The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-07
TALK OFTHE TOWN

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pital last evening 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Nelson OF q Summer street.
Miss Doris Iloyey left this morning
for her former home In Sherbrooke 20
make a weeks visit with relatives.
John Wilkinson Of Ticonderoga, n. ",
"A former resident OF Barre, Is passing
several days with friends in the city.
A. Marchetti OF the b. romasi block,
who. has been receiving treatment ut the
City hospital, was able TO return 10 his
home yesterday,
/ All who assisted in the !. O. O. L.. NJ.
T., Ministries in any way are invited to
the X. OF G. hall ON Friday evening AZ
$3.50 for social evening.
A regular meeting Of the !. o. o. L.,
Nj. u, in the X. Of C. hall Friday night,
March $, Meeting to be called at o 80
Initiation, Guards be present.
James McIlardy, Il Spaulding student
who has been quite seriously in for sew.
eral days, has SO far recovered as TO be
able TO resume his duties in the Drown
pharmacy.
Alexander Mcdonald, who has been
passing a vacation of several DAYS with
relatives here, returned yesterday TO |
Springfield, Mass, where he is employed |
in the government armory
Why not conserve the country's coal
supply by using electric fiat irons West /
nghouse cinderella from, $3.50; Univer-
sal iron, $3.50. At these prices only as
long as our present stock lasts. Mont.
pelier 4 Barre Light & Power Co.
William Walker of Ayers street. who
has been i'll, quite seriously at times,
since New Years, il able to be down
town and Is steadily regaining his
health. Mr.. Walker was able to leave
the house Tuesday to visit the polls.
Mrs. Alton r. Briggs and two children,
who have been visiting relatives in Mont
pelier since vacating their apartments on
Park street, left yesterday for Burling.
ton to rejoin Mr.. Briggs, a former EN-
ploye of the Homer Fits Co., who is EN-.
ployed in a Burlington dry goods estab.
lishment. {,
Bannocks night is TO be observed by
the Glenugie club in Clan Gordon hall
Saturday evening, in conformance to a
custom which the Glenugians have Gre
ated ever since the club was organized.
A meeting Of the committee, which is
headed by Charles Keith, the president.
and j. Club, the secretary, will be held
in the clan hall Friday evening at
o'clock.
George w. Lander, the proprietor of
the Royal pool and billiard rooms, is in. I
stalling a soda fountain in his pool en-
porium in the Jackson block, having pur-
chased the stand from the Hub restau. I
ant for this purpose. Carpenters have
been busily engaged during the past few
lays in installing the fountain and il is
expected that soft drinks will be sold :
here by the end of this week =
Mrs. f. A. Witham and Mrs. II. S.
Miles have Just returned from Boston,
where they have been attending the
ashton show and millinery openings
While there, Mrs Miles worked two
weeks with Mr.. Byron, the well.known a,
fifth avenue designer. Mr.. Byron is a.
lillian Russell's private milliner and
designed both in London and Paris. Come
n and see the new spring hats and talk )
bout dressmaking. Mrs. Miles will work
or me the coming season. Mrs. +. A.
Vitham. Ct
At the seminary gymnasium Saturday ~ a.
vening the Goddard basketball quintet
yill meet the Colby academy team from
Few London, n. H., in return game u
etween the two teams, the seminary ag u
regation having won the first game ut y
lew London several weeks ago. The X
olby team has been claiming the cham =
ionshp of New Hampshire Friday N
vening the Spaulding team will play ID
he Peoples academy team in the last
ONE game of the season, and as the
louisville team has defeated both Bur
ngton and Spauldng great deal Of :,
Importance in deciding the league cham H.
ionship will be determined by the out
orne of the game.
Two additional policemen have been II.
nputized by Mayor Glysson to act under be
ie directions of the health department, fir
hich has adopted rigid measures to an
leck the spread of smallpox, incpient XII
ises of which have developed in the past an
,rtnght. The special officers commits ten
oned yesterday are Edwin Royce and be
lillian oliver, who with Officer A. B. IL.
nrtis are policing the house on North he
ain street where man named Bianchi WI
Is contracted the disease. So far as
Re somewhat limited supply Of vaccine
i'll permit the authorities are going tn'
lead with the work Of vaccnating all en-
rsons exposed. In every instance an III ~
between vaccination ana +.
larantine has been offered, and a mum -,
r of individuals have elected to stay ~
side, rather than to submit to the vac ~
lie operation. pic
The little house on wheels, which has loo
long domiciled the family of Everett the
,od in q wooded lot just north of the jus
" limits, is on the move again, al yoi
ough the vehicle has not reached its me
situation yet. Once more Mr. Hood tot
d turned his face toward the rising -
n, and by another week end he ex-
cts to drop anchor somewhere on the
Ist Barre road Last Sunday the wag
the Hood family and their personal
d household effects crossed the river on
e ice at North Barre and settled down g
mporarily near the ruins of the Wells
mson granite plant. The family is
AIDED for Orange, where Mr.. Hood :
vs. he expects to do his bit this spring
raising crop or two for Uncle Sam.
e Hoods expect to proceed by easy
lges to their destination, as the head
the family is working for A. Tomasi,
d cannot devote his whole time to
wing
Inquiry among persons who observed
, frantic fight of doe through the
eets of Barre yesterday has indicated
tie accurately the course pursued by &.