The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

| There will be rehearsal for Christmas
exercises at the Baptist church Thurs
day afternoon at 2;30.
Miss Margaret Rock Of the nurses
home left this forenoon for Boston,
where she plans to pass the holidays
with relatives.
Arthur Rizzi, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Rizzi of North Main street, was
taken to the City hospital yesterday and
underwent an serious operation.
Miss Mary NJ. Donetti, clerk OF the
Barre city court, has been assigned tenn
porarily to stenographic duty in United
States court and is taking testimony at
the capital.
/ Fancy bathrobe blankets $l.50 and
Sl.G5; also woolnap blankets, Sl.95 each.
just received, new lot OF fancy wool
and serge remnants. Little Dry Goods
Store. Cottage street.
| A place for the street department mo-
tor truck has been provided in the fire.
proof sheds at the rear of the fire sta
ton and the big tractor has been dis
/ charged from the service for the winter.
/ The water department is storing its auto
truck in the basement OF the fire station.
: Merlo's academy held its semi annual
meeting last evening and elected the fol-
lowing committee to arrange Tor the
clubs annual sleigh ride: James In
gram, Charles Williams, Thomas Ingram
and Patrick Massie. Jan. 20 was fixed
as a tentative date and Williamstown
was chosen as the destination. In the
| time intervening, the club will hold sew
eral skiing parties among the hills that
| flank Barre on either side.
! Negotiations between Charles Halves
OF Barre and r. T. Henderson Of Wells
River, proprietor of the Pavilion theatre,
| for the lease of the Pearl street audi
forum having fallen through, directors
of the Vermont Poultry association said
this morning that they had abandoned
all hope of staging their annual exhibit
on level floor in Pearl street. Mr. Hen
derson was in town last week and at
that time it was reported that Mr..
Halves. in seeking a lease of the proper
ty. intended to remove the inclined floor
and promote a skating rink. In that
event, the poultry association was to
have the use of the building next Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday. Just now
it looks as if the poultry people will
/ have to revert to the Church street gym
nasium for show place.
! Earl Smith, who was recently appoint
ed supervisor of the skating Kinks which
I the Barre Woman's club has taken over
| this winter, succeeded in providing pat
rons of the Pearl street rink with excel
lent ice last night The plaza across
/ the way from the Buzzell hotel was
| flooded for the first time Monday night
and fairly good ice formed from the first
/ inundation was considerably improved
with the second flooding. North Barre
! skaters are getting a bit uneasy con-
corning their own prospects for winter
skating, as nothing has been done in the
way of preparing the West Second street
meadows for flooding, although the al
dermanic water committee has been au-
I thorized to 90 ahead with the work and
permission for the use of the land has
4 been granted by the NJ. & W. r. rail
road. 1t is also understood that the
/ Woman's club is interested in the con-
struction of a public rink at Gospel vii
/ lage.
Christmas shipping and holiday travel
began to make difference in the arrival
E and departure of trains to-day and the
American Express Co. reported volume
Z of early morning and forenoon business
quite as large as any day in years. The
platform at the Central Vermont sta
4 ton was piled high with packages this
morning and the train due to leave Barre
I at S:25 did not depart until S:45, as the
express handlers were busy loading the
combination coach. The south bound
train due in Barre at 9:37 was more
than half-houT overdue and heavy
consignments OF Christmas packages
came from the north. At the express
eompsnv's office additional men and
teams have been put into the delivery
and collection service. There y an aug
mented staff Of assistants at the Barre
postofice. where attaches felt their first
real rush Of the season last evening. The
rush continued to-day.