The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-05
TALK OFTHE TOWN

The Italian Pleasure club has issue
invitations fcT mother Of its privat
dancing asse' :. which will be held OF
the evening arch Is.
Alex Edwards, who has been visiting
al his home on Pleasant street for sew
eral weeks, returned last night to Quincy
Mass. where he Il employed.
Students in the North Barre school ar,
doing their "bit" by knitting scarfs 70
the Red Cross, as Is shown by specimen
of their work which is shown In the dis
play window of the Homer Fits com
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ahrens of New
York City are passing few days in tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Celia of Vine
street, having been called here by th,
death of Mrs. Ahrens' father, Joseph
Celia.
Don't for get the Goose Green horse
trot on Main street Wednesday after
noon, March @, about 4 o'clock Auction
of live stock in city park after the arce.
All for the Red Cross under authori-
zation of the Barre city council.
Mrs. Francis Ahern of New York City,
who is TO serve as reporter at the March
term Of Washington county court, was a
recent visitor in the. home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ahern of East street. Her
husband is employed by the Oliver Type
writer Co. in New York.
A postcard and photograph received
to-day by George Murray, jr., of the
dicates that Capt w. l.. Morrison, late
of Barre, who has been stationed at Fort
Columbia, Wash, has left for overseas
and will shortly be with the American
expeditionary forces.
Hans Erickson of South Main street,
who has been employed as a granite cut.
ter at the johnson & Gustaveson granite
plant on Circle street for several months,
left yesterday afternoon for Denver, Col,
where he will take up his residence. Mr..
Erickson expects to join his brother, who
has been employed in Colorado for sew
eral years.
Barre firemen have commenced to
benefit by the salary increases authorized
by the city council when it amended an
ordinance last January in order to COM
ply with recommendations from the fire
committee. The new schedule is ar
ranged on an accelerated scale, the in
creases being fixed in proportion to the
length of service of each man.
Under the direction of T. c. Brock, |
who has superintended the work for sew.
eral years, the six polling places used in |
to days elections were arranged for the
work Yesterday afternoon. Ballot boxes, |
booths and other furniture
have been stored in the emergency room
at city hall, and the work Of distributing
the fixtures occupied most OF the day.
Measures adopted by DR.. J. w, Stew.
art to enforce strict quarantine in the
house at a5l North Main street, where
smallpox has developed, have been heart
ly approved by the aldermanic health
committee. To-day the work of vacci-
hating persons known to have been ex
posed by the new patient, Bianehi, was
,arried forward. Bianchi contracted the
naady it is thought, by getting shaved
n BARRIERS chair just vacated by Dan
ell Houghton, the man who developed the
irst case.
f. j. Dole of Danville, who was for
nerly a member of the Spaulding high {,
chool faculty and who at present is en-. ,
sted as a member of the aviation branch
f the u. S. army stationed at the avia.
ion camp at San Antonio, Tex, is visit
ng for few days with friends in the
ity. Mr.. Dole was a member of the
paulding faculty for several years, re.
igning his position in the spring, after
,hioh he attended the officers training
amp at Plattsburg. After the course of
raining there he became a member of
he aviation corps at the Texas training d
amp.
Private Norman Gordon, who has been a
ssidiprr af hiu hama Nf, p;abo rda sfraas 1 4
lille pursuing a special course at Nor
'ich university, will leave this evening {
,r Spartanburg, S. c., where the LIST Z
ermont regiment was recently trans il
FRED from Camp Greene. Private Cor +
on, as q candidate for admission to the Il
!. s. naval academy at Annapolis, re- r,
'ntly submitted to preliminary exami c
atoms at Montpelier He will not be "
Die to ascertain the outcome for several
ays, and in the meantime he is under d
'ders to report for duty with the lst In
infantry, from which he was a.
two months ago. If he was 3,
Iccessful in passing the examinations, B
, will go to Annapolis around June ] cc
r the customary physical examination. ci
Tickets are being circulated through. II
1t Washington county for the st. Pat. hi
ck's day entertainment and supper ca
to Mrs. Mary F. Nc. te
'horter, national president of the l.. A., 4
0. H., to be held in Rowland hall on On
onday, March Is. Joint committees Us
the Ancient Order of Hi W
rnians and ladies' auxiliary have been ID
Getting to arrange program of enter. .
inment and a menu for supper that
III be tempting to the palate and at
e same time time meet the require.
ents of the food censor, and the re-
It will be an excellent supper, fine
lsical program and most entertain
2 and instructive address by Mrs. Me
horter, who is considered by many to
one of the foremost woman speakers
the American platform.
Barre passengers bound from Boston
d intermediate places over the Mont
ier & Wells River railroad last night !
md themselves beleaguered in a lonely
ot known as Smiths siding, west of :
oton, the hold-up being due, not to
in bandits, but TO broken locomotive :
lrnal. Meanwhile people headed for
'ntpelier and Barre who langushed in
Y stations between Smiths and this
Y were unable to obtain definite in
nation of the trains whereabouts un- TX
late hour At Plainfield residents =
this city at last grew weary of scan
g the place where the rails meet for a
mpse of friendly headlight and en-
sed livery accommodations to bring
IN to Barre. A wrecking crew from
ntpelier was finally summoned to