The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

| ana the Bull Eye, BlJOu to-day .--duV.
| Master James Craddock, son Of Mr..
and Mrs r E. Craddock Of Highland ave-
nue., is seriously i'll.
| Supt. S. s. Russell of st. Adams was in
| Barre yesterday on business connected
| with the Central Vermont railroad.
| j. G. Prize of Graniteville and son, Sea-
man Elliott Prize Of the u. s, s. Rhode
| Island, were visitors in Burlington to-
| day.
II Pvt. Kenneth j. Tillotson of Burling-
ton, who has been visiting friends at
Goddard seminary, has gone to his home
in Waitsfield for visit.
\ Joseph D. Walker of st. Johnsbury,
who went to Montpelier to attend the
Shriners' meeting, visited friends in the
city yesterday and to-day.
If the party who took the string of
pearl beads from Abbott's store Friday
afternoon win return same she will avoid
trouble, as she is known.-adv.
Il Peter Alexander, who has been at
/ tached to naval radio school in Boston
for several months, is passing furlough
II with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Alexan-
Il der of Nelson street.
Il Big holiday dance, city hall, Mont
II pelier, Wednesday evening, Dec. Is. Mu-
II sic by Norwich Jazz band Concert 80
Il Dancing, OIL. Admission, ST per couple;
4 extra ladies and general gallery admis-
H sion, 25c.-adv.
H Miss Mary Restelli Of Maple avenue
H who in yesterdays paper was erroneous
II ly reported to have completed period of
H nine years service in the office of Morse
H & Jackson is still employed in that es-
Il adjustment
Il The directors of the Wetmore \ Morse
H Granite company have just declared the
II usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent
Il from the earnings of the company for
H the past six months, with an extra divi-
dend of per cent payable Dec. IA.
II The case of State VS.. j. Comolli, which
H was to have been tried before jury in
i municipal court to-day, has been contin-
II ued indefinitely City hall rIImors had it
Il that continuance was agreed upon when
\ it developed that prominent state wit
nesses were missing.
H Mrs. Mary iClassen of Leominster,
\ Mass, past grand lecturer Of the Odd
II Ladies, was in the city last evening to
H visit the members of Granite City lodge,
H who held their regular meeting in the
II X of G. hall Mrs. Classen addressed the
II lodge and before adjournment nomina
H tions were filed for oifices~to be filed at
\ the next meeting
H William Mcdonald Of Addison place,
II whose resignation from the Office was
II presented to the board of aldermeR and
Il accepted Tuesday evening, will sever his
II connection with the charity department
ii this evening His successor has not been
/ AnJ I'll IL IS L haf
II Mayor Glysson, who is to make the APP
H pointment, subject to the approval of the
II council, has a number of names under
H consideration.
II Among the guests arriving at Hotel
II Barre last night and this morning were
II the following peoples Fred II. Brock Of
II Wells River, S. S. Russell of st. Adams.
II Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. harrington, Mr.. and
II Mrs. E. J. Rogers Of Cabot, NJ. s. ODon-
II nell, L. r. Shequine Of Randolph, George
II A. Mills of Albany, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs.
II If. G. Hunter, Miss Mary Hunter Of Cor
II NTH, Mr.. and Mrs f. T.. Blair Of Brook
Il field f. E. Smith Of White River juno
III ton, j. f. Cross, A. j. LarTabee Of North
II field, c. II. Utley Of Hardwick-
II Soldiers and sailors whose religious al.
III legiance il with St. Monica's church are
II to have the memory OF their patriotism
H Iperpetuated by a service flag, TO be ded-
III icated in the church within a short time,
II A committee of laymen is at work on a
II list of service men in an effort to deter
II mine how many Joined the colors from
II St. Monica's parish Already more than
II 100 have been enumerated. When the
III list is completed, it is believed that St
Monica's record will be as large, maybe
H larger, proportionately, as any parish IN
H the diocese of Burlington.
II Seniors we're the hosts and hostesses at
II an enjoyable dance given in the Spauld-
= ing assembly hall last evening for the
= alumni and undergraduates The dan
Z GERS. including b considerable number OF
3 alumni, were warmly received by the
. students. The Spaulding orchestra played
z for the dancing, and at intermission the
8 girls of the senior class served refresh
9 ments Previous TO the dancing party
= the gymnasium was the scene Of the first
3 of a series Of interclass basketball games
2 the contest being waged by the juniors
x and sophomores. The outcome was q
B victory for the juniors, the score being
. AZ to is. Coach William Stuart was the
2 referee. The teams lined up as follows
q uuUlUTSy Val ptAkSls AhAA palgJ sNNiA"AN9
= oliver, Calderara and Barr sophomores
z Rivers, Douglas, Mcdonald, Wood anc
q Brown.
= After surviving some of the severest
: engagements fought by any American
2 unit in the war, Pvt. Ira l.. Boyea of i
2 company, l07th U. s. infantry, sue
: cumbed to influenza in France Nov. "a
2 according to word received by his broth
z ers, o. w. Boyea and Arthur Boyea, oil
: this city The official telegram was sent
D to the deceased soldiers home in Malone
= N. Y, where he was residing when The
= war broke out. The grief of his rela
tives was heightened on receipt of the
news for the reason that letter writer
by Private Boyea Nov. 3 had advised
I them that be was in rest camp back o.
the lines, and it had been assumed thai
\ the armistice terms were signed befor,
1 his time came for returning to the front
7 The deceased was % years old and haC
/ been in France more than a year. III
leaves six brothers. Mrs i. N. Norman
deau, who died here during the influenza
1 epidemic, was his sister.