The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-21
TALK OF THE TOWN
Don't forget the Easter dance night.
--adv

The committee is now eanvassing the
city with tickets for the d. 0. X. X.
dance. Have you got yours ?-adv.
| Mrs. M. B. Kearney has returned to
! her home in New Haven, Conn, after be.
| ing called here by the death of her father
| Frank Il. Austin arrived this morning
| from Boston, where he went last Friday
on combined business and pleasure
trip.
| George Hunt of the Eastman block left
recently for Billerica, Mass, where he
| will reside in the future at the home Of
| his daughter.
Clarence Burke OF Maple avenue and
Alden Burke of Summer street came to
Barre Saturday to pass Easter Sunday
at their homes.
Joseph Beaulieu of Burlington visited
at the homes of Stirred Beaulieu Of
First street and Joseph Ladrie of Nelson
street during the week end.
Miss Rose Tomasi, who teaches school
in Waterbury, returned to her position
this morning having spent the holiday
with her parents in this city.
Easter daree in Rowland hall Monday
evening, A Ill 81, Dancing from 5 UNI
til 2 Admission, 81 per couple. Come
and have good time,
Twenty new members were received
into the membership Of the Congrega-
tional church yesterday by confession Of
faith or transfer from other churches.
Alexander Rennie, Ralph oliver and
Alexander Paul, employed in Bethel, ar
rived in the city Saturday to remain
over the week end at their respective
| homes.
Mrs. J. w. Kidder of Port Chester, N.
Y, completed a three weeks visit with
Mrs. ]. NJ Taft and other friends in
this city when she left for her home this
morning.
Miss Glenora Gould, who has been en-
joying three weeks stay with rela-
tives in Boston, Springfield and Man
chester, NJ H., arrived at her home on
| Spaulding street last Saturday.
| Miss Annie Messer il at her home on
Richardson street for an Easter vacation,
having arrived Saturday night from Bos
ton. Miss Messer is doing research work
at the Harvard medical college.
| Among the Barre boys who returned
last week from overseas service were
Moses Cerasoi, Paul Pariezo, Clifton
Kelley and Allen Nixon. They arrived
either on the Patricia or the Winifredian.
| st. Aldemar Commandery, No. H.,
Knights TempIar, attended church serv'
ices in a body at the Congregational
| church Yesterday morning, there being
about rs of the members out in uniform
| They occupied section of the audito-
rum which had been reserved for them
in the front Of the church.
The following announcement in the
| Brattleboro Reformer will be of interest
| to many friends in Barre Of DR.. Dewey s.
Darling: "The engagement Of DR.. Dewey
s. Darling of South Ryegate and Miss
Helen Badger of Lowell, Mass, has been
announced this week. DIR, Darling, who
is engaged in rural dentistry, is making
| his headquarters in Brattleboro."
Under the auspices of the civics de-
partment OF the Barre Womans club,
Miss Louise NJ. Gridley, social welfare
worker for the city, will outline the work
being done, The meeting viii be held in
Rowland hall Tuesday, April %, at 2:45.
Ladies are asked to bring needles and
thread, thimbles and quilt pieces to cut
A large attendance is hoped for.
To-day is the last day on which any
woman may 90 to the assessors office
| and state her intention to vote at the
March meeting Ordinarily the last day
allowed is the goth of April, but, as that
| falls ON Sunday this year, one more day
has been allowed. Whether a woman
owns property or not, ii she wants to
vote, she must go to the assessors Office
and put in her application for this priv
ilege.
Large audiences attended the Easter
services in the churches of Barre yester.
day, the pleasant weather Of the morn.
ing serving to increase the crowds that
wendell they way ehurehward. At all the
services special preparations had been
made in the line of Easter sermons and
music fitting for the occasion. Deco.
rations also were in keeping with the
observance OF the day. In nearly all the
churches the children had their parts in
| the days observance the Sunday schools
being assigned special exercises.
A general fire alarm at o'clock last
evening was sounded from box II by a
young man who happened to be standing
near the City Wine Store in the A.
Tomasi block on North Main street,
William Mahoney noticed blaze in the
rear of the store, summoning immedi-
ately the young man to ring the alarm.
Upon the arrival of the fire truck, the
front door was found to be locked,
whereupon Robert Stewart kicked it
open, breaking the Yale lock without
damaging the glass, The contents Of
one chemical extinguished the blaze, CON
fined solely to barrel of rubbish, which
stood near the wall. How or when the
fire became ignited remains mystery
to those in charge Of the place. Practi.
cally no loss was suffered by either pro.
pretor or landlord, as only a small
amount of plaster was removed from the
wall to determine satisfactorily whether
or not the danger was over.
Soldiers enough to form a good sized
squad met at the depot last night when
about to return to their eneampments.
Most of them were members of the YAM
kee division, home for " hours fur.
Tough. Among the numbers were;
George Booth Of the l0lst ammunition
train, Alexander Robertson of the l0Sd
machine gun battalion, Clifton Trelby
of the same company, Stanley Averill
of the 10lst field artillery, George Bart
lett Of the l02d machine gun company,
Frank Paul of the l04th infantry, Cecil
bowers and Ernest Lafayette. Private
Arthur Nicora of Camp Merritt, N. j.,
also returned to his post after brief
visit at his home on Beekley street
About 80 friends and relatives of Pvt
Alex Robertson met at the home of Ar
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