The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

taxes without extra cost. Office open to-
night.
Miss Irene Blair has returned to hel
duties in the city bakery, after week.
vacation.
Angelo Gloria of Birch street under.
went mior operation at the City hos,
pital to-day
Mrs. 0rrin Hughes has returned to hen
work in the Adams company store after
a vacation of two weeks.
Miss Jeanne Rennie, waitress in Pet.
rie's Depot square restaurant, is taking
| a weeks vacation from her duties.
| Miss Shirley MacNeil returned this
morning to her duties in the Adams com,
pany store after two weeks vacation
| Mrs. Mary Owens returned this morn
| ing to her duties in the Adams company
store after spending three weeks vaca.
ton in Boston.
L.. X. Rickert, pharmacist of the
E, A. Drown drug store, is taking a two
weeks vacation, most of which he plans
to spend at Joe's pond
Mrs. w. F. Shepard and Mrs. Dora
Aldrich of the Shepard company left this
morning for New York in the interest of
the millinery business.
Major General and Mrs. C. r, Edwards
of Boston, who were on their way to
Fort Ethan Allen, stopped for dinner at
the Hotel Barre to-day.
Miss Winifred Hamel has returned to
her duties in the Adams company store,
after spending two weeks vacation with
her parents in Plainfeld.
Mrs. w. A. Clark and grandson of
French street left this morning for Con-
cord, n. H., where they will visit Clar.
enee Clark and Herbert Clark.
Baseball, Graniteville and Moretown.
two of the fastest teams in this section,
at Gazeley field, Wednesday, Aug. 10, at
$50 p. m. Admission, 25c- adv.
Clifford Bliss OF the Barre Savings
bank is out of the bank for two weeks
vacation. Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss will visit
at the home OF Mr.. Bliss parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w f. Bliss, in East Calais.
Mr., and Mrs. Edward Clark and Percy
Clark of this city and the Misses Mary
and Marguerite Clark of New York are
spending a week camping at Woodbury.
pond.
Mrs Frank J.. Brosmer Of Oswego
vacation speHt with Mrs. d. f. Gregory
on east hill when she departed to her
home to-day
Mrs. John Phillips and Miss Natalie
Phillips of Des Moines, Iowa, former res
idents of Barre, are visiting in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Robertson of Z
Bolster avenue.
Miss Caroline Calcagni accompanied
her father to Columbus, Ohio where he
went to attend the convention OF the In.
ternational Monumental Granite Produc-
ers association.
Mrs. Elmer Brown Of Waterbury was
called here Saturday night to assist in
caring for her brother -in-law, ]. II. KEEL.
ley, who is seriously i'll at his home on
upper Prospect street.
Miss Margaret Brazil of Hartford,
Conn, returned to-day to her home. For
the past week she has been stopping at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Edward
Burke, on North Main street.
Mr. and Mrs F. A. Noonan of this CITY
have returned from a weeks vacation
spent in Boston with friends and rela.
tives. Mrs. Noonan has resumed her du
ties in the Homer Fits company store.
After a weeks camping at the Drown
cottage at Joe's pond, the following
party returned last night Charles Nc
Carthy, Leonard Lander, Walter Tobin,
Lowell Drown, James Carroll and Edward
Carroll
Wallace Guernsey, fsrmer Goddard
student and athlete, who has been re
Gently released from the navy, and his
sister, Mrs. Mertie brennan, both of
East Calais, were business visitors in
Barre to-day.
The Montpelie & Barre Light & Power
Co. has sent notices to users of power
that new schedule of rates for general
power service has been filed with the
Vermont public service commission, in
creasing the present rate one-half cent
per kilowatt hour, the same to become
effective Sept, ! and to apply to all bills
for power service rendered on and after
Sept. 30. The company, in making the
announcement, states that this increase
has been made necessary by the in
creased cost of furnishing electric
service.
The Brookside Community club will
hold picnic at Woodbury. pond Thurs
day, Aug ID, This is not confined to
members, but all interested in the com
munity are invited and asked to carry
basket lunch. All school children with
their parents are cordially invited. 1t
is expected there will be automobiles to
carry ALL and those wishing to go please
notify j. +. Mitchell, tel 1924, or An
drew Johnson, tel. 1921 There will be
games, races, etc, for both young and
old. Come and have a good time, Autos
plan to leave at Q o'clock sharp.
Another of the over Sunday automo-
bile accidents, this one with no serious
result, occurred at the intersection of
North Main and Merchant streets yes
terday noon, when a Ford touring car, |
No. 1887 registered in the name of |
Henry r. Rruneau of Webstervile, col |
lided with large Buick touring car
driven by Armando Comolli of this city. |
The Ford car was entering Main street, |
while the Buick car was proceeding in |
northerly direction on North Main street |
The front of the smaller car was some |
what damaged, and the steering gear
rods were bent, while the heavier car
sustained damaged runningboard. None
Of the occupants was injured.
A still alarm was sent into the fire sta
tion Saturday about 1880 in the morn.
ing from the house on Garfield avenue /
owned by Mrs. Katherine Williams and /
by Mrs. Alex Massie and Mrs.
James Mathieson. The firemen respond
I'd promptly but it was a hard climb to
The top of the hill on Grant avenue,
where one of the heavy drive chains on
5he auto truck broke and it was neces-
sarv to mend it before thew could pro.