The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-27
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Five Churches United for Christma'
Exercises at Town Hall.

Five churches united Sunday evening
at the town hall in fitting observance
| of Christmas. The program was in
the hands of Mrs. Nelson M. Gay and
Mrs. Mary Larock Bailey, to whom
much credit is due for their nntirina
efforts TO make the concert worthy OF
the occasion and OF the united churches
In their turn, those ladies are very
grateful to the singers and to the mu-
sicians who made up the orchestra, for
their faitlIfulness in attending rehears
| ais, in some cases at much inconveni-
enoe. The hall was filed, showing a
| good degree Of popular interest in the
event
The program included the singing of
| the hymn. "Ioy TO the World BY Miss
Jennie DeCisco, and of the song. 70
Joyful Christmas Day by Miss Vicno
Haikara; recitation. Hush, My Dear,
Lie Still and Slumber." by Miss Louise
LAWN, and hymn Away in Man
ger No Crib for Bed by six primary
| children.
The principal feature OF the program
was the singing of the cantata, "Shep-
herds OF Bethlehem by chorus choir,
in which sclo parts were taken by Mrs.
Gay, Mrs. H. c. Scoville, Mrs. c.. T.. No
BILE. r. s. Blossom, f. l.. Southworth
and j. A. Graham. Another feature of
the occasion was the distribution OF
2sj7 candy bags and the same number
of oranges to the Sunday school chill
dren.
The committee in charge Of this part
of the celebration consisted OF Mrs. G.
T. Abbott, Mrs. w. II. Arnold, II. D..
Belval, Miss Charlotte Fisher, Mrs. w.
n. Salter, Miss May Inez Savage, Mrs.
II. L. Southworth. Miss Abbie Whit
comb, Mrs. Guy Wilson and Miss Mary
Wynn. Mrs. Arnold was chairman of
the committee and all the meetings and
much Of the work was done at her
home on Gushing avenue.
The funeral OF Z. d. Gibson was held
yesterday at his late home, Rev. J.
Wesley Miller officiating. The bearers
were Edwin Abbott of Burlington. II.
4. Emery, Rollin Gibson and DIR. o. v
Greene. Interment was in the family
lot at Cherry Hill cemetery.
Miss Emma Brown of St. Albans is
visiting at Mrs. G. +. Hepburn's and
at c. n. Stimets.'
The tractor used TO haul logs from
the skids to the Wayne Lumber com
pany's mill in Pittsfeld was ruined
by fire which broke out in the engine
house in that place last Thursday
night. The watchman was unable to
start the tractor and before help ar
rived it was hopelessly in flames.
After being shut in several weeks.
Dr. v II. Eddy was able to take a
walk downstreet yesterday.
Principal G. A. Davies Of the La
Fargeville, n. ", high school is home
Holbrook family in West Windsor the
latter part Of this week.
: George Sturk has returned from
Chelmsford Mass. where he has been /
working on a granite building job.
Mrs. Perkins Flint and Miss Altha
Flint of Braintree are visiting at w. /
II. Arnold's.
Rev and Mrs. w. S. Smithers, Mr..
aud Mrs. HJ. Smithers and their two
OF Randolph were Christmas
dinner guests at Paul F. Wilson's yes
terday.
Yesterday was quite generally OBJ
served a. holiday by the business
places in town.
C. 4. Cushing had TO send his men
in the severe weather Saturday morn
ing TO repair break in the White Riv-
er Valley telephone line at Gaysville.
caused by the deliberate telling of
tree across the wire. This i some
thing that happens quite often. the Of
fee in some cases being notified and
IN other cases not. The telephone CON-
pany finds no fault with people for
rhopping their trees when they want
10. but would like to have them give
the company a chance TO send men
without cost to the owners Of the
trees to assist in telling the trees 50
as not to break the line. or, al worst.
20 that the break might be repaired
instead Of putting every
BODY on the line out Of communication
with the outside world for hours. and
sometimes for days
Miss Lucy n. Paine was with rel
ltires In Lebanon. y. H.. for Christ
mas
Mr.. and M-s W. ". Wilmot Of
West Lebanon. \. n. spen; Christmas
with their daughter, Mrs ". Y. Law
ess.
John g. Wilson j. home from the
United States military academy.
Miss Jessie Parker j. home from ,
eaching in Montpelier. Miss Lucy