The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

II South Barre grange will give socia
II dance Thursday evening, June 3. Admis
II sion, SOC per couple. All welcome.
II George Shannon has returned hom'
II from Saxtons River, where he has bee,
II spending few days with his son.
II Beginning May IL, the price of chair
Il wood will be $3.50 per load of SO cubic
II feet. Arthur S. Martin. phone 53W
\ Mrs. Douglas M. Barclay and two chill
II dren of Franklin street have returned
H home after spending several days Will
H relatives in Randolph.
HI George Deyo, who resides in Haverhill
Il Mass, and who has been visiting in Barre
Il and vicinity for the past month, returned
H to his home late last night.
\ Miss Mildred Thompson of South Main
4 street, who has been employed in the Huh
i restaurant for the past year. has gone to
East Harbor, Me-, where she will spend
H the summer
H Mrs. A. NJ. Durham and ID. V. Stone
are among the Barre people who are rep
resenting Ruth chapter at the annual
convention of the Order of Eastern Star
in st. Johnsbury.
George M. Bartlett, the architect who
drew the plans for the new Hotel Barre
on Washington street, returned yesterday
to his home in New York, after making
few days business visit in this city.
| One of the athletic features of com
mencement week at Middebury college
this year will be the baseball game be-
tween Middlebury and the Barre Ath-
letics. The game is to be played on the
afternoon OF June 81.
Willis d. Rich of Boston, assistant
manager of the American Paint & Var
nish Co. who has been spending few
days in the city on business connected
with the interior decoration at the new
Hotel Barre on Washington street, has
returned to the Hub.
i At meeting of the athletic associa-
ton of Spaulding high school yesterday
new officers were elected to serve for the
following year. Henry Fl. Jackson was
elected president; vice president, Peter
Alexander; secretary, Patrick Hale;
treasurer, Cyril Marion.
| Manager Quinn OF the Goddard sem
mary baseball nine has announced that
| he has cancelled the game of baseball
with the Burlington high school team
that was to be played at this city to
morrow afternoon. At the last game in
Burlington, Goddard walked away with
an overwhelming victory.
Mrs. T.. p. Rowel of Wiliamstown,
| who is well known in this city, under |
went successful operation at the Fanny |
Allen hospital in Winooski park last Sat
urday and according to reports received
by relatives to-day, her condition is most
satisfactory, although she will be unable
to leave the institution for her home I'M
til the expiration of three weeks.
At the Universalist church Sunday
morning Professor W. Wheaton will
play professional March tMourlanl.
"Humoreske" tDovrak) and "Festal
March" (Merkel). The orpheus male
quartet will sing "1'e Deum in c" tDud-
ley Buck and 81 viii Feed My Flock"
tSimper). George T. Mackay viii sing
Consider and Hear Me" tWooler).
Christian Endesvor societies OF the
First Baptist and Congregational churches
OF Barre win send delegations to Marsh
field tomorrow TO attend the 39th an
nual convention of the Washington Coun
~ Union of Christian Endesvor. A num-
Der of people have offered the n,e of
their automobiles in carrying delegates
10 Marshheld and at least 20 persons
have signified desire to attend.
Work on the Office structure which car.
penters are erecting for George NJ Mar.
rion in the rear of the Sortwell estate
building on North Main street is rapidly
approaching completion and ii the prog. ,
ress already made is continued Mr.. Mar.
rion will be able 20 move his Office fix.
lures into the structure late in the week
The building is 10 be connected with Mr..
Marrion's tobacco store by a short pas.
sage-way.
The following players are asked to b. ..
on hand TO represent the Barre Golf club
in its match against the Montpelier
Country club at Montpelier Saturday aft. !,
ernoon: G. II. Fraser, A. w. Freeland, J. :
Daniels, l.. Il. Hutchinson. J. +. Walsh.
C. z. Marion, p. Brown. w. Johnston, J.
Black, J. Reid. J. Freeland, II. Brown,
w. Leith, ID. Stuart and A. Miller. Any ;
Of those aboye-named who cannot 90 are !
asked to notify J. T.. Walsh.
Apsce with the finishing touches which >
4 handful Of carpenters, themselves b
small remnant Of the large force EN- b
ployed until recently. are applying 10 &
The interior Of the new Hotel Barre on
street. progresses the more y
intricate task OF decorating the walls Of {
he lobby and diningroom. Paper hang.
RS put in one Of their busiest DAYS TO. b
iay and hoped 60 have their work done $
Defore the end Of the week. Fixtures for N
he lighting system have arrived and a. d
ne wiring vas completed sometime ago Z,
ne work OF installing the fixtures on Z,
he ground floor will consume but short J.
lime. The indirect system Of lighting IL b
o be used in the lobby and diningroom d
-pstairs painters have al but completed al
Ne work Of finishing the gucstrooms and
. fast a. each is completed il i locked a,
One Of the best appointed baseball N
eids in the city has been completed at q,
be Granite City driving park on Ayers w.
treet a. the result Of much hard work \,
n the part Of the Barre Athletic club. a,
members Of whirh baseball team have a,
sased the grounds for tho season For n
be past week teams snd men have ~
'orked daily 20 get the dis m0nd IN shape 81
1r the beginning Of the schedule. A ",
vel infeid srra has been stripped u
lrf and rolled thoroughly and tie proc r.
- has worked an excellent trausfurma- ~
on IN the PLAYING conditions Of the field \,
arpeuters have been engaged 70 erect q =.
q n bleaeisers and an effort will ~ -
.m1e % have the seating structure ready H..
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