The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-08
TALKOFTHF TOWN

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G.. l.. Gregware was a business visitor
In Burlington to-day.
Stout ladies' spring coats and suits,
Sadlier's, Keith avenue.
DIR. V. G. Goodrich Of Washington
street left last night on trip to Boston,
Mr.. and Mrs. herbert c. Calef of Provi-
dence, *. l., are passing several days in
Barre and Washington,
A special meeting of the Glenugie club
committee will be held in Clan Gordon
hall this evening Mt o'clock.
John Ferguson of Maple avenue left
this morning for Essex Junction, where
he is making business visit of several
days.
Henry w, Orser and Frau Phillips
have returned to their home in North.
field, after passing few days in Barre
and Montpelier ON business.
A regular meeting of the |. O. o. L.,
NJ. T., in the X. of c. hall Friday night,
, March 8. Meeting to be called at 1890
Initiation. Guards be present.
MIR. and Mrs. Emil Ahrens, who were
called to Barre by the death of the lat.
ter's father, Joseph Celia of Vine street,
have returned TO their home in New York
City
Mrs Sarah Ross and son, Alex, who
came to Barre with the body of John
Ross, have returned to their home in
Quincy, Mass, after passing a few days
with friends in the city.
Why not conserve the countrys coal |
supply by using electric fiat ironsg West
inghouse cinderella from, $3.50; Univer.
sal iron, $3.50 At these prices only as
long as our present stock lasts. Mont
pelier & Barre Light & Power Co.
Anthony Tomasi yesterday closed ne
gotiations with Il. w. Curtis of Orange
for pair of five-year- old oxen The
pair tipped the beam at 5000 pounds
when weighed just prior to the sale. Mr..
Tomasi went to Berlin to-day to add his
purchase TO the horse power already be-
ing utilized on his wood lot north of Der.
lin pond.
Sergt. John Grover Kenefick, who was
in the first contingent of Washington
county young men to join the national
army, arrived in the city last evening
to pass a furlough of six days in the Z
home of his mother, Mrs. Julia kenefiek I
OF Prospect street. Sergt. kenefick is
one of the oldest residents" of the mill
tary city, Camp Devens.
News received here from Charles Irish
and Ernest Thompson tells of tnelr safe I
arrival In Vancouver drracks, Wash, !
where they have been assigned to duty
Ill the spruce brigade a unit recruited
for the purpose Of procuring lumber to be
used in the manufacture of aeroplanes.
Messrs. Irish and Thompson were among 1
several washington county volunteers !
who lert for the Pacific coast last week )
The flock OF Rhode Island Red pullets :
owned by James Milne of Brooklyn 4
Z traa hat tara tYafr Ia, s.at
Egg production by supplying the owner
i94 eggs in the month of February. That I
he pullets are bent on making record
hat will stand in their neighborhood for
sometime is evidenced by the fact that
heir February record, with only % DAYS
n which to perform, was better by a
Iozen eggs than the aggregate produc. '
ion in January.
For the purpose of handling minor
matters more expeditiously, the directors
f the Barre Granite Manufacturers as
ociation have adopted plan whereby
directorate meeting is to be held in the
ssociation headquarters every Friday +
light The accumulation of business re- +
erred to the directors by other members a
uring the week is scrutinized, and thus
ar the weekly meeting plan has met il
ilii llt uiittLOTS meeting -
ill be this evening at the usual hour. Z
Letters from California tell of many
,rmer Barre residents gathering at b
rank McWhorter's home in Whittier on N
eb. "a. DR.. and Mrs Kent of Hollywood F
nd Mr.. and Mrs. A. l. Whitehead OF r
os Angeles motored there, meeting A. n,
Abbott and family from Barre, and n,
ere soon joined by Mr.. and Mrs Walter N
Iorse, All are well and happy and en- b,
wing the beautiful California climate
he McWhorters are nicely located in
Nv bungalow recently finished on their OF
nit ranch at Whittier. al
The last home game for the Spaulding y
gh school basketball aggregation will On
, played this evening at the gymnasium M
o'clock, when they will play the o.
copies academy team. The Morrisville y,
ilntet is one Of the strongest teams in ~
e league, having proved to be stun y
ing block in the path Of both Spaulding W
I'd Burlington during the interscholastic a,
ague schedule. Spaulding's last game on
III be played at Waterbury next Friday M
ening, when they will play the Water bu
Try high school. This evening at NJ
lock in the Spaulding assembly hall tn
G senior girls will give a minstrel show
r the benefit of the y NJ. G. A. war as
,rk, An admission Of l5c will be mi
arged. -,
meeting of the purple consulate of as
e !. o. Q. L., M. T., was held Tuesday no
ening at the home of p. n. G.. Susie de
lie, 6S Lewis street. The meeting sh,
ened with p. n. G.. Eva Gamble pre- wl
ling. After general business the fol ye
wing officers were installed Senior On
nsul, Eva Gamble; noble consul, Mel tai
Bianchi; vice consul, Isabella Milne; vel
ibe, Susie Dale; purser, Ina Morrison Of
Mamie Johnston; warden, of
rissie Walker; sentinel, Helen Steph- co,
After the meeting, social time was an,
oyed by all, Miss Gertrude Dale and TAI
IS Ethel Gamble contributing musical
mbers. Refreshments were served by
, hostesses. The decorations of purple
4 white are worthy of mention, the
le of the consulate being artistically
anged on ground of white.
William Mears of South Main street,
o has been in feeble health for some
nths, had a narrow escape from IN
Y yesterday afternoon when he fell
'tly through pole hole at the fire 4
tion. Mr.. Mears had been reading in
fremen's club and was heading for
stairway when he stepped into one
the holes through which the regulars
le on the brass pole to the floor below
EN- in hurry. Fortunately Fireman
.