The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

See A. V. Beckley's adv, page 5.
Good auto Tor hire. Prices reasonable.
Call 100. Cutters livery.
Atty Frank S. Williams of Bradford
called on friends in the city yesterday
Miss Dorothy Simonds of Williams
town was shopping visitor in the city
| to-day.
James Thow Of South Barre left
the city last evening for Quincy, Mass,
where he has secured employment at the
Fore River shipbuilding yards.
Miss Bernice Rollins OF Currier street
is taking vacation Of two weeks from
her duties as clerk in the garment de-
partment of the Homer Fits store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ceilings and chill.
dren and Joseph Collings of Ayers street
have returned home, after passing ten
days in camp at Woodbury. pond.
Alban Carroll of Bolster avenue be.
gan work this morning as baggage mas.
ter at the Central Vermont station, sue.
ceeding Peter Alexander, who is awaiting
call to the colors.
Earl Winter Of Trow hill one Of the
graduates from Goddard seminary few
weeks ago, commenced his duties as a
clerk at the Quarry Savings Bank and
Trust company this forenoon.
Miss Marjorie Wheeler returned this
forenoon to Waterbury, where she is EN-.
ployed in the Office Of granite plant,
after spending the past few days with
friends and relatives in the city.
Bailey's Music Rooms, our new loca.
tion, lls North Main street If You are
thinking of purchasing a piano. call and
inspect our line, sold for cash or on easy
payments. H. J. LaRoe, manager. Phone
369.W.
c. Fl. Wishart and William Wishart
returned yesterday from Burlington,
where they visited their brother, Private
Raymond o. Wishart, who left with the
mechanics contingent Saturday evening
for Camp Upton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Simonds, who were
recently married in Springfield, where
the groom has been employed, arrived in
the city yesterday They are to reside
at 33 South Main street, and Mr. 81.
monds has entered the employ of F. A.
Slayton.
Mrs Alexander McLeay and children,
formerly of Bury, p. O., who have been
passing several days in Barre as the
guests Of Mrs. Katherine Mcdonald and
Mr. and Mrs NJ G. McIver OF Perry
street, left the city this morning for
Winnipeg, Man, where they are to re-
side with the formers brother.
Friends in the city of Camille Fortin,
who until recently was employed as a
candy maker at the Ward Candy Kiteh-
en-, have received word announcing
his success in passing the physical ex.
animation for entrance into the mer-
chant marine as a cook. Mr. Fortin is
at present stationed at the Newport, R.
l., naval training station.
A military appearing photograph Of
the first mechanics unit, which has been
stationed at the University Of Vermont
at Burlington during the past two
months, and which left Burlington Sat
urday forenoon for cantonments further
south, has been the center of attraction
for a large number Of people during the
| past few days. The photograph is shown
in the display window of the B. w,
Hooker & Co. store.
Thirteen Barre boys left town this
morning for Montpelier to report to
Washington county local board, before
whom they indicted for training in the
mechanics contingent. They left this
noon for Springfield, Mass, where they
are to enroll at the special service school
in the Springfield high school. 4 large
number of people were at the station to
bid them godspeed. A much larger con
tingent of local men who self-inducted
for training at Burlington went to the
| capital early this afternoon to report.
They were scheduled to arrive in Bur.
| lington this evening and they will begin
their training Immediately.
Methodists and Congregationalists
united in morning services in the He'd.
ding Methodist church Sunday, when
Rev. F. L. Goodspeed of the Barre Con-
gregational church preached sermon on
! the lessons of the French revolution, the
address being appropriate TO the observ.
ance of Bastille day. Rev B. A. Carlson
was the preacher in the Graniteville
Presbyterian church A feature of the
morning service at the First Baptist
church was a violin solo by Miss Hazel
Werner In the evening, the union serv-
| ice, which was to have been held in City
park, took place indoors, the speaker be-
! ing H. j. Nj. Jones Of Montpelier.
/ Violent showers spattered the week
end weather map, and while two terrific
storms Saturday and Sunday afternoons
seem to be somewhat localized, nearly
every town in Central Vermont was in
| the area of showers and experienced
down pour or two at one time or an
other. Here in Barre, the most spec
tacuar electrical storm of the season
occurred late Saturday afternoon. Heavy
laundering prevailed and there were
sharp flashes of lightning. A bolt struck
the house at 90 East street occupied by
the family of R. s. Currier One corner
| of the roof was removed, and in some
of the rooms the furnishings were dis
placed. There was no fire. So far as
has been learned, the lightning did not
damage property greatly in Barre or
towns about. Gardens we're flooded and
in the outskirts hay lodged greatly. At
East Barre the shower took the form of
hail storm. Another torrential show.
er of rain and hail passed over the city
Sunday afternoon.