The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

FIVE big specials Friday at Sheas.
Visit Abbott's basement for bargains
States Atty. Earle r. Davis is to give
an address in the interests of the wal
stamp campaign at West Berlin to-mor-
row evening.
Miss Ruth Humphrey of Elmwe
street left yesterday for Hampton Beach
n H., where she viii pass the remainder
of the summer.
North Star lodge, Order of Vasa, will
hold its picnic at Dewey park Saturday,
June 20. In case Of rain, there will be a
time in X of C. hall
Atty. Frank S. Williams of Bradford
was in the city yesterday transacting
business and boosting for the Red Cross
celebration in that village July 4.
Regular meeting of /. 0. O. L., M. u,
in X. Of C.. hall Friday evening at 7
o'clock Election of officers The pink
degree will be worked. All members are
requested to be present.
| Miss Loretta X. bowers, a graduate in
the commercial class of 1915 at Spauld-
ing high school, has accepted clerical
position in the wholesale office of Cook
4 Watkins in the Miles building.
Louis G. Marie, who has been engaged
as manager of the DIVERSE Fruit store
for several months, left the city last
evening for Concord, N, H., where he has
been ordered to report by the selective
draft board of Concord for duty in the
national army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoyle of Hartford
Conn, were recent visitors with friends
in the city, while motoring through the
city. Mrs. Hoyle will be remembered by
large circle of friends in this city as
Miss Ruth Morse, former resident of
Barre.
For the greater convenience of persons
desiring information in regard to allot- |
ments, allowances and war risk insur- |
ance, the chairman of the home service |
section of the Barre Red Cross will be at |
Red Cross headquarters from 1870 until |
9 every Tuesday and Saturday evening |
from now on. A set of charts explaining |
the war risk insurance has been hung |
and will be of particular interest to the
families of men in the service.
Carpenters and painters have nearly |
completed the work of renovating the in
terror of the apartment in the Gordon
building recently in use as a millinery
store, and it will be occupied jointly
after July by the ID. NJ Miles Coal Co.
and the Barre Gas Co. The coal company
will vacate rather cramped quarters in
the Moore & Owens store, quarters which
the company and d. NJ. Miles, its pre-
decessor, have occupied for nearly 80
years. The gas company is to move
from the west side of the Bolster build
ing in Depot square. Its main Office will
be in the Gordon building, and its work
shop, hitherto located near the Depot
square office, is to be established in the |
basement of the Moore 4 Owens store
windows on the north side of
The Gordon building have greatly i'm
proved the lighting facilities in the new
offices.
Lieut.. Eugene G. Berry of Richmond,
formerly principal of the high school at
Essex Junction, and we'll known to many
pythians in Barre by reason of his posi-.
ion as grand chancellor of the order in
writes an interesting letter
rom France, the following extract of
which will be read with general interest:
We are in a large city, which is located
n the heart of an historic section of
france, and have already visited many
astles, towers, walls, ruins, etc. which
ire Of historic significance. / room al Z
most within the shadow of the first tow
r built by Charlemagne and have stood
n the room where the second crusade :
vas first preached. The buildings are all I
f stone and for the most part surround
d by walls; the boulevards are wide and
med by rows of sycamore trees, while
many of the streets are narrow and
rocked; parks are pretty and well kept,
mt securely locked each night at
clock; everywhere we see the faithful
7omen doing the work Of men, and there
re many wounded soldiers about the
ity, many Of the larger buildings having
cen converted into hospitals. Living
onditions among the people are very Sc
ere. ss al their foodstuffs are bought
n the card system They have three
leatless days each week; are allowed
30 grams Of bread a day per person; 4
lgar p cents and one pound per person .
er week; milk, one pint per dsy per
imily; eggs, S. cents dozen; kerosene
as Sis per gallon when they had il,
ut at present there Is none 10 be had 4
lille the question 81 wood ard coal will :
? e serious one for the coming winter.
he French people are very interesting.
ng suffering and patient. ready 70 make
lcrifoes yet, and theY are truly sppre-
alive Of the help re are bringing them =