The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

MIS- a. w. Allen rs away Tor TWO
weeks, visiting relatives in North Caro-
lima
Dance in Rowland hall Thursday night
after band concert. Good music by band
orehestra.-adv.
James w, Beatty of Enosburg Falls
was business visitor in the city yes
terday and to-day,
Dance, armory hall, Montpelier, Thurs.
day evening, 0 o'clock, Chatfield's orches-
| ira. Gentlemen 55e, ladies free.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Richard of west
hill have returned from visit with rela-
tives in Enosburg, their former home.
| Miss Mae Gamble of South Main street
has returned from Springfield, Mass,
where she spent two weeks with friends.
| Mrs. Louisa Boulerice will sell at auc-
household goods, Saturday at 1880 p. m.
See adv O. H. Hale, auctioneer
Joseph Ladrie Of Nelson street is alb
sent on motor trip through Massachu-
setts, He was accompanied as far as
Boston by William Miers Of Keith ave
nue., who has been attending the worlds
series games.
The N. D. Phelps Co. has recently
completed an $4,000 contract at Heaton
hospital in Montpelier, where new
heating plant has been installed. The
work was started in mid summer and
passed inspection this week
Misses Agnes and Margaret Walker
left the city this forenoon for visit Of
| two weeks among relatives in Quincy,
Wollaston and Swampscott, Mass. They
were accompanied by Mrs. James Henry
of Williamstown, who viii be the guest
of friends in Quincy.
States Atty. Earle r Davis addressed
| a large gathering in Graniteville last
evening on the subject of registration
minute speech and in it the attorney
urged upon all men from Is TO 45, in
elusive, the necessity Of registering to-
| day.
After a lapse of year Washington
county is to have an agricultural exhibit
this fall posters having been distributed
for the Dog River Valley fair, which will
be held in Mortified Sept "a, rs and 20.
An excellent card OF horse racing is be-
ing made up and divers other attractions
are in prospect.
Clouds heavily saturated with mois.
ture interviewed between badly bitten
war gardens and another frost early to-
day. All signs pointed to another visit
| from the frost king last night, but the
wind shifted and this morning there was
a difference of several degrees between
the temperature registered at dawn and
the reading early yesterday.
Miss Madeline Williams Of Averill
street was the hostess last evening at a
miscellaneous shower party given in hon
or Of Miss Esther Buchan, whose mar
riage is to take place in the near future.
A dozen young women were enjoyably
entertained and Miss Buehan received a
number of appropriate gifts. Light re.
freshments were served after an inn
promptu program Of games and other
diversions
Paul w Waterman Of upper Washing
ton street, who last June completed his
duties as an instructor In Wyoming sem
mary, Kingston, Pa, leaves at the end
of the week for Montclair, N j., where
he is TO resume work as an instructor at
Montclair academy after lapse of sew
eral years. Mr.. Waterman, a Goddard
seminary graduate, taught for year at
Montclair, which is a we'll known pri-
vate school, after his graduation from
the University Of Vermont.
Seven delegates from the Barre branch
of the Red Cross were conveyed to st.
Johnsbury yesterday in the automobiles
Of 4. w Bisbee and Chauncey Wiley to
attend special conference for Red
Cross workers in the armory The other
delegates besides Mr.. Bisbee and Mr..
Wiley were Mrs. f. E. Robinson, Miss
Evelyn Phelps, Mrs. f. W. Robinson,
Mrs, Dan Morse and Mrs. s. n. Parker,
and Mrs Wiley and Mrs. Bisbee were
also members of the party. All the dele
gates report that they learned much Of
value at the conference and especially
along the line of the home service work
were the addresses helpful.
Tidings of the death of Frederick S.
Platt of Rutland, clerk of the u. s. court,
who died in the train wreck near Brattle-
boro Tuesday afternoon, brought feelings
Of sorrow to many people in Barre, where
he was well known by reason Of his fire.
quent trips to this city on business con-
nected with the naturalization court.
Hundreds of foreign born American citi-
Gems cherished warm regard for the de-
ceased official, whose attitude Of help
fulness in conducting naturalization
hearings was appreciated by many an
alien Clerk Platt was to have conduct
ed session of naturalization court in
Barre Sept. 20.
Mrs. Alexander Coburn Of Orange
street has received letter from nurse
attached TO an American hospital in
France saying that her son, Private John
G. Coburn of Il company, 30sth u S. in
fantry, has been wounded in action.
The letter did not specify the nature Of
the wounds, but it informed the young
mans mother that he was being moved
to base hospital It was written under
date Of Aug 20 and the message was
the first to be received by Mrs. Coburn
from her son since Private Coburn en-
tered the national army from Connecti-
cut and went overseas in April after
training for several months at Camp Up
Lton.
Barre boys in numbers who have been
training in the mechanics detachment at
the state university in Burlington mott
| fed the folks back home yesterday that
they were about to entrain A camp in
Maryland is believed to be the destina-
tion Of most of the men, and they were
due to pull out of Burlington around II
o'clock. The Barre men were numbered
in large contingent of Washington
county recruits who qualified for the sec
ond mechanics camp early in the sum
mer A few of them were home for La
Dor day, but majority have been de-
tanned at camp because of a quarantine
for mumps. Among those who went to