The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

Hear the Orpheus quartet at tn,
Barre opera house tonight at S:l5
H adv.
\ Mrs. Nellie p. Guymer of Garfield
avenue is spending the winter il
| Worcester.
Frank pateneaud has arrived from
| Ticonderoga, N. Y, to visit friends il
the city for a week.
Miss Ethel Castle returned to North,
ampton, Mass, after spending two
weeks IN this city with friends.
Watches and jewelry, also fine watch
and clock repairing. L. 0. Holmes, G
Will Harvey of Harvey & Mower
has resumed his duties at his automo-
bile repair shop on Jefferson street,
after having been confined by serious
illness to his home on East street fer
the past few weeks.
Maccabees, attention Regular meet
ing Wednesday evening, Jan. 5, at
7:30. Miss Rose Miller, d. S. c., will
be present to install the officers. Ey-
cry officer and guard requested to be
present. Wear white. Collector will
be at the hall early to receive dues.
After spending hundreds of dollars
without relief, J. u. Stahl, contractor,
Latrobe, Pa, was permanently re-
lieved of pile trouble by using Hem
Roid-preyents cutting. Money back if
it fails, says T.. A. Drown & Co.-adv
Norman Tobin has returned to his
home in Nashua, N. H., having been
called to the city by the death Of his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tobin, whose
! funeral was held from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Scott, Sunday
afternoon.
John Letourneau and son. Homer,
who have been visiting Mr.. Letour-
neau's parents in Graniteville since
Christmas morning, have returned to
their home in Worcester Mass While
remaining at Mr.. Letourneau's former
home. both took the opportunity to
renew acquaintance in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Macdonald.
who arrived from Wollaston, Mass,
| recently to remain over the Christ
mas holidays with Mr. MacDonald's
parents on Bassett street, left this
afternoon en- rout for Salt Lake City.
Utah, where Mr.. Macdonald has Sc.
cured position managing a retail
granite firm. On their way to Utah.
the couple will stop over at Detroit
Mich, and st. Louis, Mo, where they
will make a short visit with relatives
Chairman J. J. Kittredge Of the Ma
tional Monumental Dealers associa
ton executive committee, during his
stay in Barre last month, made
strong appeal for Barre granite manu-
facturers' support of the granite ex-
hibition TO be held in st. Paul, MINI,
next August. Locally he was great
w aided by former Secretary II. p.
Hinman, and before his return to
Worcester, Mass, upward of 40 spaces
had been assigned to Barre exhibitors. |
Following the 18th annual meeting
of the Granite Mutual Fire Insurance
company of Barre, held at the home
office in the Aldrich building. yester.
day morning, the directors met TO elect |
officers for the ensuing year. The of |
fcers of the past year were re-elect- |
ed, James Mackay as president. Albert |
A. Sargent as vice president. H. VIII |
liam Scott AS vice-president, and Rufus
G. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. |
In addition to this, the directors voted |
the appointment of George Mackay as
assistant secretary and treasurer to |
Mr.. Robinson.
The regular business meeting of the |
Barre Woman's club was held yester- |
day afternoon in Rowland hall, only |
routine business being considered. The |
to l. -E -
seals reported the sale shave been /
the largest ever made The most in
teresting part of tse afternoon was |
the story hour for the children. in |
charge of Miss Marguerite Currier. |
Miss Currier has n very happy fac
ulty of entertaining children in this
manner and held the close attention |
of the grown ups as well as the little
people. Light refreshments were served |
by the hospitality committee, who also
had table at which homemade food
was on sale.
Though in competition with birds
from all over New England, thousands
of birds in fact, five Buff Plymouth
Rocks, owned and exhibited BY Charles
OLIVER of fremont street. and three
White Laced Red Cornish birds. owned
and exhibited by William Emslie of
the Montpelier road were of such stock
as to secure prizes of no mean distinc-
tion in the Boston show Mr.. Olliver's
pens included the first prize pullet in
the Buff Plymouth Rock class, fourth
and fifth prize winning hens. and
fourth and fifth prize winning cocker
Il - !
ond cock in the White Laced Red
Cornish class as we'll as fourth and
fifth cockerel Messrs oliver and I
Emslie. in company with Edwin Keast.
and William Moir. jr., attended the
show, and with the exception of Mr..
Moir, they journeyed on TO Westerly.
r. l., for a few DAYS stay The prize
birds have been shipped back to Barre
The following officers were installed /
for the coming year at Cobble Hill ]
grange last evening by TIE worthy dis ,
trict deputy. Russell C. Collins; Mas i
ter, George F. Stacy; oyersser. Arthur \
W. Phelps: lecturer. Mrs. Laura Stacy: \
steward, +. X. Hutchinson; assistant \
steward. viii Nelson; chaplain. Mrs I
Jessie Bradbury; treasurer, +. f. a
Perry. secretary. Earle w Winter: /
George Bassett: Ceres, ,
Mrs. Clara Nelson; Pomona, Mrs Mer- {
tie Winter: Flora Mrs. Nettie Hutch
nson; lady assistant steward. Ella '
Phelps After the installation. past j
were called upon for and re- I
,ponded with several useful sugges- '
ions and admonitions The meeting. J
which was largely attended. disposed