The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-02
TALK OF THE TOWN


Presbyterian fair this Wednesday
and Thursday-adv.
For Sale--Wood and coal heaters
and ranges. Abram Fine, 46 Maple
avenue.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Knights OF Columbus on Wednes-
day evening, Dec, g.
Miss Elsie Brusa of Howard street
is working as clerk in the store of /.
Sirkin of Cottage street
Miss Irene Blair began yesterday to
work in the place of Miss Annie Tay-
Tor at Mitchell's candy kitchen.
Miss Lizzie Townsend has returned
to Barre after visiting for the past
week at the home of her brother in
Chelsea
4. Vanelh arrived lin Barre this
morning, coming from Quincy, Mass,
and planning to make his home here
during the winter
! A. Valesi returned last evening from
Concord, n. H., where he has been visit
ing for the past week at the home of
Louis Diyersi of that place.
Mrs. John Abbiatti of Durkee street
left this morning with her little daugh-
! ter, Lille, for New Britain, Conn,
where they will spend the winter with
relatives.
Fancy articles and aprons at the
Presbyterian fair Wednesday and
Thursday nights. Entertainment on
Wednesday. Chicken-pie supper Thurs
/ day.-adv
Harry Stroutsos has returned to
Barre after spending the past week
with friends in Concord, n. H., spend
| ing the Thanksgiving holiday at the
home of Louis Diversi of that place.
Many of our leading society ladies
thank Partisan Sage for their beautiful
hair. use it two or three times a
week" says +. A. Drown & Co, "and
| it viii make the hair thick and beauti-
full, adv.
Maecabees, attention. The regular
meeting of Harmon review, No. /, will
be held Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock. Election of officers. Miss Rose
Miller, deputy supreme commander,
win be present at this meeting.
A. NJ Stafford painter and decorator
has finished his work at the City bak-
cry, where he has been working for the
past week refinishing the walls and
woodwork in the bakery salesroom
! The counters have been refinished and
the whole room renovated, giving the
bakery a splendid neatness.
The Western Union telegraph an
nounces the resumption of the direct
service between this country and Bel
GUM through the restoration of the
special wire from London to Antwerp
which has since 1914 been out Of order
IT being necessary to use other lines not
direct. The line now between England
and France has not been interrupted
Coach Leahey put the candidates for
the Goddard seminary basketball team
through a hard workout in the gymna-
SUM this afternoon. The most promis-
ing candidates at present are the Stay
ton boys Of Barre and Scerto Of Barre.
Wilmot, Gaughan, Sullivan, Holcomb,
Kelly. Wood, Calloton, Partel, Dobbs
and the Thompson boys ere rounding
into shape. Coach Leahey has devel-
oped practically green team and the
squad is showing up fine under the
coaching system used by Coach Leahey
and a fast quintet is expected by the
seminary this winter On Dec. II God
dard will meet the American Legion
team of Northfield on the Goddard
court
Mr.. and Mrs Harry f. Gage of Bur
lington arrived in Barre to-day to CON
duct the production of musical farce
in three acts with cast and chorus Of
100 people Mr.. and Mrs Gage are pro
fessional producers of musical plays,
and the Barre post Of the American Le-
| gion is very fortunate in securing the
services Of these people to prepare an
entertainment for the Legion. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gage met the entertainment com
mittee and took up with them their
plans for preparing the entertainment.
Mr. Gage brings material for scenes
/ and also costumes for producing the
play The Legion was also fortunate
in securing the opera house for two
nights, the dates Of Dec, Is and 10 be-
ing granted them
An awakened interest in athletics at
/ Spaulding high school has included
many of Barre's business men and the
outcome of an effort to recognize in a
public way the splendid record made by
the football team this fall will be the
banquet to be rendered in honor of the
team and its coach at Hotel Barre
4 Thursday evening. The public is in
vited and it is hoped that all friends of
4 Spaulding's football. basketball and
. -. 4 -
ilege to be present The sale of tickets,
which may be purchased either at the
4 Cummings & Lewis drug store or the
Drown pharmacy, ends tonight. Bust
ness men and other football fans are
urged, to bring their wives. There will
be music and brief speeches, among
other features of the banquet
Announcement in Washington that
war time restrictions on the consump-
ton of coal had been established, with
the division of industries into essential
and non essential classes, caused some
apprehension in Barre in view of the
fact that the granite industry had pre-
viously been classed as non-essential
and was not, therefore, in the list of
those industries which would be among
the early recipients Of coal. This APP
prehension was, of course, natural at
this time but there is a belief that
Barre shared enough in the thrush of
soft coal into New England last sum
mer so that practically all the granite
quarries are well supplied with soft
coal for the continuance of operations
for considerable period, and the man
ufacturers, while not so well fortified
for long tie-up Of the coal industry,
have moderate supply Of coal for