The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

George Mackay will sing Hawaiian
Moonlight" this evening, adv.
A good piano-casc organ for sale
cheap at Bailey's Music Rooms.
Dance in Rowland hall Saturday
night. Landis orchestra. adv.
Dance at armory, Montpelier, Satur-
day. CAROLS six-piece orchestra. adv.
Mrs f. 5. Kent of Waitsfield is a
guest at the home of Elmer Owen on
east hill.
Mrs. A. Birnie is visiting the fashion
centers and will return with the very
latest ideas in millinery .--adv.
One of Robert Burns famous poems
to be seen in real life at the Barre
opera house on March 26-adv
A good match-Lundstrom VS.. Yelles,
Clan hall, Friday night. Ringside, ST.,
general admission, soc; ladies and chill
dren under IL years, 30c.--adv.
Basketball, armory hall, Montpelier,
Friday, March 5, Montpelier post, No.
8, VS., Shamrocks Of Barre. Tickets at
Lander's pool room. Dance after game,
adv.
The 40-hour Lenten alteration at st.
Monica's church began Tuesday morn
ing at s o'clock and terminated with the
solemnity of the high mass begun at
S o'clock this morning.
Norman Sullivan of Averill street,
who has been i'll for the past two
weeks with influenza, resumed his du,
ties yesterday at the office of Town
send Il Townsend Granite Co.
The Barre firemen surely know how
to play water on a fire, but they in
sist on Landi's eight-piece orchestra
doing the playing for their concert and
dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening, March H. Concert, s to 8;
dancing, o to LADY.
james Robertson. who for the past
three weeks was patient at the Barre
City hospital, left yesterday afternoon
for Montreal and the Royal Victoria
hospital to be treated for injuries re
ceived while in the Canadian army.
He was accompanied by his two broth
ers, Charles and William of Brooklyn,
n. Y, and his sister, Mrs John Miller,
also of Brooklyn.
Mrs. Il. A. Fox arrived at her home
at 81 East street yesterday afternoon
from the Massachusetts, General hos
pital, where she has been confined since
last November with a broken left hip. |
Mrs, Fox suffered this injury while on
a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Rena |
Duffy, who accompanied her TO this |
city and who plans TO remain here dur
ing the summer Mrs. Fox IL still un
able to walk without the use Of |
clutches.
Students of all sizes and weights, |
from the abntamweight to the heavy
weight class, were matched in amateur /
bouts at the Spaulding gymnasium
yesterday afternoon A ring was
formed in the center of the floor and |
the large mat laid for the wrestlers
and removed when boxing bouts were
on From 4 o'clock until 5:l5 II bouts
were completed, four of them boxing
matches and the other seven wrestling
Keen interest on the part of many
students, as well as adults, caused the
matches to have a number of speeta
tors. Each boxing match went for two
two minute rounds and the wrestling
matches TO seven minutes each ii a fall
was not secured within five minutes
1oach Robert Ross refereed all the
matches except that in which he and
Arthur Ellenwocd figured as an exhibi.
ion, A few g. the wrestling bouts
inshed draw and of course, no de-
ision was given in the boxing matches.
All demanded considerable interest, for
I was shown that each and every lad
vas out to win. The contestants
we're matched as follows America Gal
VS.. Dino Valz, wrestling; Edgar ,
VS.. James Greig. boxing; Earl
iitchell VS.. Carroll Tucker, wrestling
lay Beyille VS.. Floyd Mitchell, box
ng; Arthur Nelson vs. Roy Watkins,
resting; Earl Mitchell VS. Lewis Ber-
ie boxing Lawrence Mitchell vs..
William Ross, wrestling; r. l.. Ross q
s. Arthur Fleetwood, wrestling; Viii s
am Christie VS. Louis O'Leary, box ]
~; Wilfred Eisenwinter VS.. Leslie !
add, wrestling; Burton Jones VS. s
lloyd Mitchell, wrestling.