The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

end.
James Fields and wife of Washing
ton street spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sanborn in
Chelsea.
DR.. H. A. Donahue leaves to morrow
for Coates island, Mallets bay, for two
weeks vacation. The office will be
| closed until July 81.
Regular meeting Of Minnehaha en-.
campment Tuesday, July ID. Work
patriarch degree. All patriarchs re,
quested to be present.
Mrs. Charles LaFountain and Mrs
| Myron Whitcomb and son of Provi.
dence, r. l., are visiting their sister
Mrs. Peter Dubie, of Summer street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Richardson OF
Washington street and Mr.. and Mrs
| John Richardson and son, Gerald, OF
Harrington avenue spent the week end
at Groton pond
Paul Mimi and Frank Mariani OF
Milford, Mass, who for several days
have renewed acquaintances in Barre
and Montpelier left here to-day for
their homes in Milford
Word received in Barre Saturday by
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. James Devers,
who left last April for Tacoma, Wash,
to reside, stated that son was born
to them on Saturday, July 3.
William r. Rees, manager of the
Homer Fits Co, started o-day on a
two weeks vacation and in company
with Mrs Rees, left for Highgate
Springs.
James Mackie returned Saturday
from a weeks business trip to Boston
and Worcester, Mass, taken in the in
terest of Alexander 4 Co. granite sup.
ply firm.
Mrs. f. L. Chamberlain of Wood
stock, who has been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs l.. A. Reed, of the Worthen
block, left to-day for White River
Junction to pass few days with
relatives.
Richard Cruickshank, a civil engineer
student of the University of Vermont,
who is working as an assistant sur
veyor in Richford during the summer
vacation, passed the week end at his
home on Laurel street.
Mrs James Donahue of Dixon. Ill,
who came to spend the summer with
her parents in Graniteyille, is perform
ing the duties of cashier at the Homer
Fits drA goods store during the alb
sence of Miss Lena Petrie. now taking
her annual vacation.
James Rodney Of 20 Beckley street
has but recently returned from Hoosic
Falls, ~ Y, where for time he was
detained by illness. Mr.. Rodney has
employment there and leaves soon to
begin work. though his family is TO
remain at their home on Beekley street
for several months yet.
Miss Laura Movalli, cashier of the
Tenney Service company office in
Barre, began a two weeks vacation
this morning and with her sister, Miss
Angelina Movall. bookkeeper and ste.
nographer for c. w. Averill & CO.,
who likewise began a two weeks vsca
ton, left this morning to visit in
Boston and Concord, n. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Nichols and DIR.
and Mrs Arbuckle of Delhi, y. Y,
arrived in Barre last evening by auto
mobile, after a trip through the Berk
shire mountains in Massachusetts, and
will visit in Barre for time. the for
mer couple at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. g. More of So Franklin street
and the latter az the home of Rev. and
Mrs. w. Men. Kittredge of 25 Yelling
ton street.
Miss Lena Giudici, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. ID. Giudici of Merchant street,
left this morning for Boston to begin
the practice of law Miss Giudiei grad
uated in June from the law depart
ment of Boston university and soon
after took the Massachusetts, exami'
nations for entrance to the bar so that
she might begin practice in some Bos'
ton law firm Immediately. As yet Miss
Giudici has no particular firm TO affili-
ate with, having had several opportuni.
ties with prominent firms, which she
now considers
To Mrs L. c. Baldwin of Plainfeld
belongs the honor of growing the larg.
est single stalk of rhubarb seen this
season. The leaf on exhibition at The
Times Office today measures 81 inches
across, and IS inches from the top Of
the stalk to the top of the leaf The
whole plant, including the stalk,
reaches length of a little more than
five feet. The circumference of the
stalk, measured few inches above the
base, was an even six inches. Mrs.
Baldwin vouehes for the fact that. de.
spite its huge size. this rhubaTb is as
tender. and win make just as good pies,
as any other smaller plant Though
this IL the largest that she has grown,
there is yet many a plant far superior
in size 10 the ordinary variety, which
fourishes in abundance about her gar.
den.
The excellent weather Of the week
end brought almost 200 people 70 Gale
donia park Saturday to participate in
the Presbyterian picnic there. The chill.
dren. who were in the majority. were
transported nv special car in the late
forenoon and returned in the same
manner about that evening. The
feature of the outing was ball game
between the unmarried and the mar
ried men, and the former, free from all
paternal troubles and fears over eN-
cessive gorging Of ice cream by the
youngsters. showed their heels to their
rivals BY the score of u to 6. Mscrae
and Comolli were the battery for the
bachelors. and Stewart and Patterson
for the married men. Alexander Dun.
can, the fearless and upright umpire,
seems slated for a similar berth in the
big leagues for the manner in which
he umpired Saturdays game. Races
Of every kind and description were in
progress during the whole time. ex.
cent at the intervals when ice cream