The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-21
TALK or THE TOWN

Buy Victor records and sheet muslc
at Bailey's Music Rooms.
New and used sleighs for sale at Cut
Ter Bros. livery Phone 100
George Williams of Wiliamstown
was in Barre yesterday on a business
trip.
Discount on all staple goods this
week at the New Dry Goods Store on
Pearl street.
Russell Coffin, who went from Barre
to Boston a few weeks ago, has re-
turned to Barre.
A regular meeting OF st. John court,
C. 0, f., will be held Thursday evening
at I o'clock. Initiation.
Miss Theresa Duncan and Mrs. Will
liam Milne have returned from a weeks
visit with their brother, James ,.
Milne, in Boston.
Notice You should not miss hearing
Douglas Inglis sing at the Burns con
cert, Presbyterian church, Tuesday
evening, Jan. 27.adv.
A. l.. Gale of the Fred Nj. Randall
Advertising agency of Chicago, ILL.,, Is
stopping at Hotel Barre while here on
brief business visit.
A regular meeting Of R. G. !. 7. A.
Wednesday evening, Jan. 81, at I o'clock
in Foresters' hall, Worthen block. Let
all members be present.
Notice. At the Burns concert, Pres
byterian church, Tuesday evening, Jan.
~, Miss McHardy viii surely please
You with popular Scotch songs adv,
A bale of blankets have been received
| n AL INN aI fa n.
chic Johnson They have been placed
on sale and the prices are right. adv,
Fire Marshal A. G Preble, who yes
terday passed the day in st. Johnsbnry,
left this morning for Boston, to contin-
ne instructions and inspections for fire
prevention.
George Murray and wife Of Quincy,
Mass. who came here to attend the flu
neral OF William Mcdonald yesterday
afternoon, returned to their home on
the late afternoon train yesterday.
Harry L. Jeifords started this morn
ing on a combined business and pleas
ure trip to Essex junction, Winuoski,
Montreal and st. Johns, which will
cover period of week or 10 days.
See Harold Bell Wright's famous
book at Park. theatre next Thursday
and Friday; matinee, all seats 25c;
evening, balcony SOC, orchestra 40c, in
GLIDING tax Two shows each day at
2:l5 and 7:30.-adv
C. d. Waters, the newly appointed
traffic department agent for the Barre
Quarters and Granite Manufacturers
association. who was to have assumed
office at the Granite Manufacturers
rooms here Monday, is detained at his
home in Montpelier by slight attack
OF grip. He is reported to be recover.
ing satisfactorily, so is expected to as
sumo duties in the near future.
Donald Smith of +. L. Smith & Co.
left last night for New Haven, Conn,
and other localities further south. At
New Haven Mr.. Smith will visit for a
day or two with his son, Winnifred, at
Yale college, and later he will attend
the anDual meeting Of the Granite Mon.
umental Dealers association. A trip 70
Washington, d. G.. is included in his
itinerary.
The dance given last evening in How
land hall by the ladies' union OF the
Universalist church was attended by
about lbs couples, and it is expected
that the sum realized from their an-
nual ball. will amount to tidy bud.
get for the society. In connection with
the dance, the ladies served ice cream
and sodas, two little girls serving.
There were large number OF Goddard
students present, this being one fea-
ture Of the season outside OF the school
that the students have been allowed TO
, attend in body. The students left
at intermission CAROLS orchestra
| furnished music for the affair. The la
dies OF the committee, to have charge
| Of the ball, were Mrs f. NJ. Tobin and
Mrs. w. G. Reynolds.
With an abatement in the severity of
| the weather, stonesheds which for the
past two days have been closed, again
resumed their production OF granite
this morning. At 1880 the customary
chorus of whistles divulged to all with
in many miles radius of Barre and
Graniteville that Barre's chief industry
was again in full swing, after cessa
ton of activities since Saturday.
Though few of the larger sheds oper-
ated in spite Of the cold wave, they
were comparatively few-on Monday
probably not more than five of the 100
separate plants, while yesterday,
though many more, the aggregate
amount would be but a small percent
age OF the whole The granite manu-
| facturers have this winter an unusual
ly large amount OF work TO produce be-
fore spring, so it is with some little
anxiety that they watch the thermom
eter descend 10 the zero mark and be-
| low. Soldiers memorials are In great
demand all over the country and must
be completed for erection not later than
Decoration day.
Even with the heat of an extra 100
horsepower boiler, installed in the
1 basement Of the progressing Peerless
factory building, workmen were com
PEELED Co abandon their work on Mon
day and Tuesday This morning, just
/ as a great number of granite workers
/ they we're able to resume the eonstrne-
/ ton of the $4,000 underwear factory
| In the basement of this building, which
I has been kept at favorable tempera-
ture for the most part during the win.
I ter. one half of the granolithie floor
I has been laid. This was accomplished
after this lOO-horsepower boiler had
been installed TO furnish heat for the
second and third floors Brick laying
has continued whenever possible. made
40 by the small box stoves used by the
brick masons to keep their material
from freezing. Much Of the third Aooi
masonry has been completed so that
the building now takes more digni