The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Ruth Parker OF Spaulding stree
passed the week end with friends IN y
Johnsbury.
Find your way to the Spaulding build
ing Tuesday AT 2 p. m. and help make tn
20 comfort kits needed at once for IN
boys leaving for the service.
the condition of Mrs. Ellen l.. Slough
ton of French street, who Is seriously III
was reported to be somewhat improves
to-day
just received this morning, shipmen
of sport hats. All colored trimmed hat
at a big discount. Mrs ;. Il. Laviolette
"a North Main street
| Mrs. Roy Haddigan and daughter
Madeline. from Springfield. Mass, ar,
visiting in the home Of Mrs. +. i. Mer
rill, l0l Prospect street.
Mrs. Charles Sanborn, who has beer
passing a week with her daughter, Mrs
Joseph Como)li of Foster street, returned
Saturday to her home in Lyme Center
n. II.
Mrs Florence Smith and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Batiste of Boston are passing
some time with friends in Barre, the for.
mer home of Mrs. Smith and her daugh.
| ter Mrs. Batiste.
Master Wayne Perry of Highland ave.
nue., who has been detained at home for
several weeks by an attack of pneu.
monia, was able to resume his studies at
Spaulding high school to-day.
The regular meeting of the Presbyte-
rian ladies union will be held Tuesday
night at 1880 at the home of Mrs. Arthur
Young, Montpelier road. A large at
tendance is hoped for. Take the 7:l5
car.
Private Clarence Bartlett arrived in
the city Saturday evening from Spar
tanburg, S. c., where he is stationed, to
spend furlough of a week at the home
of his aunt, Mrs. w. L. Perkins of Elm
street
!. f. Springer. who has been residing in
North Hartand and Weston since com
pleting his duties as wholesale granite
dealer in this city some years ago, has
gone to Fort Slocum, n. Y, to enter the
military service.
John p. Corcoran of Short street. who
completed 10 years of service in the
Barre postoffice Friday night, left yes.
terday for st. Johnsbury, where he has
secured position in the Office of the
Fairbanks Scale Works
Leonard Lander arrived in the city
| Saturday evening from Middletown, ".
! Y, where he is employed by the Stand
ard Oil company, to spend vacation of
two weeks at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lander of South |
Main street.
number of Barre clergymen went to
Montpelier this morning to attend the |
monthly meeting of the Ministers Mon |
day club, which was held at Montpelier |
seminary. Rev. S. F. Bloomfield, pastor
of Bethany church, read paper on
Prayer and the Present Uncertainty"
Miss Mary l. C. Rizzi, daughter of AL
derman and Mrs. Stephen Rizzi of North |
Main street, who was one of number of
Barre young women who took the civil
service examinations in this city few
weeks ago, has received word that her
application for a government position
has been accepted. In company with her
mother, Miss Rizzi will leave the city
Thursday for Washington, .. G.
The Nature Study class of the Barre
Woman's club will meet this evening at
1870 with Mrs. Lazel, rs South Main
street. The program Of the evening is as
follows: Mature Observations" the
class; Bird Pioneers" Miss Carleton
reading from nature magazine, Mrs.
Drew; "The First Spring Flowers" Mrs.
Lyon; reading from Birds and Poets,
!
Party" Mrs. Chandler.
More favorable reports emanated to- !
day from the City hospital concerning /,
the condition of Anthony Tomasi of Mer :
chant street, who received injuries In an I
automobile accident on the Plainfeld
road Friday noon. Yesterday Mr.. To-
mast regained consciousness for a time J
and was able to converse intelligibly with :
Mrs. Tomasi and his brother, John To-
mast. His condition seemed a bit i'm :
proved this forenoon, and while at first I
MS life was despaired of, it Is thought
now that he may recover.
Through the week end the Italian :,
Pleasure club kept open house to large =
OF Barre people in honor of sew
sral of their number who are about to !,
DIN the colors. A fish dinner was served y
n the Hiawatha cottage, and the mem 10
,ers who are about to don the khaki re- ',
eived gifts from those who are to be
eft at home. Although the water was P
90 cold for comfortable bathing, few g
# the club men braved the icy tempera y
ure of the pond, while others employed n,
heir time proftably in fishing. Around a.
o people made up the party. q
Miss Ruth Chalmers was the guest of "
onor at party rendered in the home of %
er mother, Mrs. A. L. Merrill Of Camp a
treet, Friday evening, when company %
[ Ia people assembled to bid her fare '"
rell on the eve of her departure for /.
Hartford, Conn, where she is to be en-
Logged. An interesting program of
ames and music occupied part Of the
me and later in the evening refresh. /
tents were served. Miss Chalmers was !
ne recipient of ring. With her broth
:, James Chalmers, she is to leave for Z
artford tomorrow.
The cyclonette which vented its wrath
d property hereabouts late Friday aft
noon did not leave the little hamlet of
erkinsville unscathed, as Harry Peduz
present owner of the Perkins or Hin
an farm, can testify. While the storm I
as at its height, the COW barn adjoining :
e farmhouse was blown down, killing 4
70 calves and damaging farm machin-
V stored within. Fortunately Mr.. Pc
lzzi had turned out his cows just before
e storm. A few years ago the same
I'm, lying in the path of violent wind /
orm, was unroofed. u
The Spaulding high school baseball
am will play two games this week, ac- 4
riding to the schedule, which has been
Gently made out by Manager Young.
ednesday afternoon at Waterbury they |: