The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

A good home cooked, baked bean
supper Saturday night, Sept. 25, at the
Presbyterian church. Watch for the
| menu.-adv.
| Miss Ruth Yeino of Trow hill, a
the University of Vermont yesterday
| to register with the freshman class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Winters of Ex-
eter, N. H., are stopping for few
days at the home of Mrs. Winters
mother, Mrs. James N. Roberts, of
Summer street.
Miss Kathleen LeBaron, who comes
to the Universalist church Tuesday
evening, Sept. %, has just returned
from tour in the northwest, having
been with chautauqua company dur
ing the summer.---adv
Miss Alice Beckley, who until re-
! Gently has been bookkeeper in the
Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co.,
has been engaged as bookkeeper by the
Smith, Whitcomb & Cook Co. and be-
gan her new duties yesterday.
Parish supper, Congregational
church, Wednesday, 8 p. m. All mem
bers of the parish are urged to at
tend this first get-together of the sea.
son. Everyone bring something for
the supper without further solicita-
ton.
y Harry Wishart and wife Of Winoo-
ski passed the week end with Mr..
Wishart's mother here, returning to
their home yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Wishart's mother, Mrs. II. 0. Bixby,
of Chelsea also returned to her home
after short stay.
And now come the Legion boys with
a grand harvest ball in Rowland hall
Thursday night, Sept %. They tell us
Art Carroll and his instrumentalists
are tuning up for the occasion, so be
on hand for the merry tunes and the
pretty danes The prices are, per cou-
pie, $l.25; extra ladies, 35c, plus war
tax.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Brown of
Jefferson street began a railway jour
ney to Mt Pleasant, Mich, yester
day afternoon upon receipt of tele
gram informing them of the death Of
Thomas Coburn, an ex service man and
nephew of Mrs. Brown. incidentally
Mr.. Brown win make Today bust
ness trip through Michigan after at
tending the funeral
Hector Coutts and Rex Johnson, un
til a few months ago residents Of
Barre, returned yesterday from Bos
ton, to spend week with relatives |
and friends. Mr.. Coutts, formerly |
employed at the Ladd bakery, is now
one of a corps of bakers in the Ward |
Tip Top bread bakery in Boston, while
Mr., johnson is a clerk at the Cont
mental Clothing store there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Martin Of /
jamestown, N. ", guests of DR.. and
Mrs. H. A, Drew of South Main street |
since last Thursday, continued yester-
day their tour of the Adirondack and
mountains of New York. the
Green mountains of Vermont, White
mountains of New Hampshire and the
Berkshires of Massachusetts. Mr..
Martin is a brother of Mrs. Drew.
Dodge Sowles returned to his home
on Beckley hill Saturday from Sugar
Hill. n. H., where during the summer
months he has been working at the
'uHatt must. LiWlH NlphoiiGeit Il
clsssmate of Sowles in spaulding, who
likewise spent the summer at Sugar
Hill, stopped off for short visit in
Barre before going 10 his home in
Alburg and then proceed to Kirksville,
Mo-. to resume study at the Kinks
vile School of osteopathy,
Police officials have diyulged the fact
hat another attempted house robbery
was made in Barre Saturday evening
between the hours of @ and 8 o'clock
1t the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Tur
1er Of III Merchant street This, the
.hird of series of house breaks,
proved as fruitless for the perpetrator
Is the first two for as yet the owners
# the home can find nothing missing.
They had left the house shortly after
o'clock and upon returning were at
racted by a broken window in the
ront door An attempt to open the
Ioor in this manner had evidently dis
appointed the would-be robber as he
ound il necessary to gain entrance BY 1
window on the side of the builaisg.
ust a few feet from the ground All
rawers and places customarily used
or the storing of money or costly ar
icles had been removed or ransacked
This particular house breaker always
Gems to be searching for money and
ot valuable articles, but again he was
isappointed as no money was left in !
he home The incident was reported {
o the police Immediately upon discov.
~, who set about seeking clues TO !
ollow. No substantial link has vet /
zen found as the evening caller"
raves no clues behind for the police t
0 follow.