The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

Dt"iHpnu rings AT nun ..
White sport hats at Mrs. Shepard
Co., Inc.
Civilization" Park Theatre tonight
special musie.--adv.
Buy your tickets now for "The Cir
from Broadway."-adv.
Be sure and attend the s. III. S. alumni
ball Wednesday, June l3-adv.
c. F. Millar of Cliff street is attend
! ing the Masonic week festivities in Bur
lington.
Ben Wilson in "The Voice on the
Wire; also Harry Carey in "Going
Straight" at the Bijou to-day.--adv.
Angelo Marchetti, former resident
of Barre, who is now located in Rock
land, Me-, is passing a few days with
his brothers in Barre.
The item in yesterdays Times refer
ring to the purchase of a house by Mr..
and Mrs. l.. DeBlois should have located
the house in Maple Grove instead of Ma
pie avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Goodreault, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Goodreault and Miss Dor
othy Goodreault of Concord and MIR. and
Mrs. Arsene Provincial of st. Johnsbury
have returned to their homes, after pass
ing few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
DeBlois of Maple avenue.
Much progress is being made by the
cast which is to present THE Girl from
Broadway" for the benefit of G company
in the opera house next week. The Pa
vilion theatre is being used advantage
ously for rehearsals, although the dress
rehearsals are to be held in the opera
house. The advance sale of tickets has
been large.
John Dineen, who recently passed the
physical examination for the United
States navy at the recruiting station in
Burlington, has received orders to pro-
coed at once to the naval training sta.
ton in Newport, R. |. He will be accom-
panied by Charles Mccarthy of Summer
street, who, having passed the examina
ton some weeks ago, has been awaiting
orders to report.
G. f. Grossarth, Burlington grocery
salesman, and his companion, Roy Tup-
per, encountered thrilling experience
soon after leaving Barre for Burlington
Monday night. They had not gone far
north before the runabout in which they |
were riding skidded and presently nosed
its way over a bank. Upper was
thrown heavily to the ground, but the |
driver kept a firm grasp on the wheel
and was still on duty when the little car
stopped rolling. Neither of the men was
injured but an inventory of the car dis.
closed several damaged parts. Both Mr..
Grossarth and Mr.. Upper are well
known in Barre.
The body of Mrs. Frances (Bigelowl
Averill, wife of L. A. Averill. former
resident of Barre, whose death in Alta,
Cal, Thursday, June 7. followed long
illness, arrived in the city over the Cen
trail Vermont railroad at 2 o'clock this
accompanied by Mr. Averill and
MS daughter, Miss Ruth Averill who was
allied to California some months ago by
Ter mothers illness. The body was TAX
N to the home of DR.. w. E. Lazell of
South Main street, where funeral serv
ces will be held Thursday afternoon at
o'clock. Rev. w. ]. NJ. Beattie, rector
# the Church of the Good Shepherd, will
,fficiate and interment is to be made in
he family lot at Elmwood cemetery.
Manager John p. Eames of the Park !
heatre has leased the Playhouse in
Montpelier and viii conduct the theatre !
n connection with his business here. He :
ucceeds Leon Schultz, who recently be- |
anne associated with another amuse- I
nent house in the capital after having a
the new house for several J
months. With the acquisition of the Y
Playhouse, Manager Eames now controls s
hree theatres in the two cities, the Il
bird being the Pavilion theatre in this a
ity, now idle, which he leased of r. T.. {
henderson early in the spring. The pol '
" of dividing attractions at the Play I
ouse between moving pictures and road {
bows win be continued, although the v
ew lessee eontemplates a number of in :
ovations, shich he will introduce in a
with improvements in the
ark theatre. The Playhouse is de-
ribbed as one of the most modern the
tres in Vermont and was opened last
I'll under suspicious circumstances.