The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

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DR.. and Mrs w. B. Mayo and E. L.
Cross of Mortified were visitors in Barre
yesterday.
Regular meeting of the Modern Wood
men of America this friday evening at
1880 o'clock
The corporate church meeting of the
Universalist church will be held in the
vestry at 7:45 this evening.
G. A. Warden of Batavia, N. Y, re-
tall monument dealer, is registered at
Hotel Barre for few days.
Miss Alice Perkins of Mount Vernon,
N. X, is visiting Miss Katherine Martin
of Richardson street for few days.
DR.. and Mrs. Leon E. Page and Mrs.
Atagoon of Newport were calling on
friends in the city over the Fourth.
Regular meeting of local 4SS NJ p u,
in Foresters' hall, Worthen block, Sun
day, July 7, at 3 o'clock. w. j. Gilbert
son, Sec.
Mr.. and Mrs 0. j. Hughes and George
Cameron of Hotel Barre, called on ac-
quaintances in Rutland yesterday, max
ing the trip in an automobile by way of
Burlington.
0rpheus Bizzozero of Second street
commenced his duties as a clerk at the
Cummings & Lewis drug store Wednes-
day forenoon.
The West Hill Sunshine club will meet
with Mrs John Kelley Tuesday, July o..
Members are requested to bring war
recipes for cooking
Ernest Marchetti of Pearl street has
returned to the city after passing several
days at his home in Waterville, Me-,
where he was called by the death of his
father
Miss Dorothy Chalmers, who recently
| Orange, ~ j., was in the city Wednes
day, calling ON relatives before going to
West Corinth, where she will spend the
summer.
| Camille Fortin. who has been employed
for several months as a candymaker at
the Barre Candy Kitchen, left the city
Wednesday evening for Fitchburg, Mass,
| where he will make visit Of few days
| at his home Mr. Forth expects to 60 TO
| Boston, after short visit at his home,
to enlist in the naval service.
A cablegram was received by Mrs. Re-
becca Kearns of Graniteville from her
daughter, Margaret S. Young, aunounc-
ing her safe arrival overseas, after her
enlistment as Red Cross nurse in, New
York City. She will be remembered as a
graduate nurse of the Barre City hos
: pital Miss Young has been ranked cor
poral nurse.
Corinth was the rallying point for a
number of Barre men who enjoyed an
outing on the trout brooks In that vicin-
age yesterday. The men made fairly
good catch OF speckled beauties and. hay-
! ing decided to remain over night cooked
their fish over an open fire with the aid
of spit. Included in the party were
Joseph Comoli, Michael Grape, Harper
Mitchell and William Corbin.
DIR. and Mrs. Horace Sowles and the
latters mother, Mrs Wheeler, who have
been visiting during the past few days at
the home Of the formers parents, Mr..
: and Mrs. John Sowles of Beckley street
returned yesterday TO Boston, where they
| will spend few days before leaving for
: Aver, Mass, where DIR. SowIes is sta
} toned as member of the dental corps
T unit at Camp Devens. The trip to this
2 city and return was made by automobile,
!, Mrs. r. Garibaldi of Center street and
! sister, Miss Flora Nisini, left the city
last evening for Northampton, Mass,
. where they have been called by the Sc.
rious injury suffered by their brother,
Paul Nisini, Wednesday forenoon Mr..
e Nisini, who is a former resident of this
. city, has been employed at one of the
: large plants at Northampton during the
past two years and news of his injury
e was received by telegram received by
Mrs Garibaldi yesterday afternoon, al
5 though no information regarding the ex-
tent of the injury or the cause were
given.
! Official cogni2ance of an epidemic OF
1 tool stealing has been taken by the Gran
4 lite Manufacturers association, the thefts
I having multiplied with amazing rapidity
in the past three weeks. Police head.
I quarters has been enlisted in an effort To
I curb the operations Of the tool thieves
and it is believed that due vigilance on
the part OF the officers as well as the
manufacturers may bring an end to the
4 depredations. Statesmen in second hand
tools are being sharply questioned and
Il manufacturers have been advised to re-
port their observations to the association
! headquarters Most of the pilferers oper.
! ate by night, and then turn their loot
I over to people who have long been asso.
] ciated with the traffic in second hand
J TOOLS As soon as a second hand dealer
appears, manufacturer is expected to
] report description of the tools offered
) for sale.
Quiet settled down over police head.
j quarters yesterday, holiday disturbers
4 being conspicuously absent. On the day
before the Fourth the police locked up
I seven persons for intoxication, all OF
y them being arraigned yesterday forenoon
James Ferguson of West Berlin and Nor.
\ man R, Campbell of Graniteville ap
4 peared before Magistrate H. w. Scott in
municipal court and acknowledged first
4 offenses. They were released after pay,
I ing the minimum fines. Charles Parker
I Of Togue Me, William H. Fenton Of
: Windsor and Louis Gay of Plymouth
7 N. H., chose the Jail alternative after
4 pleading guilty to charges which specified
first offenses. Floyd I. Clark of Mont
pelier, listed as an habitual drunkard
: pleaded guilty and elected IS days in
] Jail. Floyd +. Gold also Of Montpelier
was put down as an habitual He ad
/ mitted a transgression and paid costs
/ after signing the total abstinence pledge