The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Fred lnglis Is very Ill at his home on
Hooker avenue with double pneumonia.
Auction sale Saturday at City Auc-
ton Market, 2 and p III. See adv
adv
Mrs. George Woolsey of l6 Green
street underwent an operation at City
hospital yesterday.
A son was born yesterday morning
t. DR.. and Mrs. M. A. Meagher at their
home on Merchant street
Robert Johnston of II Blackwell
street left this AFTERNOON for Buffalo,
n. Y, where he has employment.
The directors of the Woman's club
will meet in Aldreh hall Friday, Feb.
q, at 1880 p. M. Important business.
Regular meeting of Col. j. B. Mead
circle, No !, Ladies of the G. A. r.,
Friday afternoon at 2:30 in Worthen
hall.
Mrs. Eugene Magnus of Waterbury
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Mary
Nichols of 0 Richardson street, for
few days.
Mrs. Nelson Hamel of Plainfeld has
been the guest of her daughter, Miss
Winifred Hamel of Spaulding street,
since Sunday.
l. Irving Fine returned to his home
on Maple avenue yesterday afternoon,
after visiting in Burlington and st.
Adams for some time.
Here you can get that million dollar
look. Suits and overeoats, all wool, at
$40 to 500. The Royal Tailor Man,
over Ladd's store.
Harry Forsyth has returned to Nor
risville, after spending a few days at
the home of Mr., and Mrs. James Tay
Tor of Bugbee avenue.
Richard Frantasel. st. Paul, Mimi,
granite dealer, started on his return
| journey to st. Paul yesterday after
noon, after a several days stay in
| Barre.
Miss Louise NJ. Gridley will be
pleased to meet the friendly visitors
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
recreation room at the Community
house, | Spaulding street.
C. Il, Morey, pipe organ repairer OF
Troy, n. Y, is spending a few days at
the Unversalist parsonage while look
| ing over the organ at the church pre-
raratory to making repairs.
f. A. Harris, Barre district manager
of the Tenney Service company, left
last night for Rutland, where he will
attend to-day an executive committee
meeting of the Vermont Electrical as
ISOLATION.
Purelli VS.. Shimkus Clan Gordon hall
Thursday night wrestling match
worth seeing Tickets at Marrion's
and Tosi Bros, pool room. Ringside 81,
general admission SOC, ladies, and chill
dren under II. 30c. adv.
! Mrs. Edw. Shallow formerly Mrs.
S f. Laviolettel is attending the mil
linery openings and fashion show in
Boston and New York On her return
she will reopen her millinary parlor at
| her home, Forsythe place.-adv.
The mission circle OF the Universal
list church will meet at the parsonage
tomorrow friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock Every lady in the church is
most cordially invited to come TO this
meeting and all members are urged TO
be present. Watchword. Power"
II. +. Hardy of the Park View house, |
Bethlehem. n H., will be at Hotel |
Barre March and 3, seeking help for |
the summer. He wishes 10 obtain |
kitchen girls. chambermaids and table
girls. Anyone interested Is asked TO |
see Mr. Hardy on the two days he is at
the hotel--adv.
The ROYAL Welsh Concert company |
is coming March l3. These are Lilsi
tania survivors One OF them, Risca
Williams. tells the story of this ter
rible tragedy. They have given 5000
concerts throughout the United States
and Canada and appeared at Carnegie
hall New York, and the Coliseum,
London.-adv.
The impending danger Of fuel short
age at the Pioneer power plant OF the
Tenney Service company was eliminat-
ed during the past week by the arrival
of $4,000 gallons of crude oil, which is
now used 10 manufacture electric cur.
rent This timely arrival of fuel doubt
less prevented a conspicuous reduction
in electric current TO the industries OF
Barre. Montpelier. Mortified, Water
bury and all other towns whose electric |
supply comes from the resources OF the
Tenney company. Water in all the
streams is very low, due to the thick
ice, and the coal supply was very low
when this vast amount of fuel oil be-
gan to arrive. The company installed |
oil burners at the power station last
fall
Several couples, friends Of Mrs Earl
Batchelder Of fremont street, walked
in on her nceremoniously last evening
to remind her that she had passed an
other milestone in life's journey The
affair was a complete surprise to Mrs.
Batehelder, who was in anticipation OF
pleasant evening TO be spent else
where However, she quickly recovered
from her surprise and after a time
tables were placed and 500 was en-
loved for a considerable time, after
which very bountiful lunch was
served This over. a social hour was
spent, when all left for their homes
wishing Mrs Batchelder many more
birthdays Just before leaving. one Of
the party. acting as spokesman. pre-
sented Mrs Batchelder a picture and
she responded. thanking one and ALL
Although the meeting of the ladies
auxiliary TO the Sons of Veterans, held
last evening at its hall in the Worthen
block. was only scheduled as one of the
regular events of the order. still it was
of more than usual interest because on
that date fell the birthday anniver
saries of the president and vice-pres-
ident of the auxiliary, Mrs. Clarence
Carr and Mrs Dennison Densmore, jr..
respectively. Wishing to give the event
some special recognition, the auxiliary, II
through Mrs O. J. Dodge. who made
the presentation speech, gave TO each
of the officers above mentioned a pair
of Community silver dessert spoons.
Mrs Carr and Mrs DensmOre EXPRESSED