The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-08
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Food sale tomorrow afternoon at 3
O'Clock, yestry of the Episcopal church
adv
A daughter was born this morning 10
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Watson oil 10
Highland avenue.
Baked beans and brown bread and oth-
or good things for sale tomorrow az tue
Episcopal yestry adv.
Tonight at the capital the Vncltia
and Apollo clubs will meet for the second
of four tournaments in billiards, pool
and whist
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, who
were recently married in Lebanon ~
H., are visiting at the home oil MI
and Mrs. L. r. Prize for week.
WHY worry about preparing sunday
dinner when Hotel Barre is serving a
turkey dinner with all the tixings Sun
dav, Feb. 10, for 70 cents? j. V, Rowen,
manager
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wiquest and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wiquest OF Port
Henry, n. Y, are passing several days
in Granitevile, where they were called
by the illness of Mrs. John Cox.
Bargains, bargains! All millinery
goods must be sold by Feb. 10. Call and
save money. Also few straw hats that
will do for summer wear. 50 Washing
ton street Miss L. T.. Townsend.
Friends in Barre of Miss Ellen Badger
| of Mortified, who visits here frequently
will hear with regret of injuries which
she received recently in a fall in her
room at Mortified. She is able to be
about but little.
Mrs. o. NJ. Waterman has returned
tn her home in Morrisvile, after pass
ING several DAYS with her sister Mrs.
Hugh Cushman of Averill street, who mas
been confined to the house by an attack
of sore throat.
At a meeting of the Barre Granite
| Manufacturers association last evening IN
manufacturers hall, Fred Whittemore OF
Burlington and +. F. Barrette of Ports
mouth, n. H., representatives OF the m
ternal revenue department, spoke inior-
mally on the income tax.
William Craig Of 10 Eastern avenue
who has been substitute mail carrier
and granite worker in the city, has gone
Ito Portland, Me-. where he has an excel
Ilent position in munitions factory. lis
family win join him there later, Mrs
ICraig's uncle, William Dawson, resides
in the Maine city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mcleod and son
of Washington street have gone to
Greensboro. where they are passing sew
eral weeks with W. ). Ingalls,. Mr.. Nc
Ieod is waiting call 10 duty IN the
III s. navy. having enlisted Just before
his departure from Barre. His wife and
daughter plan to make an extended stay
in Greensboro.
Morrisvlle exchange has the fol
lowing comment on the basketball game
between Spaulding high school and PEG
pies academy in that village recently
The visitors are one of the snappiest anc
best trained quintets seen ON the loca
floor in recent years. Some excellent
team work was shown by both sides, The
, passing of the visitors being at times Of
high order. Geas, Mann and Morse ex
celled for the Barre team.
An 3LL1dGINeit al ldiiStu NhihoN -
, hibit, with big and little boxes of th'
famous CONNECTION fastidiously bound II
ribbon streamers of red, white and blu'
NAV be seen at the Barre Candy kitch
! en- where Paige & Shaw week is e
open Saturday. Specialties OF Paige &
Shaw bon bons, gum drops and van
nougats are to be offered and an eiior
will be made to aequaint the public witt
, the toothsome products of Paige Shaw
They are to be found only at the Barre
Candy Kitchen.
Among the guests arriving at Hote
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: l.. +. Corey o
Manchester. owen Johnson and j. NJ
Ward of Springfield, II w. Read o
Stonehaven. y. b.. " NJ. Lindquist o
Sioux Fa'> Ia. c. b. Duncan OF Me
Indoes, T. W. Stevens of Rutland, Mis-
Mabel MAYNARD of Chelsea, L. \. Pro
vost of Rutland. II. b. Lang of Spring
field. W. c. Trombley of Bolton, c, B
Boldwin of Mortified, S. NJ. Macdonald
of Boston.
: Sec. II. p. Human of the Granite Man
r ufacturers association returned to tn
eitv Yesterday. after a three weeks trll
through the middle West and along TIL
, Atlantic seaboard. As the representa-
tive of the local association he addresses
state retailers conventions in Danvile
ILL.,, Milwaukee. Wis, st. Paul, MINI
Des Mones, Ia, and Trenton \. j
Among former Barre residents wit
whom he came in touch while absent wa
Ronald Gauld. at one time membe
of the firm of Gauld & Robertson, VIII
is now employed as a salesman by th
Capital Hill Granite Co. in Des Moine'
While in Minnesota, the secretary visit
ed the rapidly growing granite city o
st. Cloud. Everywhere on his travels h
!. was impressed by the havoc wrought i
railroad circles by the cold weather an
snow.
Carefully compiled data on file at tn
office of the Barre Granite Manufacture
ers' association indicates that 1917 wa
! the largest year in the history of th
/ industry On basis of 2S0 workin
! davs. the manufacturers payroll wa
S3.J70.O00, and the estimated overhea
expenses were Sl.Tsj.000. Despite a ?
] per cent labor shortage and the seriou
i curtailment of ears. actual tonnage iig
l ures show that more monumental gran
ite was qusrried and shipped from Mill
stone hill than ever before. All toll
.27s tons of monumental granite wer
quarried and shipped, net gain of ,
$50 over 1914. the largest previous yea
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