The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

Sc. .iohn TIE Baptist society will mol
a whist party Tuesday evening at 7:3
in X. Of g. hall.
| Thomas Sheriffs went this morning Il
his former home in South Ryegate fol
a few days visit with friends.
The time of the Norwich Middlebur
has been changed from o'clock tC
$3.50.
Mrs. George R. Philip of Currier street
returned last night from Montreal
where she has been visiting friends foI
a few days.
4 Mrs. Mary Ayers left the city this
morning for Mipena Strings, N. "
where she plans to make visit of in
definite length.
Mrs Nj. +. Kirton, who has been visit
ing relatives in Barre and Granteville
for week, returned this forenoon to
her home in Hardwick.
Car cabbage at M. a. w. freight depot.
VIII open Monday. Hundred pound lots,
Sl.00 per hundred; 500 pounds or over,
S5c. G. II. Smilie.--adv.
All those who have promised butter,
beets or potatoes for the chicken pie sup.
per at the Congregational church are
asked to see that they are delivered early
Wednesday morning. adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forbes Mckenzie, who
have been spending several days in the
city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
S. Milne of Liberty street, returned this
morning to their home in Wayerly, Mass.
| Peter MacQueen will be unable to de-
| liver his lecture on Scotland" at the
Barre opera house Friday, Nov. H. as
scheduled by the civic department of the
Barre Woman's club. 1t is hoped to Sc
cure Mr.. MaeQueen later.
Thomas r. Waterman tenor soloist,
vocal teacher and coach, will be at III
wellington street Wednesday, Nov. 10,
instead of Monday, and on Mondays
thereafter, from 2 to and to O.. Tel.
l2Sl-l or Hotel Barre.--ady.
Raymond Arkley of Washington
street, who is convalescing from an at
tack of typhoid fever which confined
him to the house nearly eight weeks,
was able to be down town yesterday for
the first time since his illness.
Mrs. J. G. Griggs of Perry street
left yesterday afternoon for Burlington,
where she will represent the Congrega-
tional church at a meeting of the Ma
tional Missionary society to be held |
there Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week.
Through the efforts of Michael Me- |
Donald of South Main street, who rep |
resents the concerns interests over a
wide area in Vermont, Barre has been
designated as a distributing depot for
the products of the National Biscuit
Co. OF Boston and New York, and from
now on dealers in this city and Montpel-
Ter. as well as smaller towns near by.
will be supplied through the medium OF
a delivery team operated from Barre
Dealers and consumers alike are as
sured of the freshest products Of the
National Biscuit bakeries as result of
the new arrangements. The company
has put one of its attractive delivery
wagons in the local service and deliveries
viii be made regularly.
Pythans in Barre and nearby towns
are interested in the moving picture
gersion of Damon and Pythias," which
s to be presented in the Barre opera
house Thursday evening. Much that
members of the order hold dear il woven
Iround a story that is often said TO
describe "the worlds greatest friend
hip" Already the scenario has been
hown in two or three Vermont towns.
Thousands of moving picture actors, y
many horses and unusual scenic effects
we're employed to stage the drama be- \
ore the camera. Special music, writ !
en- and arranged for Damon and Pyth-
as" is 10 be PLAYED while the film is =
eing unreeled, the management having h
ngaged the Barre opera house orchestra Il
or the occasion.
Four or five members Of a eoterie Of /,
asketball tossers who in times past :
fere instrumental in putting Barre on h
be basketball map in Vermont, are
aking the initial steps necessary 10 "
erfect the reorganization Of the sham :
Dok A. G. A practice meeting OF the !
hub has been called and candidates for
be team viii report in the Church street n
gymnasium some evening next week Ne n
citations for games have already been a
pened with some Of the better known
mi professional teams IN the state and
strong schedule TO continue through =
Ne months Of December, January, Feb ID
iary and March l. in prospect. Francis
homas Tomasi and Thomas Carroll are n
mong the players who are considered :
. likely candidates for the reiuvenated 81
A. G.. although the way will -
? open for any and all aspirants 70
y for the team II they see IT. =
Checker players Of this city and Vi. to
nifty, including members 81 the Barre / ~
hess 4 Checker club which has rooms u
the blanchard block, have been mott
d 81 the approaching state checker g
which u o. be held IN Bur "a
lgton next month. The date Of De. re
mher q has been fixed for the tour Pc
Iment and Il q single day IL not sufi-
mt for completing al Of the matches. "a
aying viii - resumed on the day fol ~
wing w. G. Hoag Of Burlington a IN
2 state champion, although there are IL
number Of aspirauts about the state "a
u the checker. wise ones say that be
d have % extend himself this year "a
retain The trophy. In a tourna nent A.
aged here last spring a checker board -