The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-24
TALK OF THE TOWN


II Private Alex Riddel returned last nigh
II TO Camp Devens after passing bre
II furlough at his home here.
II Mr.. and Mrs. William jackson left th
II city to-day for Springfield, Mass, wher
II the former is TO be employed
II +. w. Tilden and DR. w. f. Fay o
II Hinsdale, n. H., motored to Barre u
4 visit relatives for a few days.
II Sergt. j. Grover c. Kenefck of Cam
Devens is passing furlough with hi
mother, Mrs. Julia Kenefck of Prospec
street.
+. Cerasol left the city this forenoon
for Westerly, r. l., where he will max,
visit of several weeks with friends ant
relatives.
j. Elliott Stoughton of Cherry Valley
n. Y, is visiting in the home of his
French street
Miss Doris Corwn, who has been visit
ing during the past week with friends
and relatives in the city, returned this
forenoon to her home in South Royalton
Miss Ethel Marion of the Miles build
ing left the city this forenoon for Spring
field, Mass, where she will make an ex-
tended visit in the home of her uncle
bptiidi Nhlt vi til HAONtss ONtuos WI
mowers, garden hoes, Andes wood, coal
and gas ranges, two good second hand oil
stoves. Get prices. L. A. Prindle, Worth
en- block
Elmer Grafton, who has been employed
as a crane operator at the plant of the
fresbrey Coykendall company, left to-
day for Springfield, Mass, where he has
similar employment.
NJ ~ Lr;and NJ lNhftnn,,.h for
mer residents of Barre, who for the past
two yeIrs have been residing with their
daughter, Mrs Howard Stanley, in
Greenville, S. C., are passing the summer
with their daughter, Mrs. Mahlon Corker
of Essex Junction.
The UnversaIist church and Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic at
| Woodbury. pond next Wednesday. Autos
will start from the church at 9:30 in the
morning. All desiring to attend the pie
ME will communicate with the pastor be-
| fore Tuesday evening
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harold A. Austin, who
have been passing part Of their honey
moon in Barre as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Kenneth A. Nicholson of Elm street,
returned yesterday to Providence, r. l.
Later in the week Mr.. Austin is TO re-
port for military duty.
Miss Edith Bradford, who has been en-
gagged as a teacher on the Goddard sem
mary faculty, left the city this forenoon
for her home in West Somerville, Mass.
where she will spend the summer months
Miss Bradford severed her connection
with the seminary this year and expects
to secure position in Boston for another
year.
Owing to the fact that Barres war
chest campaign is not fully completed it |
has been decided to defer the city's drive |
for pledges to the war savings stamps to |
a date to be announced in short time.
1t is planned to conduct thorough can
vass for pledges to this government in
yestment some time in July
Around 35 men who were signed up re-
Gently by agents of the Vermont Farm
Machine Co, are leaving this week for
Bellows Falls to be employed in a plant
manufacturing shells. John Clark was
in charge Of party of men who left to-
day. Among others who expect to go to
Bellows Falls later in the week are j. j.
Cayhue, Alto Mariani and Alex Emslie.
From 80 to rs Goddard boys who com
pleted their schooling for the year Friday
are to be employed on farms during the
summer Most of the Vermont boys have
enrolled for service in the vicinity of
their own homes, while out of the state
students expect to remain in Vermont,
several having secured employment in
the vicinity of Barre.
North Barre Youngsters, anticipating |
the Fourth of July by several days, gave
the natives in that section cause for I
worry Sunday evening when they placed
a large number of unexploded caps on
The street railway rails. Passengers
aboard northbound car got bad scare |
md there was little to be had in the way
If reinsurance until the origin and ma
are of the explosions were determined. ]
Oscar Martinson returned to the city !
his forenoon from Boston, where he has
,een spending the past few days with
friends. Mr. Martinson was recently ac- I
epted for the army at the recruiting sta c
ion in Montpelier and expects to spend
he next few days at the home of his a
mother, Mrs Ida Martinson of Perrin {
treet, before leaving the latter part of &
he week for Fort Munroe, Va, where he I
will enter an officers training camp for /
he coast artillery. O
-Four respondents, arraigned before {
Magistrate II. w. Scott in municipal b
curt this morning on intoxication 6
harges turned out to be payees and '
or once the Monday morning wash did Ii
lot include any Jail entries. William :
\onsi of Graniteville and Andrew Haaka
f Williamstown were arrested yester-
lay by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Donahue.
Ionsi, acknowledging a first offense,
aid SIS fine and costs. Haaka was as
essed SIS and costs for his second Of
ense William p. Carpenter of Mont
eler admitted a first offense and paid
he minimum fine John ID. Kesson of
'arre, listed as an habitual, pleaded
utility and paid costs. Kesson signed the
ledge for a year and his fine of SIS was
nspended.
Someone who removed from the God
ard seminary campus Friday night a
ord touring car owned by F. w. Strong
f East Montpelier Center had the ex-
sperating experience of getting ditched
ear the city farm on the Merchant
rect road. While Mr.. Strong and the
zeal police were extending their in
uiries into neighboring towns, the au
,mobile, damaged sufficiently to put il
1t of commission, was awaiting a
aimant. Soon after noon someone no.
fed police headquarters that a car had
zen abandoned near the farm. Decrip- |
ons which passed over the telephone
Illied substantially, and short time
Tterward Mr.. Strong had the satisfac-
on of beholding his own Ford once
ore. There are one or two likely /