The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

Last week of Abbott's January sale.
Buy your corsets this evening in the
sale at Vaughan's.
"Under Southern Skies" at the Bijou
to-morrow.-adv.
All goods in the store reduced in the
sale at Vaughan's.
"The Man from Home" Goddard SEM
mary, Wednesday, Jan. II, at p. M.
Admission, 25c.adv.
Special sale of all Richardson's silks,
IL skeins for l0c Ye Specialize Shoppe,
l64 North Main street.
| The j. Nj. Ward and Son Ice company
commenced cutting ice this morning at
their pond at Jockey Hollow.
Mary Fuller and Milton Sells in five
reel version of Lottie Blair Parkers
greatest stage success, ''Under Southern
skies" at tile Bijou to-morrow.-ad
Edward A. Mead as reader of plays
compares very favorably with Leland
Powess in his best days. A rare treat is
promised Barre people when he presents
The Man from Home" Wednesday, Jan.
r. at Goddard.--adv.
Ben Wilson and Dorothy Phillips in
two-reel drama, "The House of the
Drawn Shades; !" 'Prankful Ponies" also
a comedy, "NYhen the Vets Went Dry
at the Biiou.-adv.
The officers and members of Bright
Star Rebekah lodge and Hiawatha lodge,
No. 20, /. Q. o, f., are cordially invited
TO be present at joint installation OF
the officers of Canton Ninton, No. 0, and
Minnehaha encampment, No. ,, on Tues |
day evening, Jan, IL, at s o'clock. Per |
order committee.
The annual meeting of the Presbyte
rian church will be held Wednesday |
evening at 1880 in the church vestry. |
Reports win be read and a review of !
the years work given. Members, adj |
herents and friends are cordially invited
Refreshments will be served Ladies of
the church are asked TO bring cake
Writing from San Diego, CAL, where
he is now making his home, Nj. M. Cor
don, formerly an attorney of Barre, ex-
presses his pleasure ove.' the climatic
in southern California, as the
people are "having beautiful summer
weather and very little rain has fallen
so far this season" while eve have daily
fresh yegeta bles from the ranches" Mr..
Gordon adds that the San Diego exposi
ton is 10 continue for another year and
that the hotels and apartment houses of
the place are filled.
Arrangements for a series of tourna-
ments in pool and cards are being made
by Barre council, No 40l, Knights of
Columbus and X. of c. council in Mont
pelier, which recently occupied for the
first time its new quarters in the capital /
city. Joint committees hope to complete
plans for six meetings of the two pool
and card teams, the tournament to end (,
in March. 1t is expected that
three OF the matches will be played in
Barre and three in Montpelier
A wire waste basket is serving as q
age for new pet which attaches Of ,
The G. V. freight department are Keep /,
ny in their office. Opinions differ as to
he species of the creature, some pro-
it dove and some an owl, Z
while at least one member Of the force
5 of the opinion that it will sooner
n later prove to be white elephant" :
Whatever it is, it was picked up in !
,adly chilled condition this morning and :
will be entertained until well enough to !,
hift for itself.
The remains of Mrs. Diana Thurs :
on, widow of Alonzo Thurston, who :.
lied in Barre in 1910, arrived in the =
ity over the Central Vermont railroad a
saturday evening at I o'clock from SOM i
rville, Mass, and were taken to the i,
nortuary chapel of A. w. Badger & Co., !;
where they resposed until yesterday, =
Then they were taken to West Topsham. Il
n the funeral party We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Mentzer of Somerville, Mass, :,
Irs. Edison Blanchard of Somerville, and Z
frs. Frank Snow and daughter, Miss y
Wis Snow, of Birmingham, Mass. Sun :
ay afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock funeral ~ y
ervices were held in the church at West l. =
opsham, Rev. i. f Newell, pastor of -
he Hedding Methodist church of this !,
ty officiating. lnterment was made in !:
he village cemetery. -