The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-06
TALK OF THE TOWN


Miss Clara Cass and Mrs. Grace Bak
er of Rochester visited friends IN this
city yesterday.
All members of the sodalities OF the
Blessed Virgin are requested to meet
at the church at s:45 Wednesday morn
ing.
Come! Comet to the ladies' guild
dance Wednesday, April I, Rowland
hall Dancing, s till !. Landis or
chestra.- -adv.
Max Holden, who spent the Easter
holidays. from Boston university at his
home on South Main street, has re-
turned to college.
James Wilson and George Lang, two
stonecutters, left here yesterday after
noon for Plattsburg, N. ", where they
have secured employment.
George Murray of the Currier block
left yesterday for Lansing, Mich, be-
ing affected by the suspension OF. work
in the local granite sheds.
Z. A. Drown of the 0ldsmobile. Com
pany of Vermont, accompanied by his
son, Wendell, has gone to Cleveland, o.
for several days business trip.
Allan Johnston of II Blackwell
street returned yesterday afternoon to
the University Of Vermont, having
spent the Easter holidays at his home
here.
A regular meeting of Barre council,
No. 40l, Knights of Columbs, will be
held Wednesday evening. The first
degree will be conferred on class OF
candidates.
Satisfy your sweet tooth at the Mac
cabees' bazaar. They have set aside a
booth in which they present to the
public most delicious line of home
made cooking-ad
Daniel C. Rizzi of Portsmouth, n. H..
who came here last week to attend the
funeral of Marco Bernaseoni, his broth
erin law, returned to his home in
Portsmouth yesterday.
Anniversary concert and ball, city
hall, Montpelier, Tuesday, April 8, Civ
en- under auspices of Montpelier post,
mo. 3, American Legion. Music, Car
rolls orchestra, eight pieees.-adv.
Richard Attridge, who has been
working in the local granite sheds for
the past few weeks, left yesterday for
Jericho to find employment. He was
accompanied as far as Waterbury by
his wife, who will visit with relatives
there.
The United Missionary society of the
Methodist church will hold its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. b. b.
Jackson, Highland avenue, Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50, Those who have
sunshine bags are asked to send or
bring them to this meeting. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Nelson Browne, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Browne of Cliff street, is pass
ing n few days at his home before join
ing the varsity baseball squad of Dart
mouth college. Browne has just com
pleted a most successful year as a
guard of the Dartmouth varsity bas-
ketball team, earning thereby his see
ond letter in varsity athletics, the first
being a baseball ID when he played an
outfeld position before entering the
army service.
Sylvester Sehattschneider, ststisti-
clan for the Prudential Life Insurance
Co., who has been in Barre for the past
two weeks in the interest of the tuber-
culosis survey, returned to Newark, n.
j.. yesterday. The work of taking X.
ray pictures Of stonecutters' chests and
their physical examination TO deter
mine those infected with tuberculosis
was begun yesterday by three local
physicians, who have begun the work
to assist the National tuberculosis as.
ISOLATION in fighting the disease and in
its investigation Of the stone dust
trades and the workers. There are
more than 1000 stonecutters to be ex-
amined and X-rayed, and of this mum
Der 20 were completed yesterday. The
only money appropriated towards this
investigation thus far is an assessment
of 81 from each stonecutter of the
Barre G. c. l. A., which in reality does
not pay for the X-ray picture plates.