The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Charles Heath OF Northteid was |
business visitor here yesterday.
James McDermett of Woodsville, N.
H., is in the city on business.
Cassius G. Camp, employed in gar |
age in Burlington, is passing few days
at his home in this city.
Miss Claire Corvin of Burlington ar
rived yesterday to pass a few days with
friends and a sister in this city.
Mrs. Thomas Mercer is attending to.
day the funeral of her nephew, Dean
Thwing, jr who died at his home in st.
Adams.
Captain William Littlejohn, an officer
in the infantry at Camp Dix, arrived
here Monday for visit of week with
relatives.
Private Gordon L. Datson of Concord,
~ H. a member of the l0lst field signal
battalion of the 26th division, is visit
ing his sister, Miss Enid Datson of .
Eastern avenue.
Miss Madeline McNulty returned this
morning to her home in Newark, N. D.
after having passed three weeks va
cation with her aunt, Mrs. John I. Az
erill, of Hill street.
The entertainment committee of the
Vermont State Federation of Women's
Clubs is making extensive preparations
for the coming convention to be held
in Barre next month.
James Donahue of Graniteville visited
friends at IL Summer street yesterday
before leaving for Boston, to begin his
duties at new position in automobile
work he obtained recently,
Miss Rachel Robinson of Academy
II L. rnafItanr xty;th h..a Sietnr
in Springfield, Mass, during the win
ter months, and recently arrived in the
city for an indefinite stay.
. Il. A. Green, deputy manager OF the
J Burlington territory for the Metropoli'
tan Life Insurance company, will be
t detained in the city several days in con
nection with business of the firm.
a Miss Anna Buchanan, Miss Isabelle
MeHardy and Miss Flora Houston,
nurses at the City hospital, are taking
J, the state board examination in Mont
pelier to-day to qualify for registered
nurses.
The Red Cross work for the month of
] May has arrived. Are there not more
: ladies who will make special effort TO
! help out with the work this time The
Q work consists of girls petticoats, chem
ises and drawers, all simple garments to
! make Rooms open Monday and Friday
afternoons.
C. C. keefe, third basemar for Nor
witch university varsity, made brief
visit with his former classmate, Neil
Hooker, and this morning left to join
his team on trip to st. Lawrence, N.
Y, where they meet the st. Lawrence
university tomorrow.
Mrs. William Stowe Of Walnut street
is making preparations to leave soon for
Washington. d. c., for a months stay
with her daughter, Miss Mildred Stowe
employed as bookkeeper in the agri.
cultural department. Upon her return
in June, Mrs Stowe expects to be ac'
companied by her daughter, whose yaca'
ton will be spent in Barre and Worees
ter, Mass.
Several of the north-end stonesheds
discontinued operations yesterday aft
ernoon to allow their employees an op
portunity to attend the Montpelier wei
coming reception to the home coming
soldiers. As many Of the granite work
ers employed in Barre reside in the CAPT
tai, quite a number were enabled K
assist In the celebration.
n IHhDfGtlDH vi Gts AlAclilhA NfbuiihduA
cry, No. IL, was held last evening in thu
Blanchard block Masonic hall by tn,
grand inspector of the state, Z. ID. Hunt
ley, accompanied by Il. G. G. OF th
state, w. II. Herriek and the suite whicl
consisted Of r. L. Small of Barre an'
Charles Jones of Burlington. A humble
II of grand lodge officers from other com
/ manderies were here for the inspection
With the satisfactory inspection passed
all assembled in the Masonic hall to ali
| 1 in disposing OF the banquet which await
| l ed them and which was served by Ladie
/ ! of the Eastern Star at 6;l5.
II David Farrand, janitor of the How
/ / land building on North Main street, ha
opened a pool room in the location q
! ! the former Marrions lunch room, unde
Martins book store. With partition
and counters removed, the large room
now occupied by four pool and one bill
lard table. Earl Smith returned yes
terday from Quincy, Mass, where he hs
been employed, to assume the manage
ment of the place for Mr. Farrand, VIII
intends to continue at his ianitor worl
Saturday morning is the time set fc
the opening TO the public Of the new poo
room.
iii Harold Mute, formerly of Barre an
known throughout New England as a
y expert bowler, still continues to eaptul
- prizes awarded for high string totals, an
90 only recently was the winner of larl
silver cup and SIS at a match in Maj
I chester ~ III. Bowlers from all parts
: New Hampshire assembled to contest Il
the trophies, four prizes being award'
by the Manchester Union-Lea spor
ing editor. Mute easily outelassed h
opponents and held the lead from Il
: very beginning. Steven Whitehead, .
4 ex .champion of our neighboring stat
was second in the final ten string tots
but the leadership was unqeustioned
: Mute scored l4l pins more than Whit
head The following is the tally at Il
end Of the strings for Mute 100, l04, Q
1872, 1870, ia, l40, 1871, 100, Ella
White heads total for the ten strinI
was 1907.