The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30
TALK OFTHE TOWN

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Mrs. Alizina Durward of Long street
underwent an operation at the CITY hos
pital yesterday.
Green slab wood is now being brought
to the village in considerable quantities
at the price of So per running cord,
The president of the Barre Womans
club asks the members to learn the fol.
lowing stanza, so as to be able TO sing
il at the close of each meeting:
Mrs. Mae Gage of South Main street
has returned from visit in Rutland, in
the course of which she attended the
annual meeting of the Vermont Chiro.
practors' association.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning We're
the following people; Nj. +. Jackson OF
Portland. Me-, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Gran.
dali of Berlin, w. S. Willard of Concord
n. H.. C. c. Lamberton of Marshfield, j.
j. McCabe of Burlington, Ii. j. Mullen of
Richford, w. T. Halvosa of Balboa, G. H.,
c. G. Erickson OF Boston, f. +. Ludden
of Barton, Aaron Berman of Littleton,
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| Last evening members of the w. c.
| +. U. with their husbands gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wa
terman of Camp street for social even
ing. Readings were given and the com
pany played rock during the evening. A
small remembrance was given to Mrs.
Theodore Beach, who is packing her
household goods preparatory to moving
to New York state. Coffee and sand
,,,foh Arra I'd
under way to spend another evening to-
gether on Friday, Feb. Is.
Carpenters employed in making re-
pairs to the interior of the old town
house, which was damaged by fire in
mid December, have requisitioned sup
ply of frewood from the aldermanie |
property committee, as it is claimed |
that Nthe condition of the walls make |
the maintenance of steady fire imper |
alive. Much of the plastering has been |
completed, yet the walls and ceilings |
are drying but slowly. The New Eng |
land Fruit store, which was not so bad /
ly damaged, is nearly ready for occu-
pancy, and just now the repair work is
being centered on the second floor.
Shovel tag had its beginning in Barre
this forenoon when hundreds of school
children, acting in cooperation with their
teachers and the local fuel commtte,
received large number of tags for dis
tribution. By the end, of the week at
the latest it is believed that virtually
every coal shovel in the city win have
been tagged. The movement takes in
the entire nation and all over the land
to-day children started delivering the
tags Literature accompanying the sup.
ply of tags has been received by the fuel
committee and thus far there has been
general disposition on the part of all
to aid the distributors in spreading their {
gospel of fuel conservation. Every tag
is pledge that the user of the shovel
to which it is attached shall save as
much coal as possible
A meeting of considerable Importance
and enjoyment was that held in Worthen !
hall last evening when installation of {
The l.. A., A. O. H., officers for the ensu- /
ing year took place, with a business
meeting and social time. The officers in
stalled were: President, Mrs. Clara Ri
ey; vice president, Mrs. S. Carroll; re- i
,ording secretary, Mrs. X. Whetmore; t
financial secretary, Mrs. Il. Brown, i
treasurer, Mrs. n. Good; mistress at t
rms, Mrs. Kate Roben; sentinel, Mrs. II
T. O'Keefe; chairlady of standing com. t
nittee, Mrs. b. Dlnecn. The installation c
work was done by Miss 4. McGovern of p
Montpelier, county president. After
hort business meeting, class initiation q
nd the installation, luncheon was n
erved on the Hooverized plan, and as h
he meeting closed, "The Star Spanged n
'anner' was sung by all standing. il
Barre as the mecca for woodsmen who .
ave acquired the third rail habit along 9
18th swinging the axe continue to
ask in the popularity which hard drink
lg lumberiacks visit upon any license u
own. Over night four men who had u
ttely left the murmuring pines and the u
emlocks for the settlements were ar N
ested by the police on intoxication al
harges. They hailed from New Bruins p.'
lex, Boston and Manchester, ~ H., all CT
Y way of Fayston. Albert w. Potts
acknowledged first offense and paid te
and costs. John j. Kennedy and W
harles A. Reynolds admitted first of OF
,nses and chose the Jail alternative. m
ohm l.. Cummings, who has been arrest le
three times within a year, demurred
yainst the charge and asked for time lie