The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-29
TALK or THE TOWN

South Barre annual young and Old
folks dance and supper Feb. 0, Landl-
Forsell orchestra.-adv.
Mrs. Nellie Bianchi Of North Main
street left yesterday for Boston for a
few days visit with friends.
Charles Collins, violinist for the Rear
don Knickerbocker orchestra. has fully
recovered from two weeks illness Of
grip.
Miss Mildred McGue, bookkeeper of
b. A. browns garage was absent from
her duties yesterday because of an at
tack of grip.
Vernon lockwood of East Barre has
returned to his home from Waterbury,
where he has been employed for the past
six months.
DIR. +. X. 2. Archambault has gone to
Montreal and other Canadian cities.
While in Montreal he will visit his son,
Almond, who is attending st. Mary's
college, for few days.
Mrs. Josephine Stone of Al Brookline
street accompanied her two children,
Della Young and Frederick Stone, yester-
day to Mary Fletcher hospital in Bur
lington, where they are to undergo medi-
cal treatment.
Sunny, sweet, sour sad, and sundry
spirits are to be summoned at the Sun
shine social at the Hedding Methodist
| Episcopal church, Wednesday evening,
Feb. 5. Come and we shall try to make
all sunny and sweet.
If you like to waltz or two-step and
never had the chance before, come to
tIg.vrY lavn k.all b sr.kN l..
dance of your life. All the old time
steps with excellent music. Given by
"Old Timers. adv.
Special meeting of Ruth chapter, No.
49, Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, at 1880
o'clock. Mrs, Goldie i. Davis, deputy
grand matron, will be present. The
work will be given. Supper served at
o'clock, All members Of the order in
good standing are cordially invited
Z. ]. Marchetti was operated on yes
terday morning for hernia at his home
in Waterville, Me-, and is said to be rest
ing quite comfortably. Mr.. Marchetti is
well known in this city, as he has been
employed here for the past few years
and intends to return as soon as he re-
covers from the operation sufficiently to
do So
The funeral of Arthur Keezer, who
was one of the victims of asphyxiation
Saturday morning in the two-room ten
ement occupied by Mrs. Mary Smith in
the Tomasi building on Merchant street,
took place yesterday afternoon from
Badgers undertaking rooms, Rev. c. Pc.
tersen of Granitevile officiating. The
body was then conveyed TO the Wilson
cemetery, where burial took place.
Alexander J. Young, president of the
Young Brothers granite firm on Black
well street, who resides at 80 Eastern
avenue, will visit New York City and
Harrisburg, Pa, during the next week or
ten days. The purpose of his trip il to
attend the monumental dealers conven.
tion in Harrisburg, which takes place
during the latter part of this week; also
to negotiate business for the interest Of
| his firm.
The ladies' auxiliary of the A, o. H,
held their annual election of officers last
evening. The officers elected are as fol-
lows: President, Mrs Susan Humphrey;
vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers
financial secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth
Brown; recording secretary, Mrs. Agnes
| Murley; treasurer, Mrs. Nora Good; sen
tinel, Mrs. Ellen O'Keefe; mistress-at-
arms, Mrs Katherine Grogan; chief lady
of standing committee, Mrs. Flora Muir
ply.
Plans have been drawn for a proposed
enlargement of the Barre police station
by utilizing some of the space in the
basement Of the city hall lying just east
Of the present main room. The plans
also contemplate considerable change
in the equipment of the station. II the
remodeling should be done, it is expect
cd that the constable would occupy quar-
ters in the new accommodations, Other
building work which the city is c0ntem-
plating is the erection of storage sheds
| for wood in winter and some Of the city's
equipment in summer at the rear of the
FIRE station.
Yesterday, in Rowland hall, the home
economics department of the Barre Won
ans club furnished a very pleasing aft
ernoon for the club members and invited
guests. Miss Bertha A. Holden, home
/ economies specialist of the University of
Vermont, gave demonstration of sever
al varieties Of food, the qualities of
which the ladies were privileged to sam
pie, after the making had been com
pleted. A food sale later in the after.
noon brought many ready buyers about
the table. Miss Holden has been before
| the club ladies on previous occasions and
| well sustained the record she had al.
ready established. Before closing, the
chairman Of the local department pre-
scented her a slight reminder of the ap-
probation of the committee. The ladies
having the afternoon in charge may feel
that their efforts were truly successful.
Members of the Knights of Columbus
and their families numbering in all about
go people, journeyed last evening to
Graniteville in two large auto trucks
which took the place Of two barges as
was first planned where a social and
dance passed the evening, in the Miles
hall. The party left Barre about 7
o'clock from the X. of c. hall.
Among the number was Ericson's three
piece orchestra, which furnished excellent
music from o'clock until shortly after
midnight. A supper of appetizing nature
was furnished by the ladies at II o'clock,
after which the merry making continued.
Piano and vocal solos were given after
the feast by several of the younger peo.
pie, after which the old-fashioned square
dances brought the old timers on their
toes in a jovial manner. At first some
we're rather disappointed to find that
trucks instead Of sleighs were to convey
the party, but two very successful trips
were made, all returning pleased with
the pide. Several socials are to be giyen