The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

$3.50, values up to $35. Lamorey's.
Special sale of 35c, yard-wide bleached
cotton cloth at 25c yard, Saturday, at
Fits
The November Victor records are here
Bailey's Music Rooms, ia North Main
street.
Conroy G. Leavens OF Cambridge
transacted business in Barre yesterday
and to-day.
Mrs Josephine Lougee and Mrs. Alice
Gauld have returned from visit with
relatives in Chelsea.
Mrs. Charles Duncan and son of North
Main street have been visiting relatives
in Hardwick, their former homie.
Allen b. Ashley returned to his home
in Milton this morning, after passing a
few days in the city on business.
Mrs Jane Lille of 6 Elmore street has
received word that her son, Corp. George
Lille, has arrived safely overseas.
Casa d aflittare, Sci stance, Stalla O
giardino, Elliston street. Rivolgersi I'm
ion Clio. Co., Barre, telefonare JOS Pc
rolni, Montpelier.
Mrs. Carter Downing who has been
visiting in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Il. 0. Holmes of Eastern avenue, returned
this forenoon to Boston.
The funeral of Mrs. Orville B. Cleye-
land of 2 Buzzell place, who died on
Wednesday night, will be held at the
house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Interment is to be made in Hope GENE
terry.
Private Eben earle, who ia stationed
at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa, arrived
in the city this morning to pass fur.
Tough of ten days at his home on John
street. Mr.. earle is recovering from
severe attack of influenza, which con
fined him to the camp hospital for sew
eral weeks
White River Junction Landmark:
Miss Bessie Carr, who was in charge of
the corps Of nurses at the hospital. Is the
recipient of much praise for the splendid
work she accomplished At present Miss
Carr is completing the detail work of
the hospital" Miss Carr is graduate OF
the Barre City hospital
William Mari, who has been employed
| for several months in the plant of the
Vermont Farm Machinery Co. ri Bel
| lows Falls, has returned to Barre for an
indefinite period. Mr. Mari contracted
typhoid fever while working in Bellows
Falls and previous to his return home
he was confined for several weeks in the
Rockingham hospital.
The body of Amilio Bernasconi, for
mer resident OF Barre, who died in
Bridgeport, Conn, is expected to arrive
in the city tomorrow morning, and it is
planned TO hold the funeral at 2 in the
afternoon, followed by interment in Hope
COR afa The af,.. In tal-
from the station to the home of Mrs. S
Balzarini at 81 Smith street.
A number of Barre people were in
Montpelier last evening TO attend a Hal
loween party given at Montpelier sem
mary by those of the students and mem
bers of the faculty who remained at the
institution during the quarantine. The
parlors were attractively decorated and
most of the participants in the jollihca
tion were in costume. The teachers had
planned an enjoyable program of games
which terminated happily Afterward re
freshments were served
George A. Policy, who accompanied
the body Of Mrs. Maria Hurlbert to
Barre and thence to vershire for ia
terment, left last night for Boston, after
visiting in the home Of Mr. and Mrs
/ George Gauthier Of Spaulding street.
After weeks business visit in Boston
Mr.. Policy viii return TO his home III
Winona, MINI. Mrs. George H. Benton
and Arthur D. Benton, who came here to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Hurlbert, re-
hturned this morning TO their home in
Manchester, n. II.
Cobble Hill creamery, which in years
past, received the output Of some of
the best diaries in this section of Wash
ington county, went under the hammer
yesterday, afternoon when it was
knocked down by John Trow for the sum
of 81 ,o50 The sale carried with it an acre
of land. There IS no Immediate pros
pect that the creamery will reopen, al.
though ii is understood that Mr. Trow
plans to hold it for investment purposes
and in all probability the manufacture
of butter will be resumed in the plant
after the war. o. H. Hale acted as auc-
tioneer and after the sale Of the cream
cry, numerous pieces OF personal proper
ty were sold. There was present a size
able crowd OF bidders, including a mum
Der Of people from this city. Excellent
prices obtained.
City schools viii be reopened Monday
and preparations are being made to con-
vene classes at Goddard seminary Tues
day, yet neither the school commission
nor the seminary trustees have decided
just how the time lost during the cpl
demic shall be made up. The city schools
were closed for more than five weeks and
to complete the work required of the stu
dents, especially in the high school, ar
rangements must be made for making upi
the loss. In letter to the superntend-
ents, Commissioner III. B. Hillegas of the
state department of education refers to
the question Of lost time as follows. "In
different communities various devices,
such as holding school on Saturdays and
shortening or emitting some of the long
er vacations will doubtless be employed
Whether these OF similar means should
be employed depends entirely upon the
sentiment in the community. | believe
that in general people do not favor the
continuance of school through June be-
cause the children who are able to assist
in the homes are so urgently needed.
A strange young man Of the boat-rock
er type, his presence readily and unmis
takably proclaimed by noisy necktie,
and the amusing antics of a COW were
the human and bovine performers in
short sketch which attracted the atten-
ton of pedestrians on North Main street
this forenoon, Whatever the fellow
lacked in equilibrium, having evidently
repaired at once to the nearest bird store
upon his arrival in town. he made up the
deficiency by possessing much neckwear
and good deal of confidence. 1t was
near the vacant lot to the south of the