The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

! The Bolster plant, so-called, on
Granite street, will begin work Mon
day morning.
Victor Cecchini recently returned
from Hartford, Conn, where he has
been employed.
Angelo Calderara of North Main
street is spending a few days with
friends in Burlington.
Wrestling Gardini VS.. wild Cat
Lewis in Montpelier Thursday evening,
| Special ears to Barre afterwards.-adv
Delicious baked beans and brown
bread at the food sale Saturday, Feb.
| 26. Universalst church vestry, from 2
| to 3 O'Clock,
Herbert Wilson has not left the EN-
ploy of Blakley & Lafayette, BARRIERS,
but is having week oil to help out
/ the Plainfield barber.
Eva Davis and Dorothy Pierson re-
| turned to their home in Putnamsville
Yesterday after attending the Goddard
alumni day celebration Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs, 4. A. Chase of North
field were visitors in the city yester-
day. Mr.. Chase is member of the
granite firm Of Phillips & Slack, Inc
A mass meeting of labor men will be
held in the granitecutters' rooms,
Scampini block, Thursday, Feb. "a, at
o'clock, Per order G. L..U. press com
mittee,
Plan to attend the entertainment at
the Hedding church next Wednesday
evening. MarsSl ,. Everyone welcome.
Idol worship the feature OF the eve
ning.-ady.
Miss Merle Hoppock, a deaeoness at
the North Barre mission ON Berlin
street, left yestcr.ay FOR Boston to
attend the convention of Methodist
mission workers.
Miss Geneyieve Mccain, a teacher
of language in a Portland, Me-, high
school, is stopping for a few days with
Barre friends. after attending the
alumni reunion at Goddard seminary.
Sherman Watkins, who is employed
in the credit department of the Cana
| uldH Dtiik VI ApIiiiitiAN VI +'hN''NANtN'
arrived in the city last evening to
spend a three weeks vacation with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Watkins, of Sum
mer street.
Samuel Kingston and Alexander
Coutts accompanied Charles Coyne to
Rochester yesterday, where the last
named is employed as cook in a lum-
4 her camp on Rochester mountain Mr.
Coyne has been visiting in the city for
the past few days.
Mrs. +. II. Carleton of South Main
| street was the impromptu hostess OF
several OF her friends, who came TO
her home last evening to tender her a
party in honor of her birthday ami
yersary. An enjoyable evening was
spent, and light refreshments served.
Miss Emily Libby, Goddard, 10, re-
| turned to Franklin, y. H., yesterday,
where she is teacher in Franklin high
school. While visiting at Goddard,
Miss Libby took the opportunity 70
Journey to Burlington on Monday to
attend the Vermont kake walk re-
turning to the city Tuesday toSe pres.
ent at the alumni reunion at Goddard.
Edward ]. Mcmahon, the south
| paw" wonder at Goddard seminary
| last wear and who is now having daily
workouts under Coach Clyde Engle in
the baseball cage at the University of
| Vermont. was the guest of Edward
| Flanagan and Elmore Kelly yesterday,
with whom he came 10 Barre after at.
tending the kake walk at the univer-
sity.
An enthusiastic meeting was held by
the Granite Manufacturers association
at their headquarters in the Ayerill
block yesterday afternoon, Manufac-
turers from every town in the Barre
| district were present to hear the re-
ports of the several delegates that rep
resented the association at the western
and southern state retail dealers con
yentions during the past two months.
The meeting adjourned until next
Wednesday afternoon at ? o'clock.
In the rapid turnover Of clerks and
mail carriers at the local postoifice
comes the appointment of George
Bartlett 10 the position Of carrier. Mr..
Bartlett has taken over route No. 4,
| in place of George Donald. who was
transferred 10 route No. l in the south
end recently covered by James v,
Laing Mr. Laing travels the route
where the carrier position was left
vacant through the transfer Of VII
liam d. Macdonald TO mail clerk after
service Of nearly Is years as car
/ rier
Renato Gardini, the light heavy
weight champion OF the wrestling
world, arrived in Barre yesterday TO
renew the acquaintance OF several
countrvmen in the Italian colony, who
are interested in him and anxious to
see him become the king Of wrestlers.
To night in Montpelier he IS matched
against wild Cat Lewis, Califor-
MIA wrestler of some reputc. Promot-
ers of this match announced this
morning that. Lewis, too, had arrived
here Gardini came here from Burling
ton, where, Tuesday night, he wres-
tied Harry Mammas in handicap
match, cndeayoring TO throw the Bur
lington Greek light heavyweight twice
in IS minutes, which he failed 10 DO.
His opponent tonight will be about Is
pounds heavier and viii undoubtedly
furnish him reasons for energetic work
A miniature airplane, improvised
from a few cigar boxes and on exhibit
ton in the show window Of the Mar
rion cigar store, is the result Of the
efforts of ll-year-old Frank Finlay
Of Central street. Young Finlay and
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