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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
4
The ad touts Vudor Porch Shades with a ventilator section that allows airflow, preventing flapping in wind and including safety wind devices. Available in brown, brown and white, and green, with prices from $2.75 to $10.00, highlighting self hanging design for porches from spring to fall.
Local notes from Barre detail residents' movements and travels including Gilbert Philips moving to Detroit for work, Mrs. Rowe Neveu and son visiting relatives in Enosburg Falls and Berkshire, and Hannibal Miner relocating to live near his son in Jeffersonville. Other items cover teachers visiting friends, clergy returning from Amherst, millinery business closure, and Barre veterans and families recalling Civil War ties amid Memorial Day observances. The piece also mentions Barre shipping prospects, registration plans, and a Belgian internee seeking crafts for sale to support war efforts.
Bee A.V. Beckley's ad notes regular MM meeting at 43h Sunday afternoon. Visitors include Miss Louise Canton visiting Burlington. Leon Page in Newport. Walker and family in Winchendon. many residents hosting guests from Boston Oakland Philadelphia and Hartford. Vermont Shriners meet in New York Be Meccage. Barre prepares for Granite industry events and labor delegations to St Paul AF of L.
The city water supply will be shut off Sunday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for flushing the mains, according to the City Water Department.
Mrs E H Bailey chairs Barre Town Better Babies drive listing weighing and measuring sites for ages up to five. Gatherings include home of Mrs J P Davis in Trow bill, East Barre post office building, Graniteville home of Mrs John Ryan, Bailey and Websterville locations, and Mrs Joseph Revoir in Web sterville. Parents urged to bring children on scheduled afternoons. Abbott’s bargain basement specials noted.
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