The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-29
TALK OF THE TOWN

, fltnn nthMntIFieh to-day, zoe Dhh
I ket. Barre Fruit Co., George Maniatty
/ Prop.
Christian Science service will be hello
Thursday morning at II o'clock at
. Summer street.
Maccabees, Attention. Practice meet
! ing of officers and guards Friday even.
ing, 1880 sharp.
Mrs. p. NJ. Park left the city yester-
day for a visit at her former home in
, Providence, r. l.
Robert c, Brown, having resigned his
position IN q Windsor clothing store, is
at his home on Bassett street while
awaiting his call to the colors.
Charles Ianleoni jr, who recently en-.
listed IN the navy, received orders this
morning 70 report Friday at the naval
training station in Newport, R. |.
The annual picnic of the Burns club
will be held at Caledonia park Saturday,
June !. Cars will leave City park at
l2;45. Let every member be present
Per order committee.
Mrs. Mallow the natural reader, will
tell you of absent friends, business, love,
etc. Don't fail to see her. Two days
only, Thursday and Friday, May 80 and
81. 100 Seminary street.-adv.
Harold Grant, member of the senior
class at Goddard seminary, returned to
the city last evening from Woodsyille,
n. H., where he has been spending the
past few weeks. Mr. Grant resumed his
studies at the seminary this forenoon.
| A general committee meeting will be
held in the Odd Fellows hall this evening
at 1880 O'Clock. Chairmen and members
| nf ba Il
bring in all bills accrued during the |. O.
0. +. convention.
Albert G. Smith and Miss Emogene l.
Burbank, both OF Barre, but recently
residents of Morrisville, were married in
this city Sunday evening by Rev F. L
Goodspeed, pastor of the Barre Congre-
gationa church. Mr. and Mrs Smith
are 10 reside in Barre
Arrangements have been made for
basket picnic on the links of the Meadow
Brook Golf club on Memorial day, to. |
gether with tombstone competition and |
mixed foursome. Refreshments will be /
served by the committee, who request |
that all members and their families be !
present by 10 a. m.
Members of the senior class at God |
dard seminary are TO go to Washington /
this evening TO repeat the class play, |
Professor Pepp" which was recently /
presented in this city. All Of the pro- 4
ceeds of the entertainment this evening
are TO be donated to the Washington
branch of the Red Cross.
Among las New Enganders who have
been ordered to report at Camp Dick,
Dallas, Tex, Saturday for the military
training of the aviation department il
BENJAMIN H. King of Bethel, a former
student at Goddard seminary There
are eight Vermonters in the number. one
of them being Royal II, Larry of st. Al.
bans, formerly well known locally as az
amateur baseball player
All are invited to attend the sessions ,
of the woman's home missionary conven-
tion, to be held in the Hedding church
Friday of this week. The evening ses ,
sion will be especially interesting. The
children of the North Barre Sunday
schoolfwill give playlet, THE Sale of ,
the Worlds Children and Miss Muriel
Day, field secretary of the w. II. NJ. s.,
is to be the speaker of the evening. 4
A photograph of the young men of the
LIST Vermont regiment clad In khaki,
which until few weeks ago was sta
toned at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. c.,
IS being displayed in the window of the
City bakery. The photograph was re
emily received by Mark Sibley of Pros
oeet street, who is employed at the hak
Try, and whose brothers, Thomas and \
Jesse Sibley, enlisted in the Headquar- !
ers company shortly after the outbreak
If hostilties. p
President F. D. Ladd of the Barre \
ri Of Ha has ra,afuaI he fnlfnD- a
ng letter from Allen G. Dix, who was in P
barge OF the Washington county delega q
ion, which went to Camp Devens last
week, expressing the appreciation felt by =
Barre men for the courtesies extended:
In behalf of the drafted men drawn
rom Barre in this last call, | wish to
hank the citizens of Barre through you
or the auto trip to Montpelier and for
he cigarettes given out; also the service
its distributed by the Red Cross were
cry much appreciated by all"
A number of students, comprising
lass in commercial geography at the
burlington high school, recently enjoyed
n instructive trip through the Barre |
ranite industry. They made the trip to
he Granite city and upon their arrival
ere found representative of Boutwell,,
Tine & Varnum awaiting them. They |
lspected local stonesheds and were par
impressed by the immense
lthes used in turning pillars, urns, etc
fterward the party motored to the
uarries, where they were given every
pportunity to view the industry in some
its more spectacular phases.
Members of the Spaulding high school
isebal team left the city this forenoon
1 two-dsy invasion of the northern
lrt of the state. This afternoon at
they will line up against the
arlington high school team, while to-
orrow afternoon they will go to st.
lbans, where they win play the annual
,liday game with the Railroad city
am. Both teams fell easy victims in
e two games played recently in this
ty, but the Spaulding team expects to
not a little difficulty in the
mes on their home grounds. The play
s going on the trip were: Manager
Dung. Captain Geals, Vanetti, Polh,
ann, Parks, Calderara, Rennie, Morri-
n. Morgan and Bison. IL is likely
at Polli will be pitted against the Bur
lgton team this afternoon, while Cal
rara may hurl the game against the
Adams high school team. -
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