yesterday to
Boston, after spending few days at the
home OF his mother, Mrs. Ida Martinson,
OF Perrin street.
Corp. W. J. Duquette, who has been
passing a brief leave at his home on
Washington street, returned yesterday
W aver hiaSn, Nhtic hc ~ atosiohtu ~
Camp Devens
Rev. Lewis c. Carson, Phi. d., pastor
Of the Church Of the Messiah in Mont
pelier, will be the speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Mems club in
the First Presbyterian church this even
ing. His lecture, on "The Holy Land"
will be illustrated by stereoptieon slides.
The Knights of Columbus committee
consisting of Charles II. Wilkie, c. +.
Barrows and John Pspin, has completed
plans for dinner TO be given in honor
of the Montpelier council in the rooms
of the Barre council next Monday gwen
ing. The dinner will be in the nature of
forfeit, as the local knights were de.
feated in the winter tournament in crib
bage and pool, recently completed. A
Hooverized menu is being prepared, and
after the dinner there will be games.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning We're
the following people f. c. Archibald |
of Manchester, f. NJ. Fadden and w G.. |
Mccarthy of Springfield, Guy w. Hill |
of st. Johnsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. +. W.
Beale of Boston, e. W. Bushey of Woods
vile, n. H., Warner Richardson and II.
NJ Jordan of Portland, Me-. T. b. Gar
vey of Burlington, Charles =. Day OF
Hartford, II. NJ. Ram of st. Johnsbury,
L. l.. Corey and party of Manchester, L.
b. King of Portland, J. j. Longcran and
F. c. Huntington of Burlington.
Clergy of the city are organizing their
forces for the annual drive ON the open
saloon, and while plans for the cam.
oaign have not been completed, the com
nittec has gone SO far as to engage the
,pera house for the customary pre.elee ,
ion rally on the first Sunday i'll March.
asst year the mass meeting was disered
ted, many claimed for the reason that I
t attracted only those persons who
would naturally vote no-license, and in
is stead, the temperance committee I
made personal appeal to the voters. 4
{ is possible that number of temper
nee meetings may be held before the
oters assemble on the first Tuesday in
iarch to ballot on the local option
uestion.
Again to-day trains running TO Barre
nd Milestone hill succumbed temporari- v
! to the weather and during the first a
af of the forenoon all schedules were o
duiN nistNHAths h'Eh w
ether with the intense cold, made con-
itions almost unbearable for trainmen, e
he Barre branch train, on it's way back Il
, the city after meeting the early morn 9
~ northbound at Montpelier Junction. N
ecame stalled in the snow near the un-
erpass at Barre Junction. One of two
available in the freight z
ard was frozen, and the other was sent :,
h. tnt .Nf ha r.ias. |
ound out for the HILL the first big "
eight outfit to leave the city got as
n as the city limits and retired in con q
ision before the drifts. Section men suf- sa
red intensely to-day, and as long as W
e wind continued they worked under to
eat difficulty.
Pullet thieves are plying their nefa :, .
Gus trade in several parts of the city y
i'd in certain instances with extraordi- e
ry daring according TO reports and "
mplaints received at police headquar n'
RS. AT the north end poultry breeders =. !,
40 go in for quantity and leave the !, :"
after of quality to the fanciers have =, u,
ffered through wholesale thefts during "
e past week. Openly expressed threats W
do the thieves violence should they al
caught in their operations apparently
We not been heard by the right set of ga
RS, for the thieving goes on almost de
stemat icaly. One man barred the door tn
III an extra lock and was surprised To-
learn the next morning that the dex. ly
,ity and determination of thief who We
gged IA fowls had not been baked sis
locks. Some of the losers feel the me
FITS more keenly for the reason that Iit
sir pullets had just begun to produce. fo'
cit
Another former student of Goddard Inc
ninary has passed away while in the m,
vice of his country, according to It'd Il
IS received here yesterday of the death a.
Private Philip f. Goodere, member n
the Goth company l54th depot brigade wa
Camp Meade, Md. Private Goodere in
| been i'll but short time when death
ne last Wednesday. He was 25 years
and native of Fitchburg, Mass, al
ugh his home was in Nergennes,
ere his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. i.
odere, reside. The young man was
duate of Fitchburg high school and
erward attended the seminary here,
ere he was held in high esteem by the I
dent body as well as the faculty. For
ee years previous to his enlistment he
) employed as a sales manager in
'gennes. He left Vermont early in
'ember to enlist in the aviation corps.
as he was unable to pass the exam
ton, he enlisted in the ordnance de
tment. Besides his parents, he leaves
rother Harold Goodere of Oak Park.
and su-, ATrs II TLl. r