The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-17
TALK OF THE TOWN


Atty. A. A. Sargent of French street
is confined to the house by illness.
You can buy fourth Liberty loan bonds
for cash at the Granite Savings Bank
& Trust Co Bonds ready for delivery.
| Among the concerns Of Barre which are
100 per cent complete in subscription to
the fourth Liberty loan is the N. d.
| Phelps Co.
w. H. Duthie of Washington street, a
bookkeeper in the Montpelier office of the
Wetmore 4 Morse Co., was able to be
downtown yesterday, after having been
confined to the house by illness.
The funeral of Frank FL. Convey, whose
death occurred at his home on Trow hill
Tuesday, will be held Friday afternoon
at O'Clock from the home, Rev. w. j. M.
Beattie officiating. Burial will be in Hope
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B, Jones and two
children, having closed their home in
Montpelier are occupying quarters at
Hotel Barre, where they will reside dur
ing the winter Mr.. Jones rs engaged
as superintendent at the plant Of
Jones Bros.
| Word has been received here that
Lieut. Howard H. Reid, who was sta
toned at Paris Island, S. c., soon after
receiving his commission in the naval
| dental corps, has been transferred from
New York, where he has been assigned
| to duty for the past three weeks, to the
| Y. s. s. Missouri. Lieut.. Reid closed his
dental office in Barre last winter to ac-
cept service with the colors.
Marriage intentions have been filed in
/ D.. Dra+ rod a
gunner's mate of the u. s. navy, with
address at e4 Huntington avenue in the
Clarendon hill district, and Anna s. Nc.
Kay, stenographer, living at 26 Cliff
street, Barre The prospective bride is
the daughter of Mrs. Isabella Mckay,
and Seaman Pratt was a resident of this
city before he enlisted in the navy last
winter
The funeral of Grafton, Ave month-old
child Of Leonard and Ruth Wood Rob
inson, was held at the home in South
Barre Oct. 10 at 1890 a. M, Rev. F. L.
Goodspeed officiating. Burial was in the
family lot in Randolph Center. Rev. Mr..
Goodliffe OF that place offering prayer at
! the grave. The bearers were Grafton's
uncle, Clarence Robinson, and his great
uncle, Frank Kinney. He leaves besides
his father and mother, his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Wood, and his
grandfather, Dana Robinson, beside sew
eral aunts and uucles The child was
loved by all and will be deeply missed
by all who knew him.
Not until long after the last vestige
Of the disease has disappeared win Barre
realize just how materially the epidemic
Of influenza and pneumonia has affected
| its principal industry. An effort has
been made to keep record of all those
affiliated with the granite manufactur-
| ing plants who have succlrmhed to the
malady Around ninety granitecutters,
none Of whom the industry could afford
| to lose in time when so many artisans
are seeking other employment, have
passed away since the malady made its
| appearance here. Among the manufac-
| turers pneumonia has taken heavy toll,
as five prominent figures in the industry
are recently deceased.
! Barre granite manufacturers have
| been warned from official sources 70
guard against q reputation Of the ex-
perience which many Of their number
have encountered in shipping monu-
ments that reached their destination
badly beameared with oil. Frequently
stones have been badly damaged be-
cause oil was permitted to come in con
tact with them, and to the end that this
| danger may be reduced TO minimum il
is recommended that manufacturers
| have small cardboard signs or stickers
printed to warn freight handlers TO ex
ercise great care in preventing oil from
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stone itself. The expense of this pre-
caution Is said to be relatively small
Announcement is made of the wedding
of Miss Katherine Isham Taleott of Bur-
lington, Goddard seminary graduate
who il well known in Barre, and Sidney
Frederick Larrow Of Williston. The eere-
many took place Oct. 0 in the home Of
Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Crawford Of West
port, Mass, Rev. Mr., Crawford, broth
erin. law Of the bride, officiating In ad-
dition to immediate relatives, the mem
| bers of the brides Red Cross 1917 class
| in nursing were present. After her grad.
uation from Goddard Mrs Larrow pur
sued training course for nurses in the
| Mary Fletcher hospital and had been do
| ing professional work, Her husband at
| tended Burlington high school and
business college in Burlington. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lsrrow are residing at Mountain
View in Williston
Undoubtedly the first private memoir.
| al 10 be erected in the United States in
commemoration of an American soldier
who made the final sacrifice over there
is TO be constructed Of Barre granite.
John L. Ollie, well known retail deal.
| az l,,in,y In graatSh riru Ind has plaepd
an order for Barre granite to be used
| in monument for John II. Barnes of A
company, I'd U. s, engineers. who was
killed in action June Z, 1918. The me
mortal Il to be erected in Paul Hill CEN
etery, ST. Paul, MINI, and parents Of
the young man, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Barnes, will endeayor to have the body
returned to America after the war. Pri-
| yate Barnes was a member of small
band Of engineers attacked by large
detachment Of Huns, and he lost his life
| in hand -to-hand fighting.
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