The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-09-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

n d. Phelps Go. Inc
Don't miss the tea and coffee sale to
day at Barre Drug Co.-adv.
Columbia mid month records, on sale
to-day at Red Cross Pharmacy. adv
Baseball, Saturday, Sept. Is, at $3.50
Intercty park. Montpelier X. If G
vs.. Barre A. A.
Rev. Effie l. Webster will speak and
give messages Sunday at 2:30 and
p. m. at South Barre temple.
Dance every Saturday night, Mont
pelier armory. CAROLS orchestra
Special car. to Barre after--adv.
The board of directors of the Barre
Woman's club will meet in Aldrieh hall
Monday, Sept. IL, at 1880 p. IN.
| While it lasts, White Diamond coffee
and Royal Tavern teas at bargain
prices to-day, Barre Drug Co.--adv.
The regular September meeting of
the Red Cross will be held Monday aft
ernoon at 2:3O o'clock in Aldrich hall.
Stanley Crawford returned from
Leeds, p O., yesterday afternoon to
resume work on the hill, after his two
! weeks vacation.
Charles Collins orchestra furnished
music for the dance at Graniteville last
night which was attended by 4 large
number of Barre people
America Movalli, who has been visit
ing relatives in Barre during the past
two weeks, accompanied Mario Dunghi
today to Buffalo, n. Y.
At the evening service in The Pres
byterian church Sunday, trio, 'Fa
ther, Lead Me by the Hand" viii be
sung by Misses Lena Mcdonald and
Alice Walker and Harry Clark.
Friends of Mrs. Nellie G. Blanchard,
who underwent serious operation at
Heaton hospital. Montpelier, over two
weeks ago, will be glad to learn that
she is recovering slowly.
Salvatore Il. Cassellini completed his
duties at the Quarry Savings Bank &
Trust Co, a week ago and has gone
to Boston to enroll in the Bryant &
Stratton business college in company
with John Calcagni and Mario Sangui-
netti.
Tony Bianchi of the c. r. Bisnehi
& Son granite firm luckily escaped Sc
rious injury Yesterday. if not death,
when he eluded a topping block of
granite. boxed up in the stock yards.
As it happened, the box grazed his
head and inflicted a conspicuous bump,
but aside from this he suffered no
injury, the stone landing on the ground
without coming in contact with Mr.
Bianchi further.
Three auditors of the American Rail
way Express Co. of New York City,
George w Bowersock. w. n. Baxter
and Frank Fowley. are installing a new
system of accounting at the Barre of
flee. This system is being installed
to conform with the district accounting
bureau at Bellows Falls. recently es
tablished By this method local ae
counting is eliminated and the account
ancv Of all the Offices of each division,
which may consist of from 400 to 1000
offices, is confined to the acconntancy
bureau, in this case, Bellows Falls.
A Joint shower was held last night
at the home Of Mrs. Fl. w. Scott on
Richardson street in honor of Miss lua
Higgs and Miss Alice Downing. There
were approximately 80 friends pres
ent to make the evening success.
Music, dancing and games helped to
pass away the evening pleasantly.
Many useful gifts were presented both
Young ladies'. through the medium of
strings. The gifts were placed in en-
velopes and tied to cords and were
then twincd. twisted and twiried all |
over the house. There is no doubt |
that the two girls in whose honor the |
shower was given. earned their pres |
ents by untangling the twisted skeins
of Irvine.
Main street and FIVE Of its side |
streets are this morning being pla-
carded with signs for the penefit of
autoists who are ignorant of the tIaf 1
fc rules of the city. The signs on
the side streets are being placed fifty |
feet from the corner. the limit within /
which no autos may park. and they /
instruct the motorists TO park cats on /
that side Of the street only hose /
signs on Main street, of which there !
are four, warn the people not 10 turn I
their cars around anywhere il1ng the /
street, particularly in the business see +
ton. Either through ignorance ct the I
law. or despite it, several motorists /
have been guilty, both OF turning
around in Main street and Of Plrkns I
their cars in forbidden territory. With 4
these signs in plain view there win be
no excuse for further violations Of the /
city traffic law.
Mrs Hale Benton and son, Hale, ir., .
Of Rome. Italy who have for past few I
weeks been guests Of Or. and Mrs II. /
4 Drew at their home on Maple Grove /
street. went TO New York last night I
Go visit with relatives for two OF three /
weeks before going gack to Italy. Mrs.
Benton diyulrcd some interesting facts I
Premier n. c. T. in Italy, I
sta. ing that sugar in quantities less
than pound To a person Tor each /
month could br obtained for so cents 1
coffee At - per pound coal at SEQ per
ton and hard to get al that. Even gas !
for heating purpose $ limited 10 four
hours a day. an hour in the morning,
two hours at noon and one hour in the
evening After those specified hours
the supply i shut of. according 70 Mr..
Benton Relative 10 these is the fact
thai wheat for bread il not obtainable.
her Ave year Old son tasting white
bread in America for. the first time IN
hi. life In Italy. beans and other sub