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


w. w. Perkins of Bethel was among
the business visitors in the city yester
day.
"The Price of Silence" at the Bijou to.
morrow. Be sure to see this picture
adv.
Gasoline engine, six horsepower, to be
sold at City Auction Market Saturday at
2 p. m. 0. II. Hale, auctioneer.
There will be meeting of the Barre
Milk Producers association tomorrow
evening at Worthen hall at o'clock.
C. M. Wiley of Maple Grove returned
this morning from business visit of a
few days in st. Johnsbury and Boston.
Our rubber boots and shoes are fresh
from factory, no old stock. Prices are
cut. We allow you 5 per cent discount.
Eastman Bros.
Mrs. c. F. Stevens, who has been Wis
| iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Sanborn of Chelsea during the past two
months, returned to the city to-day.
The Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co.
will be closed Thursday afternoon at
! 80 because of the funeral of Charles L..
Currier. a director and vice president of
the institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lander of South
Main street left this noon for Lebanon,
n. H., where they will spend several
days visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison Lander.
G. S. Currier, G.. E.. of Elkin, N. c., a
former resident Of Barre, arrived in the
city this morning, having been called here
by the illness and death of his father,
Charles L. Currier OF Washington street.
A silver cup won by Barre school chill
dren last fall at the annual exhibit OF
the Winooski Valley Association Of Boys
and Girls is exhibited in the display win
dow at the store of b. w. Hooker & Co.
The cup is the gift of the Montpelier
Board of Trade.
Listenl Information! There Is moth
ing in the way OF living so cheap to-day
as beef by the quarter or half quarter.
Now is the time of year to cure your
dried beef and corn it. (Anyone can do
it, Don't wait for high prices, but tel
ephone 7s7-M. &. X. Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l. Chauvin, who
had been visiting relatives here since Feb.
20, left yesterday for Shelburne, where
they will reside. Mr.. Chauvin and Mrs.
Edward Boulerice, widow, both former
ly of Barre, were married Feb. 10 in st.
Catholic church in Shelburne
by Rev. f. J. Henry.
Leonard Lander OF South Main street, |
who has been student at Albany Bus
mess college during the past two months, I
II Ca,
in Barre yesterday. To-day, Mr.. Lander
leaves for Albany n. y, where he has /
accepted position in the Albany Office T
Of the Standard Oil company
Tomat Clio Batta, Jumper employed |
at the plant of Giudici Bros. in the vii.
lev street meadow, suffered painful in
Jury this morning when he caught his /
eft hand in a circular saw while work
ing in the boxing department, DR.. J. A.
Wark was called and an examination
showed that the end of the thumb and
first finger had been amputated by the
saw. Mr.. Clio Batta was removed to the 4
7ity hospital, where the injured fingers 4
we're dressed.
Notice, ladies of the Barre Sewing
Tub for the Allies; A sewing meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. Mar
,aret Stephens, 80 Maple avenue, Thurs
lay evening at 7 o'clock. Let there be a
arge attendance as the consignment is
Ilmost finished and towels have to be
aped and the remainder of the bandages
oiled. VIII the home workers please no.
ice and send in all work or notify if un-
bic to finish or return so that the work
an be finished by the club? This con
ignment will probably be shipped around
lay 8.
Representatives of three amusement
ouses in Barre and one in Brattleboro
rent from this city last evening to the
apital to attend meeting called for the
urpose of organizing the Vermont
ranch of the Motion Picture Exhibitors
,eague of America Edward F. Earring |
on of Barre acted as chairman and the
biects of the league were explained by
,rnest II. Horstmann of Boston, presi-
ent of the Massachusetts branch, who
credited with being pioneer in the
loving picture industry of America Mr.
[orstmann is said TO have shown the
rst moving picture in this country at
sburv Park, n j.. more than IL years
go. The following temporary officers
ere named: President, f. r. Hutchin-
IN of Burlington; vice president, John
Whalen of Burlington; secretary, John
. Eames of Barre; treasurer, X. W. Ken
lie of Springfield. Around 80 men in
crested in the development of the NOV
" picture business in Vermont were
resent and after organization had been
thoroughly discussed, adjournment was
ken to a date in the near future.