The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-04
TALK or THE TOWN


6, armory hall; Montpelier post, No. 3
VS.. Springfield. Game starts at s:lS
sharp Big dance after the game adv
/ Leave orders at Park theatre fol
Russian Symphony orchestra concert al
Montpelier city hall next Monday
Only q few seats left. Buy to-day N
adv
Mrs. Mary MaclSie Of Summer street
has been called to Potsdam, N. ", by
the serious illness of her daughter
Rosamond, who attends Crane institute
in that place.
The American Legion Regular meet.
| ing Barre post, No. 10, Wednesday
night, Feb. 4, at { o'clock Carpenters
hall Worthen block. Refreshments
George $. DeMerell. Adjt.
Tonight at Goddard gymnasium To
masi's, academy viii play two games
one with the Independent Five Of
Spauldng and the Other with the
Whirlwind Five of East Barre.
Special cars will leave at 1920 next
Monday for Montpelier for those at
tending the Russian Symphony. Some
good seats left Buy to-day at Park
theatre Tickets going FAST adv.
Joseph I4askey of Stamford Conn
arrived in Barre yesterday and will at
tend Goddard seminary. Laskey has
been attending prep school in New
Jersey and is considered the fastest
tackle in that state. He is also good
in baseball and basketball.
John OLeary of the granite firm OF
Marion & 0'Leary, left this noon for
Springfield, Mass. This journey il
made chiefly by Mr.. O'Leary that he
may meet as we'll as hear Francis De
Valera. Irish envoy, speak on the Irish
cause tomorrow evening in Spring
field.
Hear the Russian symphony concert
at Montpelier next Monday, with as'
sisting soloists, Cyril Towbin, violin
and Miss Abrahams, harp. Special cars
leave Barre at 7:20, returning after
concert. The musical. treat of the year
Have seats reserved now at Park
theatre. Over LOO tickets sold. Be
sure Of seats. Buy to-day. adv,
A very enjoyable party was held at
the Sacred Heart convent last evening
by 80 young ladies Of the senior sodal-
ity. There they assembled at 1880 and
for the next few hours enjoyed vocal
piano and various other instrumental
numbers. The evening was especially
entertaining, so much so that plans for
another are already under way. Re.
freshments were served by the nuns
before the young ladies left for then
homes.
The burning out of an electric motor
at the machine shop Of Trow d Holden
company on South Main street caused
most of the workmen, 45 in all, to quit
work this morning to await repairs 10
the power supply This is the only
power available at this time, the wa
ter power being eliminated by the froz-
en- Stevens branch, which ordinarily
would revolve the wheels until repairs
10 the motor could be made. II was
expected that the entire crew would be
able to continue work again tomorrow
morning.
Miss Genevieve Mccain, who for the
past two wears has been at the head oi
the French and Spanish department al
Goddard seminary, has given her resig-
nation to the head OF the school Miss
McCann goes to Portland. Me, where
she has accepted a position as head OF
the debating department. This Is near
Miss McCann's home. Everett s. Mar
shall of Gloucester, Mass, comes to the
seminary in the place Of Miss Mccain
Prof. Marshall is graduate of Colby
college. Wateryille, Me-. in the class of
10. Prof. Marshall wilr begin his du-
ties next Tuesday. He was very prom
inent in athletics at Colby.
Anyone interested in wrestling OF
sparring will have ample opportunity
to witness exhibitions of both arts at
the armory hall in Montpelier to.mor-
row evening. Joe Shimkus, the Barre
carnival wrestler, will meet former
Montpelier resident, Robert Johnson
who for the past three years has been
conspicuous figure in the wrestling
game in Massachusetts,. Professor A.
Shapiro of Norwich university has con
sented to referee this match, as well as
the preliminary match in which Ber-
nard Pembroke of Montpelier and
Charles Burella of Newport recently
discharged from the Z. s., navy, will be
the contestants. The sparring match
of three three minute bouts will be
given by Edgar Beaulieu of Barre and
Earl Pape. Beaulieu has spared both
at Ssaulding high school and at the
last wrestling match in Clan Gordon
hall, and is well known to Barre people
Pape's ability is well known to Mont
pelier people, especially those of Mont
peier high school, where he figured
prominently in athletics. They are
evenly matched both in weight and
science.