The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

see those plush coats 3lb0U at AD-
bolts.
| Buy your work shoes of NJ. Charlton
neau & Son, shoe shop, Keith avenue, and
save money.-adv.
| Roy Mcdonald of the Z. S. navy is
home on a 72-hour leave of absence. lie
! is stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y.
Victor H. Remella of Berlin street
leaves to-day for New York City, where
he is to be employed in the undertaking
business.
James Riley, who is serving in the U.
s. navy, left last night to his station,
after spending short furlough at his
! home here.
Call and get prices on Andes ranges
and heaters. Good line of second hand
ranges and heaters, stovepipe and elbows
f. a. Prindle.
| Miss Marjorie Bartlett of South Barre
left this morning for New Haven, Conn,
where she is employed, after a short visit
with her parents
| Miss Margaret Matthews left to-day
/ for Hartford, Conn, to resume her work,
after spending the holidays at her home
on Maple avenue.
| Bernard Starr Richard Marietta and
Ted Doyle left this morning for Balti-
more, Md, where they are to enter the
wood working industry.
| A meeting of the Vermont Poultry as
ISOLATION will be held Friday evening at
| 1880 in the court room. Everybody in
terested invited to attend.
Miss Cleora Morse, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs ID. j. Morse, left to-day for
Ithaca, N. Y, to continue the study of
music at the Ithaca conservatory.
Frank Lawliss, who has been employed
at the Barre Savings bank during the
holidays, returned to the University of
Vermont at Burlington this morning.
John Jordan, who has been employed
as clerk in a hotel at Gloucester, Mass,
returned last night to his home on Foss
street, where he will visit for a week,
| The annual meeting of the Hospital
Ladies' Aid association will be held Fri.
| day evening at o'clock at the hospital,
| Election of officers. A full attendance is
desired.
Gelsie Monti of this city left last night
| to return to Boston university at Boston,
| to resume his studies Mr.. Monti was
recently honorably discharged from the
s. A. T. C.
Miss Rosamond Mackie of Summer
street left to-day for Burlington to visit
friends. From there she will return TO
Potsdam, N. Y, where she is attending
Crane institute.
Alexander Hanton, ex-superintendent
Of cemeteries, Lade adieu to number Of
! friends as he started to-day for Pitts
burg, Pa, where he is to be assistant
exton and superintendent of the Al
legheny cemetery.
The new schedule Of wages in the
Barre granite district went into effect
to-day and the men in the manufacturing
/ plants are getting the minimum Of 1852
| per day according to the supplementary
agreement recently signed by the repre-
sentatives Of the association and the
unions,
Among the guests arriving at the Ho-
tel Barre during New Years day were
/ William T. Coffey of Providence, r. L.,
A. NJ Hayman Of New York, ]. p.
Nourse Of Boston; George Bishop Of Bos
ton, d. A. Trayhan of Littleton, N. H.,
e. V. Richards of Hartford, Conn, Miss
Katherine Mccormick of Holyoke, Mass,
lC. H. Beecher Of Burlington, Fl. Il. Palm
err Of White River Junction, c. NJ. Leach
| of Hardwick, T.. P. Hamilton of st.
IJohnsbury, F. NJ, Partch Of New Ha
ven, Conn, F. Fl. Smart of Boston, Elva
Smith of East Randolph
Harold P. Human of Orange street,
who recently resigned his position as sec
rotary Of the Barre Granite Manufactur-
ers' association in this city, has begun
! his new duties as sales manager for the
well known quarrying firm of Boutwell,,
Milne & Varnum. He has office accom-
modations in the office Of the firm in
Montpelier. He will have as an assistant
in his office Miss Margaret Johnston, who
has been employed for some time in the
office of the Granite Manufacturers asso-
citation Athol r, Bell, who was appoint
ed to the position of secretary of the lat
ter association, began his new duties with
the first day Of the new year. Mr.. Bells
associates in The Times Office presented
him an attractive chair az reminder of
their friendship for him.
The annual New Years dance and box
party of the Italian Gaiety club was held
in the Knights of Columbus hall last
evening and proved great success, which
was vouched for by the large crowd at
tending. The greater part of the evening
was taken up with dancing, the music
being furnished by Reardon's four piece
orchestra. Games suited to the occasion
were also participated in to a large ex-
tent. BY no means least on the program
of events was the auctioning of the
boxes, which fact was very evident by
the number and generosity of the bidders
Bidding scared TO quite a high plane and
the highest point reached was IS, at
which price a box was sold. The party
broke up at late hour with everybody
declaring that they had had a highly de
lightful evening and that it had been
unequalled by any of their similar so.
cials The affairs Of the evening were in
charge of Nellie Scampini, Emma Corti,
Caroline Calcagni, Leno Piccioli, Louise
Cassi, Victor Ramella, Vincent Cato L.
Fabrizio, +. WALSH, George Molla and
/ John Oltolini. The committee proved
their ability in such matters by the ad.
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