The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

ing. Gents SOC, ladies free. Gilbertson's
orchestra.-adv.
Congregationalists pick up your rum
mage and save it for sale to be held
sometime this month.--adv.
Save money by buying your work and
dress shoes of NJ. Charbonneau & Son
shoe repair shop, Keith avenue.
I Readers of the Sunday Post and Her
aid may get their copy at o'clock Sun
day night hereafter at Martins Book
| Store.
Charles oliver, William Jones and
John Carroll are attending the closing
out sale of monuments Of F. j. Recor of
Burlington to-day.
Mrs. Gertrude Milne, who has been
clerk in the d. NJ. Miles coal Office for
some time, left to-day for Boston, where
she is to be employed.
Mrs. A. N. Brunella of Boston arrived
at the home Of her aunt, Mrs. Mary BIZ
anchi of Summer street, to spend week
| with her and friends of Barre.
Largest line OF new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices L. A. Prindle, Worthen
block
Two Barre families have moved re-
Gently to White River Junction, those of
Ralph Campanni and James LeClair. Mr.
LeClair is employed by Adams & Me
Nichol.
All members of the junior and senior
sodality of st. Monica's church are re-
quested to be at the church Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock to practice for the
May coronation.
Mrs w. E. Avery has disposed of a
number of household goods, and yester-
day started for st. Adams, where she
will reside with her husband, who is EN-
ployed in that city.
Victory Liberty loan bonds of the
smaller denominations have been re.
ceived at the Quarry Savings Bank &
Trust Co. and are on sale for cash pay
ment. Call and get your bond when you
pay for it.-adv.
At a meeting of committees represent.
ing the journeymen and master horse.
shoers held last evening the new schedule
of wages, calling for nine hours pay for
an eight hour day, was granted to take
effect Monday, May 3, and horseshoers in
the city have reached settlement with.
out suspension of work.
William Menard has arrived home
after receiving an honorable discharge
from the l0lst machine gun battalion OF
the Yankee division Cook Paul
Pariso, who left with the Headquarters
company of Barre, also has been honor
ably discharged from the l02d M. G. B.
and is now stopping at the home Of
Mrs. Telles Stone of 81 South Main
street.
II Committal services for Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest n Houston, former Barre resi-
dents who died at Rochester Feb. and
2, respectively, of pneumonia following
influenza, were held at Elmwood ceme-
terry yesterday afternoon at o'clock
Rev, b. G. Lipsky of the Hedding Meth
odist church officiating The bodies have
been in the vault at the cemetery here
having been brought last winter. Inter
ment was in the Huse family lot.
information will be given at the navy
recruiting station, Montpelier, to any
young men who may be DESTROYS Of en-
listing in the U. 5. navy and at the same
time getting training in any one of 81
trades. Any men between the ages Of
Il II and 30 having fair knowledge OF
electricity, machinery, pharmacy, music
radio, cooking or baking can, if qualified
/ physically, enlist for course of instruc-
tion, with $3.50 per month to start
with, besides board, lodging and clothes
free.
Among the names Of those arrested
charged with taking part in the rioting
in Roxbury, Mass, on Thursday, May
day, was Luigi Salvucch of Quincy
Mass. Mr.. Salvucchi is remembered in
Barre as one of the leaders of the oppo-
sition to any settlement by the granite
cutters union with the manufacturers
in 1915. The complete failure Of his
w. w. policy, with the consequent loss
Of time and wages to his followers in
Barre, caused him to seek new fields
Recently he has been heard from as tax.
ing a hand in the strike of the granite
cutters in Quincy and when an agree
ment was reached he tried to prevent
an acceptance of the settlement by mem
bers of the union.
A recent investment of the Montpelier
and Barre Lighting and Power company
to insure service to the public was in
an enormously large transformer, ca
pable of a range of $4,000 volts. Be
cause of its immense size it was shipped
here from the General Electric company
of Pittsfeld, Mass, on a specially built
car, and by means of the large boom
derrick, located in the yards of the San
guinetti granite firm, its bulky weight
10000 pounds, was transferred TO a
wooden track built to the power plant
on Granite street. Large steel rollers
were used in placing it in its perma-
nent position beside ~ other transform
ers. This is the largest of the 10 and
will be used when others are disabled
though at present it remains uncon.
nected