The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
TALK OF THE TOWN


Get one of those wolfe dresses at Alb
bolts
Adjourned meeting Of tool sharpeners'
branch, No. 2, at 1880 Wednesday even.
ing in polishers hall.
DIR. A. II. Larochelle of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting at his home on Rail
road street for few days.
The Barre pipe and drum band will
give another Of its popular open-air
concerts in City park this evening.
DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Stewart Of West
street left the city yesterday for Bos-
ton, where they win spend few days on
| business.
Mrs. Martin LAME left for her home in
Louisville, KY yesterday, after pass
ing a few days with her stepson, John
G. LAME.
Do not forget the auctian sale of house
hold goods Thursday, July 25, p. m,
also in the evening. 0. j. Dodge, 200
North Main street.
Walter Adams Of Worcester, Mass, a
former employe Of the Homer Fits Co.,
is passing a vacation with his parents
on the Montpelier road
The street department will inaugurate
the July garbage collection next Mon
day, and the collectors will follow the
usual street routes from day to day.
Mrs. 4. +. Gerry, who has been visit.
ing Mrs. Harriet Whitcomb OF Seminary
hill and with other friends in the city,
returned this morning to her home in
Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Scott of Orange
street and Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Tilden Of
South Main street have gone to Essex
county, where they are passing week
in camp at Little Averill lake.
Don't forget to send in your savings
account books for yerification before
Aug, !. A large number have already
complied with the law and sent them in,
but there are many more to be verified
before Aug. !.
Mrs Herman G. Davis and children of
Washington street returned to the city
last evening, after passing two weeks
with relatives in Saltwater, Mass Mr..
Davis has returned from visit with
his parents in Chelsea.
Miss Nellie Scampini Of North Main
street and Caroline Calcagni OF Humbert
/ street left the city yesterday for High
gate Springs, where they will join mum
Der Of Barre young women, who left the
city earlier in the week for weeks
camping trip.
Miss Lottie Merrill Of Franklin street,
who is taking two weeks vacation
from her duties as a clerk at the Day
light store, left the city yesterday for
Bethel, where she expects TO make visit
of several days at the home Of her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. n Merrill
Rev. J. B. Reardon of Church street,
who is passing much of his vacation in
the bayfield,, win preach in the Univer-
salist church in Morrisville next Sunday
The Uniyersahst church in Barre will be
reopened in mid.August, after the usual
months suspension Of services.
Private Perley f. Haskell, who has
been spending a furlough of several days
at the home Of his mother on North
Main street, while recuPersting from a
severe injury to his right ankle, after
being confined to field hospital for
seven weeks, expects to return to Hemp
stead, L. l., this evening, where he is
stationed at the Hampstead camp. Pri-
vate Haskett is attached to the signal
corps, aviation section.
Recently the Boston Globe printed a
half-tone Of the new pastoffioe in Skow.
hogan, Me-, and In the descriptive mat
| ter below mention was made of the fact
that khe supervising architect, Sidney
NJ. Nealy, passed away shortly before the
building was completed. Mr.. Nealy will
be remembered by many Barre people
as the architect whose thorough knowl-
edge OF building was used while the
Barre postoffice was in course Of con.
struction. That Barre has govern
ment building enthusiastically far more
pleasing to the eye than most Of the
federal buildings in Vermont cities Is
due in o large measure to Mr.. NeRly's
careful supervision.
Campers at Caspian lake, Greensboro,
were much interested Monday afternoon
in watching a swimming feat accom-
plished by Miss Bertena Hooker when
| she swan across the lake in its widest
part and back, without stopping or
| touching land Miss Hooker has swan
across the lake before, but was ambitious
this season to make the round trip Con-
| ditions were not the best for making
the attempt, as she had to breast quite
strong waves on her outward trip She
entered the water at 4.l0 and reached
TerrilEs wharf on the opposite side at
4:40 and, turning, Immediately com
meneed the return trip. Amid much
cheering from the campers she reached
the south shore at $500 She was swim.
ming strong at the finish and could have
gone a longer distance If necessary 1t is
estimated that the distance across the
lake at this point Is mile and quar-
ter. Miss Hooker is probably one Of the
best lady swimmers in Vermont Be
fore the camping season is over she will
no doubt attempt a swim from the upper
to the lower end Of the lake, distance
Of three miles.