The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-29
TALK OF THE TOWN

Only two more days in the clearance
sale at Vaughan's.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, is the date and How
land hall the place, where the dancing
people of Barre will have good time
adv.
James McDerment of Brookfield is
passing several days in the city as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. y. Tilden OF up
per Prospect street.
Mrs. Thomas Jeffrey of Currier street,
who underwent a serious operation at
the City hospital, has recovered suill-
GENTLY to return to her home.
Concert and dance, Rowland hall,
Tuesday evening, Feb Is, under the pat
ronage of the Young Peoples Dramatic
society of the Church Of the Good Shop
herd. CAROLS orchestra. Concert at 8.
Dancing at s:30.-adv.
Regular meeting of ladies' auxiliary to
Clan Gordon, No. IL, viii be held Tues
day evening, Feb. ], at o'clock sharp.
At S:l5 the members, their husbands
and gentleman friends, also clansmen,
are invited to attend social evening
and dance.
William d. Parry of Grant avenue was
able to be out of doors yesterday, after
having been confined to the house by
the grip for several days. Mr.. Parry ex-
poets to resume his duties Monday as
conductor on the Washington street
branch of the B. & NJ. T. 4 p. Co.
Among the visitors in the city yester
day and to-day were: C. A. Metcalf OF
GAINESVILLE, O., retail monument deal
err, who is a guest at Hetel Barre while
passing several days in the Barre granite
belt on business; L. w. Howard and
r. II. Palmer of White River Junction, !
j. G. Underwood of Hsrtland, i. f.
Stevens of Toronto, Ont.
The basketball game at the Spaulding |
Johnsbury academy and Spaulding high |
school will be started at TAB instead Of
8 o'clock, as advertised. Prospective pa
irons of the game are urged to bear the
change in mind. At Montpelier last even
ing ST. Johnsbury defeated Montpelier
seminary by the score of % to Is.
The following item from yesterdays
Boston Journal will be of interest in
Barre: Manager Jason Bickford of the
Tufts 10 basketball team announced last
night that the team has disbanded and
the dates cancelled on account OF the
unfortunate accident in the game with
the G.. b. A. team of Boston university Ii
night, which resulted in the
death OF one of the members OF the b.
U. FIVE" II
A very enjoyable dancing party was
held in Masonic hall last evening under /
the auspices OF Ruth chapter, No. 33,
.. +. s. Forty couples were in attend
ince and at intermission refreshments of
waters and lemonade were served. Mu
vic for the dancing was furnished by H
Miss Spear and Mr.. Phillips of Mont
Deler. The committee in charge of the
affair consisted of Mrs. Alexander Rae,
Miss Eva Smith, Mrs. Earl Batchelder
ind Mrs. Alexander Duncan. III
A natural skating rink was formed on Il
he depression at the Ayers street driv- Il
ng park closely on the heels of the re- H
ent warm spell and children who visit II
d the park this morning were quick to II
INFORM the water superintendent that III
here was chance for the department HI
o do lot of good in the way of preserv- III
ng the rink. Supt. Lee and Chief Glad III
ing of the fire department looked over III
he situation and decided that little HI
anking at one end of the rink would III
rovide the youngsters in the south end HI
nth skating rink as long as the frigid III
leather continues. Ashes are to be used III
constructing a bank to prevent the Hi
urplus water from escaping to the riv- HI
r. Hi
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bond, who re- III
,ntly celebrated their 50th wedding an Hi
iversary, very pleasantly entertained iii
he clerks, city carriers and rural deIiv- Hi
" carriers from the federal building, I'LL
here Mr.. Bond is employed, last even iii
g. There were 20 employees of Uncle Hi
am who SAL down to substantial din Hi
er as soon as the business of the night iii
as concluded at the postofiice. After iii
inner a pleasureable program of music It'll
I'd impromptu speechmaking was en-
yed. Speaking in behalf of the guests Hi
'hn A. Leslie presented Mr. and Mrs. Hi
ond a purse of gold, conveying within iii
$ remarks the fluctuations of those HI
no are associated with Mr.. Bond at the III
,vernment building. HI
Ta,d of 1-Jar I'LL