The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

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\ lor, corner Shurtlef place. adv.
II Don't forget to order your Memo
H rial day ice cream at Noyes.'- adv
H Come and laugh at ''Charley's Aunt
tonight in Spaulding assembly hail.
adv.
H Miss 0. May Bruce of Granitevil
began work to-day at Jacks restau
rant on Depot square.
| g. Steffanzzi of Railroad street lef
yesterday for Norwood, Mass, havin:
found employment there.
! States Attorney j.. r. Davis wen
to Brattleboro this morning to spent
few days on business matters.
Malcolm Mcdonald of Granitevll,
left to-day for St. Johnsbury to max,
a few days visit with relatives.
L. Brunelli of Howard street yes
terday afternoon went to B@flin. n
H., where he is to be employed.
Miss Gertrude Thomson of Keith ay
enue went to Burlington this morning
to remain over Memorial day with
relatives.
Beautiful Tissot New Testament
pictures, 100 of them, at the Univer
salist church Sunday night at 1:JC
o'clock. ada.
East Star drill team members are
urged to be present for rehearsal at
the banquet hall Saturday evening al
o'clock sharp.
AIr. and Mrs. Ezra White and son
Russell, left this morning by auto for
a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ashton
Holt of Springfield. Mass.
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this afternoon for Waterbury, where
to night they play for the alumni ball
OF the Waterbury high school
i G. Pacetti Of Center street, who is
now employed at Berlin, n. H., ar
rived last evening to spend the week
end and holidays with his family.
Adjutant George s. DeMerell of the
American Legion will address the chill
| dren of the North Barre school this
afternoon at Memorial day exercises.
| The public is cordially invited to
witness the Tissot pictures of the New
Testament TO be shown at the Uni
vcrsalist church Sunday night at 1880.
adv.
The Barre Typographical union, No
402, at recent meeting appointed
George Maker as delegate TO the New
England Typographical convention in
Burlington, June % and 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Drown of the
Oldsmobie Company of Vermont ar
rived in this city last night with two
new Winton touring cars, having driy-
EN- from Cleveland. O.. for which place
they started from here Sunday.
The funeral Of Mrs. Battista Poll,
who died at City hospital Wednes
day afternoon, following an operation
there, will be held from her home, Al
Circle street, Saturday afternoon at
2 O'Clock, Rev. d. G. Huntington Off
ciating Burial will be in Hope GENE
terry.
w. H. Harrison, president of the
Harrison Granite Co, in company with
three statesmen, George Lawson of the
Philadelphia office, Mr. Simpson Of the
Detroit, Mich, office, and Rowe Nor
rison Of the Chicago branch. arrived
in the city last evening for few days
business stay.
The friendly visitors. including The
recent volunteers, will hold their reg
ular monthly conference with Miss
Gridley, Barre's social worker. at the
Community house at o'clock this
evening The meeting viii review the
work OF the past four months and will
assign work to the new visitors.
. In making preparations for Memorial
day exercises at Mathewson school on
Wednesday. long extension ladders
were found necessary to enable carpen.
tiers to repair the large flag pole and
have il in readiness to raise large
flag at the exercises For this reason |
the hook and ladder team Of the Barre |
fire department was taken TO the |
school with the result that many PEG.
pie believed a fire to have broken out
at the building.
Donald Smith of +. L. Smith & Co., |
received a telegram yesterday inform l
ing him of the death of James Brodie 4
of Graniteville, z. O.. one OF the lead
ing granite men in Canada for the past |
80 years Mr.. Brodie was very pop |
ular man and highly regarded by his /
business associates. many of whom arc \
in the Barre district, for besides being I
affiliated with qnrrying. he was a /
and building and paving I
His funeral will be held I
from his home at Beebe, r. O.. to- 1
morrow afternoon at o'clock. Mr.. <
Smith leaves here tonight to attend
the funeral.
Charles Humphrey. a deliverymsn Of .
the T.. NJ Lyons grocery store, sud
denly found himself doing two or three
somersaults out of a Ford truck and Il
onto soft green sods at the roadside
near the Fuller home on the Webster
vile road Wednesday afternoon. when
the light truck. which ne had been
driving, was struck forcibly from the
rear BY a touring car. This accident II
happened on a culsert when Mr.. Fos-
ter attempted TO pass the delivery /
truck. Down into the ditch rolled the
rar. meal -four. breakfast foods.
sweets. seasonings. molasses and kero-
sene. becoming well mixed in the over
turn. The aler; Mr.. Humphrey had his
Eagle eye on the other cars number
plates even while turning in the air
and when he landed softly on the
green sods had the num-
pers written on his order sheet This
lrecauti0n Mr.. Humphrey took in case
he passing car should continue on it,
way. However, after going several
-eet the car which proved 10 b. that OF
4. L. Foster. was stopped and assist
lncc given to the truck driver The
ar had to Be towed back 70 Barre.
.inoe the gasoline tank was punctured
n it descent. the stationary top on