The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-01
Talk OF THE TOWN

Phelps Co. Show your colors.
All Odd Ladies going to Graniteville
tonight please meet at the waiting room
at o'clock.
Largest line of fireworks and novelties
in town at Lander's Cigar Store and bill
lizard parlor.-adv.
Regular meeting of Bright Star Re-
bekah lodge, No. Is, Wednesday evening,
July 2, at o'clock.
Best choice Of percales and white dam
, ask table cloths The Little Dry Goods
Store, 5 Cottage street.
Miss Mary Geals of Brook street has
gone to Park View, n. H., where she has
employment for the summer months.
A regular meeting of Knights of Co
lumbus will be held in the club rooms
Wednesday evening, July 3 at Z o'clock.
Public dance in Rowland hall July s.;
special music by Gilbertson's orchestra.
Dancing 8 to l gents 81, ladies free,
adv.
Miss Grace Morgan of Prospect street
is assisting in the clerical work at the
granite manufacturers office for few
| days.
The ladies of Clan Gordon will hold
their regular meeting Tuesday evening,
July /, at 7;l5, Balloting and initia-
| ton.
The Barre City band will not give the
usual Wednesday night band concert this
week, but viii give concert Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs John Booth of Hill street,
who motored to Boston week ago, re-
| turned to the city last evening after an
enjoyable trip
| Elector Blair and son. RUSSELL went
yesterday afternoon to West Chazy, N.
! Y, to pass three or four days with Mr.,
Blair's father.
T. Gilbert of st. Sylvester, p O., is a
business visitor in the city. He will be
here for few days in the interests of
granite quarrying.
Mrs Elizabeth Brock, daughter, Janet,
and son, George left this noon Spr Beth
lehem, N. H., where they will remain
| during the summer months.
| The mission circle of the Universalist
church. which was to hold its annual
picnic and meeting Thursday afternoon
of this week, has postponed the same.
| A piano recital will be given in the
Uniyersalist vestry Wednesday evening
at s o'clock by Miss Dorothy Shaw, a
pupil OF Miss Blanche Spaulding, Every
body invited
James Devers arrived in the city last
evening from Camp Devens, having been
discharged from the service. While in
France he was decorated for bravery
with d. S. NJ
Miss Marion Anker, who has been at
tending college at the University of Yer.
mont, is at home with her mother, Mrs.
| Catherine Anker, Of IS Franklin street,
for the. summer vacation.
| All Canadian soldiers are asked to as.
semble in uniform at Clan Gordon hall
before the parade July 4. This notice
also applies to veterans of the British ev-
| peditionary forces, and the French and
! Italian armies.
A few applications are wanted for the
| 100 and 220 yard dash for the Fourth.
| See Mr.. Shea at Shea's Shoe store APP
ply early by letter or phone. Out of
| town runners are eligible to the race.
Special prizes will be awarded All APP
plications must be in before Wednesday
evening.
! Yesterday an official notice went out
! to every Spanish American war veteran
| in anticipation of Barres Homecoming
celebration July 4. Veterans of Orange
and Washington counties are requested
| TO meet at the home of G. n Tilden, II
South Main street. Friday morning at
! $3.50 o'clock.
Dave Spicers "Shenanigans' of Mont
pelier are strong and are getting severe
/ trsai mir Ia, sNvttl h do
to meet Barre, which will be represented
| by one OF the fastest teams in the state.
Fans may look forward to one of the
best baseball games witnessed in Barre
in many seasons
Lee Tracy, formerly connected with
the McAllster and Kent Insurance agen-
| cy Of the Aldrch building, arrived in
the city Sunday night after having been
discharged from Camp Deyens A year
ago he left with the s0th field artillery
of the 18th division that travelled to nu-
merous points in France.
Attention, discharged soldiers and sail
ors: There will be a meeting of Barre
City post, World War Veterans, at the
granite manufacturers rooms at 1880
Up. m, Tuesday, July l. At this meeting
post officers will be elected and plans
will be completed for the parade on the
4th. All who plan to be in the parade
should be at this meeting, 80 sharp,
Tuesday evening
Reminiscent of old days of rivalry be.
tween Barre and Montpelier athletic out
fits is the high pitch of interest ex-
hibited in the baseball game to be played
| Nv bn fKfi n1ti n ri IS he
coming celebration July a. Stellar tai
ent has been drafted for both teams and
a warm tussle is in prospect. The
teams play at the south end park, where
the afternoons events are to center.
The amusement committee for the
July celebration completed plans this
morning for novel attraction for FRI
day night. A dance will be held on the
pavement between Merchant and West
streets and for this occasion q l4-piece
orchestra has been procured to furnish
music. After the pavement has been
| thoroughly swept sawdust and corn meal
will be distributed around within the
space specified, which will be roped off.
Everybody will have an opportunity to
dance to their hearts desire without
paying cent; and they won't have to
"shimmy," either, as the dance program
set before the manager of the orchestra
calls for number of the old-time dances
as well as the modern kind Other prep
arations for the day include the honor
roll, which will contain the name of
every soldier and sailor of Barre and
Barre Town who was in the service. The
names will be placed in the panels of the