The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

Thanksgiving greeting cards at Mar
tins Book Store. adv.
Mrs. L. H. Taft of Marshiield is Wis
iting friends in Barre for a few days.
Mark Gliddon of Cabot was among
the business visitors in Barre yester-
day.
Don't forget the ladies' union fair to-,
morrow afternoon and evening at the
Universalist vestry. adv
Mrs. Grace Carr of Church street is
visiting her son, Charles Lakin, in
Marshfield for a few days.
Look for the program to be given at
the ladies union sale tomorrow even
ing at the universalist vestry.-ady,
Thomas Nichols, ir., of Highland ave
nue. underwent slight operation at
the Barre City hospital this morning.
Mrs. Myrtle Erskine of Williams
town submitted to an operation for
gall stones at the Barre City hospital
this morning
d. APerry and c. w. Perry left this
noon for New Boston, n H., to conduct
tomorrow large dispersal sale of
pure-bred Holstein cattle for G. w.
Read of that place. A. J. Neseau, man
ager of the Morrison farm and N. w.
Keith, cattle buyers, accompanied the
Perry brothers to the New Hampshire
sale to-day
Coach Leahey Of the Goddard foot
ball team still keeps his charges under
severe drilling in preparation for the
game with the Allen Military school Of
West Newton, Mass, which is to be
played in the near future. Heavy
scrimmage was held yesterday between
the first and second teams. Great stress
is being put on the fundamentals of
the game and several new plays are
worked out each day.
A. J. Stewart, at his shop on Pros.
pect street, has under construction, the
body to the new fire truck which viii
probably be ready for use in about six
weeks. The 1917 modeleseven passen-
ger touring car has been stripped Of
its tonneau and other accessories not
necessary for the fire truck. A body
large enough to hold two 25-aallon
chemicals and 400 feet Of hose is be-
ing constructed and stand for fire.
men will be made on the rear Of the
truck The efficiency Of the fire de-
partment will be greatly increased, as
this machine is high powered, small, in
comparison with the FIRE truck now
used, able TO attain a high rate Of speed
and being smaller and having pneu.
matte tires it viii be possible to get
into places that the big motor outfit
would have difficulty in penetrating.
The rig is being painted fire red and
will prove one of the best accessories in
the fire department,
Representatives of the Wells & Rich
ardson Co., Inc, OF Burlington were in
Barre yesterday to make survey of
the places to be secured for the install
lation Of IA new packing house which
it proposes to start in Barre about the
first of December Papers were made
out yesterday which binds the lease of
the double store in the Otis building on
Pearl street recently vacated by a. j..
Guthrie and owned BY Alfred A. Boyce.
As soon as some changes are made in
| the rooms and sufficient help obtained,
the company will start putting dyes
into packages for shipment. The stock
will be shipped from the manufactur-
ing plant at Burlington and packed in
the branch house here in Barre w. A.
Drew, secretary of the Board of Trade,
has already received several applica.
tions for employment Anyone inter
ested should see or communicate with
the secretary of the Board of Trade ut
once at the office of the Board of Trade
in the Rowland block, second floor.