The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

page S.-adv.
II Come and see the Red Cross play give
III by the Spaulding girls Friday night,
III Rummage sale at the Hedding Nj.
II church Friday afternoon and evening
n May 3.-adv.
III Max Mann, the younger son of DIR. an
II Mrs, w. H. Mann Of Orange street,
seriously i'll of pneumonia.
III On account OF the failure TO receiv
II material there will be no meetings o
II the surgical dressings class until furthe
II notice.
II Mrs. Almira Minnie, who has bee
H visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Bosle,
H of South Main street, returned yesterda,
4 TO her home in Plattsburg, n. Y.
H John Malmquist of Sioux City, Ia,
retail monument dealer, is registered a
Hotel Barre while passing several day
on buying trip through the Barre gran
h lite belt.
Edwin Carleton and daughter, Mis-
Mary Carleton, who have been passing
the winter in Florida, have returned *
Barre and reopened their home on High
| land avenue
There will be meeting of the sewing
committee of the Hospital Aid associa
tion at the hospital Thursday afternoon
at $3.50 Every member of the associa
ton is urged to be present.
X. G. Waterman of Camp street, re-
Gently employed by the Barre Creamery
company, has accepted a position with
the National Biscuit company and will
go on the road for this company.
Granite lodge, No. 80, +. and A. NJ,
will attend divine service at the Presby
terrain church Sunday, May @. The lodge
will meet at 9:45. Let every resident
Mason make an effort to be present.
Permanent street work is not to be
undertaken on a large scale in Barre this
year, owing TO lack of funds, but plans
are in the making for improvements to
Washington street, and other highways
in bad repair are to receive attention.
Auction sale tomorrow, 80 p. m, for
w. G.. Cumming, Trow hill. Mr.. Cum.
ming leaves for camp next week and will
dispose of his personal property, includ-
/ ing eight cows, three head of young cat
tie, pair of horses, all farm tools, some
hay and straw. c. +. Smith, auetioneer,
Lieut., Earle r. Williams, who is at
tached to signal corps unit at Little
Silver, n. j., arrived in the city to-day,
having been called here by the death of
his mother, Mrs. L. A. Williams of Wash
ington street His aunt, Mrs. Alma
Huntress of West Newbury, Mass, was
summoned to Barre a few days ago.
Frank Hunton, who is employed by
the Central Vermont railroad in st. Al
bans, has been passing a few days in
Barre preparatory to moving his house
hold goods to the Railroad city. He will
be joined presently by Mrs. Hunton, who
is staying in tha home of her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. w F. Mann of Orange
street.
A considerable number of Masons in
the lodge quarters in the Blanchard
building last evening participated in the
first ceremonial of the recently organized |
council of royal and select masters. The |
council members appeared TO good adj |
vantage in their new regalia, and class |
of nearly 20 Masons were subjects of the
complication
A number az men actively identified |
with the Barre quarrying and manufae
turing industry are to leave the city late
this afternoon for Washington, d. c.,
where they are to attend a conference
with the national fuel administration on
Friday forenoon. 1t is expected that the
delegation will include J. NJ. Boutwell,,
H. J. ~ Jones, s. HOLSTER Jackson,
John A. Cross of Mortified and Harold
p, Human.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: DIR. Meagher of
Fl. b. Larock of Burlington,
A. l.. Abbott of Woodsville, n. H., II. w.
Buchanan of Orleans, John Malmquist of
Sioux City, Ia, b. l.. Banten of Grand
Mere, P O., Charles G. Tillinghast of
Mass. l.. p Bottom of
Bangor, Me-, w. B. Perkins, w II. Eel
lows of Burlington, j. p. Kimball of To
edo, O.
Mail from the south delayed nearly ,
As hours by disastrous freight derail
ment on the Central Vermont railroad
near West Hartford reached Barre Tues !
lay afternoon around 2;30 o'clock. Pas
sengers a day late in making port were
aboard the branch train, although they
we're able to reach Montpelier Junction
shortly before noon. Trainmen said that
he wreckage resulting from pileup of ,
ID freight cars was cleared away during !
he forenoon, although several days may {
,lapse before all signs of the derailment !
ire removed
fOlloWDg n winter IN WnlCH MS OOck
# Rhode Island Reds outstripped them
elves in egg production, James Milne of
Brooklyn street, well known call fire
nan, recently decided to indulge his fan v
y for poultry on a larger scale than :
yer, He procured an incubator and de-
'osited therein l04 eggs. Fortune, APP
'arently, has deserted him, for only one Ia
# the l04 yielded chicken. Mr.. Milne 2
las decided that in the future he will
dhere to more antiquated methods of Ii
aising chickens. N
Railroad ticket agents are operating
Nth the county local boards and the b,
J. S. officials at the border by informing .
egistrants of the regulations bearing on
ravel across the line into Canada. No ia
lae registrant of draft age is permitted
D leave the country without first secur- -
~ permission from his local board
egistrants desiring to proceed to Can
da, or to pass through Canada to reach
ny point in the United States, should I
rovide themselves with permits from i
leir local board, thereby avoiding I'M
ecessary delay and annoyance at the
order. N,
The Barre Liberty loan committee re- Ii,
lived word to-day that an honor flag tv
rs been mailed from Boston to Barre in
cognition of the city's having reached
: minimum quota in the third Liberty
an drive. II is expected that the flag
i'll be thrown to the breezes at some -
ting place. The receipt of this flag