The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-20
TALK OF THE TOWN


was visitor in the city yesterday and
to-day.
Miss Maude Gregoire has commenced
work as clerk in the MeCuen store in
Montpelier.
Dance at Woodbury. pond every Fri
day night. An ideal spot and good
time.-adv.
A regular meeting of the Ladies of
Clan Gordon will be held Tuesday, Aug.
20, at 7;l5 p. m.
Supt. G. w. Groom of st. Adams was
in town yesterday on business connected
with the Central Vermont railroad
Mrs. w. F. Shepard Of the Mrs, Shep-
ard Co., Inc, went to New York last
night to purchase fall and winter goods.
Willis Venable of Manchester, N. H.,
is staying at Hotel Barre while here on
business connected with the granite in
dustry.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Ballard Of IRE
mont street have returned from motor
trip through New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts.
A regular meeting of R. G. J. p. A. will
be held In Foresters' hall Wednesday
evening, Aug. 81, at 1850 Let all mem
bers be present.
P. G. Lamson of Cambridge, Mass, is
registered at Hotel Barre while here on
business connected with his granite
trade periodical.
Miss Ethel Gamble OF Division street,
who has been visiting with friends in
Wells River during the past few days,
returned to the city last evening.
Miss Eva Ladd of Trow hill recently
left Barre for Worcester, Mass, where
she has secured employment. Miss
Blanche Ladd, her sister, has gone to
Montpelier to work.
Proposals for moving police headquar-
| ters from the basement to the first floor
Of city hall are to be submitted by the
property committee at the city council
meeting this evening
Elverslo Joseph Bardossi of this city,
who is member Of the 57th Pioneer in
fantry list Vermontl at Spartanburg,
S. G., has been promoted from third class
musician to second class musician.
Miss Marguerite Roberts, who has been
spending the past few days at Highgate
Springs, returned to the city last even
ing. Miss Roberts resumed her duties at
the government employment bureau in
the Morse block this forenoon.
Miss Abbie Mack, formerly teacher
at the North Barre school, who is visit
ing at her home in Hardwick, was a Wis
itor in the city yesterday. Miss Mack
| is doing Librarians work In Wilmington,
Del, and expects to leave for Delaware
within a short time.
Louis ID. Tomasi Of Barre is one Of
l63 young men who have entered the
| fifth officers material school which
opened at Harvard college, Cambridge,
Mass, yesterday. The candidates seek
appointment as ensigns The only other
yermonter in the list is Donald Nc
Clary Of st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. George Fowlie, jr., of Circle street
left the city Sunday evening for Spring
field, Mass, where she expects to make a
visit of few weeks Mrs. Fowlie was
accompanied by her husband, who re-
turned to the Springfield mechanics
training school, after spending a week
end furlough in the city.
Nose Forest of Mortified, who was
locked up on an intoxieation charge last
night, appeared before Magistrate H.
W. Scott in municipal court this fore.
noon and acknowledged a subsequent
offense. Failing to pay fine Of SIS
and costs, he will serve the alternative
sentence in the county jail.
Word was recently received in the city
Of the safe arrival overseas Of Homer T..
Bassett, 302d field artillery, Spaulding
| 1918 graduate, who has been stationed
at Camp Devens since last September
Mr. Bassett is a graduate Of the army
bakers school and has served consider
able time while in camp as mess cook.
Kathleen Carroll. the little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Carroll of North
Main street, who was severely injured
Saturday afternoon when an automo-
bile mounted the curb of the sidewalk
on which she was walking. is recovering
from the first effects of the accident. Her
condition was improved yesterday and
| il is believed that no complications will
develop to retard her recovery,
The Hospital Aid association will hold
their annual flower day on Saturday,
Aug. "a for the benefit Of the Barre
City hospital All wishing to donate
flowers will kindly leave them at the
Red Cross headquarters in the war chest
rooms The committee will be present
TO take them after a. m. Saturday.
Donators who have no means of deliv.
cry please call 302-W. and their flowers
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be for sale in the war chest rooms, and
anyone overlooked can get them there.
Cards have been received in the city
announcing the prospective marriage on
| Aug. 81, of Miss Esther Louise Jocelyn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Louis Parker
Joseyn, and Robert Farquhar Watt, son
of Rev and Mrs George Watt, former
! ly Of Barre, the marriage to take place
at the summer home Of the brides par
ents at Whitmore Lake Mich. The
young man was formerly a resident Of
Barre and has many friends here Fol
lowing his graduation from the engi
neerng department IF the University Of
Michigan he has been engaged in engi-
neering in that state.
| money from thb west bolNeu trying
problem for Dan ]. Healy of Stoughton,
Mass, yesterday, Healy was convicted
in municipal court last week of attempt
ing to defraud a Pearl street hotelkeep-
er in the matter of room rent. The
Judge fined him $40 and costs of 1855,
but Healy, who said he had been play
ing cards, did not have the money He
was taken to the county jail to serve
the alternative sentence, but yesterday
good tidings reached him from DAYTON,
o. where the raincoat concern by whom