The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

wall paper at Heath's.-adv.
| A regular meeting of the Ladies'
| Auxiliary to Clan Gordon will be held
Tuesday, June 10, at 7;l5 p. M.
Belmont Houghton, student of the
University of Vermont, is stopping at
his home now, having completed the
first years work at college.
Edmund Parker and daughter, Mil
dred, Of Burlington spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Nelson
Parker of "a Elmwood avenue.
Charles Bianchi son Of Mrs. Mary
Bianchi of II Wellington street, has
returned to his home from the Culver
military school in Culver, Ind.
Long distance and general trucking:
truck is also equipped to carry parties;
will seat between 10 and 20 people. All
pneumatic tires. Granite City Bottling
Works.
There will be a meeting of the senior
Blue Buttons of the Presbyterian
church at 7 o'clock this evening in the
vestry. Every member attend, teach
ers included. Important.
Special sale Of two, three and four
burner Kerogas oil stoves, the best in
Barre Largest line of new and sec
ond hand ranges in Barre. Get prices.
E. A. Prindle, Worthen block.
Having taken back my milk route
June /, | would be pleased to see any
of my old customers back again, who
have left the route, as wen as new
ones. All tested Jerseys and Guern-
seys. L. +. Webster, Tel. POSI-.
| Miss Carrie Moore of Roxbury, n. Y,
has returned to her home, after spend.
ing week with relatives in Barre.
Accompanying her was Miss Rachel
Spear of Park street, who goes to
spend few weeks with relatives in
Roxbury.
| The pupils of Miss Maude L. Coburn
will give piantforte recital in How
land hall Tuesday, June Is, in the aft
ernoon at 2.30 o'clock and in the eve
ming at 7 o'clock sharp. Please notice
change in evening hour. Parents and
friends invited.
Kio Granai, the young man who
pitched for the Barre town baseball
team here Saturday, left for Moretown
this morning to reioin several Mont.
pelier seminary bali players with the
Moretown Athletic club, with whom
he played last summer.
Mrs. L. B. Jones, formerly Of this
city, who came from Detroit, Mich, to
witness the graduation exercises of
Spauldng's 1920 class, returned to day
accompanied by her son. Burton, a
graduate of the commercial class and
we'll known as a left tackle Of the 1910
football squad.
Gelsi Monti, who has been studying
law at Boston university, arrived in
the city last evening to spend few
days with his mother, Mrs. Theresa
| Monti of Berlin street, before starting
out as an agent for the Fuller Brush
company of Boston. Mr.. Mont ex-
poets to be assigned to territory in
Portland, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. w Hooker of II
| Park street announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Bertha, to
Gerald Bixby of Chicago, Ill Miss
Hooker arrived Saturday from Hook
sett, n H., where for the past year
she has been teaching school Mr.
Bnby arrived yesterday from Chicago.
Eleanor Morris Of South Barre was
very pleasantly surprised Friday eve
ming when about 50 of her friends
gathered at the grange hall in honor of
her 18th birthday. Miss lila Cutler pre-
sented to her gold ring in behalf of
4 her friends. Music for dancing was
furnished by Miss Agnes Fleetwood
and Miss Vera Owen. Refreshments
were served during the evening. The
party broke up at late hour, wish
ing her many returns of the day.
Senator Frank G. Rowland received
Yesterday another letter from Il. f.
! Tillemont Thomson. manager of the
lecture league of London and Liverpool,
who will be remembered by many
Barre people as one of the most inter
esting speakers at the Community
Chautauqua last summer, His letter
in part reads: The accompanying book
let will give you some idea Of the bet
ter portions of the town liverpool,
Eng. in which | live, but | would
give anything almost TO be among the
Vermont hills again and TO enjoy the
beautiful sunshine"
Superintendent of Barre schools,
Carroll II. White. in commenting on
the 1920 graduating class of Spaulding
high school, consisting of 10 young
people, expressed the hope that all
would enter college next fall and felt
assured that at least 80 per cent
would do so. This he based on the
percentage of the 1919 class which en-
tered various colleges rs soon as pos
sible after graduating from high school
The trend of students toward college
life is gradually increasing with years.
according to statistics held by Mr..
White.
Because Of the re-opening of granite
sheds throughout the entire Barre
granite belt to-day a number of trav-
cling statesmen who were called in from
their customary itineraries started ont
either Saturday night or yesterday for
their territorial headquarters. after 10
weeks absence. Among those TO leave
were Thomas Carroll for New York
and Pennsylvania in the interest Of
, the Carroll Brothers granite firm; VII
liam Carswell for territory in the VI.
entity Of Ohio and Indiana, covered for
the Carswell -Wetmore Co.; William
Johnston for New York state. as a rep
resentatiye Of Leclair & McNulty firm 1;
William Milne as a middle west rep
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