The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Dance, Woodbury. pond, July 8;
! Aguinaldo's orchestra adv.
New fox trot and one steps on
Victor records at Cummings & Lewis.
adv.
A. J. Mcfarland left this morning
| for Canada for two weeks, having been
called to attend the funeral of his
nephew.
All kinds of home baked pies dough
/ the Maccabee food sale in the Averill
block Saturday afternoon. adv.
Miss Marion Anker of Franklin
street left o-day for Old Orchard, Me-,
where she is to act as entertainer and
playground supervisor at the Hotel
Nesper.
Mr., Dixon of the Dixon Bros. Gran
lite Co. of Jersey City, N. j., who has
been in the Barre granite district fer
the past few days, returned last night
to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. S. Parks and MI.
and Mrs. Raymond Martin of Averill
street motored yesterday to Newport,
N. H., to attend the wedding of neph-
ew of Mr. and Mrs Parks.
H. L. Fletcher of Chelmsford, Mass,
who, together with his family, arrived
in town Sunday by automobile, start
ed on journey yesterday through the
White mountains to Maine.
Mrs. James Donahue of Dixon, ILL.,,
who is spending the summer with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick HaHi-
gan, in GranitevilIe, left to day for
Athol, Mass, to spend a few days.
Hugh Cole, who graduated frcm the
University of Vermont with the degree
of chemistry Monday, is visiting his
mother, Mrs William Cole, of Orange
street before going to New Jersey TO
accept lucrative position which
awaits him.
Granite manufacturers of this city
declare that more monument dealers
have been seen in Barre during the
past 10 days than at any time before
except at a convention Most OF them
seek rough stock for their plants or
are anxious for finished products to be
shipped and are to hasten if possible
shipments delayed by the car short
age.
An illustrated lecture on the Europe
an corn borer viii be given by H. l..
Bailey of the state department of agrl-
culture in city hall court room, Mont
pelier. on Saturday evening at : o clock.
Corn crops in the southern New Eng
land states were damaged greatly by
this pest last year. Farmers of this
section should find this meeting of spe-
cial interest.
The d. A. Perry Real Estate agency
sold yesterday for Mr.. and Mrs. otto
Friberg their home farm on east hill,
known as the Gardner p. Winter farm.
to George r. and Ella b. Andrus Of
East Montpelier. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrus
purchase the property for a home and
win take possession on July 10. Mr.
and Mrs Friberg plan to take much
earned rest. The consideration of the
deal was around $4,000.
A few additional details concerning
Rev. James Harry Holden, whose death
was announced in Yesterdays paper.
are given in the following from the
Boston Herald of June 80; Funeral
services for the Rev James Harry
Holden. who died suddenly at his sum
mer home in South Bristol. Me, Mon
day. will be conducted tomorrow aft
ernoon in the First Universalist church
Roxbury. of which he was Formerly
pastor. He resigned about year ago,
and after spending the winter IN Flor
day, retired to his summer home. He
was born in Middlesex, VT, 30 years
ago. and received his theological train
ing in the Tufts divinity school He
later held pastorates at Amherst. At
tleboro and Meridcn, Conn, and was
for Is years associated with the Rox-
bury church. He was active in Masonic
circles, being prelstc of Joseph Warren
commandery, and chaplain OF Wash
ington lodge and Mt. Vernon chapter
Ills widow. Grace Lucas Holden. two
-dauqhtcrs. Charlotte and Kathryn IDOL
den. two sons. James and Kenneth w.
and a sister Mrs. J. +. Goodnough Of
MiddleseN. VI, survive.