The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

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| to- morrow.ady
James r. Cross Of Mortified trans
acted business in Barre Saturday.
Regular meeting of the L. A. A. 0. a.,
Tuesday evening, Sept. "a, at 1880 in
Foresters' hall.
Word has been received that Pvt. Cue
reno Petra at Camp Devens is seriously
i'll with pneumonia.
All owners Of Liberty bonds should
read the advertisement of the Granite
Savings Bank & Trust Go. on page a.
| Louis Tomasi of Merchant street left
the city this forenoon for Mortified,
whore he expects to enroll at Norwich
university.
James Marshall Of Benton Harbor.
Mich, retail monument dealer, is pass
ing several days in the Barre granite belt
on buying trip.
If you wish to get higher rate Of in
terest on your Liberty bonds, read the
advertisement OF the Granite Savings
Bank 4 Trust Co. on page 4.
X f. Pierson, who has been attending
naval electrical school in Newport, Va.
arrived in the city yesterday to pass
furlough at his home on upper Prospect
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sargent Of Pros
pect avenue shipped their household
goods to Quincy, Mass, this forenoon,
where they expect to take up their resi-
dence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Rock, who have
been visiting at the home of the for
mer's parents in East Barre during sew
eral days, returned this forenoon TO their
home in Springfield, Mass.
A parish supper will be served in the
Congregational church Wednesday night
at o'clock. All attendants at the
church are urged to come and bring
something in the food line towards the
supper.
! Miss Beulah Grant, who has been pass.
| ing week at the home of her parents
on east hill. left Saturday evening for
Quincy, Mass, where she began today
| her new duties as a stenographer in one
of the Offices at the Fore River shipyard.
Miss Marguerite Currier, who has been
spending the summer months at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs r. S.
Currier Of East street, returned this
forenoon to northampton, Mass, where
she viii resume her studies at Smith
college
Woodsmen are sorely needed by Yer
mont concerns engaged in getting out
timber for essential war work, q fresh
call for lumber men having been re.
eeived this forenoon at the U. S. EN-
ployment Office on North Main street.
The circular states that there is an ur.
gent demand for woodsmen in Waitsfeld
and Waterbury, among other towns,
with good wages.
A number of Barre men left the city
this afternoon for Burlington, where
they are TO attend tomorrow an all.day
conference of war workers. Those pres.
ent win include all community labor
boards in Vermont, the official examin
ers in the employment offices, and mem
bers of the state advisory boards. George
N. Tilden, who Is at the head of the la
Dor employment bureau in this district,
H. W. Vsrnum, Fred w, Suitor and Jo-
seph d. Will are to attend. Mr. Tilden
was accompanied by George Mari of
Williamstown, and others from this vi
cinity are to include Atty. George L.
Hunt of Montpelier.
At her home on Prospect avenue last
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Edwin Keast
pleasantly entertained about Is of the
neighbors in that vicinity, in honor of
three of them who are to take up their
residences in other places, Mrs. Forrest
Chaples, who left the city this forenoon
for Springfield, Mass, Mrs. Joseph Duf-
fanny, also leaving for Lowell, Mass, and
Mrs. Samuel Sargent, who expects to
| leave the city Saturday for Quincy,
Mass The afternoon was pleasantly
spent in a social manner delightful
musical program being we'll carried out,
while during the afternoon refreshments
were served
Interesting People" a department
which has become increasingly familiar
to readers of The American Magazine,
contains an interesting thumb mai
sketch this month Of j. M. Boutwell,, one
Of the moving spirits in the Barre gran
tie industry. His part in the upbuilding
of the industry is illuminatingly- told.
along with an intimate personal story Of
the subjects personality. Rev. S, F.
Bloomfield, recently resigned pastor Of
Bethany church in M9atpelier, is the au-
thor OF the article, which is similar in
many respects to an excellent story of
Mr.. Boutwell's career which appeared in
The Vermonter some months ago. Local
people have read The American article
with much interest