The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

Blanket sale now at Vaughan's.
Buy your white waists in the sale a
Vaughan's.
Carter Downing, a 1915 graduate o
Spaulding high school, is employed as I
clerk IN the Cummings L. Lewis phar
macy.
Miss Jessie Muiry of Bassett street
who has been passing the summer il
Whitefeld, N. H., returned to the city
last evening.
Miss Elizabeth Brown of Grant ave
nue. and Miss Marion Murray returned
to the city last evening, after spending
several months at Maplewood, N. H.
A daughter was born Monday, Sept
n, to Mr.. and Mrs. James Dias of TX.
eter, N. H., at the home of Mrs. Dias
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Morris OF
Green street.
During the illness of Raymond L.
Arkley of Averill street, who has been
confined to the house for the past 10
days, Moses Page of Groton is employed
as chauffeur by G. L. Searles of North
Main street.
Miss Susan Pratt, who is engaged as
a teacher in Yokohama, Japan, is visit
ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. Emily
Young of SO Washington street Before
returning to the Orient, Miss Pratt will
visit in several other Vermont towns.
Miss Barbara Mcdonald of Bassett
street, who has been spending a three
weeks vacation with friends in Berlin,
N. H., and vicinity, has returned TO the
city. Miss Mcdonald will resume her
duties in the local Office of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. Monday
morning.
October, 1915, is go-to-chureh month
all over the state of Vermont. Barre
joins with the cities and towns of the
state in issuing this invitation from the
churches and pastors of Barre to all the
citizens of Barre, that they go to one OF
the churches, or to several of the
churches of Barre during this month.
This invitation also includes attendance
at the various schools for Bible study,
which meet at noon on Sunday.
A repertoire OF sacred numbers is TO
make up the program which the Barre
Citizens band will present in the music
stand in City park Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Ii will be the yaledictory
appearance of the Citizens band in open
air concerts this season, as the program
win complete the series of sixteen for
which the city council bargained when
the financial stringeney was less binding
in the balmy days of last spring. The
final concert comes unusually late this
year, owing TO the ohstreperous perform
anee of the weather man on summer
nights which were designated for out
door programs ON the band schedule.
Herbert C. Griffin, representative of
the Nicholas Power Co. OF New York,
is in the city installing moving picture
equipment and other theatrical proper |
ties at the Park theatre on Depot square, |
which is nearly ready for the opening I,
performance OF "The Birth OF a Nation" |
week after next. The Park Amusement /
Co., which is promoting the venture,
has purchased two Powers 6-B reaectors /
Of the most approved type. In addition,
the equipment is TO include a motor
generator for the direct current, a spot
light and a double DISCOVER. All Of the
are the most modern models
10 be had. Work on the new amuse-
nent house is progressing rapidly. Much
II the interior finishing is done and cleo
rieians are now engaged in wiring the
rouse, the indirect lighting system being
ised. A carload Of chairs which arrived
yesterday viii be installed next week.
The brown October days are giving
lder hunters among the mimrods Of
iarre serious thought of the famous
uniting competitions that used 90 be
arried out under the auspices Of the
ity Square Gun club and within the
asst few days a number of the men
mo we're formerly associated with that
amous coterie OF hunting men in its
almiest days have met informally 10
Ak over the prospects for reyiving the
ub. II enough interest in such a move
In be aroused, a meeting Of hunters
III be called In a short time with the
lea Of creating enough enthusiasm TO
sure a successful hunt and game sup.
n. In the old days, the game supper.
slowing big drive in the native
lunts Of the partridge, rabbit and gray
.uirrel, was an annual and eagerly an
eipsted event among Barre sportsmen.
A summer Of very little torrid weather
Is oblterated all signs of an ice fam
e that may have existed in the earlier
ys Of the season and In consequence
the "oh weather a. much a. any
ing, Barre's principal ice dealer. W.
Ward, has been supplying outside
wns 90 q considerable extent. A be-
ted touch Of summer in September
ought dealers in other communities
&c 10 face with the impossible task
supplying their customers from emp
ice houses. There was an abundant
pply Of the commodity in Mr.. Wards
house az the south end and be Was
le 20 dispose Of several carloads o.
ilers In other Vermont towns. He i
the point Of making additional ship
nts, a. il has been found that the
ply in certain sections il not equal -
the demand that viii exist While ice 90
'lers are waiting for winter and u
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