The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

Buy sheet music at Bailey's.
H Auction sale at City Auction Market
Saturday See adv-adv
The home service office will be closed
Saturday, Jan. 10. Open next week as
usual
Regular meeting Of Canton Vinton
Friday night, Jan. o. Work, order OF
captain.
Meadow Brook Golf club carnival
Jan. is, Rowland hall; CAROLS orches-
tra.adv
John Kelly Of Burlington is spending
the week with his son, John b. Kelly
of Liberty street.
whist party at the home Of Mrs. e. j.
Owens Friday evening, Jan. g.
i CAROLS orchestra left Barre to-day
for Northfeld, where they will play at
Norwich university this evening.
| A. Fuller of Boston was in Barre to-
day in the interests of the Empire Coal
Mining company of Philadelphia
Notice to the Public-Gauld & Rob-
ertson are exclusive agents for the
Etna Life Insurance Co. Of Hartford,
Conn. See adv. on page 5.adv
| Philip Squires, who has been working
f, in the Fore River shipyards during the
past three years, has returned to Barre
to resume work as a granite cutter.
Leap year dance, South Barre grange
hall, Tuesday, Jan. l3 Admission, Zoe
couple; extra gents, 25c. Refresh
ments Gilbertson's orchestra. --adv.
Miss Alice Davidson of South Main
street and Miss Alice Gray of Murray
street have returned to Northampton,
Mass, where they are employed at
Smith college.
The first quarterly meeting Of the
Universalist church will be held this
evening in the church parlor at 1880
o'clock Members please make spe.
cial effort to attend.
C. Macedoni of Smith street, for Is
years granite cutter in Barre, started
long journey to Baveno, Italy, last
night. The extent of his stay is I'M
determined, though he plans to remain
for few months only, visiting his wife
and family.
Employees of the American Express
company of Barre shipped this morning
two unusually heavy objects by ex-
press. These were two finished granite
stones weighing l,500 pounds each,
which the Harrison Granite CO. con-
signed to Winton, 0.
There will be a joint installation Of
Hiawatha lodge, No. 20, |. o. O. f., and
Bright Star Rebekah lodge, No. IS, this
evening at their hall. All Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs are invited A special
invitation is extended TO visiting mem
beers. A banquet will be served after
the installation.
Several autoists running with 1910
registration plates are still getting
away with the old numbers. II may
be that the drivers are not aware Of
the necessity Of procuring new numbers
fine be imposed. If accident occurs
against such a person with car I'M
numbered in the 1920 style it would
60 hard with the autoist.
Deputy Supt. A. J. Lyons, together
with the seven other agents of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co. of the
Barre Office. c. r. Gallagher, Karl Keith, |
John j. Sullivan. Julias A. Houghton, i
W. S. Juckett, John Hart and j. ].
Bizzozzero went to Burlington this !
morning 10 the main office of the Yer |
mont district Agents from Rutland, |
Bennington, Bellows Falls and Burling- |
ton will all be assembled there adjust
ing new agency books for 1920. The !,
Barre agents are expected to return to-
morrow night.
Mrs. Florence Carpenter and Miss
Ethel Mcdonald arrived here last night |
from New York City, having received
the telegram notifying them OF the
death of their brother, Charles. Ernest |
Sanford, friend of the deceased young
man, came also last night from VOL
laston, Mass, to attend the funeral.
The three sisters. Jean, Edith and An
ME of Denver, Colo, will not attend the
funeral since the trip could not be made I
in due time The funeral will be held
at the Congregational church Saturday
afternoon at o'clock, Rev. +. L. Good
speed to be the officiating clergyman.
The Goddard seminary basketball
team was sent through a heavy drill |
yesterday afternoon in the seminary
gym in preparation for the game to be
played with the Colby academy team
which is to be staged on the Barre
court in the near future. Colby acad-
envy has strong team this year and
fast game is expected when these quin- !,
tets meet. Arrangements are also be-
ing made for hockey team. Yester
day the students worked on the rink
and with the first hard freeze the rink
will be in shape for the skaters TO go
out for the team They expect to have
a fast team. as they have few men
who have starred in the game at other
schools. The team is anxious to ar
range games to be played within a few
weeks. The young ladies Of the sem
mary have arranged leap year party
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