The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Thurston Damon, Boston, piano
II tuner, viii be at Hotel Barre mex
III weekday.
II See Yellcs against Mammals, Bur
II lington favorite, Wednesday night, al
II Montpelier armory,--adv.
H You get what you want and pay fol
II you get at the cafeteria supper to-
II night at the Universalist church,-adv
II Wrestling. Rinato Gardini, Italian
II heavyweight champion, vs.. Bob John
4 son, Swedish champion, at Clan Cor
4 don hall to- night.---adv.
H Daniel Badord of the Barre & Mont
\ pclier Traction CO., returned to work
Monday morning, after being detained
at his home in Montpelier by illness.
Gardini meets stranger" Lewis i'll
Boston for the heavyweight champion
ship next Monday. Come to Clan Cor
don hall tonight and size him up
adv.
| Opening dance at Bancroft inn, in
| Plainfield Friday evening, Jan. 20.
| Music, Lawrence 4 Van Ornam's or
chestra. Hall BILL 81, Refreshments
| served.--adv.
Miss Violet Johansson returned last
evening from the New England hos
pital for women and children, Boston,
where she underwent an operation for
infantile paralysis.
Master Stanley Carroll is resting
comfortably at the home of his par
ents. Mr., and Mrs, Edward Carroll of
"a Summer street, after a successful
operation for mastoid growth.
A western physician has discovered
harmless pile remedy known as Hem
Roid. In many cases of years stand
ing all distress quickly disappeared. E.
A. Drown now sells it with money back
gusrantee-adv.
A food sale for the benefit Of the
City hospital win be held Jan 20 from
p. m. on at the Speciality Shop, next
the Homer Fits store. formerly owned
by Miss Emma Whitney, now owned by
Miss Penelope Gall--adv.
One of the fastest basketball games
of the season will be seen in Spauld
! ing gym Wednesday night when the
/ Legion Ave plays Goddard, Tickets
| to the game viii also admit to the
photograph dance in the Legion club
house after.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. McGoyern have
returned to their home in Hartford,
Conn, after spending week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs D. ]. Hayes of
Pleasant street. Mr. McGovern trans
acted business for the McGoyern Gran.
lite company while in the city,
Mrs. A. W. Allen left to-day for
Bristol, Conn, where she will visit her |
daughter. Mrs. D. X Warner. From |
there she will go early in the week
to Boston, where she viii meet Mrs.
g. f. Bond The two will enroll in
Burdett college for special work
Since the first of the month w II
Ward Of the Ward Ice Co. has harvest
cd about one-third of the city's re-
quirements of ice, 1000 tons, and by
next week, providing there is no thaw,
he will take another good crop out
Of the Jockey Hollow pond. The first
ice was twelve inches thick, and the
cold weather of the last few DAYS has
CONCEALED another river roof of nine
inches already B. II. Humphrey,
foreman Of the company, who was hurt
during the first harvesting when
wrenched bv the endless chain, is able
to be out doors.
Lawrence Mitchell, Spaulding grad
uate with the class Of 1920 and son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. +. Mitchell of the
Plainfeld road, went to Mortified this
morning to take the competitive exam
a.. g. /
pointment to the Annapolis naval
training school. The lads older broth
er, Floyd. also a graduate Of Spauld
ing with honors, gained admittance
to West Point military school by ap-
pointment after he had scored the high
est marks of Vermonters in the exam
nation Of candidates He is now a {
freshman at the institution.
The Vincitia club rooms were a scene
af intense activity Monday night when !
Victor c. Townsend, checker champion
Of Boston, completed two rounds Of
playing with several Of
the best checker players of Barre,
Montpelier and vicinity. Mr.. Towns Q
md came to Barre at the invitation of :
he Vincitia club 10 give an exhibition j
II the checker game. In the first
round Of play the Boston champion
'arried on is games az the same time,
osing one, drawing eight and winning
he remaining nine. Edward Blanch. >
lrd was the sole victor in this round T
Ernest Stacy, John Downs. Harry Bel. :
len. James Given. Lowell Mcleod u
William Milo. Alexander Rcnnie and O. n
7. Perry, all played 70 a draw. Tn the q
eoond round ten games were PLAYED, .
or the most part with opponents who
lad either won or secured draw in g
he previous round, Two matches were a.
played with Lowell Mcleod IN hits T
played with Lowell Mcleod IN this a
winner in one game and gained a draw
n the other The results Of the 9th J
r games were. George Troupe. lost p
ID Blanchard who had defeated Mr.. OF
Townsend in the first round lost; vii
lam Milo. ar. draw: Q ". Perry. lost;
william Milo IT., lost; Ernest Tacev.
ost; James Given. lost, John Downs.
ost Mr. Townsend Is on tour IL !,