The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-25
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss j. Summer returned yesterday 1
her home In Randolph, after passing sey
eral days with friends in the city.
The Nature Study class OF the Won
ans club will meet with Mrs. n. j. Nor
rison, 81 Hin street this evening at 7:3O
Attention, Maeeabees A special meet
ing tonight at 1880. Important business
and other necessary business. Refresh
ments.
Rev, w, A, Dawson of Burlington. field
secretary OF the state Baptist conven
ton, was a visitor in the city yester
day.
Miss Olive Mcknight, who is enrolled
at the Castleton Normal school, is spend
ing the Easter vacation at her home on
I Forsyth place.
John L. Albano left this morning for
Windsor, from whence he will be accom-
panied home tomorrow by his father
Eusebio Albano.
Thomas Nelson, who is member OF
the quartermaster's corps, stationed at
Washington, ID. G., is spending few
| days at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Mary Nelson, of Merchant street
Miss Rachel Dix, who has been spend
ing the past few days at the home Of her
mother, Mrs. Addie Dix of Brook street,
returned this forenoon to Burlington,
whore she is enrolled at the University
of Vermont
Rev. Reuben Smith and his assistant,
Otho L. Hatch, singer, who have been
conducting union revival services in the
congregational church for the past three
weeks, are to hold similar series of
meetings in Randolph.
No entries were made on the police
blotter through the week end. The case
of State W.. Arthur Holden may be heard
this week, although counsel is busy in
superior court. No other state cases,
aside from a breach of the peace case
against Leo Enright are pending.
The last week in March and the first
week in April, the Montpelier & Barre
Light & Power Co. and Mr. Hoover are
going to work hand in hand. Mr. Hoov-
er says, Conserve food, energy and la
Dor" The company has agreed to give
its patrons the opportunity to use a Eu-
reka Electric Vacuum Cleaner free of
charge.
Misses Gertrude and Beatrice Ennis
and their brother, Harold Ennis, left this
morning for Waterbury, where they were
called by the death OF their grandmother,
Mrs. Caroline Foss, aged So who passed
away Friday after a long Illness. Flu
neral services were held in Waterbury at
noon to-day, and interment was made
in the cemetery at South Duxbury
Edward Chandler returned this fore
noon to Mortified, where he is enrolled |
at Norwich university, after spending |
the week end at the home of his par /
ents, DR.. and Mrs NJ. L. Chandler. of /
Park street. Victor 0ssola, another Nor
witch student, also returned to Mortified,
after spending the past few days at his
home on George street.
Among the arrivals at Hotel Barre
throughout the week end were the fol
Hatch of Brandon. j. f. Benedict of
B. j. Purcell of Burlington, T. L. Knight
If South Royalton, w. A. Dawson OF
f s. Walker Of Providence,
R. l., NJ L. Jackson of Portland, Me,
B. L. Barber of Pittsfeld.
A Good Friday without hot cross buns
i to be the rule in local bake shops, as
he result of the food administration or
Ter, and while a number of bakers had
eceived from customers outside the city
he usual number of orders, they prompt
Y decided to govern themselves according
0 the food administrators dictate, and
he orders, therefore, have been with
rawn. In years past none of the local
akers has been without a sizeable stock
/ hot cross buns on Good Friday morn {
ng, but this year the nearest thing in ,
iscuits to approach the time -honored
OF cross will be the Victory buns, which =
re made with the required proportion of r
ubstitute cereals.
The yard in front of the Johnston Il J
ambe livery on Prospect street was a /
lecca for many people from the country i
de Saturday afternoon, and before
ightfall nearly every piece of property n
wned by the firm had gone under the !
ammer The nine horses used by the .
verymen and several boarders brought \
ing prices, as did the vehicles and other a
luipment Charles +. Smith acted as \
uctioneer Mr.. Johnston is to begin
ork next week as a rural mail carrier :,
nd Mr. Gamble is to continue as deputy =
lief of the police department There is /
possibility that the barn, which is =
wned by r. l.. Clark, will be leased to :,
mother livery concern in the near future -
Arrangements were in the making Sat a
rday and to-day for another British re-
uiting rally, which is to be held in the I
)era house Thursday evening at Sls
clock. Canadian officers who returned ]
Gently from the western front are to I
,eak and two reels of pictures depicting :
fe along the battle front will be shown.
mong those who have consented to par
cipate in the gathering are Mayor
ysson, City Clerk James Mackay and Z
g. Rowland, county chairman OF the
ar stamp campaign. One OF the fea
res of the gathering viii be the Barre
pc and drum band, which has furnished
spring music for other patriotic gath
ings since the war began. A man
med Standish from Springfield is in
arge OF the arrangements.
Foreman II. H. Hodgdon and William
Harmon of the New England Tele-
lone Co.'S local staff returned this .
orning from Perkinsville, where they
ssed the week end at the Downing 9
mp. Yesterday they made the snow
zoe trip TO the telephone way sta.
on on the Groton trail and visited the :
lief camp erected there two years ago.
hey found three feet of snow in the :
lephone slash. and it is much deeper in
e woods. Sap ran well and farmers I
that vicinity expect to make bump
crop of sugar Messrs. Hodgdon and
irmon found everything intact at the :
lf-way station. They liked home to-
v without using their snowshoes, a.
Q crust was solid enough TO bear their 4
fFrh at etrFs