The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

III NtN plhid hMtf flbbnhN at Httths
Enlist IN merchant marine at Rnssell's
New maple sugar cakes at Barre Can,
dy Kitchen
Regular meeting of Barre lodge, n. T.
o. r., tonight az 7i30
A regular meeting of st. Johns court
{, O, T., will be held Wednesday evening
at o'clock.
Ellen hye Lawrence. teacher of piano,
At 90 Elm street, every Thursday. Hend.
quarters AZ Plainheld'-adv
Mrs. Laura Dirty Of Salem, Mass, ar.
rived in the city last night for an en-.
tended visit with relatives ON West Pat,
terson street.
Hollis Taylor of East Barre passed
through the city yesterday while on his
way home, after visit OF a few DAYS
in Burlington.
Miss Chloe Powell, who is engaged as
teacher In the Montpelier road school,
has gone to her home in Jeffersonyille for
the spring vacation.
Miss Ida fioruzzi. who Is engaged as a
teacher in the Nershire schools, Is spend.
ing the Easter recess at the home of her
parents on Division street.
Beattie Il Duncan wish TO announce
their millinery opening. To begin next
Wednesday, and TO continue until Sat.
urday. Ladies are cordially invited
adv.
Henry Weiner, a former resident of
Barre, who has been employed in Buifa.
10, \. y, for the past two years, ar.
rived IN the city yesterday for a visit
with Raymond Diemer Of the east hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones of Hart
ford, Conn, arrived in the city yester-
day for q visit in the home of the for.
mer's sister, Mrs. Roy Crossett. Mr.. |
Jones is one of the Washington county |
young men who have been chosen as
members of the increment to join the |
national army next Tuesday.
The Williamstown flyer failed to me-
gotiate the heights on its regular return |
trip to Barre this morning. and before
the overland outfit appeared at the local I
station 10 connect with the outgoing /
s:25 train over the Barre branch, the /
yard crew with an extra locomotive had /
been dispatched TO the hill road to as
sist in the up grade pull.
II. j. Wilson, who has been employed
as window decorator for the Union /
Dry Goods Co. and the Union Clothing
Co. for some time. is to complete his
duties Saturday evening. Next week, !,
with Mrs. Wilson and child he is to va
cate their home in Maple Grove and
leave for Burlington, where he has Sc.
cured a position as display manager for
the Old Bee Hive.
Mayor Glysson and Alderman Loran. !
ger, Alderman Rossi and Alderman Nc.
MILAN were in Montpelier last evening /
to attend the special city meeting, in
which the voters of the capital city
adopted resolution granting the b. & I
NJ. T. & p, Co. a new franchise, thereby !
the action taken by their city
council The Barre officials did not re-
main until the meeting adjourned. as !
lalloting was still in progress when they I
boarded the last electric car for this city. I
pom their arrival here they learned
hat the new franchise had carried BY
he vote Of 2lB to 1853. Much of the ar
in the meeting was left to
attorneys for or against the franchise.
The quietude of Jockey Hollow was
,raken for few minutes around seven I
o'clock this morning when residents
long that section of the city were some. a
what aroused by the wild flight Of I
RANGING steed who seemed eager to
ispay his mettle Traced to the source g
( its mad flight, the steed had its start, u
then two Graniteville lads, who are stu
ents at Spaulding high school, had the 4
Misfortune to meet another team, while K
n their way to school As result OF al
be meeting, the team conveying the m
rantevlle lads came off second best. &c
9th young men being thrown from the m
agon, while the steed proceeded on its tc
wn accord to the city. Neither OF the III
tudents suffered any injury greater IN
nan several bruises, but the team was
realty damaged, gr
The Greeks constituted the most nu 10
erpus Christian element in Turkey. At ~ ~
lie beginning of the Armenian troubles =,
ley were spared the horrors Of deporta. !,
on, although Communicated and crushed - -
7 military measures. Recently, how ~
'er, the Greeks in large numbers have -
zen deported from their homes along ~,
e Black sea coast, suffering, and many .a.na'
them dying, from hunger exposure, -
Irdship and resultant diseases. Many Nv
ousands of them have escaped to Ire
zond, within the Russian lines, where
ey are now ministered to by our relief
'ents; it is estimated that quarter of "a
million OF Greek refugees from Asia
inor are now in Thrace, Macedonia
d Greece proper, where they are prac.
ally homeless and in urgent need OF "a
cd and clothing. Scores are diving ire
lily of insufficient food and resultant gu
seases. Others of the Greeks, with the ~
INFANTS Of the Armenians and Syrians,
{ being cared for by our agents in Asia
nor