The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-29
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II Only few New Years cards left a
| browns Drug store. adv.
H d. J. Morse's pre-inventory sale
now on at Montpelier. adv.
4 Mrs. Maurice Mattson is able TO b
\ out, following few days sickness.
i Closing ont all the toys in the oil
| Averill store at oRe-half the price
| adv.
Miss Myrtle Kerr of st. Adams hal
been passing the holidays with Friends
in Barre.
| $3.50 Flexible Flyer for soc in on,
Of the packages at Red Cross Phar
macy.-adv.
"Everybody's doing it." The Christ
mas club at the Granite Savings banl
is attracting young and old alike
adv.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Gordon Of Pros
pect street left yesterday noon fol
Boston for a several days. business
trip.
4 Public dance. gymnasium hall, Gran
iteville, Friday, Dec 80. Suitor's or
chestra, FIVE pieces. Admission, 81 pei
couple adv.
viii Mrs. Vera Durgin, or anyone
knowing of her whereabouts, please
communicate with me? G. r. Durgin,
Mortified. adv.
Wilfrel Eisenwinter of Elm street,
who is attending the University Of
Vermont at Burlington, passed the
holiday at his home,
All stores, members of the Barre Re-
tail Merchants association, Inc, will
be closed all day Monday, Jan. 2, in
observance of New Years day. adv.
Clan ladies' desiring tickets for their
husbands or partners who are not
clansmen for the open installation may
get same from the chief sister Thurs
day, Dec. 20, from TO O'Clock at
the Clan room in the Miles block.
Regular meeting Jumpers, boxers and
derrickmen's branch, No. so, will be
held in Foresters' hail. Worthen block,
Thursday, Dec. 20, at Z o'clock. Elec
tion of officers. Let every member be
present. Per order Elmer ]. Clark, cor.
sec.
Christmas day was made very bright
and cheerful for the inmates at the1
city farm being so well remembered.
The ladies from the Congregational
church sent to each one box filled
with fruits, nuts, candy and handker
chiefs and magazines. The ladies soci-
ETY. Of the Cathalic church sent fruits,
candy, tobacco and a pipe for each one.
Also John Rosso, the barber, who
comes each year, with fruits, canned
goods, cakes, cookies, nuts, tobacco and
money for each one. Mr. and Mrs. Bal |
ley were also very generous with their |
gifts. Each one wishes to thank them |
all and to wish them happy New
Year.
Henry II. Hodgdon. James Curtis |
and Roy French, all of Barre, linemen /
for the telephone company and who
are on emergency duty in Massachu
sets repairing the damage caused BY
the recent terrific ice storm there,
passed Christmas here at their homes
and have returned to their work. With
them they brought tales of the dam
age caused by the storm which are all
most unbelievable. However. they
brought along papers from Worcester,
Mass, near which city they are work
int, showing pictures to substantiate
their stories. Hundreds of poles
snapped off or torn from their founda-
tions and miles and miles Of wire
twisted and snarled and broken are
only minor features of the chaos, they
said. Temporary wiring has been rap
idly put in place and almost anything
has been used for poles. According to
the men. it win be at least two more
months before the companies have the
system in working order again.
Sunday night at midnight the much
lespised sales tax meets its just de-
'erts and there won't be any mourners
present either. One Of the most impor- II
ant benefits which win result from
me elimination Of the tax will be in
he shipping Of express. George c.
Taylor, president of the American Rail-
way Express Co., recently said that
he public viii save s.. $1,000 a month
N express shipping through the aboli-
ion of the war tax, according TO G.
J. Marsh, Barre agent for the com
amy. The revenue act of 1921 elimi-
Iates the war tax OF one cent on ey-
ry twenty cents and fractions there
( in transportation charges ON all ex-
ress shipments. This tax, paid to the
overnment by the express company,
mounted to sl7,502,9ls in 1920. The
verage tax on each shipment was
light cents and the average transpor.
alton charge for each express ship
tent was sl.50. The elimination Of !
he war tax, therefore, reduces the ex-
ress rates by about five per cent. Mr.
aylor says. The elimination of the
IA will be welcomed heartily by the
,mpany as il has caused endless cal
ilation, entering waybills and colIec-
on OF tax. not to mention the ex-
snse Of checking and counting en-
lied. The new rates become effective
midnight Sunday night. Mr.. Marsh
Iys that the tax will be collected on
] shipments sent prepaid up to and
GLIDING Dec. 81, but will not be coll
cted on shipments received collect