The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-18
TALK or THE TOWN

Mrs. J. j Austin of Granville is visit
ing friends in Barre for a few days.
Dance tonight, armory hall, Mont.
pelier. Admission, 75c per couple. adv.
Largest line OF new and second hand
ranges and heaters in Barre at lowest
prices. e. A. Prindle, Worthen block.
Clyde j Lawliss, who has been con
| fined to his bed the past two weeks, is
able TO sit up little while each day.
\ Earl Markham, COW tester for the
Washington Cow Testing association, is
making his monthly visit with the Barre
| farmers
Fall and winter millinery opening of
Mrs. f. A. Witham, Saturday, Sept, 20.
| Ladies of Barre and vicinity are cordially
| invited.-adv
Miss Irene Winnette of Worcester,
Mass, arrived yesterday and is visiting
at the home of Miss Irene Blair Of North
| Main street.
| Mrs. H. s. Miles wishes to announce
the reopening of millinery parlors Satur-
day, Sept 90 at 80 Merchant street.
win welcome all old and new customers.
adv.
Nance McRea of White River juno
ton is visiting at the home of his par
ents in the city and will leave soon for
! Worcester, Mass, where he has employ
ment
John Morrison, owner Of the Morrison
/ farm on west hill, and Mrs. Merle Close
and two daughters, Emily and Lucille,
/ left to-day for Cambridge, Mass, their
| home, after spending the summer months
| at the Morrison farm.
A v,,1,, bar of tho italian r,nnIinaa nf
Barre are leaving this fall for their ma
tive country. A party of five left last
night. They will join their families in
Italy Carlo Brusa, Natalie Brusa, James
Sulli and Antonio Papato, all of Smith
street, left last night.
Owing to the heavy enrolment in the
commercial department at Goddard, It
| has been deemed wise TO add another
teacher to that branch. Prin. o. X.
HOLSTER Is in communication with par
ties al present and hopes to be able to
announce the new instructor for next
Monday.
Mrs. Josie Lougee of Eastern avenue
is entertaining her son, Corp. Guy w.
Lougee, who was recently discharged
from the service and was connected with
the 10th division 30lst infantry, but
after the armistice was signed he was
prisoner Of war escort 239 He has been
in the service some % months and over.
seas about Is months.
Max Holden Of South Main street, Earl
Burgess of Washington street, Arthur
Camire of east hill and Howard Geake
OF Graniteville are among the young
men from Barre who will attend Boston
university. They left last night TO be
present at the opening TO. morrow. Three
Of the number win study business ad
ministration, while the fourth Earl Bur-
CESS, takes mp expert accounting.
A. NJ Flanders, the Indian motorcycle
agent OF this city, viii take part in the
motorcycle races at West Springfield,
Mass, to-day at the Eastern States ex.
position. He left last night and expects
10 return this evening. Mr. Flanders,
who contemplated racing at the White
| River Junction state fair, is entered in
the dealers fiyem race which viii be
staged on half-mile track Dealers
/ from various parts of the East are en-
J tered in this competition and among that
number are great many old-time speed
sters Mr. Flanders made preparations
before his start to nave high powered
Indian motorcycle in readiness for the
race
The twoact musical comedy, "Flo
Flo" attracted a capacity crowd TO the
Barre opera house Aet evening and il
gave a good measure of satisfaction in
many Of its phases. The singing was Of
fair quality, the girlish voice Of Pene-
lope Rowland being especially appealing
and the more finished work of Hazel Al
ger and Georgette Lopez receiving ap
proval. Carl George and Ben Hastings
as keepers Of the bride shop, where the
light and airy plot had its setting were
very amusing, and George Pierce and
Frank Masters were exceedingly dex.
ferrous in the use Of their feet As adj
yertfsed, q strong feature Of the per-
Torrance was tie display Of womeu's
apparel of varied nature If the crowd
at the theatre is any criterion Of the
theatrical appetite Of Barre and vicinity,
then the local theatre seems destined TO
have a good year
The Representatives of the National
Monumental, Builders and PAYERS as
sociations, which were invited u meet
representatives of the quarry workers
union here, held the conference at the
Pavilion hotel in Montpelier yesterday.
The session opened at 10 o'clock yester
day morning and continued until Z, stop
ping only for lunch at noon hour. The
discussion was confined entirely TO the
question of a national wage scale for
the workers. but nothing definite result.
ed from Yesterdays conference, so two
sub.committees OF four each from the
quarry workers and quarry owners as
sociations were appointed to discuss the
question The separate committees were
to report their conclusions to the gen
eral conference to-day This conference
will doubtless continue until the latter