The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-22
B. A. C. AT BAT.
Having Their Innings in Fair at Rowland
Hall.

With the auspicious opening Of its fair
in the Rowland hall last evening, the
Barre Athletic club is having its first in
lining in this season of bazaars and very
Iprolifc of revenue was the opener, too
In bulky schedule of fairs and the like
that are planned for the coming autumn
and winter months, the b. A. C.'s three
night jollification, the second annual af-
fair of its kind. promises to set stiff
pace for those that are to follow. Last
night a crowd of people swarmed the sew
eral booths which are attractively ar
ranged in the north end of the hall and
at the height of the evening there was a
capacity company of dancers. Mere wom-
an is doing her bit in making the bazaar
a success, as was evidenced by the pres
ence in the booths of b. "A. G. fans Of
the type that roots most ardently in the
face of the heaviest odds-but seldom
lplays the national game.
Patrons of the fair began to appear by
1880 o'clock when the doors were swung
open, but the crowd did not reach its
height until the program began and it did
not shrink perceptibly when the hall was
cleared and Carroll's orchestra musicians
struck into the first waltz in the dance
order. Manager David Mcdonald of the
clubs baseball team, forgetting that the
habits OF the gatekeper are not the hab-
its OF a ticket merchant in strictly
stormproof dance hall, started in to sup
ply each patron with rain check, but
his lapse was quickly noticed by Others
on the committee and small-sized con-
mos nj fha dnnr diSonI.-aJ
The crowd got its admission tickets with
out any trouble after that.
Striking color and electrical effects are
conspicuous features in the line Of booths
erected for the sale OF almost everything
anyone could wish to purchase at fair
time. Colored crepe festoons, B. A. C.
banners, evergreen and autumn leaves
enter into the color scheme in each booth.
The sale of confectionery is in charge of
Mrs. Alfred Morgan, Mrs. Bert Bartlett
and Misses Mary Smart and Ethel Nor
gan. The fancywork booth is presided
over by Mrs. Henry Petrie and the mis- |
cellaneous department is in charge of |
William Riley and Alfred Morgan. Miss
Annie Nichols and Mrs. Silvio Giudici are |
looking after the apron counter and the
ice cream vendors are Miss Emma Ger
betti and Miss Ruth Woodcock. Dante /
Peduzzi is the head salesman among the
dolls in left field and james Parker is
the man behind the nickle till at the
shooting gallery.
An orchestra overture in the opening
was followed by vocal So
os with Charles Gibbons and Miss Leona
lamb as the principals. Harry Clarke in
! Harry Lauder act George Troup, jr., on
lis violin and George Murray in series
If Indian club stunts were the other fea-
nres. The participants were loudly APP
'lauded and each responded gracefully
With an encore.
Dancing was the one diversion that
,ept the fairgoers on their toes from i
'clock until after midnight. The floor
managers were William Johnston, vii.
lam Stuart, Bert Bartlett, Frank Leith
nd David Mcdonald. The general com.
Mite, to the members of which good J
eal of credit is due for the time and la :
or which they have given, is composed c
I David Mcdonald, Henry Petrie, Bert !
BARTLETT, James Gallagher, Dante Peduz. ;
!, Francis Leith and Alfred Morgan.
Tonight the booths will be opened for
usiness early. A detail of cadets from {
Iorwieh university win be the feature c
ttraction in one of their drills and there ;
dancing TO follow. The committee re- 4
lived message from Norwich late yes l
srday TO the effect that the detail se- }
cited for the drill will be nearly twice n
J numerous as the corps which gave a q
rill at last years b. A. C. fair. The
'ir viii close Saturday evening, when ,
incing will be the main drawing card. y