The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

80, o. E. S., Wednesday evening, June
III, at 1880 o'clock
Public dance in Rowland hall Wednes-
day evening after the band concert. Gill
bertson's orchestra.-adv
Henry Summers, employed at Quincy,
Mass, as stonecutter, is visiting with
his family on Hill street for a time
Ivan Greensley of Warren arrived
yesterday to spend few days at the
home Of L. G. Bradley Of North Main
street
/ On account of the reception to the SUI
preme warden, H, William Scott, at s
o'clock, the regular meeting of Barre
lodge, N. +. O. r., will open promptly
at 7.
Largest line OF new and second handed
] ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
1 oil stoves, wicks aid ovens. Call and
| get prices. Z. A. Prisdle, Worthen
block
The mission study class of the Church
of the Good Shepherd will meet at the
home of Mrs. Harry Dale, Green street,
thursday evening at 1880. A good at
tendance is earnestly desired
John S. Lowe, general superintendent
of Universalist churches, viii speak at
the Unversalist church this evening at
| 0 o'clock instead of 8, the latter hour be-
| ing chosen on account of the band con-
cert. The subject of the speakers ad
dress will be "The Reconstruction Pc
riod"
Mrs. r. w. Solinger, former resi-
dent Of this city, for the past seven
weeks has been visiting friends in Barre,
among whom were Mrs. Clifford GaInache
of 5 Laurel street Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Sollinger left for Burlington, where
she intends to spend few days before
going to her home in Albany, N. Y.
There is an excellent opportunity for
half a dozen men between the ages of
| Is and 40 to enter the aviation service
Byron N Clark, Y. M. G. A. secretary,
at Burlington has word from a captain
In the service that he can use that num-
Der OF men. Anyone interested can eth
err send their name to Mr.. Clark, give il
to Charles Pamperl, Barre, or leave at
this office.
Mrs. Homer Sowles received cable
gram yesterday, informing her that her
husband, Lieut.. Homer Sowles, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Sowles of Beckley
Hill, had sailed from France on the
| Leviathan. His wife left last night on
the midnight train for New York in or
der to meet her husband, who is expect
ed to reach New York by Thursday
morning. Lieutenant Sowles sailed with
the lllth sanitary train of the seth diyi-
son.
Those desiring to attend the Spaulding
alumni banquet to be given at Hotel
Barre June 10 must signify their desire
to the committee on or before Saturday,
June Ia. The committee is relying on
the return of the cards recently sent to
each individual and either negative or
| affirmative answer should be given at
once so that the exact number to cater
for can be arranged. Give this your at.
tention now.
A meeting open TO the public and one
which il is hoped viii be largely attend
ed will be held Friday evening at s
O'Clock in the city court room TO listen
to the report Of the committee appointed
at a previous meeting to look into the
matter of the purchase of a community
house by the city. This committee was
to investigate the advisability of max
ing the purchase, the amount Of rent to
be available from the proposed move and
whether it would meet the requirements
Of the city. This committee is now pre-
pared to report Let there be large
attendance TO hear it.
Friends OF John Aletti received word
Yesterday from him. stating that he had
landed at Hoboken, N. j., and is now sta
toned for a brief time at Camp Merritt.
! From there he expects to be sent to
I vrnho kf,s kafarn Ia. and
of this week, the time set by him to re-
ceive his discharge from the Booth in
fantry of the 18th division. About a
year ago he enlisted in Montpelier, to-
gether with several other men from
Barre and was shipped to France with
the 9th Pioneers, later being trans
ferred to the Booth. He is a brother to
Mrs. P. Casselini of 1871 Cottage street.
Frank Fraquelli, wife and child, Ray.
mond, babe adieu to their many friends
in this city yesterday afternoon before
starting their journey to Royal Oak,
Mich, a small town 10 miles from De-
troit. For a number of years Mr. Fra
/ Quelli has been successful business man
i in this city with interests in the Va.
netti Granite Co. and the Vanetti and
Fraquelli fruit store on North Main
street. Mr. Frsquelli for several weeks
has been preparing for his departure,
and to this end, moved all his household
/ goods to Royal Oak as well as several
carloads of rough granite. He enters
the firm OF the Royal Oak Monumental
works, having purchased many shares Of
the stock from his cousins, who are at
the head Of the firm.
The two large windows at the front Of
the j. j. Hastings tire repairing shop az
81 North Main street, shattered to
1 pieces when the vulcanizing machine ex.
ploded May q, were replaced yesterday.
This completed the setting Of SO new
windows broken by the explosion, in
which two men narrowly escaped death.
One man, the proprietor of the place, had
been leaning over the machine Just about
10 seconds before the explosion hap
pened. In fact he had just Strengthened
up from bending over the machine and
was leaning upon the next vulcanizing
machine, not two feet away, when a
piece of iron flew to the ceiling and
broke many Of the boards. The addition
that was then being built has since been
completed, though the new vulcanEer,
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