The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-10
TALK OF THE TOWN


: See the new plaid silks Nt Abbott's.
Josie lougee has returned from Sout
;. Barre, where she tended a trained nurs
= from Essex Junction, who had pneumc
mia.
$ Mrs. III. s. Miles, who underwent a
: operation at the Fanny Allen hospita
Burlington, is at home and able TO b
. out.
Miss Hazel Miles OF Merchant street
who has been seriously i'll for the pas
| five weeks with pneumonia, Is steadil.
! improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Bennett have re
: turned from a several weeks visit +
towns in Maine and have taken up thei
residence ON Spaulding street.
: Barre horsemen were notified yester
day of plans for the third ice meet o
the season at Montpelier Saturday aft
ernoon. number of local horses ma,
be entered.
Regular meeting of ST. Johns court
No. 500, this evening at o'clock in X
OF c. hall. Following the meeting, sup
per will be served TO the members of th,
A. o. II. who were victorious in the re-
cent card tournament.
In the February number of Popular
Mechanics there is an interesting two.
page article by Leroy Kenneth, Barre
man, who is at present travelling in up.
per Canada with the Klark Urban Co
The article, which is we'll illustrated
deals with the ice breaking ships that
Canada is TO furnish the Russian gov
eminent for use at Archangel Soon
after his arrival in the maritime prov.
inces, Mr.. Kenneth, who is Roy Smith
when away from the stage, interested
himself in the ice breakers to be seen
lying off ashore and the magazine article
is the result.
Spaulding students have been putting
in a busy week in anticipation OF the
glee club concert and exhibition of folk
dances to be given in the opera house
Friday and Saturday evenings. a cho-
rus OF nearly go voices will join in the
glee club numbers and the recently or
ganized high school orchestra will make
its first appearance. Selections from
Roeckel, Jacques, 0ffenbach Strauss,
veazie, Verdi, Bach Gounod and Sir Ar.
thur Sullivan appear in the program.
Grades A and b and the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth grade children are
to figure in the folk dances and songs.
Plans for the annual banquet of the
Dartmouth association of Vermont,
which Is TO be held at Hotel Barre on
the evening of Friday, March 3, are going
on apaee and indications already point
to an attendance somewhat larger than
Id .Nnl Iaf
Dean Leaeock of Dartmouth will be one
of the honorary guests and an effort is
being made to persuade President Mich
OILS to attend, although the head of the |
college, whose resignation takes effect |
at the end of the college year, has not
accepted many invitations of the kind |
this year owing to the pressure of duties |
at Hanover Arrangements are being |
made for the entertainment of upward |
If 60 Dartmouth men at the hotel.
Over rs parents and friends gathered
II the Methodist church last evening at
! very enjoyable measuring social, given
BY the Junior league. The following
program was rendered; Chorus, xague;
! little speech, Myryin Reynolds; nam
ng the Kitten" Robert Tassie vocal
olo, Proctor Martin; Gingerbread Man"
edith HLiggs; Mothers Boys" Ralph
cassie; recitation, Doris Davis; duet,
Bertha and Lena riggs; chorus, league
Alfred Higgs; solo, Miss Rule;
Little Housekeepers, four girls; reel
alton, Ernest Reynolds; reading. Sarah
hathaway; chalk drawings, Mr. Carson
ehool of ghosts, several girls; duet, Dor
! and Corinne Eastman, remarks, Rev.
J. #. Newell; chorus, "Junior Rally /
oug." Refreshments of sandwiches and
1coa were served.
Red Men of Iroquois tribe held the
bird Of series OF private assemblies +.
! Clan Gordon hall Thursday evening,
hen more than eighty couples assem-
led TO enjoy the hospitality OF the lodge
len. Orchestral music was furnished
,r the dancing and at intermission
Ibstantial luncheon was served. The
ext assembly of the series will be held
a the evening of Monday, March 6. I
embers of Iroquois tribe have received
NV regalia ordered sometime ago and s
re ceremonial work OF the order is, f,
lerefore, much more spectacular tnan 3,
rmerly. Harry Common of Boston, "
preventative of a large costume house, d
as in the city last evening and with a
lexander Ross of Iroquois tribe went a
East Barre to confer with Red Men a.
ere in regard to new regala. b,
Interest in dramatics at Spaulding m
gh school just now centers around the
preaching presentation of "The Arrival Il,
Kitty" farce comedy in three acts, l.
iieh the senior class will produce in r.
e assembly hall on the evening of r.
iday, Feb. Is. Parts for the produc. oa
IN were assigned several days ago and n
hearsals are being held regularly UNI nj
r the direction of Miss Eva Smith of Al
e faculty who has been connected
tn number of school plays. Those in
10 are 10 participate in the presenta be
N are; Miss Lorraine Loranger. Miss
a Carusi, Miss Bertha Hooker, Miss :
lie Angel, Cyril Marion, Stanley Tas- -
, Walter MolIugho, Edmund Loranger
j Winifred Smith. Posters announcing ] ,
, date, which were distributed about
, city yesterday, we're attraetively de-
ned and executed by Miss Mavis Bar (
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