The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

Ut. u. -. Martin FANNY nave taheh
up their summer residence on their farm
in Williamstown.
Neapolitan ice cream bricks put up in
quarts and pints, 50 and Csc. Why pay
more? Barre Drug Co.
Every try our new French vanilla ice
cream? Just try it for a change; you
will like it. Barre Drug Co,
Poison! Farmers, attention. II you
use paris green in so 10 lots, ask us for
quotations. n. D. Phelps Co,
The guild aid of the Church of the
Good Shepherd will hold food sale at
the church Saturday afternoon at 2
| o'clock adv.
/ The grocery store at sos North Main
street has been purchased by Peter
Naude, who assumed full control begin
ming Friday.-adv.
John Gallagher, tool sharpener, has
secured a position at his trade in an au-
tomobile factor in Detroit, Mich, and
left here yesterday afternoon.
Largest line oil new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices. E. A. Prirdle, Worthen
| block
Earl F. Lane of Spaulding street, in
company with a party of Norwich uni
versity students, left last night for six
weeks training in Camp Devens R. O..
| t. G..
| H Belmont Houghton of 81 Elm street
won the University of Vermont scholar
ship of 800, having attained the highest
average for the boys through the four
years course in Spaulding high school.
Miss Irene Grady, daughter Of Mrs
Rose Grady of the Morse block, who for
the past week has been visiting her
mother, returned last night TO her work
in Newport, n H.
! Miss Catherine Carleton of Boston,
who for the past three weeks has been
the guest of DR.. and Mrs William Me
| Farland of 40 Washington street, com
pleted her visit yesterday and returned
to Boston,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. !. Young and two
| daughters. Ethel and Gloria, Miss Mona
Grady, and Miss Doris Ahern began a
tour this morning by automobile through
! northern Vermont and lower Quebec,
They intend to spend a couple of days
at the Potion sulphur springs before
| their return next Wednesday.
The regular meeting of Cobble Hill
grange was held Tuesday evening, June
H. After the general routine of bust
ness, the following program was given;
! Song grange; reading, Mrs. Nelson; cur
rent events, Verne Lougee; vocal solo,
with encore, Ida Dickey; roll call for
brothers, "The greatest need on my farm
to-day; for sisters, quotations from the
ritual piano solo, with encore, Elya
| Bradbury. The contest closed with the
yellow side the winners. The captains for
! the next six months are Mrs. Luther Nell
son and Miss Vivian Baker
A game played between the Spaulding
| alumni team and the nine of Spaudiug
ended with victory for the former
school athletes with the final tally Of
5 to 2 The high school boys had some
rather fast opponents who by consist
/ ent hitting managed TO score win over
| the younger team. Nevertheless, the
| game was a close one until the last part
of the seventh inning, when a home run
| brought in two runs that could not be
duplicated by the school team. The game
was not advertised. since il was staged
more for practice game to put the To-
| cal school boys in better condition for
| their Waterbury league competitors,
whom they meet Monday at the Mont
pelier campus.
! c. S. Andrews, chairman of the local
boy scout committee, was able 10 send
to G. D. Piper OF Montpelier, county
| chairman Of the national council of the
/ Boy Scouts of America SILL instead
Of the SEA called for II is, therefore,
| evident that Barre almost doubled its
| quota and it is expected that much more
interest win arise from this movement.
| An effort to organize more troops of boy
scouts in this city will be made later.
Every one Of these dollars subscribed
! towards the cause represents an adult
associate member who enlisted his or her
services towards the national drive for
a million members. Since the govern
ment realizes the worth of these young
| trained soldiers it is endeayoring to en-
large the army of $4,000, which served
its country in the world war most effec-
| lively, TO one almost three times as
| large. With that motive in view, the To-
| cal canvassers trayersed all parts of the
city with success, as shown in the final
report c. D. Piper reports that Wash
! ington county went "over the top" by
small margin, and believed that Barre
was the most successful locality can
vassed.
In II automobiles, the AS people as
sembled at Rowland hall yesterday for
the purpose Of being present at the first
meeting of the Massachusetts, Mutual
/ Life Insurance company agents of Yer
mont began the days program by visit
/ ing the T. L. Smith & Co. quarries in
| Granitevile. Some interesting facts con
corning the history of the quarries, as
well as the manufacturing Of the granite
related by men well versed in the gran
tie industry, entertained the many visit
ors From the quarries the party mo-
tored through Williamstown gulf where
it was planned that dinner and bust
ness meeting would be held. There Ia.
bles were built in the open and laden
with many paatable articles. Appetites
strengthened by the cool breezes of the
gulf were amply satisfied. The business
| program began soon after the dinner,
for, as the many agents were seated
about the tables, Charles c. Graves OF
| Waterbury, toastmaster, introduced
Frank G. Rowland, who fttingly well
coined the visitors in appropriate words
William H. Sargent, first vice president
Of the Massachusetts, Mutual Life In
surance company. Joseph c, Behan, ma
tional superintendent of agencies of the
company Gerald A. Eubank, assistant
superintendent of agencies, w H. Myers
special agent, of Montpelier, and Steph-
en- c. Dorsey, district agent, of Rutland
all in turn addressed the assemblage on