The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-05
TALK OF THE TOWN


Shea buys big shoe stock. adv.
Visit the lie sale at Russell's this
week.
For warm coats, see Morse's line at
Montpelier
Dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening; (iilbertsons orchestra, adv.
The water rent is now past due.
Your bill is subject to 10 per cent in
crease if not paid on time.
Maccabees attention. The regular
meeting of Harmon review, No. ], will
be held Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock.
William Craig will sell his household
goods at auction Friday at ] p. m. at
Is Hall street. o, II. Hale, auctioneer.
See adv.--adv
How can you be without Boston
bag Tor school books, for shopping or to
carry your lunch 1925 and up at Ian
der's Cigar Store.
About Is members of the Marshfeld
Knights of Pythias lodge attended Vim
eitia lodge meeting last night, while
comforting the rank of esquire upon
two candidates The Burlington and
Montpelier lodges were also represent
ed After the meeting the knights en-
| joyed one of those series of lunches
which have been served during the
summer and fall The lunch consisted
of steamed clans and tiXings
Miss Marion Keller Vermont's bril-
liant young coloratura soprano, who is
to sing at the Barre opera house Tues
! day evening, Nov IL, under the aus
tpices of the Barre Woman's club. is
charming in her personality as well as
in her voice and she appeals to her
audiences because of her daintiness and
her girlish mannerisms on the stage.
Miss Marjory Crabbe, who is TO give
interpretatiye dances has been study
| ing under the best instructors in Chi
cago. Tickets, soc each; on sale at box
office Saturday afternoon, Nov. 5, at
2:30-~adv
Sergt Richard IIoar, son Of Attorney
and Mrs. Richard Hoar of Fl East
street, is back from France Was he
wounded? Not at all; and if it hadn't
have been for rough sea which piled
80 beds in heap one dark and stormy
night Dick would have returned with
ont scratch As it is, he has rather
bad scratch under the right eye, re-
ceived in trying to stop bunk from
hitting the side of the ship That same
storm threw the ship off its course 60
miles and in the meantime tossed it
about so much that water poured in
the stacks, which for a time made the
veterans of the world war wish they
were back in the trenches pulling their
feet out of the mud. But, regardless
OF this 4s-hour storm, Sergt. Hoar. to-
gether with great many more cooks
for it must be remembered that Dicks
last days in France were spent roast
ing chickens for the other soldiers,
which Of course all cooks have to do
arrived safely in Hoboken, n j., on
the good ship Edylan on Oct 20 When
the bells and whistles were blowing on
that 9TH day of April in 1917, calling
all the soldiers Of Headquarters com
pany together, Dick Hoar was right
there in the front ranks, and when the
company went to Fort Ethan Allen he
was still in the ranks After being
trained for time he went TO Camp
Bartlett, then to Camp Wadsworth,
and, lastly, to Camp Merritt. From
there he prepared for the overseas Jour.
ney and with the 57th Pioneers, former.
III known AZ the lat Vermont infantry.
he set sail for France, arriving there
Oct. 7, 1918. For a time he was in
Brest, lie Mons, Fourlainc and Eckomo,
but returned to Brest after the armi-
stice was signed, assigned to the lst
cook company. Ever since last Dec 10
he has been stationed in Brest But
now he's been honorably discharged
with a service record Of two years and
half and he arrived home last even
ing at 4:35, He will need no calesthen-
les for his right arm for few days
as that has been pretty busy since his
arrival, receiving the welcome Of many
friends