The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-29
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Gage & Cages Office will be close
II from Wednesday noon until Friday moo
III this week.adv.
II this evening till o'clock and will b
II closed all day tomorrow.
II Harry Mason was locked up by Con
II stable IT, l.. Morris this morning for tn
H alleged non payment of taxes.
II All union clerks will work Wednesda,
II evening until o'clock, but will not worl
H Memorial day X. C. |. P. A.
H Tahey Venner, who enlisted seyera
months ago, writes friends here that he
has been transferred to Spartanburg
\ Pompelio Bianchi left the city this
forenoon for Buffalo, n. Y, where he is
to pass fortnight with his brother
| Miss Bernice Clark has returned here
| from Springfield, Mass, after few days
visit with her sister, Mrs. f. l.. Doten.
Hungry Eyes," Bluebird featuring
Munroe Salisbury and Ruth Clifford, and
the Current Events weekly, Bijou to-day.
adv.
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Whitcomb of
Washington street have returned home,
after passing the winter in Jacksonville,
Fla.
II. +, Reynolds of Washington street
is taking two weeks vacation from his
duties at the N. d. Phelps hardware
store.
Barre ladies who are members of the
Marquis de Lafayette chapter, ID. A. r.,
are urged to attend Memorial services in
body.
Holiday program at the Bijou to-mor.
row: William Desmond in Time Locks
and Diamonds and two.reel Keystone
comedy, Cactus Nell."--adv.
/ Dwight Granger, former resident of
this city, returned yesterday to his home
in Randolph, after spending the past few
| days with friends in the city.
Martin Riley of East street has re
ceivcd message stating that his son,
Corp. James p. Riley, who enlisted last
winter, has arrived safely overseas.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Kearney of New
port, r. l., are passing several days in
the home of Mrs. kearney's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick Brown of Jefferson
street.
A letter received here to-day from Pri- |
waite Ernest Thompson, who enlisted in
the spruce division last winter, states |
that he is doing duty at Vancouver, |
w assn, WIBfF iUpNS6fur VI Ditn diG pfN7 /
ting out timber for the airplanes. Charles |
Irish, another recruit in the same diyi- |
sion is also stationed at Vancouver.
Old timers who do not acknowledge /
the arrival of vernal spring until the
benches appear in City park saw that
irrefutable sign of warm weather this
morning when employees of the park com
mission restored the settees to their
~ l..
have been reprinted, and to-day the
greensward was being primped up for
the holiday
Frank A. Mcpherson, who has been en-
ployed by the cemetery commission for
several weeks, has gone to Claremont,
N. H., where he has employment as a
machinist. Owing to disabilities INCURRED
last winter when he froze a hand while
working in the woods of northern Maine,
Mr.. Mcpherson has abandoned the stone
cutters trade and will devote his time to
the operation of pneumatic tools. After 1
several operations, Mr. Mcpherson has |
regained partial use of the hand. q
In explaining why the New England t
Telephone company has been obliged to I
suspend the practice of giving the time $
IF day to anyone who calls for it, Local T
Manager Gowdy says: "As in all big q
businesses in these war times, we must n
make every part of the organization as
Efficient as possible, and any usage Of the I
telephone which in any way impedes the y
ervice for the government or for sub
crihers must be eliminated" So great | t
las become the habit Of asking the tele- n
,hone office for the correct time that .
bout 100000 calls a day Of this class a
re registered in New England. 4
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last D
light and this morning included the fol {,
owing people: Mr.. and Mrs. Ftzroy ii
Kelly of Boston, j. Il. Racine of Wood +,
took, H. B. Larock of Burlington E. A. CT
Dung and A. P. Bosworth of Derby Line, Al
T. w, Jones and Walker Jones of Win Il
hendon, Mass, Thomas H. Carlisle OF b,
lattsburg N. Y, Robert NJ Milton and RI
ohm Laing of Springfield, NJ. Machkow- W
Ky Of New York, John Lukemeyer of Iii
t. Cloud, Mimi, A. f. Austin of Platts- al
urg, N. y, P. Il. Deyoe of Burlington, b.
L. Martin of Rochester, A. NJ Bucklin ce
Canaan, N. Y, and Fl. E. Wheeler of m
Manchester, N. Fl. he
Members of the Sunset club and invit
guests, to the number of about %, ie
lthered at the Sunset clubhouse on the pa
tbdA thsL evening 10 uIiIHIA
rviee flag as a tribute to one of the 20
oung men, a member of the club, who inl
fl last Saturday for Camp Devens as WI
he of the draftees from Washington
unity, he being Eston Spaulding of this ~
ty. During the evening appropriate re- ~ -
arks were made by James Daniels and 90
homas Ingram, while during the unfurl- -.
g of the flag, the entire party stood at -
tention. After the ceremony was over, y.
social hour was enjoyed by the party, - -,
program of musical selections and the -
aging of several games being enjoyed. IT, r.,
City and rural letter carriers attached Go
the Barre postoffice are still booming Ar
e sale of war savings stamps. Evident. Az
William ID. Macdonald, who gained Be
e lead early in the campaign, is not to
displaced, as the returns for the cur ha,
1t week Indicate that wide margin ito
II separates him from the runner-up. the
illiam Craig is substituting for C. A. We
ear at the present time. The total Ew
es aggregate 81 ,903.35, divided as fol- no,
rs: City carriers. William d. MacDon- thi
!. 50, 4s7.74; c. A. Spear, s70476; G.. L. tiol
nverse. s67399: II. B. Houghton.
2.56; u, s Waterman, ss236a; f. NJ ASH
wis. S266.2l; g. w. Gates. SASH; TO
omas Clarity. sl3s.57; rural carriers to
lrles Aver. S690.l6. James Johnston. Mo-
6.e5; Arthur Va Robinson, sl9492; as
G. Carr, S9O.63. the