The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-30
SPLENDID DONATIONS
To Barre City Hospital on the Recent
'Bag Day"

Bag day which was arranged by the
ladies of the Barre Hospital Aid and
held last Wednesday, met with a re-
sponse by the people with whom the
bags were left that was more than graft
flying to the society and resulted in pro-
viding the hospital with provisions and
supplies that will aid greatly in keeping
want from the door for whole year
at least. The ladies were busy Saturday
unloading the bags, sorting and apprais-
ing the articles and the total appraisal
of the goods from this city, South Barre,
Graniteville and Websterville amounted
to the sum of $3OS.3S. The appraisal
for the four places was as follows:
Barre City, $26907; Graniteyille, S202S;
South Barre, SS.l5; Websterville, $l0.SS.
AT the last quarterly meeting of the
Hospital Aid ii was decided TO adopt
this manner OF holding their annual
supply day, and it proved to be the
most successful venture in this line that
the ladies have ever attempted. The
committee which was appointed to have
prised of the regular -four and vegeta-
prised fthe regular -four and vegeta-
BILE committee of the society who are
Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Stiekney and Mrs.
Moorcroft, and they were assisted by
Mrs. II. J. Slayton and Miss Sexton.
AT the suggestion of Mrs Slayton, who
had known of the success of 'bag day.
in other places, 1900 bags were distrib-
uted by young ladies appointed in vari-
Gus wards on October 25. The bags
were collected by Chief GIadding aud
three Of his assistants. who worked
from o'clock in the morning until 8
in the evening to complete the collec-
tions
Wishing to keep the fire team in the
center of the city, so as TO be as near
the fire station as possible all Of the
time, DR.. J. w, Jackson kindly consented
to do the collecting on the outer streets,
while Mrs. Stickney and Mrs Slayton,
assisted by three members of the exeeu-
tive committee, worked until late i'm the
evening opening and appraising the con-
tents of the well-flle1 bags. So gener-
ous We're the gifts that at many houses
the collectors found extra bags had been
added to the one furnished by the ladies.
and they even found large sacks filled
and the paper bag from the hospital
pinned onto it,
In South Barre. the work was in
charge OF Mrs Don V. Camp. In Gran
iteville, DR.. Hayes aided very largely in
arranging the work and in Websterville.
also. The result Of the "bag day" as
shown below, is splendid and shows the
great interest that is daily increasing in
an institution which Barre can certainly
be proud of. for it is ONLY in its infancy.
The committee wishes to thank all who
80 kindly assisted in any way, and espe.
cially Chief Gladding and his co-workers.
The following is list of the supplies
collected In the different places: Barre
City-2S Ia bu. potatoes, 81 lbs. of
beets. 225 l-2 lbs. Of carrots and parsnips,
645 lbs. of turnips. T44 lbs. Of squash 30
pumpkins, 325 lbs. Of cabbage, 6s lbs
Of onions, 10 pkgs of waters, 27 pkgs.
of cereals, 81 cans Of tomatoes and peas,
"A cans Of matted foods. 4 barrels OF
apples, 1866 glasses Of Jelly, S5 pts, SO
qts. and two-quart Jars Of preserves
and pickles, ! 5-lb. pail of strained honey.
9 lbs. Of tea. 10 IL pounds Of coffee, 81
lbs Of rice and 20 lbs. Of sugar. several
dozen oranges and lemons. % cakes laun-
dry soap, 10 cakes toilet soap, 3 l-2 lbs.
Of butter. 6s towels. prs. Of pillow
cases, gold band tray set. There was
also a large amount of old cotton and
other miscellaneous articles, which space
forbids the listing Of Also SIS in mon.
ey collected in ward five.
Websterville- -Four jars OF ielly. 3 lbs.
of rice, lbs of tspioca, 2 pkes. OF corn
starch, IL ID. Of coffee, ID. of tea,
8 l2 bus. of potatoes, l-2 pecks of
apples, | PIX. of onions, lbs. of squash,
Is lbs. Of cabbage, l3 lbs. of turnips. ,
yds. of cloth, Is lbs. of carrots. II lbs.
of beets, pumpkins sl50 in money.
South Barre-0ne bu of potatoes, is
barrel Of flour. PIX. of apples, qts. Of
pickles, s tumbers Of Jelly, l-2 ID. of tea,
] lb. Of coffee, lbs. of butter, $3.50
in money.
Graniteville-Three and one fourth
bus. of apples, Is pts, Of preserves, 10
cakes of soap . tumblers OF Jelly, 2 lbs.
of tapioca, pkg. of soap powder.
pkgs. Of cereal. liz lbs. Of tea, 3 cans
of salmon, ] can baking powder, l0-lb.
pail of lard, blankets, 4 towels. pks. of
potatoes, lbs, Of squash, 30 lbs. Of
beets, 25 lbs of cabbage, Is lbs. Of
CARROTS, Is lbs of turnips