The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

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4 Gideo Rulfo of Beckley street re
4 turned to his home to-day from Spring
/ field to remain over the week end,
\ G. H. Campbell and wife of Old Or
/ chard. Me-. well known in this city
l arc passing few days in Worthwhile.
\ James Glass of Brook street went t.
| Windsor to-day to pass day or two
! with young men, formerly OF this city
| Charles Gallagher of the Metropolis
tan Life Insurance Go. left this morn
| ing for Montreal to remain over the
| week end.
! Miss Agnes Bishop, order cook at
Jacks restaurant on Depot square, is
passing two or three days at her home
in Bradford.
Fresh strawberries, tomatoes, celery,
lettuce, cticumbers and asparagus to-
day at Marchettis Fruit Store, Depot
square.-adv.
Joseph lacey of Boston is passing a
few days with his mother, Mrs. Hamel
of South Main street and brother, HUI
bert, of Beckley hill.
Cafe Shepard will continue to serve
special Sunday dinners at SOC a plate,
although not now under the manage
ment of Mr.. lander adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tondro of %
! Howe place left to-day for Springfield,
Mass. and Providence, r. J., to spend
two or three weeks with relatives.
Hoover sympathizers have an oppor-
tunity TO serve their country's good by
attending the Barre Republican caucus
in the opera house tonight at 1880.
adv.
Arthur Macneil, Ben Eastman Nor
ton McAllister and John Booth have
returned from a two days fishing trip
to the Barre Trout clubs private wa
ters in Sharon.
Mrs. D. NJ. Spencer of st, Regis Falls,
n Y, returned this morning TO her
home after passing three weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.. 5. An
drews of ~ Maple Grove.
Miss Clara VI. Gardner. teacher in
Spauding high school, went to Bethel
to-day to pass the week end with rel
atives. Miss Charts Billings, another
member of the Spaulding faculty, is
also passing a few days at her home in
Bethel.
p
nary. which included Manager Sibley
and Coach Leehey of the baseball team,
left to-day for Mortified. where this
afternoon the team plays Norwich Sec
onds Steve Slayton and Mike Wood
will comprise the battery to-day. 9th,
er PLAYERS to make the trip were;
I Fuller Slayton, A. sullivan, +. Sullivan,
Freeman. Swentor. Kelly and McMahOn.
| Vermonts independence in the great
national Republican convention should
not be compromised this year by send
| ing a delegation set on furthering the
ambitions OF any candidate. Vermont
/ should not be hamstrung at the start.
Barre Republicans can do their part by
attending the Republican caucus in the
opera house tonight to see that the
city's delegation in the state conyen-
ton is uninstucted. ady.
Donald Smith of Perry street has
received a paper from his son, Winni-
fired Smith, a student in Yale uniyer'
sity, telling of an interesting political
convention held by the students OF
Yale. after the manner of the great
party conventions 1t was Republl
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signed places in the hall, as is the Gus
! tom in the party conventions. When
/ il came time to vote, four candidates
| had been presented for consideration.
! they being Johnson. Wood, Harding
and Hoover The first two ballots were
! indecisive, but on the third ballot Her
| bert Hoover carried the convention by
majority of 400 votes The result of
the 6alloting was received with great
enthusiasm,
Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Burke of Sum
mer street and Mr. and Mrs John r.
Kelly Of Liberty street plan 10 leave
here tomorrow morning by automobile
/ for Bennington 70 attend the 22d an
I nual convention Of the Vermont coun-
I eli OF the Knights Of Columbus \
/ third degree will be conferred in Rem
/ nington Monday evening and on Tues
| dav morning the convention will open
/ with a solemn high mass. NJ o'clock
! that evening a concert and ball will be
| held All visiting ladies will be en-
! tertained In Bennington by Daughters
/ Of Isabella. Joseph NJ. Nelson and
/ James Browne 90 a. representative Of
| Barre council. No. 40l. and viii be ac-
companied bv Arthur C. Moore Of his
/ city. state treasurer Of the organize
/ tion.
While granite production in Barre
/ i dormant. many manufacturer are
taking advantage Of the time 10 have
/ their plants enlarged, while Others are
building new sheds Just north OF the
I T.. J. Batchelder & Co. and Mari / tior-
don plant. on Wiley street, i q scene
81 considerable activity for there an
entirely new granite plant i being
/ erected bv the Anderson. FribeTg Co.
/ This promises to be a large and up-to-
Z date structure. being. when completed
256 feet long and practically - feet
wide. The pier. or foundation for she
shed arc being put in and the cement
for the foundation Of the office building
is being poured Damp ground on the
site Of the proposed plant has caused
the builders 70 empty carloads Of grout
over the plot, a temporary railway
track being laid 10 accommodate the
freight cars loaded with grout. span
ming this plant. which will be 60 feet
wide az the body. hut Is feet ri The
wings. viii BE- 50-f0ot span travel
ing derrick. Tho average travelling
crane used il granite sheds here spans
90 feet. Only one other such machine
], in this city. though others viii prob
ably soon he easier 20 find when other
granite manufacturing plants an erect
cd The company purchased a traet %