The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-31
BARRE'S LABOR DAY
CELEBRATION PLANS
Provided the Weather Is Auspicious a
Big Observance of the Day Will
Be Held--Hugh Frayne Is
Speaker of the Day.

The annual celebration of Labor day
in this city and vicinity is to be OBJ
served Monday at Intcrcity park. At
the meeting of the Central Labor union
last night the final arrangements were
completed for the observation and it
anticipated that the event will be the
most successful in the annals Of the
body, providing the weather is suspicious.
AT the park sports and games viii be
held and in the evening grand Labor
day ball has been arranged.
There will be two baseball games
played with the Barre Athletic club OF
this city participating in both of them.
The East Barre Athletic club will be
the opponents of the local aggregation
in the forenoon, the game commencing
at 1890 The afternoon contest will
be started at AIS, the Logan Squares
of Montpelier, which team defeated the
strong Hardwick A. c. at Hardwiek
this week, will cross bats with the
b. A. c. The choosing OF an official to
act as umpire for the games has not been
determined.
Between the hours of the baseball
games the field and track athletic events
will be contested. Running broad jump,
running high jump, hop, step and jump,
boys race, girls race and the l00-yard
dash will comprise the branches to be in
dulged in. OF interest to great num-
Der will be the football competition
for the state championship for fve-a-
side teams. The Graniteville Chips,
Rangers, Bonaceords, South End A., and
South End b., will struggle to obtain
the championship honors. There will be
various amusement stands erected on
the grounds and shooting and quoting
will be in order.
In the afternoon at l;30 Hughe
Frayne, the speaker of the day, will
deliver an address on vital issues of
labor issues. Frayne is a general or
ganizer of the American Federation OF
Labor and is known throughout the
country as one of the most fluent and
well l-posted orators connected with the
national labor body.
The Barre Citizens band will leave
this city at noon, boarding the ear
at south end and riding through to
Montpelier. The musicians will dispense
music while progressing through the
main thoroughfare of this city and do
ing likewise at Montpelier.
The accommodations for transporta-
tion to the grounds are excellent. The
traction company has promised the nee
essary cars to facilitate the travel going
and coming. For the benefit of those in
the town special train will be sent
over the Barre railroad from East Barre,
Websterville and Graniteville. The train
will leave East Barre at s;45 a. m,
Boutwell's at a:05 a. M, Websterville
at 9:l0. arriving in this city at 9:35
a. m, The train returning viii leave
this city at p. m.
The award for the shooting eompeti-
tion will be s4.00 pair Of shoes. the
event being open to all. The first foot
ball game viii be started at l2 o'clock
The refrpshment committee composed
of Silvia Cardi, Arthur L. Pierce and
George Richards have arranged to have
it possible for the picnickers TO procure
of all kinds from stalls
that have been erected.
The days celebration will be brought
to fitting close with a grand bali at
the Rowland hall Riley's popular full
singing orchestra viii furnish music for
the dancing.
The committee in charge of the sports
is as follows: Fred Suitor. John S. Me-
Donald. james Gall and W. ID. Smith
The following compose the grounds com
mittee: James Gall, John Callaghan,
John Biorn and Henry Powers.