The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-18
B. w. Hooker & Co., Inc.
Leading Furniture Dealers
TALK OFTH Il TOWN


Rexall calendar with every Christmas
+ purchase a. Russeils
\ fho ladies Of Clam Gordon viii bold d
regular meeting Tuesday Dee Is, at
#7:l5
live cents Oh every dollars worth ii
! cash register slips for cash purchases at
N p Phelps ca,
/ Fancywork Of All kinds Mrs Water
man. II Camp street. Tel 566 W, Or
Mrs. Shepard store
Anyone who has not received his
I Christmas club check j. requested to call
at Tho Barre Savings Bank 4 Trust 90.
| Music furnished for all occasions by
| Montpelier NJ band orchestra. Karl Fer
sell manager, phone Montpelier 30 W
Walter Griffin Of Merchant street who
is taking a vacation from his duties in
he plant 81 the Harrison Granite Co.,
left this morning for Brocktou, Mass,
where he il To pass the holidays IN tb,
home Of his brother
Finest musical, vocal and instrumen
tai, best American and Italian talent IN
Barre, at First Baptist church Friday
Dec u AT 100 D M Tickets for sale
with Dr ! i Plainfield pastor Brook
street Italian church
AT the instance Of the Barre police
department, the state commissioner Of
charities and probation is inyestiga ing
the ease al Bernard Lynch. the juvenile
who ran away from his father week
ago yesterday and sought refuge from
the cold BY applying 10 the farmhouse
III Mr. and Mrs Fuller. between Mid I
dIescx and Waterbury The lads lathe, /
was committed TO the county jail yes
terday and while the authorities are
considering the case young Lynch y re
naming IN The Fuller home. lie is an ,
unusually bright boy and has expressed +
a willingness 70 attend school AID work .
for his board if the home conditions are
improved. I
Best wishes for prosperous 1918 ac-
eompauied a choicely selected and prac
tical little holiday gift which Boutwell,,
Milne 6 Nanum, quarries Of the "Rocl;
II Ages are sending out to customers.
and friends The r. NJ. & v souvenirs
his year arc silver "Evcr7harp' pencils
with the name Of each recipient en-
grayed on the barrel The "Fvcrsharp'
i mechanical pencil that is built 10
write. The magazine holds rs inches OF
Extra lead enough to write one quarter
million words. Compressed drafting lead
: available and granite men will find
he pencil indispensable. Al the end :
VI the ferrlIe the company's slogan,
Rock Of Ages, appears against blue
!.
Store windows in Barre are taking ON
he appearance If Christmas aud yesteF !
lay holiday shopping began in real earn !
= up and down the business sect ion 4
Merchants appear TO have specialized in 2
PRACTICAL gifts and to day the bulk of
he purchasers have been looking TOR !
resentS of that sort once again dis 3
lay windows testify 20 the value of 4
ome town shopping against cats !.
lguc buying. and IN every store. appar- j
nilY an effort has been made 20 pro =
ide variety d merchandise for cvery /
1-ic. From now an until Christmas
NidHy buyers will BE- privileged TO shop Z
! tie evening. a. the stores are 10 re- :
lain open
Repairs immediately necessary arc br
Z made on The Oh town haJI recently 3
amaged hy ere aud Yesterday carpeu.
r. were busy restoring the main en-
.ancc a. The second llonr s. that els
'ret~ - he Lamb Printing 80. Z,
Ell g. ne concern, employee may na, =
ltc IL pick heir way over an iry
,Cen Just how f8f The ghrFc parties
iH tfe ownership % ~ huiid =
e intend o. - in The matter vi RS
su'i'aiIng The structure IS undecided 4
iIu~tor- have MT completed heir work
u tlc tate II tie ancient huildng viii
z e definitely known until their a. .
.r nude d i- possible that cAtru }
.r alterations. upstairs and down. viii
made before badly burned parts are J
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