The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Rompers, leggings and CATERS, TiIden
Shoe Co.
William Fradd left Sunday for Hart
ford, Conn not for New Haven, as pre-
yiously reported.
Special AL this week All hats at 30
per cent discount Untrimmed shapes at
soc and 25c at Mrs. Caroll's, 70 North
Main street.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
trustees Of the Barre City hospital will
be held at the hospital building Wednes-
day evening at s o'clock
There is TO be an initiation ut to-nor-
row nights ~ T. L. O. 7. meeting and
ali the members Of the degree team are
requested to be present.
The little twin sons OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Gidden are confined to the house
with whooping cough. Mrs l.. h. Glidden
of Currier street Is able to be out again
after n severe attack of tonsilitis.
A regular meeting of the Jumpers,
boxers and derrickmens union will be
held in Foresters hall Tuesday evening
at o'clock; election of officers and also
international union president and audi
tor. Per order, secretary.
In the display window Of North
Main street tobacconist who accommo-
dates employers by allowing them the
use OF his window as dummy employ
ment bureau. no fewer than IL work
men wanted" notices were posted this
morning. All were issued recently and
reflect the desire on the part OF em-
ployers for applicants TO apply immedi
ately In every instance the want ad
is for a granite worker with cutters in
the demand and polishers close second.
Two notices advise the applicants to
apply in Wichita Falls, Tex and Co
lumbus, o., but the others are for work
here in the Barre granite district.
The Ministers Monday club met yes
terday at the seminary, Montpelier,
President Edgar Grassland was in the
chair Devotional exercises were CON
Quoted by Rev. J. B. Reardon Of Barre.
Rev. b. J. Lehigh, pastor Of the Barre
Baptist church, read a paper on "Regen-
Grafton from Bible Standpoint or,
What the Bible Says About the New
Birth The following ministers were
present: Revs. j. b. Reardon, Edgar
Grassland and B. j. Lehigh of Barre;
Revs. Ivan H. Benedict ~ Shaw, J. W.
Hatch, j. f. Taylor, S f Bloomfield, l. c.
Carson and F. b. Leach Montpelier; Rev.
John Irons. Wiliamstown, and Rev.
Frank Bloomfield, Berlin.
Presidents Of the Barre Board Of
Trade. the Quarry Owners association
and the Barre Merchants association are
to be present tomorrow evening as the
guests of the Granite Manufacturers
association at their annual banquet. In
vitations were sent to the heads of these
organizations as well as TO the mayors
of Barre and Montpelier and each re-
cipient has acknowledged the courtesy
with a letter indicating that he intends
to be among those present. Plans tor
the banquet, which is to be held in Clan
Gordon hall at 7 o'clock are practically
completed and upward OF l75 granite
men and their guests are promised some
interesting after dinner features by the
committee The annual business meeting
of the association will be held in manu-
facturers' headquarters tomorrow after
noon at 2 80 o'clock
Some of the shop and ship early
preachments issued by the postotfice de-
partment. the express companies and the
mercantile concerns are Dcdi iiiS AIulN'
according to well informed authorities,
although none OF those organizations
which eater to the publ, at Christmas
time are hugeing the deusion that Aule-
tide this year will be without its GUS
tomarv rush. Nevertheless. at the Barre
postoflice the attaches say that domestic
mailings have begun somewhat carrier
this year. although the volume OF out
going Christmas mail is not heavy. Peo-
pie who ship parcels 70 foreign. countries
are busy al the mailing window these
DAYS. but they are the ones who always
take plenty OF leeway in dispatehlng
bundles and Christmas letters. Mer-
chants are not in the middle OF their
holiday business by any means but
there was considerable shopping yester-
dav and improved weather conditions
will help along the shop early propagan-
da. shipping Christmas packages at the
express company's office has commenced
and many incoming bundles are being
received