The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-26
BARRE DAILY TINES
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY &c, 1915,
The Weather
TALK OF THE TOWN


Handsome line of wash goods. Fits
Have you seen the new skirts at the
Paris Shirtwaist House?
Pettcoat special, 49c each Saturday
Six months guarantee. Fits.
Big sale OF Bates Bingham Friday and
Saturday, Zoe a yard, at Vaughans.
Orange ice, the latest frozen delicacy!
Try it at the New England Fruit Store.
Mrs. Norman York, who was taken to
the City hospital week ago, is slowly
improving.
Ralph lmpcy Of Glens Falls, n Y,
vas among the business visitors in the
city to-day
James Donahue of North Main street
left yesterday for a weeks visit with
friends in st, Adams.
Mrs. James Forrest and son returned
yesterday from the City hospital to their
home on Cleary street.
Mrs. Philip Powers Of Burlington ar
rived this morning for few days visit
with relatives in the city.
''The Tenth Commandment three
reel !. NJ. p. drama, featuring William
Shay and Violet Mersereau, at the Biiou.
/ -Adyt.
All those going to the Spaulding
Montpelier high school basketball game
tonight please take the special car, which
will leave at 6:45 from City square.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J.. Moseley, who
have been passing a few days in the
city as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
NJ. Wiley of Maple Grove, returned this
forenoon to their home in Mortified,
Gerald Holmes, proprietor of My Bak-
cry on North Main street returned this
morning from White River Junction,
where he attended the annual meeting Of
| the Vermont Bakers association. He
was accompanied home by F. d. Ladd
/ and Carl Eisenwinter, who were also
present at the gathering of baker men.
1 The members of the Spaulding high
school basketball team wish 10 express
their appreciation through The Times for
the way in which the members of the
! Hardwick academy team treated them
while at Hardwick last week. The game
was very fast but clean throughout, also
the rooters for the academy were very
liberal in giving applause to the visiting
| team.
In all the public school buildings OF
the city, except the high school, blanks
were distributed to-day in the campaign
TO interest the children in planting, so
that each child might select the kind Of
seeds that he or she wanted The first
of the week other blanks will be given
out so that the children can choose what
classes of instruction they wish TO take 1
up and for the particulars concerning
this. their attention is directed to the |
article in Thursdays Times, headed ITO |
Organize Children's Clubs"
Peter MacQueen, distinguished travel |
or. lecturer and war correspondent, viii \
deliver an illustrated lecture on "The
Great European War in the opera 1
house on the evening of March IL, under |
the auspices of the Barre Woman's club !
Mr.. MacQueen went to the war zone last I
August and returned in January to fut
I'll his engagements on the platform. IL 4
Is said that Peter MacQueen Is probably \
the greatest descriptive lecturer since tho 4
DAYS of John l.. Stodlard. Reserve March .
IL for this rare treat.
n. d. Phelps entertained the members
OF the Camp White fishing club at a
Milanese dinner last evening, the guest
list Of a bakers dozen OF Walton dis
ciples including among Others from out
Of town. Fred Rollins of Boston. Nine
courses of excellently prepared yiands .
were served the fishers and a social hour
after dinner was given over to an ex-
change Of piscatorial tales centering
around the doings az lake Caspian and
Camp White in particular. The dinner .
j. said to have been an echo OF an cleo
ton wager laid BY some OF the fishermen
prior 10 the state elections last Novem-
Der.
Final arrangements were completed K
to-day for a basketball game between
the shamrock A. C. Of this city and s.
Michaels college. the contest 10 be
staged in Winooski on the evening Of
March s. The Winooski park college is
claiming the state championship, but il
the collegians slip a game 20 the sham
rocks. IL will have the effect o. alter
ing the situation completely. The barn
storming tour OF the Tufts college lnde-
pendents. which was to have included
= contest with the Shamrocks. has been
cancelled. and few more games remain
on the schedule 81 the Barre scmi-pros.
ON the night ~ the Il. Michaefs game
Spaulding high school viii play r.,
turn game with Burlington high school
In the Queen city.
James w. Auftl@s y tlAiaM hAtu8As
Leslie Newton and George II. Collamer,
employees Of the Vermont Tel. 4 Tel. Co,
went yesterday 70 Woodsville. \. IT.,
where they represented the Rarre chap
Ter Of telephone employees At meeting
al Vermont and New Hampshire electri-
clans. A number 81 Montpelier iinemen
ID she employ Of tho same company Join I
"a the Barre delegates a. the capital
Last night telephone message from
wooisviile 20 the Barre central Office
informed the local officials that the par
~ would not BE- able g retun 60 TIE
city this morning On acr1uut ~ high
water II va rumared 81 WoodsFiIle
at ihe time that railroad bridge near
south Rveeate hhd been swept away
hf the food. A sre1nd telephone mes-
saee from the delegates this morning
stated that fhe bridge was intact, Ell /
though az water had washed over the
tracks Tta BarrF men eNpelf 90 r.
turn ~ ths riiv TINS Afternoon.