The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-08
TALK OF THE TOWN


A daughter, Eula Janet, was born July
4 to Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bruce
Raymond Cruiekshank of Summer
street IS employed as bellhop at Hotel
Barre.
Miss Clara Purvee, who has been teach
ing school IN Harvard, Mass, is passing
vacation at her home on Prospect street.
Dr, and Mrs. Homer Sowles, who have
been spending the past week in the city,
returned yesterday to their home in Bos-
ton.
Private Howard X. Wheeler, who has
been passing furlough with Mrs. Wheel
er, returned Sunday morning to Camp
Devens
Don't fail to buy your war savings
stamps at the Quarry Savings Bank &
Trust Co. The sooner you purchase them
the less it will cost.
Mrs. 0. N. Granger of Merchant street
left this morning for Danyile, p. O.,
where she is to pass sometime with her
sister, Mrs. Sennett.
Miss Leona Oalef of Washington left
the city yesterday for Albany, N. ",
where she expects to enroll in the Al
bany Business college
M. Monti, who has been visiting dur
ing the past few days with friends and
relatives in the city, returned last even
ing to his home in Westerly, r. /.
Georgianna Mudgett has returned from
Boston and is prepared to resume orders
for goods from the firm of P f. Bonney's
Sons. 80 Park street, tel. 47-l.--adv
Miss Zelma Goodell of Woodbury. is
passing some time with friends in Barre
while assisting in the office of the Yer
mont Mutual Fire ms Co at the capital
Allen Williams of Brooklyn street left
the city this forenoon for Bethlehem, N.
H., where he has secured employment
for the summer months at the Sinclair
house
| Sergt. Robert Knox and Mrs, Knox,
who have been passing a few days at
their home here, returned yesterday to
| Aver, Mass, where the former is sta.
toned at Camp Devens.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Downing, who
have been visiting the formers parents
on Cliff street returned Sunday morning
to Boston, where the former is attending
a school Of osteopathy.
| Mr. and Mrs. Grin c. Wiley of French
street have gone to Oxford, n. ", to
make their home. Mr.. Wiley was en-
ployed for nearly half century as a
printer in Barre and Montpelier.
Capt. James NJ Langley and Mrs.
Langley, who have been camping at Lake
Morey since their marriage in Randolph
a week ago, left to-day for Aver, Mass,
where the former is stationed at Camp
Deyens.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Sargent and
daughter, Leona, Of Prospect avenue re.
turned to the city Saturday evening
| from Burlington, where they have been
| spending the past week with friends and
| relatives.
Mrs Raymond Arkley arrived in the
city Saturday evening from Springfield,
| Mass, where she is employed In the Office
Of the Westinghouse air brake concern,
TO spend vacation of several weeks at
| the home of Mr. and Mrs j. L. Arkley
Of Washington street.
Lawton Witt, the we'll known former
Goddard seminary athlete and Philadel-
phia Athletic baseball player, who has
| been spending a furlough Of few days
at the home of his sister, Mrs Arthur
c. Foster Of Ayerill street, has returned
TO New York City, where he is stationed
l AZ AUe naval fdAu hH a uitiuutI "a Inc
naval reserve unit.
Miss Esther Lawrence of Cliff street
commenced a two weeks vacation from
her duties as stenographer at the Trow
& Holden plant on South Main street.
During her absence her place will be
filled by Max Holden of South Main
| street, one of the recent graduates Of
Spaulding high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ducharme of
South Barre left the city Saturday for
Hartford, Conn, where they expect to
take up their residence They were ac-
companied by their daughter, Miss Vic.
let Ducharme, one of the recent gradu.
ates Of Spaulding high school who has
secured a position at the Royal Type.
writing plant in Hartford.
Miss Jessie Walker Of Mount street
returned to the city Saturday from
Wells River, where she has been visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. William Reid
and family, former residents of this
city, during the past week. Miss Walk.
er, who was one of the members of the
graduating class from Spaulding high
school a few weeks ago, has accepted
a position as bookkeeper at the n. D.
Phelps Co hardware store and started her
duties in that capacity this forenoon.
After spending what is expected to be
their last weekend furlough at their
respective homes in this city, the mem
bers of Barre's first contribution TO the
mechanics training school at the Uni
versity Of Vermont returned to Burling-
ton last evening. Within the next week,
the members of the unit are expected
to be transferred to some training camp
for the finishing touches before being
sent across the Atlantic for overseas
duty. While no definite orders have been
received by the officials at the camp as
to where the unit is to be stationed, the
general feeling is prevalent that the
mechanics will be sent to Richmond, Va,
where large camp has been recently
erected. The transfer of the unit was
made necessary, owing to the fact that
the second training camp for mechanics
will be started at Burlington July 10.
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