The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

III rev days visit In burlington.
H Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Campbell of Ire
\ mont street left yesterday for Hyd'
/ Park, being called there by the illnesi
/ of relatives.
Tomorrow at p. m, in the opera
house, Hon. NJ, r. Patterson and DIR. M
Swadener, well-known speaker on DRY
America Hear them.-adv.
II Goddard seminary basketball team left
the city Friday afternoon for Newbury
where IL was scheduled 10 meet last even
ing team made up. of high school and
town players.
Miss Gertrude Mackie of Maple Grove
has returned from Northfeld where she
acted as court stenographer in a case
tried before Judge f. NJ. Harvey of Mont
pelier city court.
Rev. w. A. Dawson of Burlington, field
secretary for the Vermont State Baptist
convention, arrived in the city to-day to
visit several of the Baptist congregations
in this vicinity. Rev. Mr.. Dawson will
preach in the First Baptist church Sum
day morning.
Ice races were held as usual in Mont
pelier this afternoon. Anna Dean was
matched against Bill Waller, jr., Hesita-
ton against DR.. Styles and Belmont Bin
gen against Joe Bingen, in quarter mile
heats for a purse of $40. Two other
races, each with three entries for a purse
of $25, were also on the schedule.
Charles Zanleoni, jr,, of North Main
street, who has been assisting in the
Barre Drug store for the past three
years, will leave the city Tuesday for
Albany, n. Y, where he is to take
course in expert accounting in a business
college Mr. Zanleoni will retain his bus
mess interest in the Park theatre.
Negotiations are in progress for bas-
ketball game to be played in Barre early
in March between Bethel and Goddard
seminary. The Bethel team recently sub
ruitted to a defeat at the hands of the
Shamrock A. c. of this city, although the
game was so closely contested that the |
outcome was undecided until the last |
minute of play
Word has been received by relatives in /
Barre of the death of Robert Martin, /
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Martin
of Essex Junction, death ensuing yes
terday morning from bronchial pneumo-
mia. He was aged three years and sew
VII Ih0hAicE lut luHtiul Is W We HFlu
Sunday afternoon at | o'clock, and will
be private. Burial is to be in Lake View
cemetery, Burlington.
Tuesday being Washington's birthday,
the public schools will close Monday aft
ernoon and sessions will not be resumed
until Wednesday morning. In several of
the grades patriotic programs have been
prepared for Monday afternoon. Owing
to the enforced suspension on account I
Of an epidemic earlier in the year, classes
win meet as usual Tuesday at Goddard I
seminary.
Manager William Stuart of the Sham
rock A. G., received letter last night
from the management of the Bellows
Falls team saying that the down-state
quintet will surely be on hand for a re-
turn game with the locals at the Church |
street gymnasium Thursday evening, |
Feb. "a. Two members of the East Bos-
on A. A. have been signed by Bellows |
Falls to make the trip to Barre. II
Indicative of the thorough going man I
Ter in which the local proponents of the
Perry prohibition bill are undertaking
ampaign to down local option in March | I
s the announcement that three eenters in
Barre Town are TO be covered next week.
Rev. Edgar Grassland, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, has consented to de.
liver a series OF three and possibly four
ddresses in the neighboring towns. He
1ill speak in the interests OF prohibition
n the opera house at East Barre Mon
ay evening. On the following evening
e will appear in the grange hall at
outh Barre and folks on Cobble hill will
ave an opportunity to hear him in the
choolhouse hall Thursday evening. An
fort is being made to arrange similar
leet for Graniteville Friday evening.