The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-29
TALK OF THE TOWN
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| Opening dance at Woodbury. pond
| Thursday, May 80, Dancing from till ]
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| Bradley p. Smith of Boston is pass
ing a few days with his father, c. +
Smith, OF Washington street.
John w. Gordon went TO West Berlin
this afternoon for the purpose OF deliy.
ering patriotic address this evening
Rev. F. L. Goodspeed Of Maple Grove
left the city to-day for his former home
in Amherst, Mass, whore he is 10 de.
liver the Memorial address tomorrow.
Miss Nell Stoughton, who was called
here by the illness of her mother, Mrs.
Ellen l.. Stoughton OF French street, has
returned to Englewood n j., to resume
her school duties
All stores, members of the Barre Re.
tail Merchants association, Inc, will re.
main open on Wednesday evening, May
30 until o'clock. and will be closed all
day Thursday, Memorial day.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rocheleau OF Bur.
lington. who have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. n. Z. Lewis of Spaulding street, re-
turned this morning to Richmond, where
they are passing the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. James +. Higgins and
children of Edgewood and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Brown of Cliff street returned
to the city last evening from an auto.
mobile trip to Manchester, n H., and
! Boston.
DR.. NJ II. Meagher, who recently pur-
chased a dental practice in the Miles
! building, is moving his family here from
Bennington. and will occupy the house
at the corner Of Washington street and
Highland avenue.
! David Levin, who has been passing a
few days in the city as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ S. Levin of Merchant street,
left this morning for Burlington, where
he is to make a brief visit before re.
turning to his home in New York.
Private Richard White, who has been
passing a furlough at his home on New
ton street, left to-day for Alexander,
La, where he is stationed at the base
hospital, Camp Stafford. Private White
is member of the medical corps.
George Jackson of Lancaster, n. H., |
arrived in the city yesterday and began |
work to-day as mechanic in the work |
room Of the water department at city |
hall, Mr.. jackson has had several years |
of experience as a mechanic in municipal |
water works
Soccer football in Barre has been hard |
hit by the war, and along with other
sports it has given way to more serious
employments. Down in the Berlin street |
field, scene of many grim soccer battles
in the dusk of summer evenings, the
Bonaccords are vacating their pavilion,
and until after the war, the club activi-
ties viii be at standstill.
Friends Of Miss Elizabeth Murray.
daughter of Mrs. Martha Murray OF
Merchant street, will be interested to Il
learn of her marriage April % to May.
nard f. Crosby OF Southbridge Mass.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Thaddeus A. Cheatham at Juniper cot
tage, Pinehurst, n. C.. Mr. and Mrs.
Crosby are passing the summer at The
Balsams Winter inn, Dixvile Notch, n.
II.
c. Roscoe MacTver. a Graniteville boy
who figured prominently in athletics
while a student at Goddard seminary
and later at Norwich university, has
been commissioned a lieutenant in the '
ttlpNs dNtpIuiIE ~ ulpI itIdhlol 1 :
received by his relatives Lieut. Mac i
Houston, Tex, and already has lad con. c
siderable experience as flyer. Up
The weather favored an outdoor OBJ i
servance Of pre- Memorial day among the !
school children this afternoon. and In =
many of the grades the occasion was
observed with appropriate exercises Rev.
Edgar Grassland, who is TO deliver the :
address in Mortified tomorrow, was the
speaker at the North Barre school on :
3ecklev street where teachers and chill.
lren staged their exercises on the lawn y
Joseph d. will of Laurel street, cor :.
secretary of the Barre gran. Fl
tecutters' local. expects to leave the Il
ity Friday for Quincy, Mass, where he fl
5 to join the graniteeutters interna- Il
ional delegation on its trip to ST. Paul, k
linn, where the annual convention of VI
he American Federation OF Labor will
onvene next week. The other delegate ii
Alex. w Russell OF Quincy, and the p
wo granitecutters are to be accompanied a,
Y James Duncan, the international pres o,
lent, and vice president of the A. +. II
L. ht
About so members of the Baptist u
hurch met last evening at the home of ~
Ir. and Mrs. Frank Cave, the occasion u
eing a farewell reception rendered Mr.. "a
nd Mrs Alden Grearson. A short pro- a
ram of music and readings WAS rem qt
cred, after which Mrs. Frank Rogers, Of
sacher of the Philathea class, presented Oh
Irs. Grearson two solid silver spoons,
lit from the Philathea class and ladies ba
ID society. Then the pastor of the on
lurch, on behalf of the men of the Ba pa
,ca class, presented Mr.. Grearson a BIZ
,untain pen. Although taken by sur 81
rise, they both found words to fittingly ms
ply. Mr.. and Mrs. Grearson have been Al
tive members of the Baptist church no
II several years and have always taken tel
deep interest in all work of the society. tn
hey leave in a few days for Boston, cit
here position awaits Mr.. Grearson. en-
Mileage brokers here in Aarre are pre-. "a
iring TO close their accounts and sus- ~
md activities of this kind. The new NJ.
ruling is interpreted TO mean -,
at after June 10 the government, which ~,
now operating the railroads, will not lin
ferentiate between mileage fare and de,
ticket, which means the elimination of 81
e mileage. The new fat rate is to be .
rec cents per mile Heretofore, even I
it'll the rather sharp advance in mileage
ties, people who contemplated a long