The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-12
mencement exercises this week of Hard

mencement exercises this week of Hard
wick academy.
Miss Bertha Coventry of Burlington
has been in town this week to take II
commencement exercises.
Carl Richardson leaves this week or
Thursday morning for Monroe, n. H.
where he will spend the summer with
relatives.
r. B. Hoton went to Burlington the
latter part of last week to enter a sani-
tarium for treatment. Mrs, Holton went
down with him but has returned.
| The H. A. Jackson farm near Jackson
| bridge, one of the best farms in town,
was sold recently TO |. II. Carr for nearly
| $4,000, and Mr.. Carr has taken posses
sion Mr.. Jackson is in sanitarium in
Burlington for treatment and was com
PEELED to sell the farm on account of his
health Mrs. jackson is visiting relatives
in Brandon at the present.
Miss Nora Gallagher was visitor, in
Burlington last Sunday
Miss Marguerite Titus was guest of
HYDE Park relatives the first of the week.
Charles Howard of Morrisville is in
town attending Hardwiek academy grad
uating exercises.
c. T. Pierce, wife and son were in ST.
Johnsbury Monday.
|. =. Titus observed and quietly cele
brated his s0th birthday anniversary on
Monday by journeying TO Morrisville to
visit his sister. Mrs Dr. Hall, who is
little over 81 years of age.
The funeral of J. J. James was held
from his late home on Wolcott street last
Saturday afternoon, and burial was in
Fairview cemetery. Mr.. James was born
in England nearly go years ago and came
to this country when a young man but
later returned TO England, then again
came to this country and had been resi-
dent of Hardwick for many years and
was a well known granite man. being in
company with his son, John II. James.
While he had been i'll poor health for
over a year, he was able TO be around
and did considerable work about the
sheds The end came last Wednesday
evening. He is survived by his widow, a
sister in Oklahoma, brothers in New Zea-
land and Australia, whom he had not
seen since they parted years and years
ago; two sons, John II. of this place
and William of Lowell. Mass, besides a
large circle of friends He was regular
attendant of the NJ. Z. church and will
be greatly missed in the community.
J. L. Berry has been in Hanover, \. H.,
on business trip this week.
II. f. Girdlestone started last Friday
evening for Wichita Falls, Tex, where he
will spend a few months with relatives,
Mrs. Girdlestone having gone to that
place a few weeks ago.
Leland Dimond and his mother, Mrs. |
Dimond of Bakersfield, were guests of
relatives in town over Sunday,
Mrs. A. J. Porter and son, Merwin |
/ orbes. of St Johnsbury, were visitors in |
town the latter part of last week and |
over Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Daniel returned the latter
part of last week from the Mary Fetch |
er hospital.
The boy scouts presented minstrel
show at the opera house last Friday
evening for the benefit of the local Red
Cross, Hardwick hospital and themselves
hat would do credit to professionals, and
he local hits they pulled off and the ex
,ellent second part developed the fact
that there is some remarkable talent
among the boys in this town. The songs
we're good, the violin duet and the flute
,olo making decided hits, together with
,ther stunts that were not only laugh
,ble but good in every way. They were
received and a. large au-
Hence greeted their efforts. The boys
feared enough so that they have mailed
check to the hospital for $40 and one
o the Red Cross for $40 and Kept So
or themselves. They will present the
how at East Hardwick the latter part
# next week and at Craftsbury the first
# next week and we bespeak for them
arge audiences and they deserve them.
Sunday evening at about . o'clock,
utos driven by Elmer Goodrich going
oward East Hardwick and j. o. LaJoy
oming from that direction towards this
-illape. tried to lock wheels OF hubs near
I. J. Shmtleff's house about mile above
his village. with the result of two quite
adv damaged autos, Mr.. LaJoy's car
eeeivinp the worst end of the head-on.
Neither attaches any particular blame TO
he other and differences will be annie
bly, adjusted and no one was injured.
Grand list figures for the current year
re now available and are quite interest
No. This year the taxable real estate
5 compiled by the listers amounts to
| .33s. 265. loss Of $4,000 from last year
he personal property this year amounts
o s345 500. gain of s24.s09 over last
ear. There was falling off in polls
rom 776 TO 700. but the gain in personal
ropertv more than offset the loss in,
oils mad real estate. the total grand list
N 1915 being SIS POI 90, more than $50
,rger than ever before. The town school
rand list amounts to little over So,S00.
nile the graded school grand list
mounts to something over SlO.5O0. The
sters are now working on the quadren-
ial appraisal and are in hopes that the
Il will at least be kept up 10 where II
a. been for the past few years.
Fourteen young men registered at the
,wn clerks Office last Wednesday.