The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Engage your camps early,
Miss Anne G. Messer, who Is teaching
al Wells River. visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. II. Messer, over Sunday.
Algot knutson, former resident OF
Barre, who is employed at Providence
r. l., Is visiting for few days with
friends In the city.
Miss Isabelle Reid, who has been visit.
ing al her home on Bassett street during
the past week, returned Saturday 20
Concord, y. H., where she Is employed.
Miss Eliza Benton, who has been pass
ing some time in Falconer, y. V, ar.
rived in the city yesterday for an ex.
tended sojourn.
A special meeting Of the Burns club
will be held in Clan Gordon hall Mon.
day evening, May 20, at 1880 o'clock.
~. Hogg, secretary.
The ladies Of Clan Gordon will hold
their regular meeting Tuesday. May 81,
at $3.50 p. m, TO allow members TO attend
the war lecture. Please notice change Of
hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Reid and son.
Alex, OF this city, and Mrs. Watson and
two children Of Toronto, Ont, have re.
turned TO Barre, after visiting relatives
/ IN MOfrlsNllle.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2;45 in How.
land hall the Barre Womsns club will
hold l0c knitting party to which all
club members and friends are cordially
invited. A program has been prepared.
Anyone having plaids and bonnets will
be doing Clan Gordon favor by sending
their names TO Alfred Milne, See. Same
are for use at Memorial service Sunday,
May 20.
Mrs. Hilda Makkala Of Harrington
avenue, who underwent an operation at
the City hospital Friday night for mas
told abscess, is making satisfactory prog.
ress toward recovery.
Samuel Lavoie, who was a student
at Goddard seminary last year, and who
is attached TO the signal corps at the
University of Vermont, Burlington, was
visitor with friends in the city yes.
terday.
Clifford Prize of Hartford, Conn. is
visiting at the home of his parents. 1917 |
South Main street. he will leave Tues |
day night for Plainville, Conn, where he /
has been ordered to report for service in |
the national army.
The Goddard senior play, Professor |
Pepp," will be given at the Goddard |
chapel Thursday evening at s o'clock. |
The play was recently postponed owing |
to the illness of one of the members OF /
the cast Tickets for the play will be
placed on sale tomorrow forenoon at the
Red Cross pharmacy.
Forrest Carroll. who recently returned
TO the city from Newport, where he has
been employed for some time as a lines.
man for the New England Telephone &
Telegraph company, left the city this
forenoon for Pelham Bay. l.. l.. where
he has been ordered to report for duty
Mr.. Carroll recently enlisted in the navy
aIs a steward.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of the.
city of Barre take this opportunity to
thank all who have assisted them in
making the sessions of the grand bodies
Of the l. o. o. F. of Vermont success,
especially the Board of Trade, all who
furnished automobiles and those who
opened their homes for the entertainment
If our guests.
Lyndol Waterman, who has been called
or service in the national army, his
lumber having certified to his inclusion
n the Washington county men leaving
or Camp Devens at the end OF the week,
las received permission TO continue his
uties in the Marlboro, Mass, high school
ntil the ispring term ends next month
After completing a term OF service as
manual training instructor in the school
e will report Immediately at Camp Dew
ms.
The current issue of The Vermonter
ontains an interesting poem by Fanny
dina Stafford, sister Of A. NJ Stafford OF
,ong street, whose verse has appeared in
number Of other publications. "The =
weakening" is the title Of the poem. :
hitch has for its central theme the ),
eauties of Willoughby lake. The poetess a
as contributed poems TO religious publ !
atoms, and one set of stanzas from her :,
en- was set to music by Billy Sundays :,
lor yeader, and now has place in th
unday hymn book. :.
The Goddard seminary baseball team o.
sturned to the city Saturday evening D,
ON Winooski, where they added anoth- I
victory to their string of victories by
afeating the Winooski team Saturday II
fternoon by the score of to s, after q
N inning contest. Both Evans and Kelly &c
tched for the seminary aggregation, al di
Tough it fell upon Coach McGinnis to L
Irl the last few innings of the game as s.
9TH the other pitchers were knocked Ct
ON the box. Saturday afternoon at he
e seminary campus the Goddard team L.
i'll meet the St. Michael's team from
inooski. de
Peter Merlo and Forrest Carroll, who =, q
Gently enlisted in the u. s. navy, left ~ ~
is morning by automobile for Burling =.
n to report at the local recruiting bu- a. =.
au. They will leave this evening for os
lhsm Bay, n. Y. to enter a training n,
alton. The young men were accompa- ~
I'd by party of friends consisting of g.,
my Bianchi, DIR. o. j. Barr, Alderman ~
mean Mcmillan, Paul Scampini, Alto on
estini, Paul Bisnchi, Z. J. Rulfo, Frank ~
ano, and John Frontini, who will mo. w
: back to Barre late this afternoon. .s
Miss Annie Brown of Bassett street Z
ffered painful accident while at work !
the store of the Tilden Shoe Co. Sat
lay afternoon, as the result of which :
} will be deprived of the use of her
hit arm for several weeks Miss Brown z
s standing on a small chair when she
{ her balance, falling to the floor
Ioh of her weight, in falling, came on
right hand, with the result that
cture of the wrist bone resulted. Supt. z
+. MIllar of the NJ & B. L. & P. Co,
o was in his office nearby. carried Miss
Dwn in his auto to the office OF DIR. W.
Reid, where the fracture was reduced.
r condition to-day was reported TO be
afortable