The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

HIN UT ffE Wv ~
Pythans of yincitia lodge viii hold
an iniormal dancing party in their rooms
this evening.
Miss Hazel Caswell of Bridgeport,
Conn, is passing several days with rcla'
tives in the city.
Mrs. $. II. Forsyth of Laurel street
was taken TO the City hospital today
for an operation.
Mrs. Alex Cordiner of Hillside avenue
was taken to the City hospital yester'
day for treatment.
Miss Beatrice Calaghan of Park street
is recovering steadily from the effects OF
a minor operation on toe.
u. h. House of Berlin was in the city
to-day TO attend meeting OF the WASH
ington county license commission.
Mae Murray in Face Value Blue
bird feature and the weekly OF eur
rent events at the Biiou to-day adv.
The guild of the Church of the Good
Shenhcrd will meet Thursday evening at
30 with Mrs. Carter, Keith avenue.
Mrs. w. f. Shepard returned this
morning from business trip To New
York in the interests of the Mrs. Shepard
Co, Inc,
Be sure TO hear Capt. Keenc and Lieut..
! Clark in their trench-life narratives at
the British recruiting rally, opera house,
Thursday evening, p. M.
There will be a rehearsal for all the
juniors at the Congregational church
Thursday afternoon at > o'clock for the
patriotic entertainment to be given Fri
day evening.
A special meeting of the Meadow
Brook Golf club will be held in the Clan
Gordon hall Friday, April ., at 1880 p. m.
Election of officers. Every member be
present. A. w. Pirie, See.
Special sale of oil stoves, with kcro-
gas burner viii save one half OF your
kerosene oil Ansore blue fame, two
burners IS; three burner, $l2 Pertec-
ton oil stoves and wicks, Quick Meal
gasoline stoves Low prices on Andes
ranges i. A. Prindle, Worthen block
pasoualc Isadernia who is employed
in Miers' uptown barber shop. received
message this morning stating that his
brother. living in New York, had been
called TO Camp Upton at laphank, l.. l.,
for military service. Mrs. lsadernia ex
pects to leave at the end of the week for
New York to remain indefinitely with
two sisters.
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre, last
night and this morning included the foi-
lowing people: NJ. J, kelleher Of Spring
field. II. d. Stevens of Westford, H. d.
Donahoe of Glens Falls n u, G, \.
Hildreth of Springfield, II. B. tarock OF
Burlington. NJ. T. Stevens Of St johns
bury, Miss Elsie J. Tuck OF Joplin, Mo-
T. 4. Cross of Mortified, NJ. !. Murphy
/ of Boston, H. H. Carroll of Burlington,
/ G.. A. Mclaughlin of Boston.
Now that Berlin, the last of the three
municipalities concerned, has adopted
the new traction franchise, officials OF
/ the road expect that the agreement VIII
: slpplant the old franchise at once. For
the present il will make very little diff
/ ference with the fare schedule and time
table now used. Berlin voters were
almost Of one mind in the matter OF &C
cepting the substitute franchise, as the
vote at the special meeting yesterday
stood 35 to (,
r. X. Marshall a general organizer
for the retail clerks union has returned
to Bridgeport, Conn, after passing sev.
eral DAYS in the city. The agreement
| between the merchants and the union
terminated March 81. after having been
| in force for three years Members OF the
Barre local said to-day that adviees from
the headquarters of the international
association are expected daily and that
a statement bearing on the situation
would be issued later.
Capt. Louis keene and Lieut.. Clark,
the one of the Canadian army, and the
other an officer in a Scottish regiment,
will be in Barre Thursday evening for
the British recruiting rally postponed
| from last week Information from Capt.
Keene and Lieut.. Clark was received by
Frank G.. Rowland this morning. The
latter will preside at the rally, which Is
to be held in the opera house the hour
being S O'Clock. II is expected that the
Barre pipe and drum band, which fur
nished excellent music for the makings
of an enthusiastic rally week ago, will
play, and all soldiers and sailors in uni
| form who happen to be stopping in Barre
are asked TO take seats on the stage
| Two reels of moving pictures, showing
actual scenes along the western battle
! front, will be shown in connection with
vivid descriptions of trench life by Capt.
Keene and Lieut. Clark. No admission
! is to be charged. Capt. Keene, whose
book, "Crumps,' is in constant demand
at every newsstand, will proceed from
Hanover. ~ H., where he is instructing
the Dartmouth battalion, and Lieut.
| Clark will come from Manchester, n H.,
headquarters of the British recruiting
mission.