The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

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visitor in the city to-day.
Special electric ears after boxir
bouts tonight in Montpelier -adv.
Seventy pretty girls in dazzlir
gowns in the Dokies "Folies of 1926
at the opera house next week Thur
day and Friday.-adv.
John Molla, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. Molla OF Berlin street, returned [
Dartmouth college, Hanover, n. II
to-day, after few days visit at h
homie.
Nelson Ducharme of "a Academ
street was able to be outdoors yestei
day for the first time in six week
having been i'll during that time wit
bronchial pneumonia.
+. j. Bolen, chief architect for tn
Black Theatre Circuit Co., arrived i
the city last evening and, with Loca
| Manager John b. Games, viewed TIL
situation this morning.
A Mfs Matthews of Merchant stree
suffered very painful injury to he
| left wrist last evening, when sh
| slipped on ice and fell to the cemen
sidewalk She was assisted to the of
flee of DIR, Roscoe Avery on keitl
avenue, where treatment was admin
istered. 1t was believed that the wis
had been broken.
At Cobble Hill grange Tuesday even
ing the third and fourth degrees wer,
conferred upon a class of II candidates
in the presence Of large attendance
After the meeting refreshments were
served by a committee consisting Of
Mrs. H. j. Carr, Mrs. william Beede
and Mrs. W. j. Clapp, members of the
first quarter. The following program
was given: Song, grange; reading, Mrs
Lillian Dickie; song, Martha Sowdcn
reading, Mrs. Lena Smith. The next
meeting is to be held March IS.
The call for 20 volunteers from
Spaulding high school to assist In the
work OF removing the snow from the
Barre & Chelsea railway yards in this
city was answered by double that num-
Der, or more than 40. These young
men not only received generous com.
rensation for their work but also were
excused from all classes yesterday.
This morning score more, who did
not work yesterday, responded and 20
more planned to join the shovelling
ranks Mt | o'clock
A very interesting debate was con
Quoted in the assembly hall of Spauld
ing high school before the student body
and. faculty to-day. The question in
yolved was, should compulsory military
training be introduced in the United
States by adoption of the military
training bill now before the Senate at
Arthur Mason, George
Douglas and Wayne Perry upheld the
affirmative and Harold BIackmore, Les
lie Ladd and James Geake the mega
tive. The discussion was intensely in
teresting to the student body and fac
nlty Three Of the faculty. chosen as
Judges, gave the decision in favor OF
The affirmative
The struggle against snow, packed
solidly in the tracks of the electric
'ailway by the unceasing line Of teams,
was continued this morning by the EN-
1loyes of the Barre & Montpelier Trac
ion 4 Power company with all the
igor of the past few days. The work,
which stopped at Berlin street last
'vening at o'clock, was taken up at
hat point this morning with the result
hat the line had been opened slightly
outh of the Smith, Whiteomb & Cook
oundry by noon. In Montpelier this
work was fastened by the street de-
,artment and the nse of the street |
craper. Some possibility Of this was
umered in Barre to-day, but as yet |
lothing like this had been started |
lnless some such method as this is re- |
orted to the company will be unable |
o open the main line TO Ayers street |
'efore the last of the week nor Wash
ngton street until next week.
The boxing matches, postponed from
Ionday evening to this evening, will |
&c held in the armory hall in Mont
elier as advertised This assertion
! made since Sergt. Swarstrom, light
seight champion Of Camp Deyens, Jack
zee, weIterweight champion of the
anne camp, Benny Harrison, feather
feight champion Of Deyens, and Young
ollins of Cambridge, Mass. arrived
l Montpelier this morning with Match
laker Charles Roncoe of Boston. The
pponents for these men, except for
harrison and Collins, who are matched
gainst each other, were expected from
later in the day to complete
he program OF 80 rounds of boxing |,
our of these rounds are to be between
NO well-known Montpelier athletes,
Cyclone Chimney and Bernard Penn
rol<e. Special cars will be run from
Iontpelier to Barre after the match,
nee the road has been opened to State
rect in Montpelier and reaches well
Ito Barre.
The work on the sidewalks having
zen pretty well cleaned up, the street
apartment diverted its attention to-
" to assisting the volunteer corps in
moving the snow from Main street,
I'd by early afternoon a large part of
lie excess snow had been taken away
II distance between the city hall
I'd Depot square. The city teams
ere put on the job aud some of the
ty workmen, while few volunteers
i'll chung TO the job. During the
,lunteer work teams and trucks were
finished by individuals and depart
ents. Bennett, the garage man, sent
70 trucks out the first day, the fire
par. ment had team out, W. H.
ard not only sent team but one of
: own workmen to 60 with it and
e cemetery superintendent found an
to put team to work.
lese, with a good number of shovel
;. had made a big hole in the snow
before the city teams
d workmen got started this morning
AMERICANS NEED FOOD.