The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

New and used sleighs for sale at Cut
Ter Bros livery. Phone 100.
On account of illness in the family
A. G. Bigelow of Brookiield will not
make his usual trip to Barre this
week -adv.
Clarence Turner of Bethel was
brought to the Barre City hospital yes
terday afternoon and will undergo an
operation tomorrow morning
A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Amet of SIS Wash
ington street Mrs. Amet was prior
to her marriage Miss Mildred Convey
and an assistant in the Office of Dr.
d. G.. Jarvis.
The W. c. 7. L. will hold jubilee
meeting Friday afternoon at 2:30 with
Mrs. Harry Bradley, ) King street.
Members please bring friend and also
something for the basket. Refresh
ments win be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Stewart arrived at
their home at 93 Park street last even
ing, coming from Mattapan, Mass,
where for the past three weeks. Mr..
Stewart had been confined to the home
Of Rev. Edgar Grassland by an attack
of pneumonia.
After the regular business meeting
Hast evening, Ladies' Auxiliary to Clan
Gordon entertained clansmen at a So
cial dance. Music for the occasion was
furnished by Miss Elizabeth Smith and
John Cooper Refreshments of sand
witches, coffee and cake were served,
and an enjoyable time was spent by
nearly 100 couples.
Lenten observance began to-day IN
churches throughout the world and
| these branches Of ecclesiastical institu-
| tions established in Barre likewise OBJ
served Ash Wednesday, the first day
of every Lenten season, the season ex-
| tending 40 week days, during which
| many churches fast and abstain. At
st. Monicas church, Rev. p NJ. Nc
Kenna celebrated mass and distributed
holy ashes And this evening will be-
gin the benedietion service at 1880. At
he Church of the Good Shepherd. Rev.
| ID. G.. Huntington conducted AT 10
O'Clock litany and holy communion.
Evening services will begin at 745.
Rev. Huntington hopes TO have a Wis
ting preacher at his church every
Wednesday evening 10 preach ser
mon, beginning next Wednesday.
Sixty-fve members of the Holy An
gels sodality of St MoHicas church
met last evening in the convent hall at
1880 and until $3.50 had most enjoy
able party The following musical and
literary program was rendered, each do
ng her part very creditably: Opening
chorus. members vocal and instrumen
tai solos by Kathryn Patterson, Elsie
Bruya. Flora Chase. Clare Bennett,
Pauline Fitzgerald, Mary Chioldi, Hilda
Shepherd, Helen Archambault and Hell
Sullivan. recitations by Ona Shep-
crd, Clair Brown and Aura Shadroui.
Various games were enjoyed prizes
lwarded to the winners and at the close
ainty refreshments of cake, ice cream
nd candy were served Great praise
due to each member of the different
ommttees, who acted as older ones
would do ia carrying out every detail
4 the evenings fun. The officers are:
President, Margaret Canton; secretary,
Pauline Fitzgerald; treasurer, Helen
sullivan.
Many of the Barre manufacturers
are complaining OF a shortage of rough
,tock for their plants. This is due IN
argc part TO the recent severe snow
storms which have prevailed in the
greater part Of New England. Not only
are fiat cars necessary to convey the
stones from the quarry districts held
up, but the quarrying itself Is ham
1ered for the men are put to shovellng
snow instead of quarrying. In the past
two days little stone could be quarried
because OF this condition, though to-
lay more men were busy with the vi
tai task of producing the rough stock,
These storms. together with the gen
raj car shortage. which has been preva-
ent during the greater part of the
winter have impeded the progress of
the manufacture of hundreds of memo
-ias Stonesheds N Barre have not
experienced in long ting such de-
mand for their products As the latter
1art Of 1919 and this year, and there is
probably not shed in the whole dis.
lrict that is without orders to have
several monuments completed before
Memorial day. And now comes another
blocl; to progress, the shortage of soft
,oal Barre firms have not as yet suf-
'ercd much from this situation but
should it continue to exist it might AT
feet the industry vitality. In compari-
son with other industrial centers, Barre
IS quite well supplied.