The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Last dance before Lent will be held
at Rowland hall Tuesday evening,
Feb. l7.---adv,
Officer Nielsen, who has been very i'll
at his home on Forsythe place, remains
about the same.
Special meeting of Ruth chapter, No,
33, 0. &. s., for work, on Wednesday
evening, Feb. Is, at 1890 o'clock.
Dr. Il. J. Fish of South Royalton was
in town Saturday to see w. 5. Goss,
who is i'll at his home on East street
! A special meeting of the directors of
the Woman's club will be held in How
land hall Tuesday, Feb. II, at 2:30
sharp.
On account of the bad roads, there
| will be no meeting Of the Mothers club
| this week Announcement of the next
meeting will be made later.
! John Il. Tomasi of the University of
Vermont has returned to Burlington to
resume his studies after passing the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Tomasi,
The most charming Of all skirts
STYLED for women and misses in all the
wanted materials and smart styles,
also line of heavier waists for morn
ing wear, at Mrs. Shepard Co., Inc.
A parish supper win be held in the
vestry OF the Church of the Good Shep-
herd Tuesday evening, Feb. II, at 8
o'clock. Every person interested in the
church is earnestly urged to be present,
Regular meeting Of Cobble Hill
grange Tuesday evening, Feb. II, at s
o'clock sharp. The first and second de-
grees to be worked Each member
make a special effort to be present on
time.
Dance, armory hall, Montpelier, Tues
day, Feb. II; auspices Montpelier post,
No. 3. American Legion, TO commence
Immediately after the Yankee division
moving pictures at the Playhouse. Mu-
sic by CAROLS orchestra of six pieces,
adv.
The class in contemporary history,
conducted by Mrs. Ethel X. Wales of
the educational department of the
Woman's club. will meet this Monday
evening at 1880 at Aldrieh hall; sub
lect 1.-THE Growth of Dissent" The la
dies who do not attend this class are
missing much which would interest and
inform them.
Henry Day, representing the New
England Insurance exchange, will speak
in k. of P. hall, Barre, Feb. %, at 8
o'clock. His subject will be, "The Ma
tional Electric Code for Wiring The
lecture will be illustrated with ster.
eopticon views and should be heard by
ali Interested in electric wiring. Every
body invited.
Some apprehension has been felt by
Principal o. X Hollister Of Goddard
seminary lest more cases of chicken
pox should break out among the stu
dents, but thus far only four scholars,
who remain at the school building, have
had to be quarantined, These four, all
young men, have been quarantined at
the school infrmary at 80 Merchant
street, and will remain there until IL
days have passed. though none have
been ill., They are Ned Wye of Win
chendon, Mass, Harold Sinclair Of East
Corinth, Arthur Knight ofIyme, N. H.,
and Milford Hunt of Derby Line. Wye,
unless his condition changes, will be
released Tuesday; Knight, Thursday,
and the other two next Saturday. The
first case to be noticed among students
of the school was that of Graniteville
lad, who was absent from school for
two weeks by illness. Two weeks later
another lad, this one from East Cor
NTH, was also taken ill., Since the dis.
coverv of the disease all methods OF
preventing further contagion have been
resorted to, and now it is believed the
disease has been successfully checked.
On Tuesday morning, Feb. II, at 10
o'clock, the continued hearing on the
case OF the Montpelier d Barre Light &
Power company before the Vermont
public service commission will begin in
the Senate chamber at the Capitol.
This hearing, begun early last fall be-
cause of the seemingly exorbitant pow
er rates to the consumers, was the work
of the Barre Quarters & Manufactur
ers' association, this organization hsv-
ing S55 900 addition to its annual
power bill pending At the adjourn
ment Of the hearing last fall the com
mission ordered the NJ. & r. l.. & p.
company, which supplies the entire
Barre district with electrical power, TO
make a physical appraisal, lndepend
ent of the company's appraisal, an in
vestigation by an expert appraisal com
pany, the American Appraisal company |
of Milwaukee, whose representatives
are now here awaiting the hearing, has
been made at the instance Of the con
sumers. Revelations Of unusual inter
est viii be brought out at this hearing
and probably for the first time pur-
chasers of industrial power in the Barre
district will have an opportunity to
learn all OF the information growing
out of the holdings of the Tenney in
terests in the Barre field. The asso.
citation executives urge every one Of
its members to make preparation Of
affairs in advance so that they may
attend the hearing. Their presence,
tho, may be of great Importance, il
during the course of proceeding the
counsel for the petitioners may find il
of advantage TO confer with the asso-
citation members on matters that will
inevitably arise from such hearing
Attorney S. Hollister Jackson, who was
taken i'll while attending a state con
vention of the Retail Monument Deal.
ers' association in Pittsburg, Pa, and
who has been convalescing from an at
tack of influenza during the past two
weeks, is now able to represent the Pc
titioners Tuesday morning. Attorney
Hollis of Concord, \. H.. and Attorney
+. +. Gleason of Montpelier are expect.