The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-11
TALK OF THE TOWN


England will appear in the opera house
on Friday, March 26.-adv.
Dance Saturday night, armory'
Montpelier; CAROLS orchestra. Spe-
cial car after dance.--adv.
Largest line OF new and second hand
ranges and heaters in Barre at lowest
prices. i. A. Prindle. Worthen block.
Three hundred pairs of all-wool
pants, extra special for Saturday, only
1896; all colors and weights. Lamor'
ey's.
The laughing hit of the season, the
Dokies' "Follies of 1920" at the opera
house next week Thursday and Friday.
adv.
Ed. House, who for the past week
has been absent from the Miers up
town barber shop because of illness, re-
turned to his duties to-day.
To Barre club women: Miss Flora
MacDonald's postponed lecture will
take place Friday afternoon at 2:30
sharp. Public invited.-adv.
A regular meeting of Granite City
lodge, |. 0. 0. L., M. u, will be held in
the X. of p. hall Friday, March II, at
7 p. m Initiation. Guards take no.
| tice.
A. II. Temple, manager of the Union
Dry Goods CO., returned yesterday
! from a business trip to New YORK
| City taken in the interest Of the com
pany.
Wrestling Thursday night, Clan hall,
best two out of three falls, Yeeles VS..
| Shimkus. Tickets at Marrion's and
Tosi's. Ringside 81, general admission
SOC, women and children under II, 30c.
adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph LaValley Of
Champlain. n. Y, arrived in the city
last evening to spend a week or 10
DAYS with Mrs. LaValley's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred wilkins of Maple ave-
nue..
John Geals, who completed duties at
the Barre postoflice Saturday night as
mail clerk, left last evening for
Elyria, Ohio, to be employed as an as
sistant earetaker of the greens at the
course of the Elyria Country club.
The mems annual chicken-pie supper
at the Congregational church last night
was served to 200 people The menu
was tempting, the service expeditions
| and the men have to their credit an
other very successful affair. Gilbert
sons orchestra furnished music
throughout the supper.
Both young and older folks will en-
/ joy themselves at the firemen's concert
and dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening, March II. Landi's eight piece
orchestra will furnish music; concert
8 to 0, dancing to /. Refreshments
free. Tickets, $3.50 per couple; extra
ladies', SOC, including war tax.-adv,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. C. Webster, former
" owners of the large Smith stock
! farm on the Williamstown road, who
recently returned from Los Angeles
Cal, after passing a few months there
have purchased the Carlos WEIGH farm
| on the Plainfield road, the sale includ'
| ing, besides the IFS acres of land and
buildings, all the stock and tools. Deeds
and other record papers were to be
passed to-day.
Contrary to rumors, the social and
dance for the amalgamated Scottish
club, comprised OF the Burns, Glentgie
| and Meadow Brook Golf clubs, will be
held in Clan Gordon hall Saturday
evening, March Is. The joint commit
tee, representatives from each organ
ization, met last evening TO make fur
Their plans for this affair and wish Il
explicitly stated that they have made
no change in their plans in connection
with the date or place.
With cooperation of merchants and
employees, business men, clerQymen and
workmen, the street department was
able TO remove a vast amount of snow
from Barrels main street during the
past two days. Teams of all sizes
some single, others double, and being
loaded and unloaded by a group OF
men, were to be seen conveying the
deposits of Mother Nature to the
banks of Stevens branch on Prospect
street. One who deserves especial men
ton in this work, since he devoted
much time to this which literally
meant the sacrifice of dollars, was Bert
Griffith, a city truckman.
The second pool and billiard tourna'
ment between the Vincitia club and
the local Knights Of Columbus will be
held in the Vincitia club rooms this
evening, beginning at 1880. Ten game.
constitute the tournament, five poo
and five billiard games. The Nincitis
club players in the first meet in tht
X. of c. rooms two weeks ago gained
n lead of two points towards the cham
pionship of the city and should they
succeed again tonight viii not only
have the championship but will alsC
be entitled to a supper at the expense
of the defeated. The tournament com
mittee Of the Vineitia club extends al
invitation TO all members of both clubs
Though deeds have not as yet beer
passed, it was learned yesterday that
the Trow & Holden Machine company
had negotiated with John Trow OF thu
city for the property adjacent to th'
machine shop on South Main street
known in olden times as the Ph9ni,
hotel. The sale also included the two
tenement house Just south of that. Ih'
property was purchased by the com
panv since Il affords excellent location
for the extension of its plant, now be
coming too small TO meet the demands
of the firm. The enlargement Of THU
already large factory is inevitable, bu
no changes will be made during tn
year of 1920, IL was stated by an Off
cial of the firm.
The wrestling match in Clan Gogdoi
hall tonight between Joe Shimkus o
Barre and Henry Yeeles of Berlin, \
H.. promises to be fast match. Shin
kus has proved that he is very quici
and a man fair in tactics, with plentl
Of courage. He has won the admira
ton of both Montpelier and Barr
wrestling supporters in the number o
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