The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-11
TALK OFTHE TOWN

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Sadler's, Keith avenue.
Special sale OF women's percale bunga
low aprons for soc Saturday AZ Fits.
John Laney has returned 20 Barre
after passing the holiday season will
relatives in Boston and Doreester Hass
Clan Gordon hall opVl for concert an'
dance parties. For terms apply TO CHARLIE
$. Leslie, trustee, 10 Central street
Phone 2l-3.
yesterday afternoon for Burlington
where he will make visit of few days
with friends.
The prize compositions and names OF
winners in Peoples National bank com
position contest will be published in to-
morrows Times.
Mrs. Chauncey Alden of Montpelier is
visiting for a few days al the home OF
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gamble
of Division street.
Mrs. H. Gale Bennett of Spaulding
street has returned from Boston. where
she has been making visit of several
days with relatives.
Regular meeting of |. O. o. L., NJ L., in
X of c. hall Friday night at o'clock.
Installation of officers. Guards please
meet at 6;30 for initiation work.
John b. Cassellini of Central street,
who has been confined to the house by
an attack of the grip for the past 10
days, was able to be out of doors yes.
terday.
The New York musical comedy, The
ns.l al u. laN
at Montpelier Playhouse tonight. Spe-
cial cars to Barre after the perform
ance, adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Collamer who have
been passing several days with their son,
George H. Collamer of North Main street,
returned this morning TO their home in
Shelburne.
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Gasparello and
children of Washington street returned
to the city yesterday, after passing sew
eral weeks with relatives in Boston and
Quincy, Mass.
Clarence Burke of Maple avenue left
this morning for Burlington, where he
will make visit of few days with
friends. Mr. Burke expects to attend
Spaulding Burlington basketball game,
which will be played there this evening.
Mrs, Joseph F. Plainiield, who has been
a patient at the City hospital for the
past fortnight, was able to return to her
home in the jackson block to-day. With
her mother she expects to leave Barre
shortly for Newark, n. j., where Rev.
Mr.. Plainfeld. her husband, is in the
domestic mission field.
AT a meeting of the McGovern Granite
Co., held in the concerns office on Black
we'll street yesterday afternoon, the fol
owing directors were elected for the en-
suing fiscal year: K. L. McGovern OF
Hartford, Conn, Daniel j, Hayes of
Cirillo Broggini and Frank
3roggini of Barre r. L. MoGovern was
e -elected president, d. j. Hayes treasur-
r, G.. Broggni vice president, and +. d
5roggini assistant treasurer,
A special car has been chartered for
he homecoming of Barre Eagles who
re to engage in tourney with their !
raternal brothers in Montpelier this {
venng. The representatives of the
iranite City aerie will leave Barre on
he Gas car, and the special aecommoda t
ion will be available on the return at
Midnight. Just now the Barre team {
,ads by slight margin in the pool, [
owing, billiard and card tournament in -
ugurated by the two aeries in Novem-
err p
Aided by the efforts OF General Jack Z
rost during the past two weeks, lee
prime quality and about Ii inches in
,ickness has formed on the mill pond n
nd this morning the task OF harvesting )
re second crop of the season was begun, II
le first crop having been cut about
onth ago. Although the general lack of q
Dor il no small problem to deal with b
cutting the ice, a small regiment con G
sting of young Americans have rushed
the rescue so that the task of har p
sting the ice is expected to be com a,
eted in few days. ii
Accompanied by Coach James kene- al
k, members of the Spaulding high
hool basketball quintet, left this fore m
ION for Burlington, where they will al
ay the first game on the interschSastic m
lgue schedule this evening, when they os
III line up against the Burlington high A
hool five The players who went on
e trip were: Capt. Geals, Mann, Lyon, =,
orse and Wilkins. Tomorrow after -
on the second string team will go ~
White River Junction, where they ~
We made arrangements for playing the ~ -
III school quintet of that place to-
PROV evening. W.
Because he broke a piece of piping and tie
Is unable to stem the ensuing food of -
tier in Concord. n H.. store, young
ancs Lyons, l5-yearold boy, beat Z
way to Barre few days ago and
1ght work in a Batehelder's meadow Z
mite plant. In the meantime the Con- =
ID police, who were interviewing sew
Il Youngsters in the matter of the :
,ken pipe communicated with the
IRE authorities, with the result that Z
ons was interviewed by Chief Sinclair
sterday The boy told a straightfor-
I'd story of the broken pipe episode,
ring that he meant no harm, and that
fed from Concord because the police Z
asked him to call on them on the J
rning that followed his departure. He
$ afraid of the reformatory and pre- !
red to STAY in Barre and carry tools
returning to New Hampshire. The :
= is STAYING in the home of George ]
ilker and the police are awaiting in 4
uctions from Concord.
he following item from the Rock
d. Me. Courier Gazette, issue of Jan. a
i an account of the wedding of Miss .
en- H. Blethen and George w. Rob
q. the latter being the son Of Mr.. and
!. J. +. Roberts of Barre Mr.. Rob
is well known in Barre and North
having al blended Norwich univer-