The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mrs. Carroll will be at MeAlhster's
store, Williamstown, Tuesday and
/ Wednesday with nice line of ladies and
| children's hats--ady
Harry Levin returned from Albany, N.
y, yesterday after having spent several
days there on business in the interest of
the Union Clothing company.
Largest line OF new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
/ get prices. Il. A, Prindle, Worthen
block
Miss Effe Wolfe, sister 81 Mrs. Cath
crime Lawlss Of Kirk street, has re-
turned to her home in Holyoke, Mass,
ending stay of two months at her
sisters home.
! Mrs. Charles Zaneoni and son, Joseph,
have gone to Montreal on combined
business and pleasure trip to remain a
week. While there they expect to visit
| with some of their relatives.
Mrs. +, H. Burke and daughter Fran
ces, who have been enjoying few days
with friends in ShelburDe and Burling
ton, returned Saturday night, accompa-
MED by Clarence Burke, weekend Wis
itor in the city.
Sunshine party, Congregational par
Tors, May rs. Program: "An Afternoon
with the Sunshine Club" Don't forget
the sunshine bags Put a few extra
pennies in, according to the sunshine in
your heart.--adv
All the members and friends of the
Baptist church are invited to the expe-
rience social TO be held at the church on
| Tuesday evening at s o'clock Light re-
| freshments will be served and good
time is assured all who come
The body of Mrs Thomas Venner was
taken from the Elmwood vault Satur-
day and taken by Badgers automobile
ambulance to South Ryegate for burial
Mr.. Venner and two sons attended the
funeral services at the grave.
| Albert Williams has been released
| from the naval service after Il period Of
one year, most of which was spent on
duty in the English channel He received
] his permission to return to civilian life
at the Brooklyn navy yard and arrived
in Barre Sunday morning
Again we call your attention To the
good time in store, Rowland hall, Thurs
| day evening, May 30, a social dance with
Landi's orchestra The Odd Ladies are
repeating their dance by request. The
admission, including war tax. is 81 per
| couple ladies 25c. All returned service
men are cordially invited to be the guests
and will be admitted free.ady.
/ The senior class Of Goddard seminary
started on their annual class spring ont
/ ing to Joe's pond this morning Practi
cally every member Of the class was
| present to start the automobile trip
early. Several cars were filled with stu
| dents and lunch baskets and royal
send Off" from the other students
echoed out as the group left the school
grounds.
While out on stroll, Henry Cayia
casually dropped his line and bait into
the Dog river just south Of Montpelier
| Junction and was twice rewarded by
great tugs at the line which, after the
usual maneuvering, proved to have been
given by trout, one measuring IA inches
and weighing one and three fourths
pounds and the other measuring 1874
| inches and weighing two and three
fourths pounds. They were handsome
specimens OF the trout family.
The golfng season at the Barre Golf
| club is now opened The present season
| is expected to be busy cne. as most of
the members who left the club in order
to take part in the great world war are
back. The mems weekly tournament
started last week, about p members
taking part in it, Everything is in fine
shape on the course in fact the best il
has been for a few years. thanks to the
good work the greenskeeper is putting
IN. The tournament committee plans 10
| have many competitions this season. One
Of the first of these will be pulled OIL
| Memorial day, when there viii be
/ tombstone or flag competition in the
| forenoon and match game in the after
noon between two selected teams from
the members present II is expected that
| Saturday will be a holiday also and
plans are made for a forenoon and after
noon competition for that day so an
members be present and enjoy this two
4 day tournament.
An interesting newspaper SO years old
is possessed by B. II. Davis Of Washing
ton it being a copy Of the Democratic
Statesman, published at Windsor, under
date of Aug. 20, 1886. The newspaper is
somewhat colored by age but is readily
legible. Evidences show that the Demo
cratic Statesman was valiant support
err Of Martin Van Buren, for president
and Richard NJ. johnson for yice-prcsi
/ dent while in state politics it stood for
William G. Bradley for governor and
| John S. Pettibone for lieutenant govern
or. An interesting item is brief ac
count of commencement at the institu
ton just founded by Capt. Alden Par
fridge at Norwich and which in 1884 wa
| chartered by the state of Vermont as
| Norwich university. The contemporary
opinion Of the college, as expressed by
the Windsor Democratic Statesman, was
as follows: Owe attended commence
ment at the Norwich institution last
Thursday The institution certainly. be
gins with high honor. President Par
fridge gave a learned and interesting ad
dress, and the whole performances Of
the young men under his charge would
have reflected credit upon our oldest
colleges"
John A. Gordon Of this city, who has
just completed four weeks course IN
the school for field secretaries who are
to engage in war savings work in the
New England states, is expected home
early this week from Boston and win
take up active work June ] with Wash
| ington county as part of his territory
He will address the Vermont Rural Let
ter Carriers association at the annual
meeting to be held in Montpelier May 80,
Memorial day. The field secretaries
| school, which was arranged at Boston
university through the cooperation OF