The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

Automobile Blue Books for 1921 on
sale at Martins Book store.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smiths open
house at Spaulding Friday at s,--adv.
Everybody's dance, with CAROLS or
chestra, Thursday, May IL. in Wash
ingtons--ady.
Presbyterian Mems club meeting to-
night at 1880. All men of the church
invited.--adv.
Saturday afternoon, May IA, is the
date for the rqfnmage sale in the Epis-
copal vestry.--ady.
Spaulding senior play, when Smith
Stepped Out" assembly hall, Friday,
May 10, at s:l5 p m.-adv.
Furs repaired and remodeled. Work
guaranteed. M. Goldstein & Son, 1856
Bank street, Burlington.-adv.
James F. Higgins and Miss Nellie
Brown of fremont street motored to
Boston yesterday to visit relatives for
few days.
A chamois for your auto, 75c; Bos-
ton bag for Sl75 a travelling bag, So.
Largest assortment of leather goods in
the city. At Lander's Cigar Store,-ad.
Alex A. Milne of the granite firm of
Hoyt & Milne has practically recov-
cred from an illness which threatened
for the past two weeks to turn into
pneumonia.
NJ G. Gunderson, travelling agent for
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
working out of Boston, visited Barre
business tcenters yesterday in the in.
terest of business matters
Hem -Roid is the commonsense pile
remedy. No cutting--no greasy salves
but a harmless tablet that gives
quick, safe and lasting relief Money
back if it fails, says e. A. Drown
adv.
L. X. Somers, president of the Barre
Board of Trade, who went to Brattle
boro on urgent business yesterday, mo-
tored back last evening in order to as
sist to-day in the big Board of Trade
drive for paid secretary.
0rlo Douglas, brother of Angus f.
Douglas, of Averill street, together
with his wife and three children, has
moved to home on South Main street
from Morrisville, to be near his EN-
ployment as teamster for Herbert
c. Leonard of South Main street.
James p Taylor, secretary of the
Greater Vermont association, arrived in
the city to-day to remain until after
the membership drive of the Barre
Board of Trade. Tonight Mr.. Taylor
will be the principal speaker at the
mass meeting to be conducted in the
American Legion hall on Church street
at 1880.
Regular meeting of Col J. B. Mead
circle, No. |, Ladies of the G. A. r.,
will be held Friday afternoon, May
10, in their hall in the Worthen block,
at 2 o'clock sharp, Ii is requested that
every officer and member make a spe
cial effort to be present, as this Is the
last meeting before convention and
there is great need for practice, Social
hour and refreshments after meeting.
The service being given by the street
railroad company in making its first
morning car out of Barre connect with
the $40 train on the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad out of Montpelier
is being appreciated by more and more
travellers, it is said. The Montpelier
& Wells River officials had agreed TO
hold their train few minutes in case
of the trolley car had not reached
Montpelier, but thus far the train has
not been held up minute on any
morning.
DIR. Edward R. Baldwin of Saranac
Lake, n Y, director for the Trudeau
foundation for research and teaching in
tuberculosis and an expert ON the dis
ease at the Trudeau sanatorium, mo-
tored back to Saranac Lake with his
wife yesterday morning. Dr. Baldwin
with Drs. Edward j. Rogers, superin-
tendent of the Pittsford sanatorium,
Fl. A. Ladd of Burlington and Sidney
Morrison of Burlington held clinic
last Sunday at the Office of DIR. ID. {.
Jarvis and examined 80 stoneeutters
for tuberculosis, making a total OF
400 having been examined. With this
clinic Sunday the medical phase of the
investigation of the granite industry,
begun April !, 1920, officially came
to an end, though cutters wishing to
be examined during the rest of this
month will be accommodated by APP
pearing at the Office of DR.. Jarvis. DR..
Baldwin will make a report of the re
suits before the National tuberculosis
association at the coming meeting inI
New York City in June.
John Cross, we'll known as one Of the
members Of the Cross Bros. Co. Of
Mortified, a granite manufacturing
plant. made the first visit in five
months yesterday to Barre associates
having Just recently ended ga decided
pleasure journey through southern
United States, Central America and the
Bermuda Islands. While at Panama
Mr.. Gross missed boat connections for
destinations further north, California,
and in order to get passage over the
Same line waited two weeks Mean
while he made the most of his time
and extended his travels further south,
touching upon South America. Re
turning to the United States, Mr. Cross
spent several weeks in California, and
made several trips to a southern sport
center to witness bull and cock fights,
for which many Of the Spanish settle
ments are noted, especially along the
border lines of the south and Mex
leo. where motives are still prone to|
primitive sports and as yet disregard
the famous game of baseball Mr.. Cross
while on route north stopped for a
time in other western states, coming
over the Rocky mountain trail, Yes
terfav he and his son, Herman, sales
man for the firm in western territory,
ard his hrof her George of Mortified,