The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

TALK OF THE TOWN
See the X. & C. player piano at Bal
| ley's Music Rooms.-adv.
Greeting cards for mothers day at
Martins Book Store.-adv.
Yumming Yimmenl See Hilda in the
senior play, Friday, May 10, at spauld
! ing.-ady
Mrs. Cornelius \. Krook of West
Fairlee is visiting for few days with
her son and daughter George and Ev'
lyn Davis, students. at Goddard sem
mary.
Special business meeting of the First
Baptist church is called for Thursday,
May ), at 1870 p. m. Business OF i'm
portanee. Every member urged to be
present.
Forrest Bassett and wife of Ran
dolph have returned to their home, aft
er having passed few days with Mrs.
Bassett's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
iel. Webster.
Nathan F. Clark of pc Mount street
went to Burlington yesterday to attend
| the state convention of the Modern
| Woodmen of America as delegate
from Washington county.
Carroll's orchestra went to Cabot,
where they played for the annual May
day ball last evening, A number OF
| Barre dance enthusiasts motored to
| Cabot IN attend the dance
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gray, who
were married at ST. Monica's parson
age Saturday, returned last night from
| A wedding tour to Montreal. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gray will make their home in this
city.
A. o. Comstock of Bellows Falls re-
turned to his home Sunday from the
Rockingham hospital, where he under
went serious operation. Mr., Com
stock is doing as well as can be ex-
pected.
Mrs. Andrew Knutson of 81 South
Main street has returned from a pleas
ure trip to Greenfield, Mass, where she
visited with her son, Algot, and to
Brooklyn, n. ", visiting at the home
Of her brother in the latter place.
The annual weekly tournament Of
ladies of the Barre Golf club will be
gin earlier this year, starting the week
of MAY 10. This is due in part TO the
condition Of the greens and also TO
the fact that the club has larger en-
rollment of women.
The BODY OF William A. Steward
the man who was killed Feb. 10 by an
accidental fall down the side stairs OF
the Worthen block after he had leaned
against an out swinging door, was re-
moved from the vault in Elmwood Gem.
etery to South Ryegate for burial last
Saturday.
An intruder staged a come back at
the home of Philip L. Ellis, ~ Frank
lin street, last evening after having
given the house go-by for month,
and although he failed last evening to
get into the house he gave Miss Edith
Reid, roomeT, score as she saw a
hand pushing in the screen of her win
dow. Her scream brought another
Young woman in the house TO her side
and caused the intruder to vanish with
considerable precipitancy, so that the
po.,e, when called, found no signs
Later some marks Of ladder on the
side of the house were found. The
intrusion was attempted while Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis were away from the house
and in spite of the fact that the lights
were on both upstairs and down. A
high bank just back of the house may
have given the intruder a chance to
see Miss Reid lay a pocketbook, an
empty one, by the way, on the dresser
near the window, which stirred his
thieying instincts TO acquire the prop
erty. The hand thrust against the
screen was rather small and consider.
ably grimed with dirt. Miss Reid
could not see the face of the person
The Ellis house was broken into a
month ago and small amount OF
money was stolen from pocketbook
and the gas meter in the cellar was
rifed of a small amount.