The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-13
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Public dance, Dewey park, Friday --ad
Miss Ruth Wylie has returned home
after visit in Concord, ~ H.
Barre lodge, n, L. o. p, holds its reg
ular meeting tonight at o'clock.
Dance in Rowland half Wednesday
! evening Gilbertson's orchestra. adv.
New line of popular sheet music just
on sale at Bailey's Music Rooms to-day.
Mrs. Marian Macdonald of rs Elm
street is visiting friends in Lake Me-
gantic, p. Q.
Buy early and save dollars on our We
lour hats before prices advance. Mrs.
Birnie, 4 Laurel street.-adv.
Miss Mae Gamble is taking the place
of Miss Helen Bailey at the Direct I'm
porting tea store while thelatter is en-
loylng vacation.
Mrs. Il. G.. Cram Of Hartford Conn,
have spent two weeks with her father,
f. G. Turner of South Main street re
turned to-day to her home
Max Wiley, who for several months
has been detained at Camp Merritt n.
j., wa. discharged quite recently and
arrived home yesterday.
Mrs Henry Cole and two children of
Burlington have been passing a Today
! vacation with Mrs. Coles aunt Mrs.
| L, o. Allen of 80 Beckley street
! Mr.. and Mrs. James Robertson and
three children Of Marlboro, n. H., re-
turned to their home to day after visit
ing for a week at the home of George
Laing on Plain street.
4 o. w. Boyea, the tailor, started on a
short vacation yesterday afternoon for
Mt. View, N. T., where he and other
relatives residing in that state plan to
camp for week or so.
Mrs. f. j. Batcheder of South Main
street, accompanied by Mrs, Blanche Per
rim OF Plainfeld boarded the afternoon
train yesterday for Montreal, where they
expect to remain week or 10 days,
visiting.
George Thomson Of ll6 North Semi
nary street plans to leave for Dalbeattie,
Scotland, next week to join his family
He will sail from Montreal. As yet he
is undecided whether or not he will re-
main in the old country.
Misses Williamina and Isabelle Walker
returned home last night after an eX.
tended visit with relatives in Swamp
scott and Wolaston, Mass. They were
accompanied by Miss Elizabeth and Mas.
ter james Walker, jr., who will visit
relatives at Grant avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bresaw and two
children and Mrs j, L. Bresaw Of Green
field, Mass, were accompanied on an
automobile trip to Vermont by Miss
Leah Newell OF Brooklyn ~ Y. After
spending a few days with Mrs A H.
Lund Of "A Sheridan street, they con
tinued on their trip through northern
Vermont
The D. A. Perry Real Estate agency
sold for Roy G. Holland and wife their
residence property at II Franklin street
yesterday to George f. Mills, also OF
Barre Mr.. Holland, who was formerly
employed at the b. W. Hooker d Co,
furniture store, is now employed in st.
Johnsbury, where he and Mrs. Holland
will reside Their household effects have
been shipped TO ST. Johnsbury
Radio Operator Andrew Blackmore.
son Of William j. Blackmore of II Pleas.
ant street, was discharged from the ma
val service yesterday and arrived home
early this morning ready to don the
"eivies." AT the time of his enlistment,
20 months ago, he was a senior at Wes-
leyan college, New London, Conn He
was stationed greater part Of the time
at the torpedo station at Newport r, H..
and it was from there that he was dis
charged yesterday.
A slight accident on the corner Of
Main and Elm streets caused a little eX.
citement last night, when a Ford car,
: owned and driven by Niles Barch Of this
city. approached from Elm street and
narrowly escaped a good smash when
big Cadillac belonging to Clifton Heaton
of Montpelier bumped into the side of
the little car, causing it to be thrown
out of its course several feet The car
/ of Mr.. Heaton was coming down Wash
ington street. The only damage done to
/ it was to bend the bumper quite badly
When the car of Mr.. Barch was struck,
, it skidded and caused blowout in one
Of his rear tires. No other damage was
done to the Ford.
July 2s was the termination of long
period of soldier duty for John Heney,
the well-known butcher who dropped his
apron and carving knife at the Houghton
& Robins meat market for the gun and
40 pound pack Of the t. S. army a few
days after war was declared. He left
Barre with Co. c and went to Fort Ethan
Allen for a long period of training He
was later transferred several times and
at the signing of the armistice was close
up to the front line trenches in charge
of the officers mess. As a mess sergeant,
he was sent to the first provisional cook
company, located at Berts, France. There
he remained for several months and only
on July 10 did he reach Boston. Since
he received his discharge he has been
visiting with his sister in Cambridge,
Mass, but arrived in Barre yesterday
1t was with a glad hand that he was
received by great many people, all of
whom have been waiting for his return,