The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

| TALK OF THE TOWN
There will be a rehearsal of the choir
OF the Hedding Methodist church at the
church tonight at o'clock.
The sewing school conducted by the
Barre Woman's club will be resumed
again Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
ia the Mathewson school.
"A Bride from the Sea-" two-reel
Victor, featuring Gertrude Robinson; also
an /. NJ p comedy, "Their Parents, +"
featuring Jane Gail, and other pictures
at the Bijou.
In the absence of the regular teacher,
| Miss Mary Leddy, who is detained at
hel home in Burlington, Mrs. F. A.
Mccarthy of Averill street, is supplying
at the Aver street school.
Manager Thomas Carroll of the Sham
rock basketball team has secured an
opening game for next Tuesday night
when the strong Goddard seminary
quintet is to be met at the Church
street gymnasium. The Shamrock line
up will have several new faces, which
will include Bartlett of Montpelier.
| Among those who registered at The
Buzzell hotel yesterday were the follow
ing: Edward H. March, Burlington; f.
Nj. Trow, Cliftondale, Mass; George
Heaton, Providence, r. L.; Martin and
Perkins, Boston; j. H. Buck and wife,
Boston; Billy Quirk, Holyoke Mass;
G.. E. Legoult, Montreal; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Smoot, Nebraska; George Milton,
st Louis, Mo.
General Agent Gall of the local Offices
of the Montpelier g. Wells River rail
road and Station Agent Lester Morgan
of the Central Vermont railroad Offices
have agreed to close the local freight
offices of both railroads in this city at
$3.50 o'clock every night for the com
ing months of January, February and
March This action was taken in view
of the closing hours of the stores along
the street.
Carpenters and other workmen have
been engaged during the week making
alterations at the Buzzell rink. Carpen.
ters have been engaged constructing a
fence along the borders OF the rink to
a height of two feet that viii make
hockey contests possible. The fountain
in the center of the rink has been
stripped of its boardings and flooded
with water. BY this means the skaters
will have full use of the entire area
of the rink.
Romeo Scampini, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Scampini of Ber-
lin street, found himself in the hands
of his friends last evening, when some 80
North Barre young people gathered at
his home. The affair was a complete
surprise for the youngster. He proved
himself a capable host, however, and
proceeded to furnish ample entertain
ment for all. On behalf of the COM
pany, Paul Ramello presented him a
handsome stick pin. Games and music
were in order during the later hours of
the evening and refreshments were
served.
Seniors of Spaulding high school held
their annual class ride last evening, two
large barges being drafted to transport
the students to Williamstown. Nearly
every member of the 1914 class was
able to participate in the ride. The stu
dents were in charge of Messrs. Dole, |
Ryan, and Hubbard and Miss Waugh, |
Miss Stillson and Miss Bagley of the |
high school faculty. Arriving at Will |
Jamestown the class was served supper |
in the grange hall. A short dancing |
program was in order after supper, sew |
ersl of the class pianists taking a turn |
at furnishing the music. The party re- |
turned to Barre shortly after midnight. |
A. III. Burke of Burk Bros Granite |
announced to-day that his |
plant, off Blackwell street, would be
Irr -.
For the past few weeks workmen have |
been engaged raising the structure. The |
present elevation is some six feet higher |
than the former. The contract was in
charge of the Getchell Contracting COM
pany. To-day the carpenters are COM
pleting the work by boarding up the /
open spaces along the sides of the plant.
Granite men in Barre face the grout
problem and are discussing the accumu
lation of chips. The Burke company
erected their plant on the meadow of
Blackwell street about 1900. At that
time there were no sheds at all in that
section of the meadow and the sills of
the plant were about nine feet above
the ground. In that time this land
has been filed with chips.
Chicken-thieves continue to molest
some of the largest poultry yards in
Barre and on the outskirts. Several
winters have passed since the night ma
rauders have been so bold as to pursue
their operations to the early hours of
evening. Nearly every theft reported
thus far has been perpetrated before 10
o'clock The thieves carry their work
into every section of the city and usually
the plumpest and best bred birds in the
roost are among the missing. Not very
cng ago a small TrOw hill farmer was
,alled to his hen yard shortly before
midnight. There was eommotion among Il
the feathered inmates and an investiga-
tion disclosed the absence of Is fine
birds. The farmer sustained a rather 3,
irving loss, for none Of the absent birds {;
would have brought less than
dollar. The police are maintaining a
ygilant watch for the thieves, hoping ]
that an example may be made of the I
guilty ones if they are caught.