The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-23
TALK OF THE TOWN


| Mr.. and Mrs W. Curtis johnson left
this morning for Lake Caspian.
Miss Mary Tomasi left yesterday for
| Boston, where she will visit for a week.
Mrs Harry Dingwall is i'll at her home
on Elm street with an attack of ton
siitis.
! John Thompson has returned to Barre
after a short business trip to Lowell and
Boston.
Ernest Ncwcomb of Waterbury Center,
county fish and game warden, was in
town yesterday,
Perry oliver returned this morning
| from Greensboro, where he has been Wis
iting at Camp White,
All trimmed hats to close at 81 and
Sl.50; untrmmed hats for 25c; velvets,
soc yard. Mrs, C. r. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. George Ball left this
noon for their camp at Groton pond,
where they will stay for several days.
R. Ricardo leaves Barre tonight for
New York, where he will take passage
for Italy for stay of indefinite length
Mrs. j. J. Dashner and son, Ralph, of
Washington street, left yesterday for
Boston, where they will visit her son,
Emery Dashner.
Private Fred C. Donald returned to
Barre yesterday after receiving his dis
charge from the army, with which he
served for Is months.
Miss Gertrude Dale, telephone opera
tor in the local Office, has resigned her
position in order to accompany the re-
mainder of her family to Maine for an
indefinite stay.
G. A. Churchill has returned from Bur
lington much improved in health. While
at hospital in that city he underwent
an operation for the amputation of one
leg and now, after an illness of two
years, he finds himself considerably bet
ter The trip from Burlington was made
by automobile, Mrs. Churchill accompa-
nying him, and he stood the journey very
well.
Friday night the class Of 1918 of
Spaulding will celebrate old home week
by trip with horse and straw to Berlin
pond. In order to meet expenses, each
member of the class will be permitted TO
/ invite an outside friend. Since the com
mittee is made up of boys, it has been
decided that each girl bring a lunch for
, two. 1t has been impossible for the com
mittee to communicate with large num-
Der of the class so this notice is to be
treated as a personal invitation to meet
the class at 5 o'clock at Spauding school
with your old clothes and an abundance
OF We oIde is spirit
A party of about 90 lady friends and
neighbors of Mrs. Frederick Dale of Lew
is street met at the home of Mrs. Harry
| Dale on Green street last evening for a
social hour and to bid farewell to the for
mer, who, with her family, leaves tomor-
row for a stay of indefinite length in
Maine the family going in the hope that
the health of Mrs. Dale may be benefited
by the change Last nights affair was a
complete surprise to the guest of honor,
who had been invited to take an automo-
bile ride with the family of Harry Dale
and upon arriving at the house, ready
| for the ride, found the group of neigh
bors awaiting her coming. Refreshments
| of ice cream, cake and waters were
| served and during the evening Mrs. Harry
| Dale. in behalf of the friends, presented
| the guest of honor a handsome travelling
| bag and purse Mrs. Dale responded,
| thanking the donors for their gift. a
musical program, previously arranged,
was carried out and games added to the
| pleasure of the occasion. The Dale FAM
ily have lived in Barre for about Is years
and have won many friends, who are
sorry to have them leave the city but
who hope for the restored health of Mrs.
Dale and the return Of the family at a
| later date to again take up their resi-
/ dence here.