The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. #. A. Joslyn of Randolph
passed yesterday in this city, making
calls on numerous friends
| A new shipment of hats, also fine
| line of misses and chidren's millinery.
! Mrs Birnie, Laurel street.--adv.
Rummage sale, Presbyterian church,
Saturday, May "a, at o'clock. Leave
bundles at church any evening or at John
Stewart, 10 Central street.
Largest line OF new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices. E. A. Prindle, Torthen
| block.
The Y. G. w. of A. will hold their
regular meeting in carpenters hall on
! Tuesday evening, May 20, at 7 o'clock.
Initiation, A good attendance desired.
| Fin. Sec. G. r. Cheney
Augustus Rossi has accepted the po-
sition in the Oldsmobile salesrooms in
st. Johnsbury as sales manager for that
district, though he intends to continue
| playing in the Landi orchestra.
Frank Fl. Dupaw of Barre, granite
polisher, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy in the office Of Clerk Henry Con-
lin Of the United States court, He has
| liabilities Of 81 ,290.07 and assets Of So.
560.62, of which $472 is claimed ex-
empt.
Mrs. Abbie Wiley, Mr.. and Mrs, c. C.
Robins, Mr. and Mrs. f. Il. Perry, Frank
Smith and Mabel Carr left on the $40
train this morning for Rutland to attend
the convention Of the G. A. X. and allied
organizations, which is being held there
this week
Miss j. P. Nourse, manager of the
Barre branch of the Adams company
dry goods stores, started Sunday on a
weeks business trip TO Boston and other
important cities by railway. Her re.
turn journey will be made in her auto
mobile, which has been stored during the
winter months in that city.
! w. Jay Of st, Adams has filed the
place of C. Hoyt, baggage master and
mail clerk on the night trips to Mont
pelier Junction from Barre, for the past
two weeks, but yesterday returned to
his permanent occupation in the Central
Vermont's largest RAILROAD yards.
Posters appeared yesterday adyertis-
ing baseball game between Montpelier
| high school and Spaulding high school at
the Lincoln school campus Wednesday
afternoon, May 81. This game was sched-
ulcd to be played May Z, but arrange
ments were made to postpone the date
until tomorrow. Sparkling won the first
game with Montpelier at the latters
home grounds last Wednesday.
Lynn Clark, chauffeur of one of the
| trucks Of the Vermont Sales Trucking
company, returned Sunday from a trip
to Mattapan, Mass, after having trans.
ferred a load of furniture TO Rev. Edgar
| Crossland's new home. On his return
| trip a breakdown occurred at White
River Junction which delayed him a day
or so Yesterday he started on another
trip to Massachusetts, on a similar mis-.
sion.
The office of the Oldsmobie company
of Vermont, which for considerable
| time has been located at the rear of the
| demonstration room on North Main
street, was changed to-day TO the front
of the building on the second floor. The
first floor Office was too small to accom-
modate satisfactorily the clerical work
necessary to cover the business. Miss
Angie Vanetti is assisting in the book
keeping work for an indefinite time.
Charles Fraguelli, who was a member
of the Vanetti and Fraquelli fruit com
pany. as we'll as having an interest in
the Vanetti granite firm on West Sec.
ond street, is preparing to move to De-
troit. Mich, and enter into the Royal
Oaks Monumental works of that city
Two carloads of rough stock have all
ready been shipped to Detroit, by him
and in about two weeks he, together
with his family, expects to leave Barre
| for his new home.
Mrs. 4. HOWE and son, David, Of
Montreal arrived in the city Sunday
morning to spend week with relatives
the latter having returned from France a
few weeks ago, after serving in the Ca
madam army three and half years The
formers brother, Mr. Wilson, has been
spending two weeks in the city, return
ing from France three weeks ago, after
serving in the Canadian army since 1914
He expects to remain and return to
| Montreal with his sister and nephew.
The civic department Of the Barre
Womsn's club is making preparations to
put on big peony exhibit early in June
the exhibit TO be held in the Rowland
hall. The department has noted great
results from the previous flower ex-
| hibits. Last year more interest was
shown and marked enthusiasm was indi.
Gated in the displays. The prime mo.
tive of the coming exhibit is TO create
and advance the interest Of the people
In the growth and cultivation OF flowers
Report came from Burlington to-day
that there has been such demand for
tickets to the convention of the League
to Enforce Peace, to be held Wednesday
evening, that overflow meetings have
been planned Many of the Barre peo-
pie who planned to attend the Congre-
| gational convention in Essex Junction
Wednesday afternoon and attend the
convention of the league in Burlington on
Wednesday evening, received word to-
day that II had been found impossible
TO get tickets for the main convention
of the latter organization.
At the Cook and Watkins stoneshed
in the Depot square district, a side
wing measuring 100 feet in length and
| l8 feet wide has been erected al the
northern side Of the building. Cramped
conditions of the workmen forced the en-
largement of the plant and the building
now extends to the roadway. A three
| ton chain hoist attached to steel beam
and small truck for the transportation
and handling of small stones are TO be
installed, which will add greatly to the
| efficiency of the plant, This space, now
being raised to the level of the re.
mainder of the shed by filling in with
granite chips of all sizes, will be occu.