The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-14
TALK OF THE TOWN


Grove has gone to Burlington to visit
| friends for a week.
Fifty boys and girls double texture
raincoats, sizes s to Ia, extra special,
$3.50 to $3.50. Sadlier's, Keith avenue.
4 Hugh Bemis of Baltimore, Md, is
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. e. S. Bemis of Hill street.
Miss Dorothy Larrabee OF Enosburg
Falls has been the guest of Miss Marion
Anker of Franklin street for the past
few days.
MARITIME Rossi and Miss Mary Rabaioli
are to be married at the city building by
] Justice of the Peace James Mackay Sat
urday morning.
George Murray, driver of the Ward
ice delivery truck, is having vacation
and has gone to Claremont, N. H., to
visit relatives there.
Every member of the Barre pipe and
drum band is asked to be at Clan Gordon
hall, ready to start for Windsor, at Z
o'clock Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Grout Of STAN
ford, Conn, have returned to their home
after visiting for several days at the
| home Of Mrs s. ]. Jones of Eastern
avenue
! Miss Madeline Papin Of Burlington has
for the past few days been visiting her
cousin, Miss Beatrice Papin of upper
Prospect street, and returned to her
home yesterday.
Miss Natalie Phillips and mother who
! moved from Barre several years ago to
Des Moines, Ia, arrived here yesterday
| to renew their Barre acquaintance and
are now the guests of Mrs. w. j. Cum
mings.
| Mr.. and Mrs Charles Smith have re-
turned from North Adams, Mass, where
they went to spend few days AT Or
fordville they were joined by Mr.. and
Mrs Walker Putney, who made the re.
turn trip with them.
w M Holden and son, Max, have
started on trip to Old Orchard Beach,
Me, to Join Mrs. Holden and Mr. and
Mrs f. NJ Tobin, who have been camp.
ing there for the past week. The party
expect TO return by auto Sunday.
Charles Emslie and wife, together with
Mr. and Mrs Frank Hyde, have been
camping at Joes pond for the past week
Mr.. Emslie resumed his duties at the
Marion cigar store this morning and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde departed in their
automobile for Salem, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ, langley, who
have been spending 10 days in Barre, left
| yesterday afternoon for Randolph, where
they will visit few days at Mrs. Lang
ley's former home, before returning to
! Manchester, n H., where Mr. Langley is
engaged on the editorial staff Of the
Manchester Leader.
The Barre pipe and drum band tthe
bagpipers) win 90 TO Windsor Saturday
Of this week to fiji an engagement at the
homecoming celebration in honor of sol
diers and sailors, when a fine program OF
events is expected to be carried out.
Another Barre organization win partici-
pate in the days celebration, Landi's
orchestra having been engaged to play
for big Laborsday celebration to be held
/ in Plattsburg, n ", on Monday, Sept. l.
Automobiles filed with Shriners and
! their families got an early start this
morning for Shelburne Point, Burlington,
where the annual field day of Mt Sinai
/ temple, No. 3, MOBILES Of the Mystic
Shrine, will be held to-day, Almost
every Shriner in this vicinity was in
cluded in the party this morning con
stituting a group of 200 or more people
At Montpelier other cars joined the pro.
eession to the Lake city, where the inn
perial potentate, Freeland w kendrick
and his suite, will be the guests Of the
day.
The four race horses entered in the
matinee races at Barre and Waterbury
| by F. A. Slayton were taken from Wa
terhury to Essex Center by auto truck
this morning, where all are entered for
the matinee races Saturday afternoon
Since last Saturday the horses have been
| kept in Waterbury for daily workouts
/ The program for next Saturday after
noon promises to furnish some real fast
contests, as there will be a number Of
horses from Burlington, Essex Center
and Waterbury, besides the Barre com
petitors 0'Clair Of Waterbury has Just
completed horse trade wherein Hector.
a green five -year.old colt, was traded
for a Reading, Mass, track speedster
with mark Of 2:l3A This horse is
scheduled to enter the races Saturday.
When George Thomson of Seminary
street was persuaded to accompany some
friends to the home Of Mrs. William Gil.
bertson, 80 Eastern avenue, last evening,
he thought he was to play a game on
someone else, but when he got there he
found about 40 people assembled and
that the joke was on himself. The party
had gathered to pay their respects to a
worthy man who is about to leave for
his former home in Scotland, and they
lost no time in expressing their purpose
to the beWildered man. The surprise to
! Mr. Thomson was quite complete and
was further heightened later in the even
ing when Gordon Watson called the peo-
pie to attention and presented hand
some umbrella to Mr.. Thomson Then
He's jolly Good Fellow" was struck
up TO give the recipient chance to re-
cover from the second surprise The
song finished, Mr.. Thomson expressed
his heartfelt appreciation of the gift and
the spirit which it betokened; and after
wards the merriment continued with
games and music. Refreshments were
served by Mrs Gilbertson, Mrs. William
Fowler and Mrs. John Rowley. Altogeth-
er it was hearty send off for Mr.
4 thomson, VINO plans to leave Barre about
Aug. 20.
A royal home welcoming was extended
to three lads, William Gray, William
Given and Neil Cheney all of whom have
only recently been discharged from Uncle
Sans service, at the Worthen hall last
evening when 25 couples assembled there
to assist in the rejoicing These lads
have for the INST 10 rnnnthe hnnr "a