The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

idHily OF Laurel street nave gone 10
Joe's pond for few weeks outing.
Harold Sault, the drummer of Landi's
orchestra, has gone to Randolph to re-
main over the week end at his home.
| Mrs. George Stevenson and son, Rob
ert, who have been guests at the home Of
Mr., and Mrs. C. w. Waterman, have re-
turned to their homes in Lynn, Mass.
George Granger, now Of White River
Junction, came home for the Fourth of
| July celebration and expects to remain
over the week end with relatives in the
city.
! Largest line of new and second hand
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices. f. A. Prindle, Worthen
block
Musicians Protective union, No. 4SS,
A. & NJ. p, will hold a regular meeting
in the band room in the old city hall
Sunday afternoon at $780, A. L. Milne,
secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. H. Sherman Of Ben.
son, who for the past week have been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. c. W.. O'Dell of
Beckley hill, returned this morning to
their home.
Homer Hayden, an agent for Spring.
field, Mass, electric company, together
with his wife and child, came yesterday
for a two weeks vacation with relatives
and friends.
Matthew Haley, jr., who for the past
10 days has been visiting at his home on
Maple avenue, this morning started on
his return trip to New York City, where
he is employed
Mrs. Frank Rowland and niece, Miss
Lucy Wells, and Mrs. James Peer began
journey to st. Johns, n B., this morn
ing. From Boston they sail to st. Johns
to spend a months vacation.
Mrs. Charles Zanleoni, who for several
weeks has been receiving treatment at
the Hotel Dieu of st. Joseph's hospital
in Montreal, came home yesterday but
l'expects to return Monday to remain
there for two weeks longer.
John Muiry, who previous to securing
position in North Adams, Mass, as a
dry goods salesman was clerk in the
! A. p. Abbott & Co.'S, store, was among
the large number of early arrivals yes
terday morning who made trips from
numerous parts of Massachusetts to be
| mere lOI the unIlt NttNDIllHS EtltDlhlipt.
Under command of First Lieut. A. G.
Olsen and Sergt. Otto Bender, both of
whom are instructors at Norwich univer
sity summer school, the % horses that
appeared in the parade yesterday mount
ed or led by cavalrymen, returned this
morning to Mortified, Since half of
the number were Barre boys, only IL
men returned with the horses this morn
ing
! Leon c. 0'Dell, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. 0'Dell of Beckley HILL arrived
home from France just in time to receive
royal welcome from his many friends
| in Barre at the official home coming cele-
bration Though he landed at Camp
Mills June 20 he was not discharged
until this week and it was late Thurs
day night when he met his parents for
the first time in year and half Since
last November, shortly after the signing
of the armistice, he was detailed for
service with the army of occupation in
Germany.
The ladies of three churches, the Bap-
fist, Congregational and Universalist,
who had the contract for serving din
ners and suppers to the service men in
uniform yesterday, did not have such a
heavy rush as had been anticipated, but
they did serve as many as 81 meals dur
| ing the day. Tickets were distributed
gratis, to the soldiers and sailors early
in the day; and if the tickets had all
been used the number Of people served
at meals would have been materially
larger than it was. A large number of
men in uniform did not get into the pa
| rade for some reason or another, while
still more wore their civilians clothing
throughout the day, some of them pro-
testing that they had got enough of pa
rading and marching.
The large collection of revolvers taken
by the Barre police over the "Fourth"
included weapons of almost every calibre
and make" in the United States while
few were of the styles of years ago
A great many blank cartridge pistols
were taken from boys and young men by
| the police before the day had fairly
dawned and this continued throughout
the day. With only small firecraekers
and fireworks of light nature handled
| few accidents occurred during the entire
day, and they resulted in but minor in
juries An attempt was made by the
officers to keep the name of every person
who was compelled to give up his revolv-
er, in order that the weapons might be
restored after the Fourth. These may
be procured Monday afternoon and even
ing at the station.
Oddly enough, Mr. Montgomery, the
owner of the farm in Braintree where
| the Saugus Barre airplane came down
yesterday afternoon, had come to Barre
with members of his family for the very
purpose of seeing the airplane. Mrs.
Montgomery was the only member of
| the'family who remained at home and,
therefore, it was her privilege to see
| from her own door the landing and the
start of the machine in its interrupted
flight. Aviator M. W. Hodgdon and his
mechanician, Ralph Dale, were unable to
say to-day whether any more flights
would be made in Barre, the decision
pending upon the action of their employ
ers. To-day they were making the ar
rangements for having needed parts
shipped to Barre from Boston.
Young men of the north end who could
not devise excitement enough with re-
volvers and other Fourth of July arti-
cles, tried one of the oldest and meanest
tricks possible at 2:30 Friday morning
by sounding a fire alarm from box SO on
Beckley street. The firemen responded to
the call with their usual quickness only
to find the alarm was false one. On
the return to the station, however, call
summoned the auto truck to A. G. La
points house at 20 Elm street. There
small blaze had originated on the roof
from some unknown cause, though sky
rockets had been seen squirting into the
air in that direction, Only few shin