The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

Get your batteries stored at Olii-
ver's battery station--adv.
| Love, everlastingly the reward Of be-
lief, in "The Confession. adv;
The male quartet is one of the at
fractions at the fair Dec. l6 and IL in
Rowland hall.-adv.
w. b. Cummings has arrived in the
city from Brooklyn, N. Y, Ito spend
the Christmas holidays with his fam
lily.
Rummage sale at the Uniyersalist
church Friday, Dec. IL, Church Will be
open Thursday afternoon for contribu-
tions.--adv.
Mother love that imperishable link
between heaven and earth--"The Con-
fession. adv.
Beautiful pictures of the natural
scenery of Vermont furnished in rich
sepia on sale at Cummings and Lewis
for $l.--adv.
James r Higgins of the d. M. Miles
Coal Co. left for Boston this morning
to attend meeting of the executive
committee of the New England Coal
Dealers association.
The biggest event of the year, an
nual joint fair conducted under the
auspices of Odd Ladies and Odd Eel
lows, Thursday and Friday evenings,
Dec. 10 and II, Rowland hall. Ex-
cellent programs and music by Car
rolls orchestra.-adv.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee, board of managers, athletic
committee and entertainment commit
tee of post, No. 10, last evening rec
concentrations for the program and
policy to be followed by the present
administration during the ensuing year
were outlined by Commander Alex.
Straiton. Business policies and things
pertaining to the betterment and prog.
ress of the club and Legion were dis
cussed in general, elong with discus
sions on athletics and entertainments
for the winter. 1t was decided that
candidates for the basketball team
meet at Spaulding high school Thurs
day evening for the first practice I'M
der the supervision of Coach Robert
Ross of the school, providing the school
commissioners grant the Legion per
mission to use the gymnasium for
practice during the coming winter
months. Mr.. Ross, coach of the high
school team, has consented to assist in
the coaching for a time at least, to
the great satisfaction Of the athletic
committee and the Legion members IN
general. Post, No. 10, also eontem-
plates entering the state Legion base
ball league. 1t is the hope also of the
present administration to install in
the clubhouse shower baths The en-
tertainment committee plans TO hold a
Smoker" and dance alternately each
week; thus, a smoker will be held Fri
day evening of this week and a dance
in the Legion hall some night next
week. Pool. billiard, and card teams
will be organized to meet other club
teams of the city, and singing quar-
tet will be organized.
John j. Kittredge of Worcester,
Mass, chairman of the executive COM
mittoe of the National Retail Mon
umental Dealers association, is expect
ed here this afternoon for a two-day
visit. coming principally for the an
nual banquet of the Granite Manufac
turers' association, which viii be held
tomorrow evening at $3.50 in Rowland
hall George r. Ford, editor of Granite,
Marble & Bronze magazine, published
in Boston, arrived in the city yester-
day and likewise comes to be the guest
Of the association. Other men and
women, members of other associations
and affiliated in some manner with tire
Barre association, are expected from
Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Penn
sylvania and New York. Women of the
Congregational church were to-day
busy decorating the hall and making
preparationsf for it will be under their
supervision that the hall viii be deco
rated and the banquet placed on the
tables for the 800 or more people ex
pected for the occasion. Three ster-
ling entertainers, Dorothy Sheppard, |
an international entertainer, Neil Pat
erson, Scotch comedian, and Rose
mond Russell, pianist, have been en-
gagged. The entertainment follows the |
banquet and precedes the dancing to
Carroll's seven piece orchestra. The |
business meeting will be held in the |
association rooms Wednesday after
noon at o'clock Some delectable |
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