The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

Dance, dance, dance, Landi's orches
ira, Rowland hall, April 29-adv.
Presbyterian choir rehearsal-juniol
choir Thursday at $3.50; double quar-
tet at $3.50, Thursday evening.
Long distance and general trucking
light or heavy. Granite City Bottling
Works. Tel 796-M or 746W.-adv.
Mrs. Sidney d. Weaver of st. Al
bans is passing few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Dunbar
of 2 North street.
Attention Knights of Columbus
Special meeting Barre council, No. 40l
tonight at 1880 o'clock Very impor-
tant business. Large attendance re-
quested adv.
Beginning with Saturday of this
week, the Office of DR.. II. II. Hunter,
chiropractor, will not be open Satur-
! day afternoons or on Monday morn
ings. This change will be in effect un-
til June |.
Thomas Mercer Of the Morse block
has begun work at the James j. Hast
ings vuleanizing and repair shop on
North Main street. During Mr.. Hast
ings' absence in West Quincy, Mass,
,, Mr. Mercer has charge Of the shop.
A Telegram received yesterday from
James j. Hastings, who was called to
his former home in West Quincy, Mass ;,
through the serious illness of his moth
er, Mrs. James Hastings, sr., stated
that her condition was somewhat i'm
proved.
Charles Wood, who will be remem-
bered as candy maker at Laws con
fectionery store before its destruction
by fire and who for the past two years
has been employed at his trade in st.
Johnsbury, stopped in Barre TO call on
friends yesterday, while en- route to
Boston, to accept new position.
Bishop Edwin II. Hughes Of Bos
ton, who is TO preside over the nth
annual conference of Vermont Meth
odists, arrived in the city last evening
from Boston. Bishop Hughes recently
completed his duties as presiding bish
OPP at the East Maine conference in !
Guilford, Me. He is registered at Ho-
tel Barre.
Manager Grover Hall OF the Granite
City All Stars accepts the challenge |
Of the Trow & Holden baseball team |
with the declaration that his outfit is |
anxiously waiting for a game with /
the machinists. and is awaiting their
arrival at Lincoln campus Monday eve
ming, game having been arranged for
that time between the teams.
Yesterday afternoon in Howlan hall
the home economic department Of tie
Barre Woman's club held thu last
meeting Of the year for their depart
mcnt. A demonstration was given by
Miss Josephine Colts of the Farmer
School of Cookery of Boston and it
proved most interesting and instruc
i've Miss Colts had arranged a pref
lily decorated table. the setting and
service of which she fully explained
Later a demonstration of several most
1alatable dishes was given. A table
If food for sale brought ready buyers
The afternoon was highly enjoyed by
he large number Of ladies present.
A novel feat Is to be performed in
ront of the Barre opera house this eve
hing, Lorne Elwyn announced yester
lay afternoon. At this time David ,
Of the Barre garage will run
,ver the body of Sergeant Ed Reece
With Buick car loaded with seven or
light people Mr.. johnson was the
nly driver in the city whom the com
ANY could get to drive this car, which
lone weighs 3l75 pounds. With eight
passengers the load which will cross
sergeant Recess body win weigh about
wo tons. Strange as it seems. Ser
cant Reece Is not mountain of mus
le and Drawn but a small man, weigh
nc 1873 pounds when he appears in
lights to perform this feat, and stands
bout five feet seven inches in height
his stunt he has performed all over
he United States at vaudevilles and
arious theatres and at the Hippo
rome in New York City. In France
fhile with the L. S. army the stunt
mazed many a troop, principally be-
ause Of the comparative smallness Of
he man. Sergeant Reece travels with
he Lorne Flwyn Co as an actor, PLAYS
arts in the company and occasionally