The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

James f. Hayes of North Main street
was business visitor in Bethel to-day.
Dorothy Phillips in "The Price of ST
lence,' five-reeI Bluebird, at the Bijot
to- morrow.-adv.
Each member of the aldermanic board
the mayor, the city clerk and the city
Judge, as well as the heads of various de.
partments, have been supplied with a
cloth bound copy of the city's annual re.
port, the name of each recipient being
inscribed in gilt letters on the cover.
Dramatic talent in the Odd Ladies OF
Barre is being developed in anticipation
of an amateur entertainment to be given
! by Granite City lodge next week "A
Mans Voice" is the name of a farce that
! the Odd Ladies are to present and those
who have been assigned to parts are
bending every effort to make the enter
tainment a success. There are six per.
sons in the company and some of the
most desirable talent in the lodge has
been enlisted. "a Mans Voice" is a
playlet with two acts and offers a num-
Der of very humorous situations. The
play viii be presented on the evening of
March 0.
Matters of minor import were consid-
cred at the regular monthly meeting of
the school board at city hall last evening.
In the absence of H. e. Averill Commits
sioner Joseph Comolli of the fifth ward
acted as clerk. Minutes recording, among
other things, decision to raise BY $25
the minimum salary of grade teachers
were accepted and a motion to confer
with the members of the teaching staff in
regard to positions next year was carried.
Differences of opinion growing out of a
request for equipment in one of the
North Barre schools are said to have been
aired and one of the commissioners is
reported to have expressed his opinion
that the commission should 90 before the
city for more money if it develops that
not enough equipment is being provided.
Allan +. Church of Boston. a United
States district examiner, was at city hall
yesterday afternoon for an hour to con.
fer with prospective citizens, who are to
apply for first and second papers when
Clerk F. S. Platt of Rutland comes to
Barre for a session of naturalization
court late in March. The examiner no.
titled the candidates in advance and
those who appeared at the court room
were subjected to the customary exam
nation. Although a number of those
who are seeking citizenship did not APP
pear, a score or more conferred with Mr..
Church and were examined as to their fit
ness for naturalization. There is a size
able class of candidates awaiting to ap-
ply for papers and others viii be ready
to receive their final papers when Judge
H. B. Howe arrives at the capital next
month.
Friends in Barre of Rev. T. Fl. Mitchell,
a former pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in this city, will be interested to
learn that he is considering favorabyl a
call to the pastorate OF Old st. Andrews |
church in Toronto, Ont. At present Rev |
Mr.. Mitchell is and for some time has |
been pastor of st. Andrews Presbyterian |
church in Peterboro. Ont, where the To- |
al newspaper speaks in no uncertain |
terms of the regret manifested by the
'lergyman's parishioners over his possible /
transfer to the capital city of the prov
nee. The Peterboro Times says that the
all came to Rev. Mr. Mitchell without
solicitation and in letter to a friend in
Barre, the clergyman says he expects to
Iccept Rev. Mr. Mitchell is a graduate
II the University of Toronto and the
University of Winnipeg and took post
graduate course at Harvard. He is re-
rendered locally as a minister well be.
owed by all citizens, irrespective of de-
Iominational affiliations.