The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-08
T1LKOFTHE TOWN

day this week. Read. adv, on page 2.
j. G. Underwood of Hartland arrived
in the city this morning TO pass few
days ON business.
John b. Cassellni of Cottage street
has been confined to the house by illness
for the past week
Some of your favorites will appear in
"A minstrel show, Jan III, at the N. of G.,
war fund bal--adv.
The annual meeting OF the Burns club
will be held in Clan Gordon hall Wednes-
day, Jan. ., at ?. m. Per order presi-
dent.
Miss Lewmina Rickert Of fremont
street returned TO Middlebury this morn (.
ing to resume her studies at Middlebury
college.
Knights of Columbus in Barre and
Montpelier will meet at the capital this
evening for the seventh match in their
pool and eribbage series.
! Alderman Alex A. Milne of Hill street
is passing several days in New York on
business connected with the granite man.
ufaeturing firm of IIoyt & Milne
Much of the snow which accumulated
in yesterdays storm was on the move
to-day, as gang of the street depart
ment laborers was engaged in cleaning
up North Main street.
Jack cambridge returned home Sun.
day evening after visiting friends in Bos.
ton and commenced work yesterday
morning at the office of the Western I'm.
ion Telegraph company, whore he is en-
ployed
Mr. and Mrs. f. A. Earle who have
been passing several days in the city as
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
Skillings of Washington street, returned
this morning to their home in Spring
field Mass.
Regular meeting of Jumpers, boxers
and derrickmen's branch No. 80, of the
2. w. |. t. of n. A., will be held in Eagle |
hall, Worthen block, Tuesday evening, |
Jan. s, at 730 o'clock. A full attend |
ance is requested.
Mrs. Frank A. Hutchinson of Park !
street and her daughter, Miss Florence
Hutchinson of Providence. r. l., who is |
making visit of several days in this
vicinity, went to Mortified this morning !
for brief soiourn.
The sum of $4,000 is to be dispersed |
by the city treasurer tomorrow among
the call men of the fire department, the
uElitE iit ANiuHlllE utlt lHt WI
unteers for services rendered in the six
months ending Dec. 81
The annual business meeting of the
church will be held on
Wednesday evening, Jan o, at 1880 All
members, adherents and friends are cor
iially invited to attend. Refreshments
will be served at the close.
Clare Crowley, former employee in
he office of the Granite Manufacturers
association, who has been passing yhe
holiday season at his home in East Barre,
to-day to Ashburnham, Mass,
where he is student in Cushing acad-
my.
Lieut. g. S. DeMerell. who was as
igned to duty in Washington. d. c.,
fter receiving a commission at Platts (
'urg, has been transferred to Boston, ac-
ording to word received by friends here.
nd is now serving with the examining
oard in the ordnance department
Mrs James Adie and Miss Penelope !
'all of Franklin street left this morning 4
or Boston, where they are making a !
tay of several days, in the course of I
'hich they will visit Miss Ruth Adie, a
tudent in the training school for nurses Z
t the Massachusetts General hospital.
Misses Ruth Robinson and Esther
angley, who have been passing the holi-
ay recess at their homes here, returned y
lis morning to Wellesley college Miss :
angey was accompanied by Miss Mar
cry Leonard Of Oakland, Me, a student
Wellesley. who has been her guest for
few days.
Freeze ups in the Barre granite district
I'VE not been confined TO the cutting in b.
Istry, as quarters on Milestone Hill
I'VE encountered more or less trouble. y
t the Wetmore & Morse quarries, two y
the largest compressors were found to
frozen yesterday, and until the thaw- in
z process Is completed and repairs sl
ade, the quarry will be partially Grip er
ed. W
Tonight at the Apollo club in Mont al
lier the members of the Barre Chess & VI
lecker club will be entertained by the en-
checker players in continue
IN of the series of games gotten under
ay early in the winter David Stephen.
Gently awarded the state championship
ard in the state tournament held here.
II accompany the Barre players. in
Friends of John Mcdonald one of the
st members of c company, who ia now Gu
til the 9th company of the l0lst am w
lnition in France, will be interested to "a
irn that he has been promoted twice in st'
cent weeks. Originally he received the u y,
nix of corporal and 10 days later he :, !
'eived sergeant's grade. Before the ne
mpany was dispersed at WestfieId last :,
miner Sergt. Mcdonald was one of the - "a
icers of the regiment. "a,
Temporary means were employed in 7 a
9 Center street hydrant break yester. be
Y to restore water service Go granite
plants closd down for tn,
ne because of the freeze -up, and in ms
, afternoon the plants of the Harrison
ante CO., Noveli & Calcagni and Co. fel
Iii & Co. had resumed work. A shut
was installed at point near the Tn
ak, and while the repairs are under tut
v the manufacturers will be able to
ltinue work che
Mrs. Mary +. McWhorter of Chicago, ter
g., national president of the ladies' aux dal
ny to the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
accepted an invitation to be present acl
the st. Patrick day celebration to be 4
d under the auspices of the Joint Ia
Inty organization of the A. O. II. and J
A. in Rowland hall on the evening Of de
nday, March Is. The celebration will I
.e the form of banquet, the principal or
ture of which is TO be an address by -.
:. McWhorter, who is known as one In
the most gifted woman orators in the
ntry. Local Hibernians and members