The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Two dollars off any mans shoes in
our store this week. Shea's,
New and used sleighs for sale at Cut
Ter Bros livery. Phone 100
Carlotta Lerantoni. who recently ar
rived Mt Ellis Island, n. v, from Italy,
arrived in Barre yesterday.
Miss Jeanette Granger resumed
work this morning in the Peoples Shoe
store, after an illness of a week with
grip.
Miss Florence LePage began work
this morning as waitress at Jacks res
taurant on Depot square in place OF
Miss Jeanne Rennie, who recently com
pleted work there,
U. S. Revenue Inspector j. j. Carney
has returned to his work in Barre and
is ready to give assistance to income
taxpayers at the school commissioners
office in the city hall
Park theatre to day and tomorrow,
"The objectionable Sin" Two shows
only, matinee at 2:l5, evening at 1;30.
Special prices matinee all seats lie,
evening, all seats 2sc, children lie.
adv.
Miss Christina Cartier Of Vancouver,
B. c.. has been the guest Of her aunt,
Mrs Eugenia Granger of Maple Grove
street. for the past few days and until
this morning, when she started on her
return journey
South Barre grange will hold q pow
erty social Wednesday evening, March
| 3. Everybody bring wcll-h boxes.
Come and have good time. Prizes
win be given for the most poverty
looking costume. adv,
Rex Johnston, who for several
months has been employed in the cloth
ing store of Moore & Owens, completed
work there Saturday night and, with
Hector Cootes, left for Boston last
night. Cootes has been an apprentice
baker at +. d, Ladd 4 Co.'S bakery,
but plans to work in Boston
George Maniatty of the Barre Fruit
store and John Mitchell of the Mitchell
Candy Kitchen went to Burlington yes
terday TO visit with John Petros, who
leaves this week fer Athens, Greece, his
native country Mr. petros has secured
the agency for Buick and Cadillac cars
in Athens and will establish himself in
this business soon after his arrival
there.
Mrs. John Gavaghsn Of 33s North
Main street sustained a painful injury
to her right leg Friday evening when
she slipped and fell on the sidewalk in
front Of st. Monicas church shortly be-
fore the evening service. She was re-
moved to the reetory and later taken
III a team to her home. The nature of
the injury has not as vet been deter
mined by the attending physician and
will not be until an X-ray picture is
taken.
| A chimney fire at the home of An
cello Puricelli on Prospect street this
morning at 1880 caused three tiremen
to respond with the light sled and
team used to answer hill fires. The
fire was of little consequence aside
from causing alarm and danger Pre-
vious experience with the fire trucks
on steep hills in deep snow caused
the men to make the trip with the
horses and sled.
A compressor station on the Consol-
idated Quarry company's quarry
burned Saturday afternoon, and the
cause is said to have been due to a
gasket blowing out and permitting fire
to come in contact with oil about the
compressor. The total loss is said to
have been in the vicinity of $4,000.
The equipment was old but could not
be replaced at that figure, it is said.
Insurance of $500 was carried. Ar
rangements are being made for recon
struction of the building and the Sc
curing of new compressor
While sliding on Pleasant street Sat
urday afternoon little Iris Chase, six
vear-oId daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Chase, who reside at the Morse
& Jackson shed at Hill place, off North
Main street, broke her left leg near the
thigh BY simply falling of her sled.
The littN girl was carried to nearby
home and her parents informed. Upon
examination by a doctor, the leg, which
three years ago was broken when the
girl fell down a flight of stairs and
which has been in a light cast ever
since, was found to be broken above
the cast. She was removed to the
Barre City hospital but win probably
be taken to her home tomorrow
Not one, but several boxing and
wrestling bouts will be staged in the
Spaulding gymnasium Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock, and with extreme
confidence Coach Robert Ross assures
everyone that there will be no frame
ups" for they are all amateur contest
ants, eager for reputation, These
bouts will begin, that is the first Of
them. at o'clock in the basketball
gymnasium and not in the auxiliary
gym. where the first exhibition bouts
we're held about three weeks ago. That
loom proved altogether too small for
the crowd OF more than 200 who wished
TO see the bouts. and for this reason
the change was made. An admission
fee of 20 cents will be charged to all
but students, who must pay 10 cents
for admission.
Flettori del Nv. Ward.