The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-30
TALK or THE TOWN

There will be no rehearsal Of the Barre
City band tonight.
Wells River trains, beginning to-day,
leave Montpelier at 1850 a. m, / and
1928 p, M.
Mrs. o. 4. Philbricx was called to
North Hartland yesterday by the illness
Of her mother and sister
\ The ladies of Clan Gordon will hold q
regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. |, at 7:l5
p. m. Christina G. Leith, Rec Sec.
Mrs. 9. 5. Wallace of South Main
street has been passing several days in
Fairlee, where she formerly resided
nj, Wendell Churchill, who came here
to attend the Churchill Buchan nuptials,
returned yesterday to his home in Mont
real, P. @.
II A. Church left to-day for Bellows
Falls, to enter the employ Of the YER
mont Farm Machine Co. as an adyertis-
ing agent.
The auction sale Of the United Fruit
Store offers a good opportunity for any.
| one interested. See adv O. II. Hale,
auctioneer.
J, G. Bancroft, local food administrator
for Barre Town, has the applications for
further canning sugar and is prepared to
issue same.
Mrs. A. A. Lamorey Of Sheridan street
submitted to serious surgical operation
at the City hospital Saturday night. She
Is reported to be resting comfortably.
Miss u. Il. Rhodes, a Goddard seminary
student, who submitted to an operation
for appendicitis at the City hospital Sun
day, was reported to-day to be in Sc
rious condition.
FL. ]. Sproat Of AZ Spaulding street,
who has been employed as salesman in
Barre and vicinity for some time, left
the city Saturday for indianapolis, Ind,
where he expects to take up his residence.
! Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Mcdonald Of Perry
street were recalled TO Middlebury Sat
urday by the serious illness Of their
/ daughter, Miss Madeline Mcdonald, who
is enrolled as student at Middlebury
college.
All stores, members Of the Barre Retail
Merchants association, Inc, on and after
! Oct. |, 1918, will observe the following
closing hours Monday, 80 p. m; Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
at $3.50 p. M; Saturday at $3.50 p, m.
Eugene Loranger arrived in the city
Saturday evening from Newport, r. T.,
where he is stationed at the Newport ma
val training station, to spend furlough
Of few days at the home Of his par
ents, Alderman and Mrs. A. J. Loranger
! of Summer street
Il Eugene a. Magnus, who passed the
week end in the city, returned this morn
ing TO Waterbury, where he Ii manager
of the tale company. Mrs. Magnus, who
accompanied him here, is remaining for a
more extended visit with her mother,
Mrs. NJ b. Nichols of Richardson street.
II Private William Taylor, who is sta
toned in Tennessee camp, is passing a
! furlough In the home Of his mother Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor of Elmwood avenue,
having been called home by the death of
4 his half brother Seaman James McIn-
tosh, whose funeral was held Sunday
afternoon.
4 George c. Stewart Of Warren street
has received word that his son, Supply
Sergeant James B. Stewart, who has been
stationed at Camp Jackson, Columbia,
1 s. G., with Headquarters company, is now
on his way to Leon Springs, Tex where
he has been named as a candidate to en-
ter the officers training school for COM
mission.
A The Vermont branch Of the national
league Of postmasters will hold its an
nual meeting In the X Of p. hall Thurs
day and Friday. The association is com.
posed of third and fourth-class postmas-
tiers, Of whom W. j. Wright of Mont
gomery 10 president, s. G. yoodry of Cab.
OF vice.president, and r. H. Royce Of
l johnson secretary treasurer.
/ Alexander Paul son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Paul Of West Patterson street and
a 1918 graduate Of Spaulding high school,
who completed his duties in the Barre
Book store Saturday, left this morning
for Middlebnry, where he is TO enroll at
Middlebury college His place in the
book store is filed by Newton Martin.
A fishing party consisting of II, @
Bennett, w. f. Harvey, B. A. Eastman
and f. Fl. Rogers returned to the city
Saturday, after fortnight passed at the
st. Bernard club in Canada The sports
men were uniformly successful in their
quest of trout and some big game was
observed in the wilder and more remote
corners Of the preserve.
The funeral Of Said Corey, 20.year old
son Of Mrs Mary Corey, and until re-
Gently q resident Of Barre, whose death
occurred Thursday night, was held in st
Sylvester's church at Graniteville Satur-
day forenoon at 8 o'clock, the parish
priest, Rev. Joseph Turcot, officiating
The bearers were; Isaac Herbert, Charles
Tony, A. S. Masse, Michael Masse Ed
ward fash and Daniel John. There were
many floral tributes. Interment was
made in st. Sylvester's cemetery at
South Barre.
On ground that formerly resounded to
the steady thud Of racing horses, one Of
the finest crops Of potatoes to be seen
anywhere IN the vicinity of Barre Is
ready for the harvest. w Barclay Scott,
whose farm adioins the old course at
Paramount park, expects that his acreage
will yield $50 bushels of tubers that defy
competition as to size and quality The
farmer specialized in the Green Mountain
variety, but his field will yield consider
able quantities of strawberry potatoes
and the Northern Grand variety. The
field has had the benefit Of intensive Gull
tivation, although Mr., Scott ascribes his
success to the fact that he got the jump
on the bugs early in July.
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