The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-15
TALK or THE TOWN


yesterday.
Miss Rebecca Selfridge of Boston has
been passing several days with friends in
Barre and Montpelier.
Dance, Rowland hall, Saturday night;
Gilbertson's orchestra, seven pieces;
gents 75c, ladies l0c.-adv.
Dance, Spaulding assembly hall to-
night at 1880; students and alumni only;
soc per couple, extra ladies, l5c.
Mrs Vernon Castle and Ralph Kellard
in "The Hillcrest Mystery" and two
reel comedy, Bijou to-day adv.
Mrs. Nettie Jerome of Mortified is a
guest Of Mrs. A. NJ. Flanders, while Mr..
Flanders is away on hunting trip.
The Presbyterian board of managers
| will meet tonight at 7 o'clock at the
home Of John Stewart, Is Central street.
"The Armistice" will be the theme at
the Presbyterian church Sunday evening
at o'clock. Everybody welcome. Seats
free.
There will be services in the Church of
the Good Shepherd Sunday evening at
o'clock, Rev. Barnby Leach being the
clergyman.
Gage l. Cages office will be closed all
day Saturday and Monday forenoon, but
will-se open Monday afternoon from 2 to
4 o'clock.
| In addition to relatives of Mrs. G. w.
| Vancor, whose names were mentioned in
yesterdays Times, is a sister, Mrs. Ferrin
! Williams of West street.
1 w. G. Boynton of the Hinman-Boyn-
ton Granite Co., Syracuse, n. ", is reg
istered at Hotel Barre while passing sew
eral days in the Barre granite belt on
business.
Miss Susie II. Jordan, a graduate Of
the 1918 class of Spaulding high school,
went to Castleton this morning, where
she win enroll as a student at the Castle
ton Normal school
Mrs. Annie Holmes of Lisbon, N. H.,
who came to Barre on business mission
to-day, left this afternoon for South
Ryegate to remain for a few days be-
fore returning to her home.
Mrs Belle s. Fleury Of Swanton, who
has been visiting in the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs, +. e. Craddock of Highland avenue,
left this forenoon for Boston, there to
pass the winter with her son.
Fred Peterson has returned from a
successful hunting trip in Rutland, where
he shot a l53pound buck, now displayed
at Houghton & Robins store Mr.. Peter
son left for Rutland Monday, secured the
deer Tuesday and returned home on
Wednesday.
A fine Of SIS, with costs of S5.45, was
imposed on Frederick G. Sweeney Of
West Lebanon, n. H., in municipal court
this morning. The respondent was locked
up on an intoxication charge last night,
and when he appeared before Magistrate
H. W. Scott he admitted a first offense,
The purple consulate OF the |. o. o. L.,
NJ. T., held its regular quarterly meet
ing Tuesday evening at the home Of Mrs.
David Faulkner Of South Barre. Be-
fore the active business, Mrs. Faulkner
entertained the ladies' at q chicken pie
supper by way Of little celebration. A
very happy evening was spent by the
party after the business was attended
to. The trip was made by auto.
/ Barre's fourth Liberty loan flag, which
was unfurled over the entrance to city
hall soon after its receipt, has been TAX
en- down II is in the custody Of the
| chairman Of the loan committee and IL is
probable that it will be placed in the
| lobby Of the Aldrich public library,
where the third loan flag is kept. When
the city possesses an adequate building
OF room for historical collection loan
committees plan to turn over the flags
to the Barre Historical society.
The body of A. NJ, Hannaford, whose
l death in Claremont, n. H., Tuesday at
| the age of SO years removed one Of the
| well known business men Of that town
\ will arrive in the city over the Central
/ Vermont railroad this evening at 6:l5
o'clock. The funeral was held in Clare
mont to-day. At Elmwood cemetery
tomorrow morning Rev. j. B. Reardon
pastor of the Unversalist church, will
oflicate at a conmittal service, after
which the remains will be inferred in
the family lot, beside the body Of the
deceased's first wife, Deborah t0lds)
Hannaford, who died some years ago.
H To-day the aldermanic charity com
mittee began seeking the services OF q
II matron to succeed Mrs. G. W. Nancor
II whose death early yesterday ended q
II period of nearly ii years Of faithful
H service at the city farm. Meanwhile thu
II agitation for new and more adequate
H quarters for the city's INDECENT is gain
Il ing Roadway. Correspondence with tn,
II heads Of charity departments in othe
II towns and cities has elected the infor
nation that well conducted city farm
!. can be made self-supporting Two mu
4 ncipa institutions conducted in the in
& terest Of charity have already been in
z spected by members of the committee
) Guests arriving at Hotel Barre las
i night and this morning included the fol
z lowing peoplei Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Gis
3 mond of Leonia N. j.. Rev. w, A. Davi
]; son Of Burlington, 7. H. Lerrigo Of Ney
Y York, Henry Bond and A. A. Jones 0
b Brattleboro, Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Tolma
/. Of Randolph, Mr.. and Mrs. +. II. Morri
= son Of West Topsham, Glenn A. Wilkin
8 and George Goodrich of MorrisvllI
]; Charles ID. Kepner of Newtonville, Mass
2 Mr.. and Mrs M. r. Tolstrup of st. Al
3 bans, l.. W. Woodward of White Rive
!; Junction, George H. Simpson of Manches
I. ter, G. D. Hawkins of Troy, Clayton i
q Waite Of Concord, N. H., Mr. and Mri
]; George r. Ford Of Boston, Harry Daniel
Y Of East Montpelier, Joseph V. Ladner Q
= Worcester and Robert G. Gordon Of NeN
q York.
Barre has pledged its honor to sub
scribe $2l 900 to the United War Worl
campaign, which is in progress thi
& week, and to meet with one paymen
/ an assessment which covers this city
share in the activities of seven organi
4 cations, it will be necessary to dig dow
l pretty deep into the lower layers Of til
| chest This week the disbursing com
/ mittee and the trustees of the war ches
association are working determine
i effort to persuade delinquent subscriber