The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
TALK OF THE TOWN


Karl Gaskel of Burlington is in Barre
in the interest Of the f. L. Clarkson Co
Great saving sale of grocery stock be
gins Monday, Sept. 81 See adv, page q
| adv.
Dance in Rowland hall Saturday even
ing; gents, Use, ladies, free Gilbertson'
orchestra--ady.
A son was born at the City hospital
this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Jane:
Sprague of East Brookfield.
Samuel OLeary left last night fol-
Bridgeport, Conn., where he expects to
be employed through the winter months
Hidder Habbep and son, Naheem OF
Prospect street returned to-day after
visiting at the home of Mr.. Habbep's
daughter, Mrs. Morris Lebanon, of Ber-
lin, n II.
Miss Susan Jordon of 20 Foss street
has returned to her home to make prep.
/ arations for continuing her course at the
Castleton Normal school During the
summer season she has been working as
waitress at Gray's inn, jackson, n. H
Miss Buckley, domestic science teacher
at Goddard, has arranged with Miss Mar
garet Walker, head nurse at the Barre
City hospital, to give the student nurses
a special course in invalid cookery. The
seminary allows this instruction to stu.
dent nurses free of charge.
Sibley Young of Hill street left this
afternoon for Burlington to take an ex.
animation at the University of Vermont
before the fall opening next week. Mr.
Young came home yesterday TO visit his
parents on Hill street. During the sum
mer vacation he has made various runs
as brakeman on the Boston & Maine.
Miss Nettie Lawless, the dressmaker
| has returned from four weeks vacation
passed at her former home in Portland
Me. Before returning TO the city, Miss
Lawless attended the dressmakers' open.
| ings in New York and Boston At pres.
ent her dressmaking parlors are under
repair, so will not be opened until next
Monday.
A quiet wedding took place last Sat
urday, when Mrs. Flossie st. John of
South Main street was united in mar
rage with Arthur lombard, an employee
OF Fred Slayton OF South Main street,
by Rev. ]. b. Reardon at the home Of
Mr.. Reardon They were unattended and
win make their home at the home OF
Mrs. Lizzie St. John Of South Main
street for the present.
The evening school at Goddard will
begin next Tuesday evening and com
mercial work may be pursued there with
little expense to any student. Students
Of families that are receiving any aid
from the city poor department may
come to the school and receive free in
struction: all that is necessary is let
ter from Mr. Reardon stating that they
are receiving help from the charity de-
partment
Albert Thompson and W. X. Woods Of
Brookline, Mass arrived this morning to
attend Goddard seminary. In Thompson,
Goddard has an all star athlete, he being
fast in all these positions, tackle in foot.
ball, center in basketball and catcher in
baseball He has played with fast
army camp team. Woods is a fast guard
| in football Both are service men and
friends Of Goddards old all.star athlete,
Bart Clarity.
A telephone call from the extreme
north end summoned the fire truck and
few regulars last evening to the Jones
Brothers manufacturing plant, where an
old fat car was being burned on the side.
track next TO the river bank. The com.
pany wished TO dispose of the truck,
which had for many years set on the sid.
ing. Someone in the neighborhood sent
In the call that was promptly responded
to by the fire truck; and the distance
between the station and the north end
was made very short with the quick time
made by the firemen in the American
LaFrance truck. Nothing was endan-
gered, so the company returned soon
after the call.
Coach Leahey, the graduate and all
star football, basketball and baseball
player of Colgate and former physical in.
structor and principal of the Fox town
ship schools in Jersey, Pa, who ranks
as second lieutenant in the army and
was athletic instructor at Camp Jack
son. S. c., went out onto the Goddard
campus gridiron with "a men Wednesday
afternoon to start the football season for
that school. Light practice was begun
Immediately, such as falling on the ball
and catching punts. A number OF star
PLAYERS reported and few green men
will 20 out for the game. Some of the
men are: Wilmot of Holyoke, high school
star; Gaughan Of the Wizard club Of
Holyoke, fast quarterback who has
played with that aggregation for several
years; Long, four years star end with
the South Hadley Falls high school;
Slayton of Barre, fast end Rown of
Brockton, end, and Murphy, star tackle
at Williston seminary last year Prac
tice will be every afternoon at 3'45
sharp on the campus. a game has been
arranged for week from tomorrow,
Saturday, the 9th, and number of
other games have been arranged. Pros
pective games are arranged as follows:
Dartmouth freshmen Oct. II, Colby acad-
envy Oct. is, Tilton seminary Oct. 25,
St. Paul school Oct, 20, y, V. NJ. seconds
Nov. !, St. Michael's Nov. II, and Mid
dlebury Nov. p. The student body in
a meeting held last evening elected John