The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
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| coupons pay for some of your Christmas
| presents.
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ. band orchestra, Karl For
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 232-W.
A business meeting Of the mems club
of the Presbyterian church will be held
in the vestry Tuesday evening at 1880.
"Fun in Theatrical Office" Rowland
hall, Dec. L. Admission, Csc; under IL
years, l5c. Benefit Episcopal chor.--ad.
A regular meeting of Jumpers, boxers
and derrickmen's branch, No. so, will be
held in Eagles hall Tuesday evening,
Dec. IL, at 1880 o'clock. Election OF Off
GERS. Per order secretary.
The ladies' union of the Presbyterian
church will hold their regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Kenneth
McRae, Merchant street, Tuesday even
ing, Dec. il, at 1880. A large attendance
is desired.
George l.. Ross and Leo B. Parker, bak-
ers, whose names appeared among those
turned down at the navy recruiting sta
ton. Montpelier, claim they were not
turned down. that they visited the sta
ton for information only, and were not
examined.
Can't. T.. w. Gibson, detailed from the
LIST Vermont infantry, now stationed at
Camp Greene, Charlotte N. c., left Barre
last night for Springfield, after having
assisted in the examination of recruits at
city hall Yesterday Serg. w. e. Hudson
returned to White River Junction this
morning.
The following item from a Burlington
exchange will be of interest locally; Mrs.
III. E. Leonard Of Barre, formerly Miss
Mary Mccartney of this city, has taken
rooms at the Burlington apartments,
where she will be located for the win
ter. Mrs Leonard is very successful
magazine writer, under the name OF
Mary Mccartney Leonard
Peter Hamel OF Wellington street, who
has been employed as clerk in the Mar
ron tobacco store for several years, com
pleted his duties Saturday night and be.
gan work this morning in the office OF
the Barre Gas company in Depot square,
succeeding Carl Nelson, who has gone TO
Philadelphia to locate. Mr.. Hamel is sue
ceeded in the Marion store by Charles
Emslie, former employe in the Marion
cigar shop, who recently returned to this
city from Boston.
The ladies' aid of the Baptist church
will have a Christmas sale, supper and
social Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. ii
and IL. Supper Tuesday night; menu:
Beef loaf, mashed potato, pickles, hot
rolls, assorted cake, tea, coffee. Supper
served from 81: 80 to 7. Price, 25c, Sale
| Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and
evenings of fancywork bags, food,
aprons, handkerehiefs and vegetables
There will be a fve-cent social Wednes-
day evening.-adv.
Alex j. Smith of South Ryegate, who
was visitor in the city Saturday, ex
poets to leave Vermont in few days
1 for Jacksonville, Fla, where he was as
signed after his enlistment in the quar-
termaster's department of the regular
army short time ago. He will be ae-
companied by Raymond Beaton of South
| Ryegate, former student at Spaulding
high school, who also enlisted in the
quartermaster's corps.
Friends in Barre of Miss Ethel Badger,
niece of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Badger OF
/ Eastern avenue, and formerly engaged
as nurse at the City hospital, will be
| interested in the following item from
! MorrisvilIe: Miss Ethel Badger left
/ Thursday for Portland. Ne, where her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Campbell make their home Miss Badger !
expects to remain permanently, having |
position in that city as district nurse. |
G. +. Smith, auctioneer,. was at Wa
| terbury Center Saturday holding sale
for Dow j. Adams, administrators OF the |
| Leonard Huntley estate. Real estate con-
sisting of 10 acres OF land and buildings |
sold for So 100 10 tons OF hay brought |
SI3 per ton in the barn. Mr.. Huntley |
had been a blacksmith and wheelwright |
in his lifetime. 80 number of wagons,
carriages, sleds and sleighs were disposed |
of, with a full line of blacksmith's and
wheelwright's and carpenters tools, II
swarms of bees, farm tools, household |
furniture, etc, and all brought very sat
isfaetory prices. It was rather a cold
day, but a nice large crowd turned out
for the sale
December skies will contain one visi-
BILE eclipse, and two Of the seven eclipses
which occur in 1917, are due this month
Seven is the maximum number possible
in any one year, and according to the
astronomers, the maximum, reached for
the last time in 1905, will not occur
again until 1885. The first of the two
eclipses due this month will be an an
nular eclipse of the sun Friday, which
will not, however, be visible in the Unit
ed States. The last eclipse of the year
will be of the moon and will be total.
II will occur in the early morning of
Dec. %. and will be visible throughout
the United States As seen in this see
ton of New England, the moon will en-
ter penumbra at :54 a. m. At this time
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