The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

George r. Bacon of Roxbury is passing
u few days in the city as the guest OF
w. III. Rock OF Farwcll street,
Mrs. w. ID. Barr of East Cabot is pass
ing few days in the city as guest in
the home of +. H. Clark of Perry street.
The ladies OF the Universalist church
will hold social at the home OF Mrs.
NJ. I. Page, 30 Elm street, Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50.
Paul Ryan, who has been spending
several days with relatives in Barre and
vicinity, returned this forenoon TO his
home in Lawrence, Mass.
Members of Barre council, Knights OF
Columbus, who plan to participate in the
crbbage and pool tournament at the
capital this evening, are asked to lake
the Gas o'clock car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jason johnson, former
residents of South Barre, are passing
few days with friends in Barre and vicin-
! ty. Mr.. and Mrs. johnson are now re-
siding with their daughter in East Cal
ais.
| Plan to attend the fremen's dance in
the Montpelier city hall, Feb 20, benefit
of the firemens relief fund. Special fea-
ture concert, admission, 25c. Dancing I'M
til O'Clock; music by Montpelier Mill
tary band orchestra of eight pieces; con-
cert and dance, 81.
The first meeting of the board OF civil |
authority to revise the checklist will be
held in the city court room Thursday,
Feb. "a, at p. m. All persons whose
addresses are not given correctly on the
checklists as posted may have the same
corrected by notifying the city clerk.
A number of young women of the city |
will give private dancing assembly in
Rowland hall Wednesday evening. The |
affair is TO take the nature of leap year |
dance, invitations having been extended
by a committee of nearly 30 Young wom- |
en-. A buffet luncheon will be served at |
intermission.
Among the visitors in the city yester
day and to-day were the following peo
pie. Rev. George F. Fortier of st. Al
bans, George f. Spillane of Nashua, y.
H., Miss Margaret B. Daley of Burling
ton, I. r, Waterman of Burlington, j. II.
Kirchner of johnson, A. H. SWEET of Or
leans, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Savoie of
Windsor, G, G. Coombs of Manchester,
George b. Lang of Barton. George /.
Rainor of Auburn, Me-, j. K. Reed OF
Burlington, Robert NJ Haywood Of Bur
lington, Dr. II. n. Jackson of Burlington,
r. c, Beckett of Manchester, r. A. VII
lard of Franklin, Miss Natalie Benjamin
of Worcester, Mass, II. A. Walker OF /
Chelsea. Giuseppe Cardini of Melrose K
Mass, and J. NJ. Packard of Montreal,
p. Q. Z
The work of undoing the damage
caused by frozen waterpipe in the attic
Of the Blanchard block sometime Sun
day night and Monday morning was
started to-day although the bulk of the !
repairs necessary will not be completed {
for several days Estimates on the Z
amount of work necessary to restore the
west end of the Masonic lodge room and I
the ball room and banquet hall of st.
Aldemar commandery as well as the ban {
Iuet hall of the Pythans and Maccabees f
were being made to-day and a consider /
able outlay viii have TO be made on I
rooms leased by b. w. Hooker & Co. a
Much OF the furniture in Hooker & Co.'S
stock was removed from the danger zone
Is soon as the downpour of water from
he attic was discovered.
A number of Barre Red Men, members
If Iroquois tribe will be in East Barre !
his evening to be the guests of Wuchos ;
m tribe at the annual celebration of
birthday. On the list of "
peakers at the banquet, which is to be
ollowed by dance, are Alexander Ross &
# Barre, great sachem, DIR. +. c. Barrett h
# Montpelier, great senior sycamore, Al
nd William w. Russell Of this city. For
ne reason and another the annual Wash
ngton's birthday festival of the Barre -
ribe has been postponed until Friday =
vening. Elaborate preparations, how q
yer, are being made for the belated OBJ
ervance There will be feast then W
peechmaking and dancing afterward. re
everal prominent Red Men from outside d
he state are expected. I
The Bellows Falls Times makes the II
GLOWING commentary on the basketball ="
anne played last week between the W "
hamrock A. C. of Barre and the Com ~
any + team, which is to play return u
anne with the Shamrocks in the Church !"
rect gymnasium Thursday evening:
All the way from Barre came the Sham W.
Dcks Saturday evening to teach the
of Vermont the gentle art of on
ltting a round leather ball through a
pop. The stonecutters meant all right da
ut they didn't have the goods. Claim
g the state championship is an easy in
ling but to come through with a victory on
yer the real champs is the only way to
'p the title and the Barre boys realize in
1w that that little thing is true. At tn
-st the granitemen went into the fray
<e Uhlans and galloped around the court or
Sc colts, but when the first period end.
the slate showed that Company was SCI
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