The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

\ See Abbott's Saturday sale.
| Park theatre opens Monday.-adv.
\ All kinds of safety razor blades sharp
ened as good as new. Leave at fire sta
tion with Peter PURCELL.
\ Viola Dana in ''Riders of the Night" a
| Metro feature. and two-ree keystone
comedy, at the Bijou Monday. adv.
4 William A. Murray of the Harrison
| Granite Co. has returned from an ex-
tended business trip through the Middle
| West.
Peter Alexander, who is attending a
naval radio school in Boston, is passing a
week-end furlough at his home ON Pat
terson street.
Il Thomas Cocroft, who is passing some
time in the Barre granite belt on bust
ness, has returned from visit of few
days in Albany, N. Y.
| Mrs. George M. Gotta and daughter,
| Margarite, have returned to their home
in st. Adams after visiting Mrs. Charles
| Arnholm, who is i'll at the home of her
parents on Webster avenue.
Sunday school win be resumed to-mor
row at the Hedding Methodist church, at
the usual hour. Parents are urged to
send their Children who are accustomed
| to attend, and teachers are asked to be
present.
| Mr.. and Mrs Carl M Rollins of Wash
ington street have received word of the
safe arrival overseas of their son, Private
Milton A. Rollins, who is with the med
ical corps attached to the 49th regiment
of infantry.
Charles S. Laseor, who enlisted in the
navy year ago, left last night for Pen
sacola, Fla, where he is stationed, after
passing furlough Of 10 days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Lascor of
Webster avenue.
The Brookside Community club viii
meet at the schoolhouse on the East
Montpelier road Monday evening at 7 80
Mrs. Allen viii give a talk on her trip to
North Carolina and there will be a spell.
ing match. All members try to be pres.
ent, as there is important business to
come before the club. Please notice
change of time.
City Clerk James Mackay has been
designated as.the Barre chairman during
the United War Work campaign Nov. IL
| Is. Barre's quota is $4,000 and as the
campaign is launched in behalf of the
Salvation Army, the Y. M. C. A., the
National Catholic War council TX. of c.,
the Jewish Welfare board, the w. w. c.
A., the War Camp Community service
and the American Library association, ii
is understood that the war chest will
take care of the quota.
Favorable reports reached Barre to day
concerning the condition of David Nc
Donald Of Addison place, who was taken
seriously i'll while in Bennington last
week TO point up granite memorial
erected there by the Presbrey -Coykendall
company Mr.. McDonald's father, Over
seer William Mcdonald of the city char.
ity department, is with his son and in a
message to an acquaintance here he
states that the crisis in the young mans
illness has passed and that the outlook
for his ultimate recovery is much more
promising.
Granite manufacturers in the Barre
district have learned that the Springfield
Mass, retail granite firm of John Law
ler's Sons, Inc, has assigned all Of its
property to the attorneys for the benefit
Of its creditors. The debts are reported
to aggregate 1000, with the assets
ranging from 81 500 to $500 report
on the insolvency of the company com
ments as follows: while direct connee-
ton with the old Lawler firm never has
been admitted by the leaders in the new
corporation, il has always been the opin-
ion of many that there was no difference
In the conduct of the business affairs"
To the end that the Barre granite in
dustry may get credit for those of it's
employees who have gone into the essen
tial war industries Robert W. Simonds,
federal director of labor, has asked the
local association Of quarry owners and
manufacturers to obtain for him com.
plete list of men who have gone out from
the quarry and banker to serve in the
Second line of defense" Blanks have
been prepared and viii be forwarded to
each manufactures and quarter with
request TO compile list Of the men who
are now employed in war industries. II
Is generally believed that the Barre in.
dustry has long since furnished its quota
Of men for the essential industries.
An uncompleted house in the woods
north of Maple Grove was the destination
of a group of youthful mischief makers
| sometime INST UlRHb ana IHe udiHHEe
they wrought ran into money so fast
that complaint has been made to the
police To-day at police headquarters
members of juvenile fraternal organ
ization, known as the Coming Men Of
America, were being closely interviewed
in an effort to establish the identity Of
the guilty ones. The Coming Men have
their lodge rooms in a shanty. Not yet
have they been Quilted with braided
uniforms, swords and plumed hats, but
they possess a code, number of mystic
rious pass words and a system of grips so
that one member may recognize another
when he gets off the train at Cornsilk
Corner Also there's rifle among the
lodge members and one of the bullets
penetrated a l0-gallon can Of paint which
a man named Lawrence, who owns the
unfinished building, had left inside. But
the young David of the Sons, failing to
find Goliath ON which to practice, seems
to have handled the biggest job of prop
erty destruction, for one of the missiles
from his sling shot penetrated q panes
of glass, set in as many windows, which
the owner had set up against wall in
the house. Boys have been causing folks
a lot of worry lately and the police are
resolved to make an example in this in
stance.
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