The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

! day at Bell a Houstons.
Don't forget to phone 7lo,2 wht
| you're ready TO sell your old rags an
ruhbers Abram Fine, city.
james =. Hicks returned yesterday
his home in ST. Johnsbury after passlr
a few days with relatives in Barre an
Montpelier
Leon c. Ducharme, sailor aboard al
u. :. ). North Dakota, il passing IN
Tough with his mother, Mrs. Grace Dr
eharme of the Miles granite building.
Private Archie r. Simonds, who is at
tached TO the 57th Pioneers list Vernon
infantry at Spartanburg, ), C., is pass
ing furlough OF several days at HI
home here.
Mrs. William Hodgdon and her sister
Miss Mary Morse, of Gorham, n H., arr
passing several days in the city as TIL
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry II. HodS
don of Highland avenue.
Miss Gladys Gauthier, who has beer
visiting at her home here since return
ing from winters soiourn in Florida
has gone 10 Mortified TO resume hel
duties in the hosiery factory.
Alexander Cruickshank, who has been
employed for some time as stoneshed
foreman in the Mould plant at Morris.
vile, completed his duties Saturday and
has returned to Barre to reside.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs Earl Hayden OF
Berlin Sunday, May 5, daughter, Pat.
rieia Eareen, weighing eight and three.
remembered here as Miss Mildred
Churchill.
George Clogston, who has been en-
ployed by the VI. & b. l.. & p. company
for several years, has vacated his suite
of rooms in the Bolster building, and
leaves tonight for Bristol, Conn, where
he has secured employment.
Mrs William V. Avery, who has been
visiting Highland avenue friends while
overseeing the packing of her household
effects, left this morning for st. Adams,
where Mr.. Avery has employment as the
ianitor of business building
William Craig, a former city letter
carrier. who has been residing in Port
land, Me-, for a time, returned TO the
city last evening and resumed his duties
at the Barre postofiice this morning. He
expects to be rejoined by his family later
in the spring.
Howard Alexander. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Alexander of Branch street,
is now a frst-class seaman, attached to
the L. S. S. Vermont according to let
ter received here recently. The young
man enlisted in the navy soon after the
of the war.
Dr. NJ. A. Meagher. dentist, has bought
the business OF DR.. Howard Reid in the
Miles block and will be ready to begin
Tuesday, May Ii. DR.. Meagh |
er is a graduate of Tufts dental college, |
a post graduate of Boston Forsyth den |
tai infirmary, specialized in extracting at
Boston City dispensary and also has been |
licensed by the New York university.
Mrs Katherine Sennett, mother of |
Mack Sennett, the famous comedian, |
Who has been visiting her sister Mrs. o. |
u Granger OF Merchant street left this
morning for Danyille, r. O., where she
will spend the summer Mrs. Sennett
Lrriyed in Barre recently from Los An.
,eles Cal, where she passed the winter
With her son, who has a movie studio
# his own on the Pacific coast
Two more recruits have registered at
he merchant marine recruiting bureau
established in the Red Cross Pharmacy |,
ONE weeks ago They are John James
Kingston of South Barre and Grato An.
ony Angione OF IL Howard street. The
'oung men have passed the preliminary
hysical examination here and will re-
ort for duty at once, leaving tonight
or Boston TO be stationed at Common
wealth pier.
Twenty-one men and several teams are
{ work on the new federal roadway
7hich is being constructed south of Wa
erbury village. J. c. DeBrune. the con
raetor. who has been in town to ship his
quipment to Waterbury, returned to the
1b this morning Work was gotten un-
err way Monday. The new highway will :
xtend from the tale mines, along the old !,
airground site of the covered bridge
ear the village limits. Much of the road
ill be of Telford construction.
Cyril G. Marion, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. !
ames r. Marion of Franklin street,
no recently completed his first year at
oily Cross college, Worcester, Mass,
# this morning for Newport, r, l., to
tier the naval training school, having
zen awaiting the call since his enlist !;
ent some time ago. Mrs. Marion, her 4
N. ard her daughter, Miss Vivien Mar
on, visited at the home of the formers
ster, Miss Dora L. Delaney. in Bur
1gton yesterday.
Two small boys on Elm street yester-
w boarded grocer cart which the
liver had left at the curbing while he
icited orders near by. The youngsters
led the whip rather freely, with the re-
1T that the horse became fractions,
i'd began to rear and jump, The youth :
/ trespassers were thrown to the U
ound and the horse set out on a brisk ~
inter- down the hill. The outfit was y
opped before il reached the home stall. 1t
he boys escaped with minor bruises,
Two of the four prizes awarded in the
rupture memorization contest at the
nual convention of the Washington !.
,unty Sunday School association in
ontpelier yesterday went to Barre stu
nts In the first class, comprised of !
VS. and girls from Q to IL, Miss Ruth 4
vile of the First Presbyterian Sunday !
TOOL won the award, the second prize
ing to William Wallace of Waterbury. z
lie second class, made up of grammar
d high school students, was led by
ward Geake of the First Baptist .
nrch in this city, while the second
ze in the senior division was awarded :
SIS Luvia Irene Page of Plainheld. The
lges i'm the contest were: Miss Agnes 4
ford teacher of English and elocution
Goddard seminary; Miss Mildred Ray
md, who is at the head of the elocu- :
n department in Montpelier seminary,
1 supt. George J. Seager of the Barre I
wn schools.
inches separated H. A Richardson
IN serious injury on the Granite street z