The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

Buy new sheet music to-day AT Bal
leys Music Rooms.-adv.
Dance every Saturday night, Mont
pelier armory. CAROLS orchestra. Spe-
cial car to Barre after dance.-adv.
Alden Burke, medic" student at
the University of Vermont, is enjoying
few days at his home in this city,
while mid year examinations are under
way at the university.
Basketball armory, Montpeliere on
Monday, Feb Z, Montpelier post, No. 3,
VS.. Windsor. Game called at Sl5.
Dancing after the game. Music, Car
rolls orchestra,-adN.
Musical by Miss Rose Levin under
the auspices of the music and art de-
partment of the Barre Woman's club
in the ,plarlors of Hotel Barre Friday
afternoon Feb. IL, at 3 o'clock. Ad'
mission, 25c.-ady.
ANY subscriber to Holding NJ +.
church, whose subscriptions are in
arrears, are reminded that the church
wear is nearing its end and are re-
quested to pay up to date as soon as
possible, so that outstanding bills may
be met.-adv.
Mrs. Orrin Hughes of Elm street has
gone to Calais to pass the week end
with friends Mrs. Hughes is taking
two weeks vacation from her du-
ties at the Adams Go. store, and has
just recently returned from Chelsea,
where she was visiting the first OF the.
week.
Mrs. Katherine Lawliss has returned
home, after spending the past two
months in Holyoke, Springfield and
Northampton Mass. Shd was accom-.
panied home by her sister-in law, Mrs.
Claude Hebbard of Maiden, Mass, who
will spend a month visiting here and
in Montpelier.
From comparison of scores one is
led to believe that Spaulding high
schools basketball quintet is fully cap
,able of tossing for baskets in a game
to night with the Norwich freshmen,
both teams having played Goddard
seminary. The freshmen lost TO God
dard here early in the season, 10 TO 0,
and later on the Mortified floor, 80 TO
IL. Spaulding high, on its own floor,
gave Goddard hard battle in "a to
% victory for the Goddard team. To
night at s O'Clock these two victims of
the seminary team will meet in the
Spaulding gymnasium, beginning at s
o'clock. The freshmen team includes
two Barre boys, Densmore and Stay.
ton, so will quite probably constitute
an interesting lineup for local fans.
Every member OF the American lie
glon wants his mother, wife, daughter
and sister to belong to the Woman's
Auxiliary Barre has a chance to have
the strongest unit in the state. Every
one now a member bring as many eligl
BILE members as possible to the meet
ing Tuesday evening, Feb. :, at 1919
in the Legion hall Do not overlook
the fact that mothers, wives, daugh-
tiers and sisters of all men and won
Ell. who were in military or naval
service of the United States between
April s. 1917. and Nov. IL, 1918, and
died in line of duty or after or after
honorable discharge and prior to Nov
H.. 1920, are eligible to membership.
Every one of You is needed in order to
make the organization successful.
Granite manufacturers, business men,
masonry workmen and many other peo-
pie interested, either through business
reasons or CURIOSITY, visited the wood
shop of the George Il. Bond stoneshed
on Depot square, where c.. j. Gotti, an
American born Italian mason, was
moulding a block of concrete in which
granite dust, the waste proauct OF
Barre's chief industry was the chief in
predient. All afternoon men thronged
TO the shed to learn of Mr.. Gotti's prop
osition. which, if as claimed by Mr..
Gotti, will dispose of much granite
waste in the manufacturing and quar-
rying belt of Barre, which at present
covers acres of land and has utilized
the waste land to such an extent that
granite manufacturers now find II ex-
pensiye to dispose of the waste gran
tie by shipping it to out-of town points.
Through cousin in Montpelier who
recently told Mr.. Gotti of the vast
amount of granite waste, he decided
that Barre's waste product would fur
nish an excellent product for a new
building construction block, which could
be sold much cheaper than bricks or
lumber for building purposes and, be-
sides being more economical, is made
waterproof by chemical treatment and
as fire-proof as any concrete. Mr. Gotti
moulded a block yesterday and, Mon.
day afternoon at o'clock, will be
ready TO give it any test anyone may
desire him to at the Bond she'd