The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-02
TALK or THE TOWN

II Birnie, 4 Laurel street
HI Drop in. price on Exide Ford bat
H teries. See Harvey & Mower.-ady.
H Buy your Christmas gifts at thl
woman's exchange, "a Elm street =
II adv.
H "The Grand Canyon at the univer-
salist church Sunday evening. Silver
H offering. adv.
II Elks' memorial services Sunday, Dec
II 3, at 2:30 p. m, Playhouse, Montpelier
Public cordially invited.
l Those having fancywork for the Uni
yersalist fair please leave at vestry on
Tuesday afternoon. adv.
Don't forget the rummage sale held
by the Salvation Army Saturday at 8
a. m. at 70 Main street.-adv.
| John Pickering of Durham, P. O., is
visiting at the home of his nephew,
John Pickering Of the east hill.
Il Window ventilators, fresh air with
out dust, snow, rain or germs. Sadlier.
outfitter, 10 Keith avenue.-adv.
Remember the Universalist fair Dec.
6 and 7. The supper on Wednesday
night will be served by the men. adv,
i The ladies of the Baptist church will
hold their annual chicken-pie supper
and fancywork and apron sale Wednes-
day, Dec. 6.-adv.
| It is expected that DIR. e. J. Rogers
of Pittsford win be at the Washington
County Tuberculosis hospital on Beck.
ley hill Sunday afternoon and Monday.
Closing out sale Of the entire grocery
stock in the Griffin store at 489 North
Main street. Sale begins Friday morn
ing, continues until everything is sold.
adv.
Harley w. Kidder of the University
of Vermont has been awarded an hon
orarY scholarship in medicine. Mr..
Kidder is sophomore in the college Of
medicine.
Have your neavy rubber footwear
vuIcanzed now and be prepared for
the season ahead. Work guaranteed
to stay. J. J. Hastings, 81 North
Main street. adv.
We have a few pianos taken in trade
for player pianos we are offering at
very attractive prices. Ask to see them.
Littlefeld Piano Co, Inc, formerly Bal
ley's Music rooms.-adv.
w. r. Thompson has arrived home
from New York. where he has been EN-
ployed with the Woodland cemetery
for the past nine months, setting and
repairing vaults and monuments.
Miss Barbara Dingwall, daughter Of
Mrs. II. G. Dingwall of Claremont, n.
H., formerly of Barre, underwent a
successful operation for adhesions at
Claremont General hospital last Tues
day.
Methodists, attention. Let every
family fill pew at the morning ssrv-
ice Dee. 3. This service is especially
planned for you and the whole fam
ily. Some thing for each and all.
Comet
Special for one week, pure food pie
filings, four for Sll0 or SO a doz-
en-, including baking powder, cocoa
and marshmallow Free cook book with
each dollar order Mrs. Frank Blouin, I
IL Murray street-ady
CAPTAIN William Harold Bevan of
Boston and Lieut.. Richard b. Fitton OF
Boston have come to Barre to take
charge Of the Salvation Army work
here, in place of Envoy Sykes, who has
been retired because Of age.
The missionary society of the Pres
byterian church will hold rummage
and food sale in the vestry Thursday,
Dec. Z, at 2 o'clock. At 1880 there will
be an entertainment and candy sale.
Admission at night, l5c. Will all mem
bers and friends kindly contribute =
adv.
Barre has every reason TO be proud
of her showing in the recent Red Cross
roll call. when $l,763 was turned in as ]
a result Of an organized canvass OF the
city. This was the largest amount ever
secured in Barre in a Red Cross drive I
and was the result this time of the ]
work of a body of enthusiastic and 4
hustling people, who conducted the
canvass. plus the willing and generous
shirt OF the citizens. OF the whole
amount. S4G6 has been sent to the ma
tfOnal he0 1TOss Btduqudfttts nc fhr
per cent due there, which leaves 81 POI
for use right here in Barre. II is known
there is still little more money TO
come in, and if anyone wishes to add
still further to this amount, the Barre
chapter is ready with open hands to re
ceive it.
Writing his weekly letter from San
Antonio. Texas, to his newspaper, the
Herald and News, Luther B
Johnson has the following of interest
to Barre people: "You viii recall that
/ mentioned in my last notes.-the pow
erful wireless broadcasting station op-
Grated here and suggested that our To-
cal sharps listen hard TO hear from
us Well, It Seems that parties in
Barre have done this successfully.
Howard g. Mcknight of that city
writes the local station that Sunday
night. the 18th, he picked up WOAI
and heard parts Of the concert given
here. He said he had home made sin
rle circuit regenerative detector and
amplifier. The air line dis
.ance from San Antonio to Barre is
I,74s miles, and this record for long
distance telephony is one Of the best
corcd by the local station