The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

DR.. q. g. Sprague's Office will be
closed on Wednesday, July 2s.
Something doing every minute at the
Clan picnic the coming Saturday. Bet
ter be on hand. adv.
Miss Lillian Gearin returned to
Mortified to-day after few days Wis
it with relatives in this city.
Public dance, Rowland hall, Friday
night, July 30, CAROLS orchestra.
Everything ideal for a good time. -
adv.
Charles G. Kenyon of Burlington.
spent the week end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Kenyon of Frank
lin street.
Prof. and Mrs. G, A. Harvey of
Montpelier passed Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. o. j. Dodge and to day left
for Springfield, Mass, to visit friends.
4 Long distance and general trucking;
truck is also equipped to carry parties;
will seat between 10 and 20 people. All
pneumatic tires. Granite Cite Bottling
Works. Call 7l6.M or 746.W.
Gage & Cages Office will close at
noon Wednesday, July IS. for two
weeks, Office hours on that late are:
Barre, 9 to 10 a. m. Montpelier, 10 to
Il a. m. Notice will be given in two
weeks when the regular hours viii be-
gin adv.
In addition to the large program ad
vertised, Clan Gordon will have relay
race, distance of three -fourths mile,
open to teams of three men each A
prize of $40 to the winning team, pre-
sented by Clansman J. Corskie. En-
tries close July 20 at { p. m,-adv.
Patty McHardy of Ayers street. who
on Saturday underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the City hospital,
is resting comfortably at the present
time.
A lawn party will be held at the
home of Mrs D. G, Jarvis, l02 Orange
street, next Thursday at 2:50 P, m.
Bring 25c and your work for a social
afternoon. Everyone welcome. Cake
and ice cream served free-adv.
Mr. and Mrs Perley w Churchill are
spending few weeks with the lat.
ters mother, Mrs. Alexander Gordon.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Churehills sister, Miss Dorothy Buch-
an, who has been spending six weeks
with her in Berlin, n. II,
The annual picnic of the Congrega
tional Sunday school will be held at
Benjamin Falls Wednesday, July %.
Extra cars will leave from opposite
city hall at 1890 o'clock The fare
will be nine cents each way. Cars will
leave on the return trip at las o'clock.
Let everyone, old and young, take the
day off and have good time. If it
rains, picnic will be Thursday.
Mrs. Louis j. Bruya and daughter,
Elsie, returned Saturday to their home
on Maple Grove street from Middle
bury, where for several days they Wis
tied relatives. Miss Catherine Bruya
also returned Saturday from a few
weeks stay in Essex Junction.
The Harrison Granite compsny's SOC
Ger football team extends challenge
to any soccer football team in Barre
or the state of Vermont, this team
having recently been organized to APP.
pear at the Clan Gordon picnic next
Saturday afternoon. Most of the team
is composed of Scottish players, men
of much experience in the game.
At IL o'clock Saturday noon word
was received by the management of the
Barre K. of c. team that the Mont
pelier Whirlwinds could not meet the
Barre team at Lincoln campus. With
such a short notice another team could
not be secured in time to play at the
scheduled starting time, so no game
was played. Upon inquiry il was
learned that most of the Whirlwind
team is composed of Montpelier "Ka-
ceys," which team had game seized
uled in Brandon Saturday afternoon.
Arrangements for a game between the
= Barre X. Of c. and the East Barre
team are afoot now for Thursday aft
ernoon at Lincoln campus.
l The 6 o'clock trolley car leaving
Barre dropped onto the ties near
Dodge's crossing last evening when
passing over the Wells River track
crossing. all four wheels Of the open
: summer car leaving the tracks. The
! car is always travelling very slowly Al
this crossing and was so doing last
night, going not more than two feet
/: over the ties before being stopped
None of the passengers, Of whom there
we're a comparatively few on this car
was injured. Soon after the repair
/: car arrived with Supt. Charles Durel
and gang of workmen, who put the
car back on the rails without much