The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

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A fine assortment of New Year
cards at Martins Book Store.-adv
A meeting of the ladies' auxiliary
! of the A. o. II. will be held this eve
ming in Worthen hall at 1880. Refresh
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman w. Cilley
returned to Barre yesterday, after
spending few days with relatives in
/ Newbury.
! A delayed shipment of skis and
snowshoes just arrived will be sold at a
sacrifice to move them The N. d.
Phelps Co.
Albert Donald, sailor stationed at
Norfolk naval station, Norfolk, Va, is
visiting at his home on Garfield ave-
nue. for ten days.
Cobble Hill grange will hold public
dance at its hall Wednesday evening,
Dec 20; Carrolls orchestra. Public
cordially invited.-adv.
The finance committee of the Bap-
| tist church will meet tonight at the
church at o'clock 1t is important
that every member be present.
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The superintendent, nurses and as
sistants of the Barre City hospital
wish to extend their deep appreciation
| TO the Granite Manufacturers associ-
alton for its generous gift toward the
nurses dormitory fund
Raymond G.. Fuller of New York,
after several days visit at the home of
l.. Howard, 6 Averill street, went to-
day to Burlington and Johnson. Mrs.
Fuller, who Accompanied him to Barre,
will remain here until after New
| Years.
The Christmas exercises at the Bap-
! fist mission on Brook street will be
held tonight at o'clock. There will
be tree for the children and the mem
| bers of the school will render a pro-
gram of music and recitations. All the
parents of the children and any 9TH
ers who are interested are urged TO be
present.
Two Of G. L. Gregoire & Co.'S trucks
left for Dorset via Burlington yester-
day loaded with tractors, plows, and
other implements to be used in the
construction work of six-mile piece
of road near Dorset. One of the trucks
making the trip was one of the four
large trucks owned by the contracting
company and driven by r. Lynn Clark
of Long street.
Miss Anne Messer returned to-day to
Amherst, Mass, where she is employed
at the state experiment station, after
| spending Christmas with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs W. II. Messer, of 81 Rich
ardson street. Earl Messer, their son
who is a student at the Massachusetts
| Institute of Technology at Boston, ex-
| poets to return to Boston Saturday
night, after spending the Christmas
vacation at home.
The /. u. club, a newly formed or
ganization among several of the
younger people of the city is to hold
its second social gathering in Clan Cor
| don hall from o'clock until 2 o'clock
next Friday evening, Dec. 81 The COM
mittee has arranged for plenty of Ign
and amusement, including dancing, as
well as for some real appetizing re-
| freshments. All members of the club
are cordially invited to be on hand to
dance the old year out and the new
year in.
The first regular meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of Barre post, No.
10, American Legion, will be held in
the Legion hall Tuesday evening at
1880. Officers for the auxiliary will
be elected at this time to serve the
ensuing year, and the delegates to the
first state convention, which will be
held in Burlington Jan. IA, will like
wise be chosen at this time. All moth
ers, wives and sisters of eX-service
men are invited TO this meeting, and
especially those who signed the petit
ton for the charter.
At o'clock Friday afternoon, the
day before Christmas, y. d. Phelps Of
the n. d. Phelps Co, was called from
his private office in answer to the in
sistent demands of all his employees,
who awaited him in the main office.
Robert Inglis of the longest term of
service in the Phelps working force,
speaking in behalf OF his brother and
sister employees. presented Mr.. Phelps
Commandery gold watch charm, and
gold chain. Mr. Phelps was so com
pletely overcome with surprise that
it took him some time to reply, which
he did most fityugly.