The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

AteEulhl lHScllug "a JOol sinai PcHcAS
branch, No. 2, tonight in polishers hall
at 1880 o'clock.
Interesting to all--Read auction sale
Of Dodge property, page I. Sale Mon
day, Sept 3d. o. r. Hale, auctioneer
Miss Marion T. Stickney Of Washing
ton street has gone to Boston, where che
expects to make a stay Of indefinite
length.
Alumni Of spaulding. The Sentinel is
about to start, subscriptions are due at
75c per annum, payable in advance
Frank II. Wells, business manager, Barre
Mrs. James Murray and son, Gordon
who have been visiting in the home Of
the formers brother Gordon Riddle Of
South Barre, left early this morning for
their home in Quincy, Mass.
Miss Doris Eastman a graduate Of
Spaulding high school in the class Of
1918, went to-day to South Hadley,
Mass, where she will enroll as q stu.
dent in Mount Holyoke college for the
coming year
Mrs. M. G, Stone has returned to her
home in Springfield, Mass, after visiting
at her former home in Cabot and vicin-
ity. She was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. P D. Ladd, who is visiting Massa-
chusetts relatives.
Allan Calef of Washington and John
O,Keefe Of East street were business
visitors in Burlington yesterday, where
the former made arrangements to enroll
in the University of Vermont upon the
opening of sessions Oct 8.
Alden Burke OF Summer street and
Clarence Burke of Maple avenue were
business visitors in Burlington yester-
day, where they completed arrangements
for enrolling in the University Of Yer
mont, sessions being opened Oct. 8.
w. +. Rowland Of Division street, the
well known monument setter, returned
to the city last evening from Potsdam,
N. Y, where he has been engaged during
the past few weeks in the task Of setting
up large mausoleum, which was cut at
the Straiton granite plant in this city.
Miss Wilhelmina Even of Orange
street, who has been employed in the
office of the Granite Manufacturers asso.
citation for several months, left this
morning for Washington, d. c., where
she has received a civil service appoint
meHt in the war risk insurance depart
ment.
Frederick Greene of the Montpelier
road, who has been employed during the
summer on his uncle's farm in Water
bury, went yesterday to Mortified,
where he joined the students army train.
ing corps at Norwich university, Mr.
Greene is graduate of Spaulding high
school, class of 1917.
Roy A. kidder has been called by the
Washington county board for special
service and at present, before going to
Camp Devens, he Is working for the To-
cal board at Montpelier For the past
year he has been employed in the pay
roll department Of the Royal Typewriter
company in Hartford, Conn.
John Mahoney, who has been visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Burke
of Summer street several days, left the
city this forenoon for Hanover, N. H.,
where he expects to enroll at Dartmouth
college. Mr. Mahoney, whose home is in
Westfeld, Mass, was during the past
school year student at the Holy Cross
college at Worcester.
George NJ Rand OF Pleasant street,
who has been employed as draughts-
man at the plant OF Smith, Whitcomb d
Cook for several years, having completed
his duties last Saturday, has gone to
Connecticut, where he expects TO be EN-
ployed Mr. Rand has served a number
Of terms as city building inspector, and
was reappointed for another year by
Mayor Glysson last March His resigna
ton was accepted BY the city council at
its regular meeting last evening.
81 ehM ss
tor OF the First Congregational church in
Toledo o., when he is not engaged in
war work, returned this morning to his
summer camp at Lake Caspian, after ad-
dressing large audience in the opera
house last evening. During his stay in
Barre Captain Stockdale was the guest
of the Barre Board of Trade. In the
next few weeks he is to busy himself in
the Liberty loan campaign, after which
he plans to return to Toledo although
later be may 60 overseas again.
Three Barre young men, Alexander
Rennie of South Main street and Alfred
O'Connen Of North Main street, who re-
Gently returned to the city from Glare
mont, NJ f., where they have been EN-
ploved at the plant Of the Sullivan Ma
chine company syeral months, and Wen
dellyn Beck Of Branch street left the city
this forenoon by automobile for Middle
bury, where they have enrolled in the
students army training corps at Middle.
bury college, which opened this forenoon.
The young men were accompanied by the
latter's father, L. G. Beck, who viii
spend a short period in Middlebury.
As / am going to reside in New Haven,
will sell out my millinery business in
Barre, as / shall not reopen the store
this fall Have a splendid lot of velvets
in all colors In the web, which / will sell
at cost, also ribbons, flowers and many
other things too numerous TO mention,
fixtures, linoleum, etc. VIII be in Barre
and at the store, "a North Main street,
Sept. I6, II, Is. viii be pleased to hear
from anyone interested in millinery, as
can make it worth their while Call or
leave name and address with Barre Saw
ings Bank & Trust Co. Mrs. Edward
Shallow, formerly Stella Il Laviolettel
A member of the city government who
has a hobby for statistics figures that
Barre's votes for gubernatorial candi-
dates in the primary election last week
cost In the neighborhood of 40 cents
apiece If the total number of ballots
cast were to be used, the average cost to
the municipality would be considerably
less, but the computation was made with
only two sets of figures. Election ex-
penses for the balloting last Tuesday
aggregated $780, of which the bulk went
for officers expenses, while minor items
included the cost of posting the election
notices and establishing the polling
places. No account is taken of the time
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