The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-07
5000 MEN IN AMERICA
AREEAGER TOF7Gl4T FOR
IRELAND, SAYS BOLAND
MONTPELIER
High Schol Defeated Peoples Academy
go to II.

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/ The Montpelier high schol basket
ball team defeated Peoples academy
by score OF 80 to II in sensation
al game played in the armory last
night. Barney's basket shooting was
the feature Of the game. He played
right guard for Montpelier and moth
! ing seemed too difficult for him to
cage. His total was six baskets from
! the floor. Massucco also played a good
game Tor Montpelier Young and Mud \
gett Of the Morrisville team played
good games. The Montpelier team is
credited by Principal Swafiield with
doing fairly good work all around. The
lineup:
NJ. H. s. Peoples
Massucco RI .......f, Mudgctt, Bianchi
Perolini, Conli, Kane, If
Sheridan, ............ g, Gates, deck
Barney, rg
Dillon, IL g, Young, Keeler, Patch
Baskets from floor. Massucco 2,
Comi, Kane g. Sheridan 4, Barney 6,
Bianch, Young 2; baskets from foul.
Sheridan s, Dillon 2, Mudgett 3. Ref
cree, Aldrich, Of Goddard; time two
2o-minute periods.
Captain Richard Ballard, U. s. A.,
left last night from Burlington for
San Antonio, Tex. where he will be
stationed at Kelly Field Captain Bal
lard has been studying plotting at Ar
cadia, Fla where he received news
since coming home on short fur
lough that two Of his buddies were
accidentally killed He has been ir
Montpelier with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith Ballard, and in Enosburg
Falls for the past two weeks.
4 total OF 73 fires occurred in Mont |
pelier in 1871, which is less than usual. |
There we're 10 bell alarms and IS still |
alarms. Several of the bell alarms
were needless. including two in a smoke
house at tne Pioneer. The losses are
not figured entirely yet, SO that the
total loss cannot be given, but it is
known that it is considerably less than
last year.
The Montpelier Firemen's association
held its regular meeting Friday eve
ming, with almost the entire member
ship attending. Routine business was
lone. s. Cor slim, who had charge Of
The recent fair, was present and the
accounting showed that the association
made net profit of S400 from the
Following the meeting
IN oyster supper was served, to which
wives and several members were in-i
rited. +. II. Pierce and r. 4. Blanch-
lrd were in charge OF the supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scribner gave
party Friday evening to company
i their friends, entertaining them at
heir home on Barre street. The eve-
ling was enjoyably passed with cards.
were served.
A group OF patrons OF the Matheson
tore were somewhat alarmed the 9TH
r afternoon when what seemed TO have
een shct from gum was heard
Iowever, it was the breaking of one of
he windows, which cracked about half
he distance from the floor TO the top
I it due to the settling of the build
ng. Since that time the glass has ,
racked the rest of the way to the top. ,
Between 200 and 300 attended the
nnual gentlemen's night given by the I;
Iontpeisr Woman's club in the Com
iunity building last evening. The
rustees of The Wood Art gallery kind ,
2 allowed the use of the large gallery ,
Or card playing. which was new de-
arturo and was felt TO be great inn
rovement. The 20 tables set up were q
coupled most Of the evening. The q
Eoman's club rooms, including the :
room and the smaller art gal
ry, were open for social purposes and n
le serving Of refreshments. Refresh 4
ents of coffee, sandwiches and cake a
ere served at 10 o'clock. The gymna-
um was used as dance floor, with \.
launselfs orchestra, assisted by Mrs. /,
ang, furnishing music for dancing. h
he gymnasium was decorated with
hristmas trees and crepe paper in the \
'omans club colors, green and yell I
w, with a large and elaborate chan n
slier of crepe paper in the center. The
fair was in charge Of the social COM \
ittee, consisting of Mrs. Harry w. r,
Dburn, Mrs. {. c Bancroft, Mrs. w. I,
:. Brock. Mrs. Julius Wilcox, Mrs. I,
. +. Atkins. Mrs. C. NJ. Heaton, Miss
orence Cory. Mrs. T.. ID. Field. Mrs Y
B. Shepard, Mrs. Z. A. Sumner, Mrs. I.
w. Luce, and Mrs. c. A. Kennedy. q
Miss Ellen MacDuffee and Miss Anne u
older gave a party Friday night at
iss MscDuffee's residence. at % Court r.
rect for Mrs. Charles BirtelI. Miss h,
orence Shipman and Mrs. Charlotte \,
'njamin. Mrs. Benjamin leaves soon p,
r California and Mrs. Birtell and
iss Sh.pman viii travel with her and +.
ntinuc ON to Honolulu. q,
Mrs. Myron Benjamin arrived last q,
zht from Boston for a stay in this n
". He- husband is III with pneumo- Il;
4 here.
A. B. Cobleieh Of Derby and J. c. III
'wle OF EnosburC were among those n,
the city yesterday TO attend the i
nferen-e Of the district highway q
minis icntrs. a.
Montpelier post, No. ,. American Le- :,
~, was represented at the funeral
IS morning in Mortified Of Private de-
mes Brown. World war veteran. who nj
: killed in action in France. Private -.