The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-10
TALK or THE TOWN

Zee Abbotts special yanes IN dresses.
The law Office of S. HOLSTER jackson
viii be closed during the week of Aug.
II to II,
Antonio Broggi of Pearl street re-
short business visit in Burlington.
Edwin L. Smith Of White River June
ton was visitor with friends in the
city yesterday Mr.. Smith formerly was
engaged as a member Of the high school
faculty.
Carl ID, Grippe of Willsboro, N. y,
passed through the city yesterday while
on his way to Chelsea, where he expects
to visit several days with friends and
relatives.
/ Mrs Elliott Miller and three children,
Harold, Delmer and Lutte, who have been
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd w. Holt of South Main street dur
ing the past few days, returned to their
home in Waits River this forenoon.
Peter NJ. Park, jr,, of Merchant street,
left the city yesterday afternoon for De-
troit, Mich, where he expects to secure
employment in the Packard motor plant.
| Mrs. Park and daughter expect TO leave
within short period Of time for Detroit
to join Mr.. Park.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Rollins, who
have been visiting at the home of the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs Carl Roll
Inns of Brooklyn street. during the past
few days, returned yesterday afternoon
to Erie, Pa, where Mr.. Rollins is EN-
ployed in munition plant.
Miss Elizabeth Paul of West Patter-
son street, who is taking weeks vaca-
ton from her duties at the City bakery,
and Miss Alice Gray Of Murray street
left the city last evening for Aver, Mass,
with a number of friends who are sta
toned at Camp Devens.
Private Harold A. Smith of Hardwick,
whose death from wounds was announced
| in yesterdays casualty lists, was the
youngest Of nine children. He has one
brother, Samuel Smith, and sister, Mrs.
David Keefe of "a Foster street in Barre.
Another sister, Mrs. Huntoon, resides in
| Lyndonville, one brother lives in Water
/ bury and another in Montpelier. Private
Smith first enlisted in Co. d Of the LIST
| Vermont at St. Johnsbury and went TO
the Mexican border. At the time Of his
death he was a member of Co. B, l0lst
machine gun battalion.
| Arthur Blackmore Of Pleasant street
left the city last evening for West
Chelmsford, Mass, where he win visit a
! few days with friends and relatives
while taking 10 days vacation from
his duties at the Vermont Manufacturing
4 Quarry company. Before returning to
this city, Mr.. Blackmore expects to visit
for few days with his brother. Andrew
Blackmore, who is stationed as wire.
less operator at the Newport, r. l., naval
training station.
i A delegation Of Barre granite manu-.
faeturers and quarters are off this after.
noon for Chicago, ILL.,, to attend the con
yentions Of the International Association
of Granite Monument Producers and the
National Retail Monument Dealers asso-
citation, which convene next week. Mont
pelier, Mortified and Waterbury manu-
facturers viii join the party, and at
Montpelier Junction a number of granite
manufacturers from Boston, West
Chelmsford, Mass, Quincy, Mass, Con-
Icord N. H., Chester, Mass, and Westerly,
Mass, are TO meet the local party and
share the through car engaged by the
Barre association. Most Of the Barre
men plan to be absent a week.
Frank Cassani of Granite street is tax
ing an enforced vacation from his duties
as nipper at the Peerless Granite com.
pany's plant on Granite street, as the
result Of severe injuries which he suffered
when his left hand came in contact with
a grindstone, Young Cassani was in the
act Of turning down the stone, shortly
after the noon hour, when his hand be-
came wedged between the turning stone
and large iron pipe. A physician was
called to his home, where the injuries
were dressed, although he was taken TO
the hospital this forenoon, where an
operation to amputate the second finger
of his left hand was performed.
William Deans, who has been visiting
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
4 William Deans, sr. Of Brooklyn street,
and with other relatives in the city dur
i ing the past week, expects to return this
evening TO Albany, N. Y, where he Is
employed as a carpenter at large air.
4 plane plant, which since the outbreak OF
hostilities has been taken over by the
government. Mr. Deans at present Is
awaiting orders to report for duty at
some naval aviation training camp, hav-
ing successfully passed the physical ex-
aminations for this branch of the service
at Albany few weeks ago.
Sergt. Jesse Sibley who has been
spending a furlough Of several days with
friends and relatives in the city, expects
to return this evening to Spartanburg
S. c., where he is attached to the 18th
Pioneers. Sergt Sibley was one of the
Spaulding high school students who en-.
listed in the old lst Vermont regiment
in the early stages of the war, and since
his enlistment has been with that Tegi.
ment from the period ii was stationed al
Fort Ethan Allen to the present time
II is expected that the 57th Pioneers are
due for overseas duty in the near future
the division having received orders to BIZ
prepared to be moved around the first Of
September.
Leo Bresett of Summer street received
painful injuries to his right hand while
employed as bed setter at the Anderson
& Friberg granite plant off Smith street
Thursday forenoon. Mr.. Bresett, togeth
err with fellow employees, was engaged il
the task Of preparing rough stock for The
polishing wheel and after having chained
a large block of granite to put in tbs
bed, the chain in some manner slipped
from the stone and caught his right
member Mr.. Bresett was taken to {
physicians office, although failure Il
save the forefnger was finally decidet