The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-28
TALK OF THE TOWN


Rummage sale at Presbyterian chnrei
II Saturday afternoon, TO ). Good bar
II gains-adv.
II ton Is visiting Rachel Dix at her home
H 81 Brook street.
II Miss Margaret Brechin left this morn.
ing for Burlington, where she is TO take
up the nurses training at the Mary
Il Fletcher hospital.
Olive Thomas, Jack Pickford's wife
and Charles Gum in An Even Break" a
Triangle feature. and 1.-THE Fighting
Trail" Bijou to-day
II Private David Mcknight of Camp Dew
ems arrived this morning TO visit rela-
ties, leaving on the return trip To Aver,
Mass, just before noon to-day.
| Page 4 Shaw chocolates and bonbons
will advance in price July l. Better
come in and make a purchase now.
Fresh stock. Barre Candy Kitchen.
Miss Leona Lamb of Summer street re-
turned TO the city last evening from
Aver, Mass, where she has been visiting
with friends at Camp Devens during the
past few days.
Miss Mabel Hutchinson returned yes
terday from Lowell. Mass, having fin.
ishtu NHt VI
nurses and is at the home of her parents
on Park street.
H Mrs. Alexander Cowie and children left
the city yesterday for Wollaston, Mass,
TO make their home Mr.. Cowie, who is
employed by the Fore River Shipbuilding
company at Quincy, preceded them sew
eral weeks ago.
Miss Ethel Ducharme, Bessie Massie
and Gladys Massie and Alexander Mas
sic left the city this forenoon for Sun
| set, \. H., where they have secured EN-.
ployment during the summer months at
the Sunset house.
| Miss Bertha Hooker arrived in the
| city last evening from Boston. where
she has been enrolled during the past
year at the Sargent's school for girls, to
spend the summer vacation at the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. b. w. Hook |
er, of Park street.
Walter Kelly, cook Of the Headquar
tiers company of the lst Vermont regi |
ment, which has been changed into the |
57th Pioneers, and which is stationed at |
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. c., |
is spending a furlough of several days !
with friends and relatives in the city.
Miss Nan keenan, OF Boston is spend.
ing a visit of few days at the home
of Miss Mary Tomasi of North Main
street. Miss Keenan, was classmate of |
Miss Tomasi during their college course
at Smith college in Northampton, Mass,
from which school Miss Tomasi gradu.
ated last June.
In the north display window at Merlo
Bros store on North Main street, there
is exhibited a scroll picture of the 35th
construction company, taken in front of
the barracks at Fort Wayne, Ind. All
are colored men. and in the group may
be seen Private Roy Curtis, the first
colored boy from Barre to be drafted.
Thirty Pythians, representing vincitia
lodge of this city, motored to West Tops
ham last evening to attend a district
meeting of the order. Lodges in Water
bury, Montpelier and Groton were among
the others represented. The first rank
degree was conferred by the Barre Pyth
ians. The visitors were enjoyably en-
tertained by the West Topsham lodge.
Miss Ruth Robinson, who has been
spending the past two weeks at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. @.
Robinson of Academy street, left the !,
city this forenoon for Hartford, Conn, =
where she has secured employment with :
the Travellers Insurance Co Miss Rob
nson was member of the graduating
class from Wellesley college two weeks q
ago.
Melville Barker of Whitehall, n Y. a
former resident of Barre, who with Mrs !
Barker il visiting relatives in Randolph /
anne to the city yesterday to renew &C I
Iuaintance with John Mclean and Or a
este Boffino, with whom he was employed t
n the old Segel store some 20 years ago. t
Before leaving, Mr.. Barker called on a II
number OF other friends whom he had
lot seen since his departure score of a
rears ago e.
Ground floor tenants of the Arcade 81
building at the corner of North Main N
md Pearl streets have been notified to n
AGATE by Saturday night, and while u
umors are afoat very little is definite 4
Y known as to the plans of the own Of
r, New York man, who recently IL
assed several days in Barre. Manager p
tito Mariana of the Bijou theatre and d.
ianager L. G. Marie of the Diversi W
'ruit Co, who is to join the colors in sc
few days, received their notices from al
local attorney and are planning to to
lose their establishments tomorrow b'
light Recently C. NJ. Halves, who has pr
urehased a dwelling on Spaulding be
treet, gave up the rooming business
for several years in the sec dc
nd story of the building. Y
Among the guests arriving at Hotel "
ARE last night and this morning were oi
he following people: Mr.. and Mrs. H. Oh
. Dubois of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. y
. f. Stiles of Edna, Mo-, Mr.. and Mrs. .r
. A. Plat and daughter of Cabot, Os- ny
ar T. Anderson of Middlesex, ]. l.. Pike w
nd L. S. Newcomb of Waterbury, H. re
Z Darling of Marshfield, Mr., and Mrs. y,
B. Knox of Burlington, L. +. Miner of W.
utland, +. B. Thomas of Memphis, sei
enn., J. c. Dobson and N. f. Pierce of er'
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymore and W
r. and Mrs. j. f. Jackson of Morris eF'
lie, John W. Mobus, Charles Mobus
I'd Mrs. Fred Mobus of Warren, s. b. las
oward of Manchester n. H., Mrs. F. lei
Pratt, Miss Helen King of Boston, 10
av Mr.. Brookhsll of Philadelphia, and
w. Bronx of Berlin, n. II.
Demon Rum, eamoufsged in guises of
appe, rye. Bourbon and martini went :
der the hammer at the Wilson a Gaui /