The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

S. Levin of Merchant street, left to-day
| for an indefinite visit with friends and
relatives in Albany, N. Y.
Rummage sale, Presbyterian church,
| Saturday, May "a, at o'clock. Leave
! bundles at church any evening or at John
| Stewart, 10 Central street.--adv.
Ladies' and misses coats, capes, dol
mans, suits and dresses by express this
date. Special prices on this delayed
shipment. Sadlier, Keith ayenue.--adv.
Largest line OF new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
| get prices. L. A. Prindle, Worthen
block
! The U. G. w. of A. will hold their
regular meeting in carpenters hall on
Tuesday evening, May 20, at o'clock.
Initiation A good attendance desired.
Fin. Sec. G. E. Cheney.
Tosi Bross of 10 Perrin street and e,
Ceresoli of IA Central street, both mem
bers of small granite manufacturing con-
Germs in the Blackwell street sector,
started on weeks business trip Sat
urday to Buffalo, N. Y.
Thomas O'Connor, just released from
overseas service after nearly two years
in the army, arrived in Barre Saturday
afternoon from Waterville, Me-, for a
few days stay at the home of Miss Mil
bred Clark of Abbott avenue
Mr.. and Mrs, Floyd Stanton, who came
to be present at the interment of their
child's body in Hope cemetery, have re-
| turned to their home In Montreal. Dur
ing their stay in this city they were
guests of Mrs, Mary Watkins of Summer
street.
The baseball game at Morrisville last
Saturday afternoon between Spaulding
and Peoples academy was recorded as an
unfinished game due to rainy weather.
Though five innings were played and the
Morrispille team had the lead of one
score, which stood 3 to 2, the game was
called by the umpire with neither nine
being credited for the five innings.
The indicated Combination baseball
team defeated the Webstervile team at
Websterville Saturday by the score of
8 to 6 although they had to 90 IA in
nings to do the trick. The Combina-
tons battery was Comolli and Wiley,
while Nutbrown, Beaton and Rogers
were in the points for the Websterville
team This game makes four victories
for the Combination
William Lyon Phelps, professor Of
English literature at Yale college, has
consented to appear at the Spaulding
graduation exercises the evening of June
20 to give an address. For the past few
years attempts have been made to secure
Professor Phelps to speak on this i'm
portant event, but because Of country
wide reputation as speaker, Spaulding
failed. This year, early in the winter,
correspondence reached him in time to
have June 20 set aside as the day to visit
Barre.
The local drive conducted by the He'd
ding Methodist church in connection with
the Sl05,O00,000 centenary fund Of the
whole church organization started off
well yesterday, approximately one-half
of the desired amount, S326l annual
payment, having been pledged during
the first day of the effort There are
still large number of the members and
adherents of the church to be seen in
connection with the campaign, and it is
the expectation that the entire quota Of
Hedding church will be raised during
the remainder of the week Eight teams
made up Of two persons for each team
are engaged in the canvass, and they
will meet each night to make report OF
progress until the campaign is concluded
The Goodrich Tire company has adopt
ed novel form of advertising its goods
on the state roads near various impor-
tant cities Of the state. Large boards
are erected in the form of an open his
tory book beside which stands quill
and ink bottle. In each is written some
important fact derived from the city
some time in the past and in most cases
is well-known phrase of one of the
most distinguished citizens These boards
5re placed four miles from each munich
PATTY where advertising is believed to
prove most fruitful, and are artistically
arranged to hold the interest of tourist
and traveller. Though these wooden
structures were erected at different times
during the winter months, only recently
was the curiosity of the public satisfied
as to the final use to which the curiously
carved boards we're to be put.
The annual alumni ball OF Spaulding
high school will be held in the school
assembly hall Wednesday evening, June
Is. This year elaborate plans are be-
ing made that it may be the greatest
success ever known in the history Of the
school. That the lads who ended their
school days to fight for their country
before having graduated, and other for
mer students who left the school in
good standing, but through some mis-
fortune were unable to complete their
course, may take part in the occasion,
the committee having decided not to re-
strict the dancing privileges to students
of the junior and senior years and mem
bers of the alumni, but to extend them to
, those already mentioned. Arrangements
have been completed whereby few nov.
elites will be interviewer during the
peace celebration of the old.time school
mates. The services of Landi's six best
musicians have been secured for the
event and several novelties, unlike any
produced in this vicinity before, are to
add to the enjoyment. The following
persons are members of the committee
arranging for all particulars Miss Eva
Smith, Charles Littel, Mildred McGue,
Norman Gordon and Francis Burke