The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
TALK or THE TOWN

Ladies, your scissors can be sharpened
like new at browns Drug store.-adv.
J. M Kirby Of New York was among
the business visitors in this city yester-
day
G. ]. Topper of Burlington was among
the business visitors in this city yester.
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Harvey Of Wa
terbury attended the celebration in Barre
yesterday.
n. L, Fulton of New York returned
to that city last evening after spending
yesterday here.
Regular meeting of Ruth chapter, No.
80, O. b. s., Wednesday evening, March
u, at 1880 o'clock.
Wallace Dutton of Brookfeld was in
| Barre yesterday to participate in the
Edwards reception.
Ralph 7. Persons of Calais was among
the many persons who participated in
the reception yesterday.
f. r. DUDE of Marshfield was in this
city yesterday to participate in the re-
ception to Gen. Edwards.
Regular meeting Of Barre aerie, 1873, T.
0. f., Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock.
| G. A. Luudgren, secretary.
Mrs, George Nye has returned to her
home in Plainfield after visiting friends
| in Barre for the past few days.
Miss May Kerry of Waterbury was
among the many persons attending the
celebration in this city yesterday
w. NJ Nelson of Williamstown was
among the many persons in this city yes
terday to attend the celebration.
James Finnegan of Waterbury was
among the many persons in this city yes
| terday to attend the celebration.
Clinton Taylor of Worcester was in this
city on business yesterday and also TO
attend the reception to General Ed
! wards.
Even Mckenzie Of st. Johnsbury ar
rived in this city yesterday to attend
the celebration and spent to-day here on
business.
Guy Scott of Waterbury contributed
| towards the large number Of visitors
here yesterday to attend the General
Edwards reception.
| f. r. Burton of Moretown was in this
| city yesterday to attend the celebration,
Barre for that purpose.
! Nathan Flint and Harold Bigelow OF
Washington were among the many out
of town persons in this city yesterday
to take in the General Edwards reeep-
| ton
| The home service section of the Red
| Cross has installed a telephone, 523-M.
Office hours, Monday, Tuesday and Sat
urday evenings and Saturday after
Moons
! Largest line of new and second-handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and kerogas
| oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices, II. A. Prindle, Worthen
/ block.
Families of soldiers and sailors--If
/ you need assistance in completing gov.
eminent papers, filing claims, making
afiidavts, etc, ask the home service see
/ tion of the Red Cross.
I Homer Brown of East Brookfeld was
! in this city in uniform yesterday to
participate in the reception to General
/ Edwards. Mr., Brown was former mem
Der of the 26th division.
Walter Doran of East street returned
! TO this city yesterday after an absence
I 6f about Is months, during which time
he was employed in Portsmouth, n. H.,
in the shipbuilding industry.
| As Mr.. and Mrs. John Bishop are soon
to leave Barre their friends are invited
to meet them at the Methodist church
| parlors this evening to enjoy a social
hour together. All friends and acquaint-
ances please consider this a personal in
vitation to be present.
Ensign Charles Hoernle. who was re-
Gently discharged from the L. S. navy,
| returned this morning to his home in
! Dorchester Mass, after passing a few
days in this city renewing old aoquaint-
ances. The latter part of this week, En-
! sign Hoernle will enter on his new duties
in the position of baseball instructor at
Norwich university, which he recently
accepted.
Joseph Cerasoli and Fred Broggini re,
turned last night from Buffalo, N. Y,
where they have been engaged in war
work for the past six months During
their stay in that city they resided with
Blossom j, Ossola, former Barre boy,
who is now in charge of a large Buffalo
club and cabaret. Messrs Broggini and
Cerasoli expect to return to Buffalo with
in the next few weeks.
The March number Of The Spaulding
Sentinel has made its appearance and
is being placed in the hands of subscrib-
ers 1t contains the customary contri-
buttons on school affairs, athletics, etc,
and also furnishes several new songs and
cheers. The booklet is finding an abd.
| ing place among students and alumni
and has received very creditable men
ton from exchanges and readers both.
The policing of the line of parade in
Yesterdays Gen. Edwards celebration
was in the immediate charge of Deputy
Chief Harry Gamble, who had an IN
usually hard task because of the great
| crowd Of children who persisted in get
! ting under horses feet or sticking their
| legs through the spokes Of automobiles,
to say nothing of hanging four deep on
| the backs Of machines. But in spite of
the clutter of people who were out to do
Cen Edwards honor and who thought
| that the only way TO do it was to get as
near him as possible, there was no acct.
dent through the whole parade Those
who watched the crowd from upper
story windows, marveled that there were
no accidents. so densely were the people
packed. Then again at the opera house
! Reputy Chief Gamble had another hard
contract in preventing people from being
crushed to death in the jam which tried
to get into the building at the same
identical second. There were probably
500 people massed in front of the doors,
all good natured but exceedingly eager
to get favorable vantage points inside
the hall; and once the doors were swung
open it was like the rush of a miniature
Niagara which the police had to stand