The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-24
TALK OF THE TOWN
Buy sheet music At Bailev.s.

( safe az IHe iNeu If0sS Gnafmacy.--adY.
Basketball, Spalding VS. alumni. on
Friday night at s o'clock Admission,
l5c and 25c.-ady
For yonr Christmas dinner order a
brick of our delicious ice cream. All
| flayors. Barre Drug Co.
Don't forget the dance in city hall,
Montpelier, Christmas night Carrolfs
orchestra of eight pieces. adv. \
Mrs. II. A, Dunbar Of North street,
who for the past two weeks has been
| i'll, is improving rather slowly.
Big consignment of sleds and aero
planes just arrived and will be sold at
low prices. c, w. Averill & Co.
Don't miss the Christmas dance in
Rowland hall Thursday evening. Dane
ing to |. Gilbertson's orchestra. adv
Benefit dance, for the benefit Of the
Peerless basketball team, Rowland hall,
Friday, Dec. % CAROLS orchestra.
adv
| What could be better for asChristmas
| gift than a pair of seats for My Sol
der Girl?" Opera house, Christmas
matinee and evening. adv
Miss Christine H. Rae of New Lon
don, Conn, arrived in the city to-day
and viii spend Christmas with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Rae OF 62
| Brook street
Miss Evelyn Joslyn and Elsie Long,
teachers in North Fayston, who had
been visiting Mrs, George Murray of "a
! Circle street, have returned to their
homes in Waitsfeld,
William $. Junkett, an agent Of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company,
has gone to his home in Castleton to
pass Christmas and attend on that day
the wedding OF his sister.
Miss Mary Mccarthy Of II Summer
street has completed her care Of a
pneumonia patient in Cabot, where for
the past 10 days she has been per,
forming the duties OF nurse.
Mrs. William Pratt of Boston and
her brother, Alfred Mckay, of East
Boston plan to pass the holiday with
their mother, Mrs. Isabella Mckay Of
90 Cliff street,
Joseph Tacey, well known to many
Of the "old timers arrived m the city
! last night to visit his mother, Mrs.
Hamel, Of South Main street. and call
on few friends during the holidays,
for the first time in more than eight
years.
Frank Wells and Daniel Bertrand,
students Of Amherst college at Am.
herst, Mass, arrived home to-day for
the holiday recess. Last evening two
Of their Spauding classmates. Floyd
Gerard and Harold Bison. from Bow
doin college, Brunswick, Me-, came to
Barre.
Holidays for the granite workmen in
Barre were regulated by the amount
of work their employers have orders to
produce Most Of the larger granite
firms ceased operations this afternoon
for tomorrow only and intend to do
| the same on New Years day Others
ceased for the remainder of the week,
while still more halted this afternoon
for Today vacation
On the Merlo alleys last evening the
Ozarks executed a wonderful come
back to their old form OF bowling and
for the first time this season over
whelmingly defeated, in three string
match, Tosi's academy team AT the
final tally the five Ozark players
strings totaled 1899 pins, while that
| of their opponents reached only 1888,
defeat Of GG pins, d. Calcagni Of the
Ozarks in one string knocked down 100
pins, the best string on record in
Barre this season.
Mrs. John A. Gray of 2s Pleasant
| street, for two years janitress at the
Park theatre, is now at her home after
/ two thrilling cross. Atlantic jour
neys. In fact, she is confined TO her
bed by illness contracted through the
/ last experience. On August % she
and her eight year old son, Harold,
sailed from Montreal on the Corsican
for her home in Aberdeen, Scotland.
| When the ship was Just out Of the
straits of Belle Isle near the st. Law
renee gulf it ran onto an iceberg and,
! in order to prevent terrible catas-
trophe, all the engines Of the vessel
were reversed The bottom OF the boat
ground on the berg, but suffered no
serious damage This trip to Scot
land lasted l6 days, After visiting
for three months with her parents. Mrs
/ Gray and son started the return jour
| ney on Dec. 3, and sailed from Liver
1 pool, England When 500 miles of
Cape Race the steamship Carmania, on
which Mrs. Gray was sailing was
struck by the steamship Maryland. Sc
severe was the crash that lifeboats
were ordered lowered and all prepare
tions for the saving Of passengers were
/ in operation when sos signals sum
moned other steamers. Both large YES.
sells were severely damaged though the
! Carmania suffered the greatest dam
age Accompanied by three other large
vessels ii made its way to Halifax
where for four days 1t received tempo,
rary repairs before proceeding on tc
/ New York, the destination Of Mrs
! Gray As a souvenir Of the accident
MIS- Gray secured a bolt an inch thick
which was twisted off by the collision
The weather at sea during the last
Journey was rough during the entire
/ II day Voyage and considered by the
captain OF the Carmania as the worst
in 40 years. Besides these extraordi-
nary events, three births occurred dur
fing the return Journey, two of the chill
dren being twins One OF the twins
died and was buried al sea IRE Yelling
II from Scotland with Mrs Gray and son
Mert Mrs Alex. Miller and two d9ueh.
tiers. Elizabeth and Marcglla, who tor.
merly resided in the Curl'ier block on
North Main street. They were return.