The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Easter cards at Bell & Houstons.
Dance in Rowland hall tonight; gents,
soc; ladies free.ady
Scissors, razors and safety razor blades
sharpened at Browns Drug Store.
Dance in Socialist hall, Granite street,
Saturday night, Landi's orchestra adv
Miss Marie Mortimer of Springfield is
passing a few days with friends of this
city.
Fresh arrival to-day of Paige & Shaw
chocolates and bonbons. Barre Candy
Kitchen.
James Stephens of Madison street left
yesterday morning on business trip to
Warren, Ohio,
Miss Eva Desjardins has returned to
Quebec after passing a month visiting
her parents at / Union street
Privates John and Donald Mcdonald
and Ernest J.. Hutchinson ended their
72-hour Burroughs to-day and returned
TO Camp Devens.
Miss Clementine Calcagni, who attends
the Massachusetts state normal school
at Bridgewater, is spending the Easter
vacation with her parents in this city.
Frank Shields of STAFFORD answered
once more TO a charge of intoxication in
city court this morning and was re-
leased after paying fine of $l5 and
costs of $685.
Arthur D. Young of the Young Bros.
granite firm has been detained at his
home on the Montpelier road for the past
week with the grip, although he was
able to be out yesterday
There win be no services in the Pres
i.,4.
Sunday school as usual. Rev. James
Ramage will occupy the pulpit in the
evening. VIII the session please meet in
the evening before service for few min
utesl
Beginning Monday, April IA, the Of
flee hours of Gage 4 Gage, chiropractics,
will be as follows; . to 10 a. m, Tues
days, Wednesdays, Fridays and Satur-
days; $3.50 to s p. M, Mondays, Wednes-
days, Thursdays and Fridays; to 2:30
p. m, Tuesdays and Thursdays adv.
The Barre Board Of Trade win hold it's
annual meeting Tuesday evening, April
Is, in the granite manufacturers rooms,
G. w. Ayerill block, to transact the fol.
lowing business: To hear the reports of
officers and committees, election Of Off
GERS for the ensuing year and TODD any
other proper business. H. A. Phelps,
clerk.
That the Spaulding players arc build.
ing a statewide reputation is evinced by
the fact that people come from away to
witness them. Miss Martha Abbott of
Swanton came to Barre yesterday to at
tend the play last night, returning to-
day to her home Miss Abbott stopped
over night with Miss Mary Tomasi, a
teacher at Spaulding.
The Montpelier and Burlington basket
ball game which was supposed to have
been played this week, will take place,
if an agreement can be made about the
floor to be played upon, during the early
part of next week The two teams, thus
far, fail to agree, Montpelier wishing TO
stage it in Morrisville, and Burlington
at st. Adams, So the matter stands. We
all hope they will decide before next
June, for there surely must be cham
pion among the three contesting teams.
Last evening at 6:l5 a telephone call
from the south end brought the regulars
OF the fire station TO fire at the covered
bridge on South Main street. Defective
wires had started a small blaze in the
roof but it was discovered in time to
prevent serious damage Harry Wilder
Of the Consolidated Lighting company
was summoned, and he caused the power
to be shut off, leaving that end Of the
town without electricity for about an
hour. New wiring replaced the danger
ous defective wires.
The heavy downpour Of rain last night
made an enormous amount OF work for
the linemen OF the Montpelier & Barre
Light & Power Co. Two electric poles
located between Wiley street and Jones
Brothers plant were dislocated by the
| onrushing waters from the gravel banks.
One of the poles toppled over. Luckily
it was leaning toward the bank rather
| than the road, as serious accident
| might have been sustained by some tray-
] eler Notwithstanding the quantity Of
trouble, all repairs were completed and
everything was in working order again
before 0 o'clock last night
Lieutenant Howard II. Reid is back
in the city and viii soon reopen the den
fist office of the late DIR. c. w Steele in
the Rowland building. He has pur-
chased the entire equipment Of the office
I and is to resume the profession Of den
fist. Dr. Reid left Barre about eighteen
, months ago to enlist in the navy, sery-
ing in various stations in the states, at
Richmond, Va, Paris Island, s. G. and
Philadelphia. Two weeks ago he OBJ
tanned his discharge from Washington
Since then he and Mrs. Reid have been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. G
Wright, at Sherbrooke, p. Q. Mrs. Reid
and their four weeks old daughter, are
expected in Barre in about week
a social gathering consisting Of Odd
: Ladies and their husbands and Odd Eel.
lows and wives was given last evening
in the Knights of Columbus hall by the
Odd Ladies. The entertainment for the
evening was mostly dancing, with light
refreshments served by the general com.
mittee at 1890 Music for the occasion
was furnished by Smiths orchestra. The
committee in charge was as follows
Miss Nellie Bianchi, Mrs. w Stephens
Mrs. Alfred Milne, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs
David Saultner, Mrs. Maria Watt. Miss
Josephine Rizzi, Mrs. Nellie Scampini
Miss Alvira Giudici, Miss Gladys Comolli
and Mrs. Harry Davidson. 1t was very
successful evening of jollity due to the
efforts Of those in charge. In spite oil
I the weather large number were present