The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-16
TALK OF THE TOWN


See the novelty hats just arrived at
Mrs. Shepard Co.'S store. adv
Baby carriages, seighs, runners or
robes. SadIier's. Keith avenue.
| Buy Victrolas and Sonora talking
machines to-day at Bailey's Music
| Rooms
Call at the new dry goods store,
Pearl street, for your useful Christmas
gifts. Mrs. G. NJ. Halves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Akin of East
Barre have gone to Middleboro Mass,
where they will spend the winter
Regular meeting of the Ladies of
Clan Gordon will be held this evening
at 7;l5. All officers-eleet please be
present,
! Regular meeting of Bright Star Re-
bekah lodge, No. is, Wednesday even
ing, Dee. II, at 80 O'Clock Election
of officers.
/ Miss !. p Nourse, who for the past
few days has been in Boston in the in
terests of the Adams Co store, has re-
| turned TO Barre.
The Peoples Shoe Store will be closed
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in
preparation for the big sale commenc-
ing Friday morning, Dec. 10, ut o
O'Clock adv.
Mrs. Lillian Hodgdon returned to her
home in Gorham N H., to-day For
the past month she has been the guest
OF her brother, II. Il. Hodgdon, Of High
land avenue.
Why pay high prices for cheap Swiss
bracelet watches We have all Amer
lean makes, including Walthams, Elgins
and Hamitons The Phillips & Lucas
Store, Montpelier
Fred Davidson left this morning for
the Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling.
! ton, where he will submit to examina-
ton and treatment at intervals OF ev
cry three months.
Special meeting Of Rnth chapter, No
SO, O. T. s., Thursday evening, Dec Is,
at 7:30. This being past matron's and
past patrons night, the work will be
exemplified by them. Supper served at
6 o'clock
DR. j. H. Woodruff will be at Q Keith
avenue, between the hour of 1880 and
230 and I and p, m every day until
/ further notice, His telephone call will
be DIOR, DIR. Woodruff will reside at
Hotel Barre until his family is out Of
quarantine.
A. A. Favor Of Spaulding street left
yesterday for Boston, where he is to
attend a general chairmen meeting Of
the railroad brotherhoods. Before re-
turning home, Mr.. Favor win visit his
son, Marvin Larivee of Springfield.
Mass.
The civies department of the Barre
Womans club wishes to thank all those
who contributed toward the rummage
sale held last week As result Of the
sale, $50 was turned over to Miss Grid
! ley to be used in special work which
she is doing in the city
The annual meeting Of the Barre
Quarters and Granite Manufacturers
association viii be held in the Granite
| Manufacturers association rooms at .
o'clock Wednesday morning, Dec. 20
At this meeting the officers for the en-.
suing year will be elected.
! A regular meeting Of the Vermont
! Poultry association will be held in the
| city hall on Wednesday evening, Dec
| II, at 1880. AS this is the last meeting
before the annual exhibition it is ear.
nestly requested that every member
make special effort to be present.
When eggs are selling at 10 cents
each il pays TO keep only the laying
kind Bring your birds to the Yer
mont Poultry association show at the
Pavilion on Pearl street Dec. %. "a
and 25, and let the government poultry
expert demonstrate to YOU the only
profitable birds to keep
J. j. Travers, former employe Of
the n d, Phelps Hardware Co, ar,
rived in Barre yesterday for a short
visit, and left this morning for his
home in White6eld, n. H. Mr.. Trayers
left Barre several months ago Tor the
Pittsford sanitarium, where he has
been taking treatment since that time
He returns much improved in health
and expects to return to work in the
early part Of the year,
The Merchants association has ex
tended its cooperation to the American
Legion by agreeing to close the stores
on Thursday and Friday evenings, SO
that the Christmas shopping viii not
interfere with the attendance of any
one at the performances of Marrying
Mary" on those nights So don't miss
this, the big event of the theatrical
season. but come and bring your fam.
lily, for this is a play which will ap.
peal to old and young adv,
Considerable interest is being shown
over the wrestling match to be staged
1 in the Socialist hall, Granite street on
Wednesday night. Ii has been several
years since Barre sports have had an
opportunity of witnessing battle row
al on the mat and no doubt there will
be large crowd at the ringside to-
morrow night. Joe Shimkus. the Lith.
uanian middleweight, remembered here
as member of the Beacon carnival
shows, will meet Joe Santos Santos
is known as the big Italian and makes
his headquarters at PeekskiH, n. Y.
He has wrestled many OF the heavy
weights up and down New York state,
among whom are Zbysko and Stecker.
If sufficient support Il given the pro.
motors, other matches win be put on in
Barre this winter.
| PLEASING Recital Given at Goddard