The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Call leo. Cutters livery.
A regular meeting of St Johns court,
Q. o. f., Thursday evening. Initiation.
Low prices on paints, varnishes, etc, at
A. V. Beckley's. Buy early, as they are
going fast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fri whitcomb of Marsh.
field we're among the visitors in the city
yesterday.
James R. Mackay is taking vacation
of two weeks from his duties in the
Barre postoffice.
Fred Gerbetti and Italo s. Prestini
have returned from an outing Of few
days at Woodbury. pond.
Mrs. Horace G. Bailey of Newbury Ia
spending the week with her mother, Mrs,
Georganna Mudgett Of Park street.
Ladies union rummage sale at Univer-
salist vestry Thursday afternoon and
evening. Donations win be left Wednes
day.--adv,
John J. Walsh Of Quincy, Mass, 10
registered at Hotel Barre while passing
several days in the Barre granite district
on business.
Claude Martin has returned to the
city, after passing several days with his.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Martin, of
Ascutneyville
The regular monthly meeting of the
trustees of the Barre City hospital will
be held at the hospital Wednesday even.
ing at o'clock.
George H. Stewart Of Albany, N. Y,
has arrived in the city to pass vacation
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Ann
Stewart, Of Spauding street.
Mrs. w d. Smith and daughter, Miss
Eva G. Smith Of Summer street, have
gone to Greensboro, where they are pass
ing some time in their camp on Lake
Caspian.
Mrs. 4. G. Cram and Mrs. Ralph Tur-
ner and little son, who have been pass
ing several days in the home Of Frank
G. Turner Of South Main street, re.
turned to-day TO Hartford, Conn.
James G. Pirie Of Graniteville was
visitor in the city yesterday while on his
way to Boston, there to pass few days
with his son, Elliott Prize, of the u.
S. s. Rhode Island, who is enjoying a
furlough.
Nearly sixty men of st, Sylvester's
Roman Catholic parish In Webstervile
are with the colors. The names of fifty
FIVE young men Of the church are TO be
found on scroll which has been hung
in the church building, and others are
to be added.
The Barre Gas Co., which recently
quilted offices long occupied by the com
pany in the Bolster building in Depot
square, is occupying part of the Office
in the Gordon building recently used as
a military store. the transfer having
been made yesterday.
Owing TO the fact that there is no yarn
on hand, that the July quota has not ar.
rived and that the sewing for the June
quota has been completed, the work
rooms of the Red Cross at the Church
street school building will be closed un.
| til further notice. The public will be
notified through The Times as soon as
the July quota and materials are re.
ceived.
Barre granite manufacturers are max
ing arrangements to send large dele
CATION TO Chicago next month for the an
nual convention of the National Retail
Monumental Dealers association. In
pursuance of a policy adopted last year,
| the local association will not attempt to
burden the railroads with a large mum
Der of monuments to be used for exhi-
bition purposes.
James s. Bennett Of Pearl street has
returned home from Burlington, where
he was one of the soloists at the war
camp community service Sunday even.
ing. On the following evening he sang
in the Strong theatre. An evening con.
| temporary of Burlington mentions his
appearance as follows. "James s. Ben
nett sang at the concert at the Strong
last night and was applauded between
the verses and was obliged to give an
encore after he rendered the song, God
Be with Our Boys Tonight" Colonel
Mimms made fitting Introductory just
before the song
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people; Mr. and Mrs, c. A.
Gilbert of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. c, B.
Smith of Cambridge, Mass, c. H. CARR
gan and H. j. Royal of Burlington, Z. c.
Hatch, w. H. Pelton and G. 4. Osha of
Randolph, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil A Sturgis
and Mr.. and Mrs. n. L. Allen of Boston,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Mccarthy of Newport,
Joseph Kittredge and Miss Klttredge of
Worcester, Mrs. Sumner Spaulding of
West Somerville, Mass, Theodore NJ.
Hargen of Worcester, Mr.. and Mrs How
ard Eckerson of Mechanicville, n. Y, and
John NJ. L. Touse Of New York City,
@, H. 0rvis of Bristol, G.. A. Forney Of
Baltimore, Md, Antoine LaPorte of Hoo
sick Falls, N. Y, Charles Bizzozero of
Nashua, N. H., Thomas Vaughan of New
Yofk am W. H. Fowler of Albany.
Rev. G. Leon Wells, pastor Of the
Methodist church in Glover, arrived in
the city last evening for brief visit
with his father, Edward G. Wells, Of
East street. This afternoon the young
clergyman left for Springfield, Mass,
where he is - take a special course of
three weeks in the Y. NJ. G. A. training
college before sailing overseas for Y. NJ.
G. A. service with the American expe-
dictionary forces In France. Mr.. Wells Is
former resident of Barre and many
friends will applaud him in his decision
| to offer his services over there. He is a
| graduate of Montpelier seminary and
while pursuing his course there he inter
ested himself in military matters. As a
member of II company of the LIST Yer.
mont regiment, he submitted to military
discipline while studying and also served
as captain of the seminary battalion.
During his absence Mrs. Wells and their
son are to remain with relatives in Bar
nard. Another son Of Mr.. Wells, ST.,
Vernon Wells, of the coast artillery, Is
believed to be on his way to France.
Yesterdays Boston Herald tells the
interesting story Of three sons of Mr..
ond Mrs Charles G. Hoernle of Dor