The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-17
TALK OF THE TOWN
Shawmut rubbers at Fits.
New spring coats at Vaughan's.

: Mrs. A. Calcagni Of High Holbor
street is spending few days in Bw
lington.
Walter +. Field OF Hardwiclx is a
w. A. Lanes for short stay, while o
a business trip in this section.
, Miss Gladys Comoll ofsComolli stree
recently went to Burlington for an opera
ton at the Mary Fletcher hospital,
For the benefit of those who wish 3
attend church tonight, the curtain II
the opera house will not rise until $3.50
Thomas Allen of Montreal Is CUES
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace l.
Gilbert OF West Patterson street for
few days.
Barre Chess and Checker club will hol'
a business meeting Saturday evening
March Is, at 1870. Important business
All members please attend.
Meadow Brook golfers are TO meet al
Clan Gordon hall this evening to consider
plans for the revision Of the bylaws
The meeting is called for o'clock.
! Miss Katherine Miles, who is attend
ing school in Burlington is entertaining
as her guest at her home on West street
Miss Marjorie Canning of darlington.
Richard Vercoe of Warren street sus.
tanned fracture of the hip Wednesday
in fall TO the floor of his home. Mr.
time.
A fine line of high grade pianos and a
full line of piano searfs, stools, benches,
also few very fine organs for sale on
easy payments at Rossi's Piano Rooms,
Averill block.
"The House Next Door," one of the
best dramatic productions Of recent
years, will be shown with other pictures
at the Pavilion tonight. Read our adv.
for Saturday on page 6.--adv.
At the Biiou to-day, "Mauna," featur-
ing Edna Mason; Max Fisher in "The
Fortunes of Margaret" "Does IL End
Right" another drama, and Animated
Weekly" also a comedy. Six reels
adv.
The Barre Woman's club has placed on
sale at Mrs. W. F. Shepard's store the
revised bird guide part q, the booklet
treating of bird and flower life. Also to
be found on sale at Mrs. Shepard's is the
City hospital cook book.
Mrs. Arthur +. Campbell and son,
Lawrence, of North Main street expect
to leave this evening for Washington,
ID. c., where they will spend few days
before going on to Daytona, Fla, where
they will make an extended stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Briggs pleasantly
the clerks OF the Homer
Fits company at their home on Park
street last evening. Games were played
and refreshments of sugar on snow were
served. A very pleasant evening was
enjoyed.
The third of the series Of tournaments |
n billiards, pool and duplicate whist I
which is being played between the Vim
'itia club of this city and the Apollo I
hub Of Montpelier is scheduled to be held
Wednesday, March p, in the Vincitia
Tub rooms.
The seventh grades Of the city schools
net together in the Spaulding assembly 4
all yesterday to listen to a debate be
ween six of their number on the ques
ion, Resolved, That Edison did more
or the people than Franklin" The af
was supported by George
ranger, Doris Burke and Foster Stay
on, and the negative by Wendall Smith,
.eonard Soule and Bernice Davis. Lion
10 Granai acted as presiding officer and
He'd his position in manner that
7ould have done credit to a much older
cad, The judges were Miss Partridge. II
fr. Hubbard and Mr., Dole Of the high
,hool faculty and their decision favored
he affirmative by a vote Of two to one.
An Orange farmer, bound for market
o-day, arrived in Barre this noon with
report that the northwest wind had
Town drifts in the highway far higher \
IAN at any other time this winter When \
re wind began to veer into the west !,
in the hill towns to the east \
ID not improve and in one instance Y
rift as high as the heads of the horses
as encountered. The same farmer is :
for the statement that people
wing in the outlying districts do not
link of issuing forth in teams without
shovel or two. Continued fair weather
Id colder, to-day's weather report, in
Gates that condition will not improve
Hess the wind abates.
Firsts results of the big advertising
mpaign which producers and manufac
rers of Barre granite have inaugurated
e to be noted in next weeks issue of
e Saturday Evening Post, wherein
,ge advertisement, illustrating promi-
mt work of memorial art in Barre
ante is to appear. The Post is not
e only magazine of national repute
at is to carry Barre granite advertising
the next year, but it is the first pc
,dical in which the advertising is to
pear. With circulation of more than
700, 600 copies, Barre granite is bound
be brought to the attention of many
lders through that medium alone,
ON time to time The Times will CON
in interesting announcements of what
e advertising campaign is TO mean to
IRE and Barre granite. Proofs of The
st advertisement may be seen in the
ndows of the Drown and Cummings &
wis pharmacies.