The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-05
TALK OF THE TOWN


real for months visit with relatives.
Giovanni Bogni of Smith street left the
city this forenoon for South Quincy
Mass, where he expects to secure EN-,
ployment.
Mrs. Roy Schoales and Mrs Leon Shute
OF Belfast, Me-, are visiting in the home
OF their sister, Mrs. Clarence Hall of Lib,
erty street.
Misses Emma, Rose and Helen Heney
of Montpelier have been weekend guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Foster
in Graniteville.
Miss Lena Buzzi Of Blackwell street
commenced a two weeks vacation from
her duties as clerk at the Homer Fits
store this forenoon.
William Wright of North Seminary
street left this forenoon for Boston and
Quincy, Mass, where he is making q
visit Of several days.
The regular meeting of Cobble Hill
grange viii be held Tuesday evening at
s o'clock. The first and second degrees
will be worked and a short program will
be given.
Mrs. Edison Lander and daughter, who
have been visiting during the past few
days at the home of the formers par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lander OF
Washington street, returned this fore
noon to their home in Lebanon, N. H.
Miss Lottie Merrill of Franklin street
resumed her duties as clerk at the
A. p. Abbott store this forenoon, after
having vacation of two weeks, which
she spent at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Merrill of Bethel.
George r. Crawford, ensign of the Sal
walton Army, and family of Branch
street, left the city this forenoon for
Greenfield, Mass, where they expect to
make visit of several days with friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Verness f. Rockwell, who
were married in st. Adams Saturday
we're registered at Hotel Barre through
the week end. The bride was formerly
Miss Louise G. Morrison, daughter OF
! J. NJ. Morrison of St Adams The cou-
pie are to reside in Burlington.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Red Cross will be held Wednesday even.
ing at 1880 o'clock in the Red Cross
headquarters at the Church street school
building. Everyone who is interested in
Red Cross work is asked to attend the
meeting. Miss Evelyn NJ. Drew, secre-
tary.
Gage & Cages Office hours for this
week at Barre will be as follows: Mon.
day, usual hours; Tuesday, 1880 to IL
a. M, Thursday, l0:30 TO IL a. m. and
$3.50 to s p. M; Friday, l0:30 to ~ a. m.
Montpelier, Monday and Thursday, 80
to p. IN. No Office hours Wednesday
and Saturday.-adv.
| A photograph Of the y. S. base hos.
| pital detachment, stationed at the pres.
ent time at Camp Hancock, Ga, is being
| displayed in the show window Of the
Moore & Owens store. The photograph
is the property of Mrs. Sherman Parker
of Spaulding street, whose son, George
! Parker, is attached to the unit.
Traffic cops who did duty in the bust.
ness section Saturday afternoon and
evening turned in two complaints to
Grand Juror William Wishart, with the
! result that Carl Bruce of Worcester and
| James E. Mitchell Of Hardwick each paid
a fine of 80 and costs of S6.05 in munich.
pal court this morning The men were
charged with driving their autos with.
out lights and both pleaded guilty when
brought before Magistrate II. w. Scott
Joseph Joncas of this city, who was
locked up yesterday on an intoxication
charge, appeared before Magistrate H
w. Scott in municipal court this fore.
noon and acknowledged third offense
| The respondent was held until this after.
noon for further disclosure Charles Il
Topper of Barre and Bakersfield, listed
as an habitual drunkard, admitted a
subsequent offense He disclosed and
expects to pay fine Of Is and costs,
Thomas c. Mccarthy of South Main
street received painful injury while
employed at Barclay Bros granite plant
on Circle street Saturday forenoon. Mr.
Mccarthy was engaged in boxing several
| finished monuments, and while cutting
boards with a circular saw, the board in
some manner slipped and caught his
right thumb against the saw, cutting the
thumb off at the middle joint Mr.. Nc,
Carthy was taken to physicians office
where the wound was dressed. Unless
complications set in, it is expected that
the wound will heal rapidly, although il
will be several weeks before he can re-
sumo his employment.
AT the Aldrich public library to-day a
fresh appeal for books was received from
the American Library association, which
has undertaken to supply our boys in the
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matter they like. The appeal states that
more than 100000 books have been sent
overseas alone and that several hundred
thousand more will be needed in the near
future by the six dispatch offices which
are now shipping books to France. The
books are packed in strong cases, which
afterward serve as bookcases. Those
that go on the decks of transports are
open so that the men may have reading
matter for use on the voyage All, how.
ever, are gathered together again, re-
| placed in the cases and delivered to the
proper officials in France. 1t is hoped
that Barre people will contribute largely
to this new call by leaving their book
donations at the library.
Everybody knows how rumor spreads
! if you don't pour formaldehyde on it.
Yesterday for the third consecutive Sun.
day story mongers pursued with unusual
vigor their task of circulating unfounded
yarns, with the result that by eventide
not only had Germany's favorite child Of
the me-und -Gott partnership been delv-
cred over to the allies, but with him
went some eight or ten thousand prison.
ers and twice as many stands of arms,
Montpelier seems to be fruitful soil for
most of the stories, for nearly 70 per
cent Of the calls which The Times re-
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