The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-24
TALK OF THE TOWN


DIR. w. X Mackay has opened dental
office in The Everett in johnson.
Miss Dorothy Campbell of Hardwiek
spent the day in town yesterday.
Miss Josephine Fontana of Central
street has finished her duties in the
Holmes Bakery.
Mrs. j. r. Wilson of the Miles block
left to-day for an extended stay at her
home in Worcester.
Mrs. Charles Wheaton and daughter
left this morning for Waterbury, where
they viii visit friends,
Mrs. Floyd bearing and son of North
field left for that place this morning
after visiting in the city
Swedish Order of Vasa will hold its
annual picnic at Dewey park Saturday,
July 26. Everybody welcome.
r. l.. Robins and family have gone
to their home in Canada for a week 5
visit with friends and relatives.
Miss Lily Richie of Quincy, Mass, is
visiting at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eustace Richie of the east hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Jones of East street
was in East Calais the first of the week
to visit her sister, Mrs. Guy Bancroft.
Misses Elva Bradbury and Ada Patch,
who have been camping with relatives at
Caspian lake for the past two weeks,
have returned.
Public dance, Dewey park, Thursday;
| Gilbertson's orchestra. Admission, 60c;
ladies free. Special cars to Barre and
Montpelier.-ady.
Dry mixed wood, delivered anywhere
in the city, three runs for 1915. Let us
fill your shed or cellar Get prepared for
the winter. d. A. Perry Real Estate
Agency, Barre.
Mrs, Fred r. Dale and daughter, Ger
ltrude left to-day for Maine, where they
win spend the summer In the fall they
viii 90 to Brockton, Mass, where Mr.
Dale is employed.
J. H. Kelley of upper Prospect street
fell yesterday while getting in hay and
fractured three ribs besides otherwise
injuring himself quite badly so he will
be confined to the house for some weeks
Perry oliver left to-day for Clare
mont, n. H.. to spend a few days before
going to Chicago where he viii resume
the work that he left on entering the
army, that of travelling for the Sullivan
Machine company
Jerome Bensinger and John Duffy, both
of New York City, have been visiting at
the home of A. c. Jones OF this city for
the past few days. They left yesterday
afternoon for the Cavanaugh camp at
Woodbury. pond.
There viii be Sunday school as usual
at the Hedding Methodist church next
Sunday at HAS. Officers and teachers,
as well as all members, are asked to
make special effort to keep up the at.
! tendance during the vacation months.
| Word has been received from John
Shea, brother of Frank Shea, that he has
! arrived from overseas and is at Camp
Merritt and viii 20 to Camp Deyens,
where he expects to get his discharge
from service and then come to Barre.
kilograms have been received from
Guido Vennetti, John Girompini and G.,
! Paracca, who were members Of the 10th
division, which left here in May, 1918,
that they have arrived from overseas and
are at Camp Merritt waiting for their
discharges from the services.
| Martin Gomez, the man who was run
into by a motorcycle near Intercity park
few weeks ago, and who has been in
the Heaton hospital since then has been
moved to his home on Smith street and
| is able to be up and around, but is still
under the care OF the doctor.
| Word has been received in Barre of
the marriage Of Wendell Averill. former
1 ly of this city, to Miss Edna Jones Of
/ Sacramento, Cal Mr.. Ayerill returned a
/ few weeks ago from France, where he
\ has been for several months They will
reside in Sacramento where Mr. Averill
is employed on the Sacramento Bee
! George r. Milne, for Is months over
seas, has returned to the home Of his
aunt, Mrs Alex. Cruickshank of Summer
street, having been discharged at Camp
Merritt July 5. Previous to his service
! in France, Mr.. Milne was employed in
/ Lowell Mass, to which city he will 90
! Saturday to resume his former occupa-
\ ton
/ Publisher Frank f. Howe of the Ben
nington Banner and his son. Paul Howe.
recent graduate of the Vail Agriculture
school at Lyndonville, now located at
Orwell, were visitors in Barre yesterday
! while motoring TO Bennington from Lake
Mansfield, where they had been on a
fishing expedition. The younger man ex-
! hibited two trout Of more than pound
| each, while the elder Howe was content
TO admit that he caught small trout
/ A good sized crowd gathered last night
to hear the weekly band concert. The
program this week seemed to be espe-
cially appreciated. Carl Shepard OF
Montpelier played piccolo solo that
was excellent and very we'll received.
Two other numbers that were particular
! W well done and were received with
| demand for encores were the familiar
annie Laurie" and a medley called
"IIaviland Hits"
( Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson of Can
ada are visiting at the home of Mr.. Da-
Wilson's sister, Mrs Robert Gordon of
Orange street. Mr.. Davidson was one Of
the first Canadians to 90 into the war,
enisting in 1914 and going over with the
first contingent from Canada He saw
all the great battles of the early war
and was in the trenches when the Ger
mans first sent over the poisonous gas.
| He was taken prisoner in the second
/ battle of Cambria and for q months re-
manned in various German prison camps,
! where he found the life very hard He
| escaped once and got IS miles away be-
4 fore being captured As evidence Of the
! harshness received in the camps Sergt.
! Davidson said that he lost "a pounds in
| the q months and he repeated the well,
known estimate of the Germans, "There
is no good German but dead one At
| the signing of the armistice the captors
picked up their goods and left and the
| captives had to walk 90 miles back to
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