The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

III Paul Swasey has returned TO his hon
II in Waterbury, after passing "A few da,
III with friends in Barre.
II The annual picnic of the Glenugie clr
III will be held at Caledonia park Saturda
III June 3. Per. order president.
II Wallace Dodge has returned TO n
II work in Springfield, after visiting h
H parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Dodge, {
H South Main street.
II Charles II. Wishart of the Granite Sa,
H ings bank left the city last evening fo
H Boston and New York, where he is pass
ing a few days ON business.
II +. Newell Parker, who came back /
Barre to register june 8, has returned t
st. Johnsbury, where he is employee
in the Fairbanks Scale works.
/ Ladies' union rummage sale Thursda
afternoon and evening. Rummage SC
| licited. Deliver at Universalst vestr
| Wednesday afternoon or phone l50-ac
| Miss A. L. Roberts of Boston has re
turned TO her home. after being calle'
here to attend the funeral of the lat
j. Nelson Glidden, who passed ava.
June 4.
j. f. Pickering ,coTeyyille, Kansas
member of the retail monument firm o
Sellers & Pickering, is registered at Hote
Barre while on a buying expedition
through the Barre granite industry.
Says the Waterbury Record: BARRE ii
going at the war chest plan in earnest
We like the enthusiasm that comes from
this granite section of Vermont Money
in this section only comes by hard
! knocks"
Miss Catherine Martin of Mount Hol-
yoke college is visiting in Mount Vernon
! n. ", previous to coming to the home Of
Judge and Mrs. f. j. Martin for the sum
mer vacation. The statement that she
had already arrived in Barre was incor-
rect.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mcfarland and
| little daughter are passing several days
| in the city as the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
! Frank Turner of South Main street. Mrs
| Forrest Cram, who has been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Turner, her parents, returned
to-day to her home in Hartford, Conn.
Granite chips are being used as foun-
dation and support for a bumper which
the NJ. & W. r. railroad is erecting at
the end of the spur which was recently
built just west of Enterprise alley. The
new siding built to take care OF tenn
porary car SURPRISES, has already proved
its usefulness
Chief Sinclair and Constable G. L.
Morris received hurry call down town
yesterday afternoon and upon their ar
rival at the point indicated by their in
formant, they found that a vagrant dog
was the candidate for detention, The
canine bore no tag and is being held at
police headquarters.
Among the out-of town manufacturers
who were in the city last evening TO at
tend the special meeting of the Barre
Granite Manufacturers association We're /;
William B. Jones and Albert Healy of
Willamstown, Dan. Davis of West Ber-
lin, August Desillets OF East Barre, N |
Pelaggi, John A. Cross, George Cross and |
Frank G. Phillips of Mortified. c. d. |
Swasey, C. l.. 0Clair and w. II. B. Perry |
of Waterbury.
Although the children's day exercises !
at the Congregational church are to be I
held tomorrow evening at o'clock.
when the children will take their parts,
the morning service will also be along
the same line, with baptism of children,
and all the children OF the Sunday school
are asked to be present and march to the
auditorium of the church for the service.
They are asked to meet in their Sunday
school rooms at l0:l5 and march up
stairs together In the evening the chill
iren are asked to be in the vestry at
) As for the same purpose
Students Of the June skies will be
served with an astronomical event of con-
siderable importance to-day. as a total
eclipse of the sun il due this afternoon
The duration OF the eclipse Will diminish
rom two minutes and one second on the
Pacific coast to fifty seconds on the At.
antic coast. Here in Barre it is posi-
de that observers may see clouds inter
'ene. All over the country astronomers
ire eagerly anticipating the eclipse as it | !,
will afford an excellent opportunity for ;
tudying the corona, the mysterious halo .
+ pearly light surrounding the sun, .
which is only visible during total /,
clipses.
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last
light and this morning included the fol- :
owing people: Mr. and Mrs. II, r. You'll T
err of Boston, A. p Hunt of Rutland, q
'eorge Stockwell, Arthur Davies, Mr.. ..
.ibbe, A. L. Clifford. DR.. Hamilton ond 8
!. H. Garringer of Springfield, Mass, +. Z
l. Partch of New Haven, Edwin 4.
NTH of White River Junction. H. @.
uOl VI t9puhdHts huau., MISS i. lhlluTPu
hutton of Randolph, f. VI. Frasch of Co
INDUS, Ohio, DR.. and Mrs A. T. Black Q,
God, Misses Margaret and Catherine RI
lakewood of Hardwick, C. F. Dove of n
t. Adams, j. c. Pickering of Cofeyville, B
ans, c. NJ. Leach of Hardwick p
Granite manufacturers from every G
,wn in the Barre district gathered at -
leir headquarters in the C. w Averill R
nilding last evening for special meet X
g called for the purpose of hearing re- G.
arks by James NJ. Boutwell, of Bout $
ell Milne & Varnum, and S. HOLSTER h
,ekson of the f. l.. Smith Co. 1t was D
he of the largest meetings in several
onths. Mr.. Boutwell, talked for the G
ost part about cooperation and re- -
atedly emphasized the fact that gran
2 producers must work together if the ID
dustry is 10 weather successfully the
owing down that war is causing in ID
any lines of industry. Mr.. jackson
ought a message from the fuel confer =
&c in Washington, ID. c., and the sub y
quent war conference of granite indus
les which was held in Buffalo. y. Y. ~
Two of the four Sbriners who have =
en- been representing Mount Sinai tenn ~
= at the imperial council session re- y.
rned yesterday from Atlantic City, \. ~
Noble s Love and A. G. Smith OF st. d.
bans left for Vermont Immediately :, :,
ter the council ended while the other 70
.mbers Of the Mount Sinai delegation - -
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