The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

Congregational rummage sale post
poned one weekday.
Goddard rings at Goodfellow's jew
elry Store. Special prices. adv
Don't forget the free UNDERWAY oil
service at The N. ID. Phelps Co. store
to -morrow--adv.
Public dance, town hall, Brookfeld,
Monday, May %. CAROLS orchestra.
Bill, $3.50, war tax included; extra la
dies, free.-adv.
You can buy a granite monument
that was quarried and manufactured at
some distance from Barre. You can
buy ice cream in Barre that was manu-
featured at some distance from Barre
But Barre ice cream, like Barre granite,
is the very best there is While we
live, let us insist that we be served
with Barre ice cream, and after that
let it be Barre granite.-adv.
John Downs, for nearly three years
the driver of the La France truck OF
the Barre fire department, finished du-
ties Saturday and left that night for
Boston. where he enters to-day the en-
ployment of the Lord g. Webster TO-,
wholesale -four firm. Mr.. Downs is to
have all the city of Boston and its i'm
| mediate vicinity as his salesfeld. Roy
Macdonald, one of the regular firemen,
takes the place of Mr.. Downs on the La
France truck and his place is filled by
Charles Emerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Binder Of Mt. Airy,
| ". c., were week end visitors in Barre
and vicinity. The former Is general
manager of the j. d. Sargent Granite
Co., one of the largest stone concerns
in Mt Airy Mr.. Binder is completing
tour Of New England granite centers,
having visited Quincy and Rockport,
Mass, Concord and Milford, n. H.,
before making his first trip to the
Barre district. He is a native OF Name,
although for the past ten years ne mas
/ been associated with Mr.. Sargent, who
will be remembered as former Barre
granite manufacturer, residing In
Montpelier. Business conditions IN the
Mt. Airy district differ but little from
the situation hereabouts, according to
Mr.. Binder. His company is somew hat
active in cutting building work, but
the monumental business in Mt. Airy
| is almost at standstill, he says. Re
Gently the Sargent company has been
shipping building granite to Cuba
While in Barre, Mr.. and Mrs. Binder
visited some of the cutting plants and
were accompanied on an inspection trip
to the quarries by Alderman ID. h LII
lie of MONTPELIER
Rev. P. A. Poole, pastor of the South
Congregational church, st. Johnsbury
formerly a pastor for several years OF
the Barre Congregational church, ex-
changed yesterday with DR.. F. !. Good
speed, and once more occupied his old
/ pulpit. Many Of DIR. Poole's former
parishioners were in the audience yes
terdav and former friendships were
renewed. He spoke on the subject
"The Message of the Pulpit for To-
day. Last evening the auditorium
was packed to listen TO an address by
Howard Briggs, president of Straight
college. New Orleans, a negro school
and to songs given by five Of the stu
dents. who are travelling with him
Both the address and the music were
much enjoyed and there was hearty
response both in the offering and the
pledges given TO assist the college IN
building a new dormitory. The speak.
or and the students were entertained
among the church people, and were
much enjoyed personally Yesterday
morning they appeared in Montpelier
in the afternoon at Willismstown, last
evening in the Congregational church
here, this morning before spauldine
high school and this afternoon they
are TO be in Marshfeld.