The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

Il aucllOH safe at Nlty Auction MAIN
I Saturday See adv.adv.
Dance in, Clan Gordon hall Saturda
| night Admission, Toe. adv.
\ Usual Saturday night dance, How
1 land hall Gilbertson's orchestra lad,
+. A. Allen of Perry, N. Y, arriye
here yesterday for brief bushes
| visit
Special bargains in embroidery. Lit
| lie Dry Goods Store, Cottage street. Of
Main.
The home service office will be close,
Saturday, JAN 10, Open next week a
usual.
Regular meeting of Canton Vintol
Friday night, Jan. 0. Work, order o
captain.
Notice to the Public---G auld & Rob
ertson are exclusive agents for thu
Etna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford
Conn. See adv. on page 5.adv.
n Leap year dance, South Barre grange
hall, Tuesday, Jan. 10. Admission, 75'
a couple; extra gents, 25c. Refresh
ments. Cutters barge leaves waiting
room at 1880; soc couple. adv.
1 Members of Barre post, No. 10, Amer
lean Legion, are asked to meet at city
hall Saturday afternoon ct 1870 for Tho
purpose of attending the funeral Of
Charles Il. Macdonald. Per order Man
| Fisher, commander
The concert by Yallie Barrett Hoyey
contralto, and Mr.. Splitter, violinisr, at
Rowland hall Tuesday afternoon, Jan
/ 10, at 3 o'clock is under the auspices OF
! the Woman's club but is open to all
who are lovers Of music. Members Of
I the club are admitted Oh their club
| tickets; others, 25 cents.
! In the window of the Royal pool par.
lor is on display diploma awarded to
| George j. Shimkus, the wrestler now
appearing in various Vermont cities
for matches. Shimkus, according to
this diploma, which has been framed,
won first prize as heavyweight in the
Amateur Athletic federation in Cook
County, ILL., This award was presented
to him on Feb. 20, 1916, and is signed
by President r. v. Western and seven
committeeman of that federation.
Mrs A. w. Allen announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Villa Anne
Marsh, to Douglas Kent Warner of
Bristol, Conn, and Brooklyn, n Y. Mr..
Warner is graduate of the Sheffield
Scientific school at Yale university and
at present is conducting as proprietor
and manager plant for the manufac'
ture OF artificial eyes in Bristol, Conn.
Miss Marsh is Spaulding graduate
and has been employed in the Offices of
the American Silver company II Bristol
for the past two and one-half years.
A basketball team has been organ,
lied under the name of the Blue Rib
bons, but in reality it is practically the
old Combination Five, which in the
past few years has appeared in print
in either basketball baseball game
or a bowling match. Charles Lowe, the
manager, Is endeavoring to book few
games with good Vermont teams. The
team is composed Of J. Halsall, T. Ing
ham, b. Morrison, W. Ross, Captain j.
Glass. n. Shannon, l.. Parker. Ross and
Halsall played with Rectors Of Bridge
port and the Elites of Hartford, Conn.
Teams wishing to meet this new organ
ization may communicate with Man
ager Charles Lowe.
State Fire Marshal Arthur Preble
and Chief John Heney of the Barre de-
partment found last evening when scru
tinizing the room i'll the opera house
where the fire started yesterday, two
more holes burned in the floor, evident
ly by cigarette stubs. Ii il, therefore,
necessary to keep such spare rooms
under lock and key when not in use.
This room in question has at various
times been used by ushers or other
young men as smoking room between
acts of play With the sudden sound |
OF the orchestra music, the common |
habit of throwing the cigarette away, |
sometimes without an effort to put il |
out, was probably the act of someone |
Wednesday night.
A rather peculiar incident came TO /
light yesterday when a check was re-
turned to the Barre office of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. Three weeks |
ago Deputy Supt. a J. Lyons enclosed /
IN a letter check for 500 and an en-
gelope addressed to the Barre office
hat the recipient might acknowledge
without delay receipt of the letter.
This letter was sent tn a party in Glens
Falls, n. Y. whose home is in Barre.
After waiting some time Mr.. Lyons was
lotified that no check had been re-
'eived. Yesterday the enclosed envel-
,pe was returned with the check and
note signed by track walker, Papa,
Employed near Fonda, n. " Papa
laims that he found the letter while
Walking the tracks, il being so badly
that the address could not be
cad and in order to determine its own
r he was compelled TO open Il.
Two young men, ex sailors Of eNtcn.
i've sea service. Charles Mccarthy OF
/ Summer street and Clifford \. Maker
# p Upland avenue, could no longer
esist the enchantment of the salt wa
ers, and last night started On jour
ey to South America which may last
or two or three months. Having had
much experience with seagoing crafts
uring their service with American de-
troyers, they agreed to find employ
lent on a tramp steamer and sail to
'outh America, for a speculative jour
ey. Undecided as to the port they
hould start from they Tipped coin,
aiming either Boston or New York.
he New York side of the coin landed
pright, so last night they purchased