The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

See Abbott's large showing Of dresses.
Buy the Black Cat hosiery for service
at Abbott's.
John Angus of Hartford, Conn, Is Wis
ting friends in the city over the week
end
Miss Mae Mclaughlin left the city this
forenoon for Woodstock to make short
visit.
The Barre City band will give band
concert Sunday afternoon at $3.50 at Ben
jamin Falls.
The Red Cross workers Of South Barre
have completed this month 81 aprons, 30
surgical shirts, 30 pairs of underdrawers,
s mitts, 10 pairs Of socks, 5 sweaters and
10 quilts.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cooper and
family of Division street left the city
this forenoon for Mortified, where they
will spend few days visiting at their
former home.
Special holiday program at the Bijou
Monday Leah Baird In "Babbling
Tongues" seven-rsel feature, and o
two.reel Keystone comedy, Courts and
Cabarets, adv.
Hudson Beattie, who has been spend
ing the summer months at tho home Of
his uncle in Enosburg Falls, Is whiting
for few days at the home of his par
snts, Rev. and Mrs. j. NJ Beattie of Ire
mont street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gender and child
arrived in the city this forenoon from
New Haven, Conn, to spend a visit Of
several days at the home of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. @ Mccarthy of
South Main street.
Charles Charbonneau left the city this
forenoon for Sheiburne, where he expects
to spend several days camping on Lake
Champlain. He was accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. A. e. Taeey, who also will make
q stay at Lake Champlain.
William Kerr of South Main street
and William Sinclair of South Barre ar.
rived in the city this forenoon from Qrin-
cy, Mass, where they are employed at
the Fore River shipbuilding yards, to
spend vacation of few days at their
Irrespective homes.
David Rennie and Roger johnson, who
have been employed at one of the large
farms in Wells River during the past
few months, returned TO the city this
forenoon. Both young men were among
| the Spaulding high school students, who
left school early during the spring term
to aid the cause of democracy on farms
throughout the state.
Miss Mildred Riggs of Prospect avenue
returned to the city this forenoon from
Dixwlle Notch, N H., where she hals been
employed at the Balsams during the past
few months. Miss Higgs has been en-
gagged to teach at the BeclSley Hill school
house during the coming year and will
commence her duties in that capacity
upon the opening of the sessions in the
Barre Town schools Tuesday forenoon.
II not the champion corn raiser in this
vicinity, G. Camire of the east hill is
certainly one Of the top-notchers He
brought to this city to-day stalk Of
corn which measured IA feet Az inches
The stalk has been put on exhibition at
the store of Houghton & Robins and was
so tall that Il had to be stood up against
the front of the building, the store not
being high enough to allow ii TO stand
erect.
After serving faithfully for some
years, OF rather since the erection Of the
| Central Vermont station, the old five ton
safe has been replaced by one Of more
modern eonyenienees and has been
shelved at the storage houses at st, Al
bans. The safe was sent yesterday to
the st. Albans house, where it will re-
main for the present at least, while the
one that has been used at the Montpelier
4 Wells River freight house was moved
into the station yesterday afternoon.
Monday being Labor day, business &C.
tiyities in the city win be practically at
stasdstill. Granite sheds closed down
operations this forenoon, many of them
last evening" and viii resume operations
Tuesday morning, while stores, barber
shops and other business places will be
closed throughout the day The interest
Of the day viii center in the annual
Labor day observance at the Caledonia.
park.
Mr.. and Mrs Victor @. Smith are
spending few days at the home Of A. T.
Smith on east hill. Mr.. Smith is a chief
machinist's mate in the naval reserve
and is at present station at the Boston
navy yard. Mrs Smith, who was for
merly Irene Dwinell of East Calais, has
recently been enrolled in the naval re
serve as a yeoman, third class, and Is as
signed to duty in the hull division of the
Boston navy yard, where she will report
for duty Sept. 10.
Alex Rennie arrived in the city this
forenoon from Claremont, n H., where
he has been employed for several months
at the plant Of the Sullivan machine
company, to spend visit Of few days
at the home of his parents, MIR and
Mrs. Alex Rennie, ST., Of South Main
street. Two other Barre young men,
Robert Christie and Alfred 0'Connell,
who are also employed by the Sullivan
Machine company, are spending short va
cations at their respective homes.
Missisquoi bay was the mecca of an
exceptionally large number Of Barre peo
Pile this forenoon, who left the city to
spend few days at some Of the various
camps bordering on Lake Champlain An
automobile party consisting OF William
Emslie of the Emslie florists, Edwin
Keast, John Kennedy and Charles oliver
| left the city this forenoon for Highgate
| Springs where they viii spend the next
few days camping at the Plat camp.
| John Corskie, John Booth and NJ. II.
McAllister are among a number of other
Barre people leaving this afternoon for
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