The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

| ton Bohm started Thursday on Tour
day camping trip to Shelburne pond to
fish for pickerel
| Miss Irene Landers, after vacation
of month spent with her sister, Mrs,
Laurence Rising, in Boston, returned on
Thursday afternoon.
J. w. Butterfeld Of Cabot, superin-
| tendent of schools in the Washington
county northeast district, is at the City
hospital for treatment.
| j. A. Sturtevant, instructor of general
rules and regulations of railway, with
! headquarters in st. Adams, was in the
city yesterday for a brief visit.
/ Largest line OF new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices. e. A. Prindle, Worthen
block
| Miss Bertha Fenwick of r. r. D. No. 2,
who underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis Thursday morning at City hos
pital, is doing as well as could be ex-
pected.
Miss Helen Boyce, for the past year
bookkeeper at the granite firm of McColl
& Abair, finished her duties there last
| Thursday to return to her home III Gran
iteville
Miss Dorothy Averill and Miss Frances
| Burke attended the junior week celebra-
tion at the University of Vermont, hav-
ing left the city Thursday to remain
until Sunday.
/ Mrs. Alex Edward and two children,
who have been spending the past two
weeks with relatives at II Blackwell
street, returned Friday to their home in
Wollaston, Mass
There will be special meeting OF
Minnehaha encampment, No. 2, Tuesday
night at 1880 Work in the patriarchal
degree. All officers and patriarchs are
earnestly requested to be present
Rev, Edgar Grassland of Mattapan,
Mass, former pastor of the Presbyterian
church here, was the Memorial day
! speaker at the exercises in Wiliamstown
Friday, returning TO his home Friday
night
! Lyndol Waterman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
d. S. Waterman Of 236 Washington
street, member Of the Franklin, N. H.,
high school faculty, visited his parents
while here with the baseball squad Of
that school.
The Quarry Savings Bank & Trust Co.
| has received its entire allotment of Vic
| tory bonds for the fifth loan and those
who purchased through this bank can
have their bonds by bringing in their
receipt.-adv.
Laurence Campbell, son of Mr. and
| Mrs. A. r. Campbell Of 276 North Main
street, who is freshman at Dartmouth
! college, Hanover, n. H., made trip to
Barre Thursday on motorcycle to spend
the week end here.
Mrs. Harold Cutler and child left on
| Thursday afternoon for Boston to rejoin
Dr. Harold Cutler, who recently visited
relatives and friends in Barre subsequent
to his return from overseas duty with
the 18th division as medical captain.
Sergeant Thomas t"Bone") Carroll, son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll, wired
| his parents from New York Thursday
morning that he had arrived safely at
! New York with the 34Sth aero squadron
and expected soon to obtain flirlough
The first Of the summer series Of band
concerts was given by the Barre City
band at the City park last evening and
the concert drew out large holiday
crowd The numbers on the program
pleased the audience very much and gave
promise of a good series of outdoor en-.
tertainment during the summer
Alexander A. Stewart OF Graniteyille
returned last Wednesday evening from
| st. Louis, Mo-, where he had been in at.
tendance at the meeting of the general
! - ~, r.. -
America He reports a large attendance
and splendid sessions Mr.. Stewart was
sent as a delegate from the presbytery
of this section.
Mrs Charles T. Sibley of Hooker
avenue has received telegram from hel
sons, Thomas and Jesse Sibley, who hav,
been in overseas duty, that they arrived
at Hoboken, N j., Thursday morning
and were sent to Camp Dix They ex.
pect to go to Camp Devens to get their
discharges. Both the young men are
we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Barclay and
wife started late Thursday afternoon, in
company with Mrs William Mason, for
| jackson, Mich Mr. Barclay for the past
seven years has been employed at + d.
Ladd & Co.'S bakery at his trade as balS.
err Mrs. Mason will join her husband
/ who for the past two years has worked
in an automobile factory in Jackson.
Alexander Duncan, elected grand mas
ter of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
| lows at the state convention in Bmling-
ton two weeks ago, was the guest at an
| informal reception at the hands OF Hia.
watha lodge, No. 20, and members OF
Bright Star lodge, No. Is, Thursday
evening al the Gordon block lodge rooms
Mr.. and Mrs Duncan and Grand Guard
| n. G. Buck and wife of Randolph formed
receiving line and both the men re.
ceved many congratulations. After a
grand march, refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served by young ladies
of the order. Reardons orchestra then
played for dancing
A dance was given in Rowland hall by
| the Independent Order of Odd Ladies
Thursday evening for the benefit of re.
turned soldiers and sailors, all Of whom
were admitted without charge to the
hall. Uniforms of all descriptions, rep
resenting many different branches of the
service added to the martial coloring OF
! the entertainment Around the hall anc
at all parts hung flags of the United
States, nestled about which were allied
oolors. A large American flag FREEDOM
mated over all other decorations and was
the background for Landi's orchestra
which kept its music constantly floating
through the hall to keep the feet of the
young gliding over the dancing arena
Three large gold links adorned with flow
ers and flags hung conspicuously in the
center of the hall Owing to the large
assemblage Nnd the wishes of the young
people, the dance. which began at