The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-13
Firemen'S Club Annual Last
Evening Great Success.
"A FINE CONCERT GIVEN.
Hale's Pavilion Was Crowded with PeO-
pie = Hall Decorated in Handsome
Shape Never's Orchestra
Furnished Music.

The social event of the season. is
What everybody is saying today. who
attended the ninth annual concert and
Daii gwen by the Barre Firemens club
N tales Pavilion last evening. The
hremen stroye with the same energy
with which they so successfully fight
hre to make this years ball top them
az "a It's enjoyment and succeeded in
every particular. The grand concert aiv-
en- by Neyers' Second Regiment orchestra
Of eight pieces, OF Concord. N. H.. start
ed shortly after eight O'Clock and d rare
musical treat was furnihsed to an au-
dience Of fully 800 people Who were mora
than pleased with the pro0ramma I'm.
nished by the high-grade musicians.
q particularly realistic effect of one
hummer on the programme, eThe Night
Alarm, was the sudden descent to The
platform Of q blue clad figure, wearing
Z hrmens helmet and carrying Lam
erh, from behind the standard which
pore the word Chief During the rem
dering Of this descriptive selection, the
alarm for fire was rung III, Che gong
sounded, and down pumped the figure
Iot the fire chief" The ~chief'ss drop
was SO sudden that the audience was
startled for minute. The lighted Ian.
tern In the figures hand gave the appear.
ance ot falling meteor, or somefhinp
similar. But when they saw that it was
only the chief everybody laughed
lhen the imagination Of the audience
carried them, with the clatterinp of thc
fre horses on the pavement, to the scene
OF the fire, the steam engines aehuo
chugg followed, then the ~all outn was
sounded, the hose reeled up and the
slow return to the fire station was made
The realistic effects by Herbert A. Rob
inson We're good.
The front Of the hall was very atfrac-
lively decorated In the corner AZ fhe
right Of the stage the cosiest Of cosv
corners was arranged, and up over the
frame work Of the bower, which was s.
green and white, were the letters ~R. II
% IN colored electric lights. Over the
front OF the stage was the word Chief
m red lights and in front OF the SIGN
tour white doves were gracefully gals
pended with a colored ribbon festooned
back to the top of the stage from
each dove. On the left Of the stage
was green and white booth. at
which punch and lemonade were served
BY the Misses Mabel Gladdinp. Ethel
Ewing and Lillian Campbell Over the
booth We're the figures 1905" in red
lights.
The concert was concluded Mt o.15
and the floor was cleared for the dance
The grand march was led by Chief and
Mrs. Charles H. Campbell who were fol
lowed by about 30 couples. There we're
many couples in the hall who did not
participate in the march. An excellent
dance programme of twenty.fonr mum
bers had been arranged and the dancers
made merry until the small hours NJ
the morning. During the intermission
at midnight supper was served to q Iarye
number in The Otis restaurant across
the street from the hall
The floor managers Of The evening
was G. 9. Averill and his aids were
"a. Iobn and G. IL Campbell The
committee OF Introduction was G. j.
Gladdlng, Walter Scott, M. J.. Hamel,
ernest Hutchinson and Charles Page.
The committee which had charge of the
ball and to whom great share of its
success y due was composed Of the fol
lowing firemen; Chief Charles Fl. Camp
bell, William Holden, Ed Tobin, G. &.
Gladding, g o. Ayerill, Henry Hodgdon.
Charles Page, Warner Beck, X. y. Barnes
and w 4. Campbell
The proceeds from the ball. viii 90
towards furnishing the firemen's club
rooms in the new fire station.
Those in Grand March.
Among those who participated n tha
grand march were Chief and Mrs. G.
Il Campbell; O Q. Averiil and Mrs Kath-
rlne McGinn; +. M Tobin and Mrs. To
bin; ", M Holden and Mrs. Holden;
+. A. Prindle and Beatrice Prindle; Err
nest q. hutchinson and Miss Maude
Biigh; George Gauthier and Mrs. Gau-
thier; Ernest Purvee and Miss Blanche
Arey; Louis Huntington and Miss lisa
belle Downie; j I. Callaghan and Mrs.
Callaghani Douglas Barclay and Miss
Blanche Boyd; Wilbur Nichols and Miss
Jessie Downie; Charles Holden and Miss
Jennie Holden; w. J. Mclean and Mrs.
Mclean; Elliot stoughton and Miss Mel.
lie Stoughton; M. f. Huntington and
Miss Helen Brown; Arthur C. Tilden and
Miss Margaret Reade; Walter Scott and
Miss Edna Kimball giiaam Welch and
Mrs. WEIGH; Arthur Grayelin and Mrs.
lGravelin; Albert Downie and Miss Edith
|Downie; David Cilley and Mrs. Cillev;
Andrew Guthrie and Miss Agnes Hig-
ginsg Harry Dunham and Miss Lillian
Gordon; James Carswcll and Miss Bau;
John Bonnyman and Miss Mcleod:
Harry Mcintosh and Miss May ThwinQ:
Charles sharkey, u, and Miss Edith
Creed; III j Smith and Mrs. Smith:
Z. II. Brown ad Mrs. Brown; III A.
Richardson and Mrs Richardson; Arthur
Ayerill and Miss Esther Fits; Alfred
ionergan and Miss Bessie Whiteomb
M. G. Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds;
Frank Colvin and Mrs Colsin, robert
Sprague and Miss Blanche Bradford
John johnson ana Mrs. Johnson; oscar
Anderson and Miss Hortense c,nith Rov
Bngbee and Mias kate Ahn1n