The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-08
TALK OF THE TOWN
2ead Shea's special shoe adv.


left last night on business trip to Bos-
ton.
N. r. Farnham of Williamstown was in
Barre and Montpelier yesterday on bust
ness
A. w. Foote returned to his home in
Middlebury yesterday, after passing
few days in Barre on business.
Miss Sara Nye has returned to her
home in Cambridge, after spending sew
eral days with relatives in the city.
Nov being set aside by Governor
Graham as gas mask day, all persons
having nuts, shells, fruit pits or stones
collected, please leave them at the war
chest rooms.
Henry l.. Moiles Of Franklin street has
been passing several days with his aunt,
Mrs. n J. Nye Of Cambridge. Mr.. and
Mrs, Nye recently received word of the
death of their son, Ralph G. Nye, a sol
der, who died in France.
Miss Lillian Johnson of 10 Division
street has enrolled at Goddard seminary
in the department of music, where she
expects to study before leaving for the
New England Conservatory of Music at
Boston.
William Z. Howell, who has been pass
ing several days in Barre while here TO
purchase granite memorials for his retail
monument business, left last night for
New York, where he will make a short
business visit before returning to his
home in Easton, Pa.
The woman's association of the Con-
gregational church is asking the ladies TO
reserve any secondhand clothing, found
during house cleaning, for q rummage
sale, which they expect to hold soon.
This sale was postponed on account OF
the influenza, but the date of the sale
will soon be announced in the paper.-ad,
Orleans County Monitor; A message
was received here Saturday that Jim
Rowen, for several years an employe Of
Hotel Barton when his brother j. v.
Rowen, was proprietor Of that hosiery,
had been killed in action in France. He
was member of the heavy field artil.
lery Mr. Rowen is the first Barton boy
to be killed in action.
Mrs. Carrie Ketchum, who accompanied
the body Of her husband, Charles A.
Ketehuni, formerly Of Barre, to this city
for burial yesterday, returned early to-
day to her home in Salem, Mass. Mrs.
Rose Merrill, Miss Florence Merrill and
Ellis Andrews OF Salem, and Warren
Town of Waltham, Mass, who also were
in the funeral party, have returned home
While here they stayed at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. s, Parkhurst Of Trow
/ hill.
Tomorrow Is the last day Of cleanup
week, and If the results thus far obtained
are typical, Barre will have benefited
greatly by its municipal housekeeping
To date the street department garbage
collectors have managed to keep very
nearly even with their schedule, and II Is
I expected that every street and by path in
I the city viii have been covered by Satur'
I day night If any Of the territory re.
mains unvisited at the end of the week
the cleanup will be completed Monday
morning.
| After to morrow all books borrowed al
I the Aldrich public library which have not
been returned viii be subject to a fine
! The week Of grace allowed by the libra
( rian after the quarantine was removed
expires tomorrow, and patrons of the
! library are asked to make q special effort
/ to return all books taken out before the
I library closed. While the Aldrich library
4 ia taking its appointed part in the Unit,
ed War Work campaign Of next week
4 the American Library association being
one OF the seven constituent organiza
lions included in the campaign, the work
/ Of collecting books for the soldiers and
sailors has not been discontinued, and
I patrons are reminded that any such gift,
win be received at all hours. A shipment
I of books already donated through the 10.
cal library will be made in the near flu.
ture.
Hunters in this vicinage are included
as part of the audience to which Com
missioner l., {. Leavens of the fish and
game department directs an appeal foI
the preservation Of cartridges, and whilC
/ the law, as it is framed at present, only
restricts the number OF birds to be killed
/ by each hunter, the game commissioner
in his appeal, asks that nimrods refrain
from shooting any partridees. II was q
!
strong word Of warning against the de-
struction Of the partridge, and it is real
lied now that the bird Is near extinction
] Commissioner Leayens urges all hunters
especially those who will be in the woods
during the open season on deer, to co
operate with the department by obeyinl
to the letter every law that relates Il
game Hunters are asked to help elm
mate wild cats, bobcats, red squirrels
weasels, etc. in an effort to bring bact
some of the bird families that have for
saken Vermont in recent years.
With $4,000 assessment for wa
work to be paid before the end of mex
week the trustees of the Barre war ches
are making special appeal to subscrib
ers to pay up their arrears. During tn,
epidemic the percentage Of weekly pay
Ements naturally fell off considerably, ant
now that normal conditions have re
turned, it is hoped that the patriotism
Of those who rallied so promptly to tn
support of the war chest when it wa
established will not fail in the presen
test Removals from town have hat
their effect on the war chest receipts
and good deal of money has been ju
diciously expended for Red Cross work
! Important agencies remain to be aided b.
the war chest, and the S2l 900 mentione
in the foregoing is Barre's quota in tn
United War Work campaign, which is t
be waged next week for the Salvation
Army the " M. G. A., the Nationa
Catholic War Council, the Y. w. c. A
the Jewish Welfare board, the War Cam
Community service and the American Ii
brary association.
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