The Barre daily times., August 05, 1920, Image 8

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THK- BAMHE ,DA1LV TiMKS, BAKRK, Vi, TlilJKSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920.
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2 Homer Fitts Co.
Incorporated
it
The Store Where Quality Counis
Does Your Linen
Chest Look
Empty r
Or are you looking for some exceptionally
fine linen to present to a bride as a wedding
gift? We are very well equipped to be of serv
ice to you in either case just now. We've just
unpacked a shipment of splendid Table Dam
ask and want you to know about it. The pat
terns are beautiful, the qualities high grade and
as you will note below they are all very mod
erately priced.
Satin Table Damask
Warranted all - pure linen, made in Ireland,
70 inches wide, four patterns to choose
from in very choice designs ; a yard
$4.25 and $5.50
Superior Satin Damask
Irish manufacture, not all linen but warranted
to wear and look well after washing. 70 inches
wide a beautiful assortment of patterns in
stripes and dots; a yard
$225 and $2.39
Notes About New Neckwear
One of the most bewitch
ing arrivals our Neckwear
display Is a pointed round
collar in several pretty pat
terns at 75c. It is particu
larly charming when worn
with voile or silk dresses.
Other styles are also moder
ately priced.
E 1UI M I I
SPECIAL
COLUMBIA
DANCE
m l
J i RECORDS .
A2955 THE LOVE NEST
SONG OF THE ORIENT '
Two Good Fox Trots by Art Hickman's Orchestra
A2943 OH BY JINGO One-Step
ROSE OF CHILE Fox Trot
A2927 THE MOONSHINES ON THE MOONSHINE
I'LL SEE YOU IN C-U-B-A
Two Fox Trots to Ted Lewis
Red Cross Pharmacy
OUTING
SUITS
We want again to call your attention
to the line of OUTING SUITS.
We have them in several patterns,
with and without Vest. Just the suit
for the next two months.
Prices arc moderate.
Frank McWhorter Co.
BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 1920.
The Weather. '
Fair to-night and probably Friday;
light variable winds.
TALK OF THE TOWN
The best shine in the city at Lan
der's. adV-
Allen Carter of West Topshaiu was
in town to-day on buitineaa.
t Dance, - Camp Comfort, Saturday
night. All tickets 55c.--gdv.
t William Menard of the Miles block
has returned from a several days' visit
in Burlington.
Evelyn Goldsbury of St. Albana is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Arthur
La page on Prospect street.
- The ladies' guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd will w( :a,,.,.the
church to-night at 7:30 o'clock.. , ,
Stop-look - Hate cevybody - attend
the auction sale. of genial merchandise
including fttverUst, at ..the .MeAUister
store, tastBarre, Saturday, at 1 p. m.
sharp. adv. 1
Six-room modern cottage house on
corner lot for sale. Beautiful loca:
ion; nice lawn, garden, etc. Am. leav
ing the city. ' Edwin Bruce, 25 jtfelson
street. Tel. 303-M.
It will be worth your while to at
tend the fire and water auction sale
of general merchandiMe at the McAl
lister store, East Barre, Saturday "at
1 p. m. sharp. adv.
Mrs. Belle S. Fleury of Swanton
visited her sister, Mrs. Evelyn E.'H.
Wales, while on her way to Salisbury
Bea-b to spend a month with her son,
KIdon Floury, and family. .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irish of Sche
nectady, N. Y., arrived in the city last
evening to make a few days' visit with
Mr. Irish's relatives. He was formerly
a plumber with the N, D. Phelps Co.
Kedpath chniitauqua at Montpelior
six big clays Aug. 10 to 21. Six
teen interesting attractions $8 worth
for only $2.20; children, $1.10. Sea
son tickets now on sale at Tilden'a
Shoe Sstore.--adv.
Mr. and Mrs. William TTarknes,
daughter, Lillian, and son, Fred, of
Pawtueket, H. L, who visited at the
home of Mr. ami Mrs. P. M. Parks of
Franklin street, having come here by
automobile, left yesterday for Port
land. Me.
Edward Sullivan, left flalder of God
dard's 10'JU regular nine, returned to
Si. Johnsbiiry to-day after visiting at
his home in Graniteville for a few days.
Sullivan at present contemplates re
entering Spaulding high school at the
fall opening.
Aldo C. Poletti of Barre has suecefs
lully passed the college entrance exam
inations and has been admitted to the
freshman class of Harvard universi
ty, where he has a scholarship of $200.
He graduated from Spaulding high
school last June.
America Polli, the young Barre pitch
er, who is playing for the Springfield
town team during the summer months,
returned to Springfield to-day, having
come here to twirl for Graniteville
A. C. against the Royal Colored Giants
yesterday afternoon,
Kir 11 day celebration at Caledonia
park Aug. 7 under the auxpices of the
Granite Cutters' International associa
tion. There will be speaking, all kinds
of sport, amusement and refresh
ments. a erylKHiy welcome. Come
and liaie a jrood time. Admission. 10c;
Indies and rhildren free. Frank G.
Wilson, sec'y.
Several shoe stores were closed to
day on account of the Vermont Shoe
Retailers' association outing at Wood
stock. Amons the number to leave by
autos this moiffing were: Mr. and Mr.
V. H. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. L. G.
f lnuph. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Tilden,
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Tilden, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank J. Shea, Portus Brown,
,lame Brown and Miss Annie Brown.
Mrs. William Marr and daughter.
Kath'erine. of Detroit, Mich-, arrived
at the home of her sister, Mrs. P. M.
Tsrks of Franklin street, where she
plans to spend a month. Mrs. Marr
formerly resided in Barre. On her re
turn he will lie accompanied by Mas
ter Wilbur and Miss Beatrice Marr.
who have lieen guests at the Parks
home for the past six weeks.
Nelson Brown of " Cliff street left
fielder of the Dartmouth arsity nine
during the l!)20 baseball season, leaves
earlv next week for Montreal to join
the Three Rixers baseball aquad. play
ing with that team during the month
of August. From Montreal he will go
directly to Hnoer, V. H., early in
September to begin practii for the
coming football season. Brown fig
ured prominently in overseas football
nd his many friends in Barre be
lieve he will be as successful in varsity
football a in basketball and baseball.
He has already earned two letters and
in all probability will rapture a third,
hating had much' experience in high
school football at Spaulding. Since
the close of college he has been spend
ing the summer with" his parents, Mr.
sqd Mrs. James "Broun.
Card of Thaaki.
To all tha friends and neighbors who
extended their .kindness and sympathy
to'ns in our sorrow and for the many j
beautiful flowers we offer our heart Mt j
thanks. Mrs. Helen Kit and Jaraily.
TALK OF THE TOWN
Regular meeting of the A. O. H;
Thursday night, Aug. 5, at 7 o'clock;
initiation.
Mcmliers of the Barre Woman's club.
Time for dues to be paid. Mrs. Alex
ander Smith, 25 Keith avenue.
Watch Friday'a Times for ad of fire
and water auction sale to be held at
McAllister Bros.' store, East Barre, on
Saturday afternoon. adv.
Notice: Regular meeting of M. W.
A. Friday,Aug. fl, at 7 p. in. All mem
bers who are. back in their dues are
requested to attend and pay up.
If you are contemplating coming to
Joe'a pond for your" vacation be sure
to stop at the Lake Shore house and
you will get good accommodations.
Also boats to let. adv. " '
James M. Langley, city editor of the
Union Leader in Manchester, X. H.,
is, together with his wife, visiting his
parents, Mayor and Mrs. Frank E.
Langley of Delmont avenue.
Through inadvertence the names of
Howard C. McKnight and Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Gennett were omitted from
the list of floral contributions at the
funeral of Miss Genevieve' Bombard.
The body of Mrs. Mary Berry,, who
died Tuesday, was taken to Holyoke,
Mass., last night for burial. Mrs,
Alexander Ford, the niece of the de
ceased woman, accompanied the body.
Dr. Meagher has gone to the Univer
sity of New York to take a lecture
course in all the new. and up-to-date
methods of dentistry. The doctor al
ways aims at being up-to-date in his
profession, for the benefit of himself
and his patients, to whom he owes the
best that the profession can give. The
doctor will resume duty at his dental
parlors Tuesday, Aug. If. adv.
To-day starts the three-day home
service appeal of the Salvation Army
and solicitors will call for the sub
scriptions to the fund, which it is
hoped will be raised by Saturday
night. It is needless to mention the
magnificent work accomplished by this
organization in all parts of the world.
Everyone is asked to make a contri
bution, large or small and let the good
work continue.
BETHEL
Teachers have been engaged as fol
lows in the town district for the fall
terms: Fast Bethel, Miss Lida Stev
ens of Tunbridge: quarry, Mrs. Clay
ton G. Wight; Finley bridge, Mrs. Eu
gene B. Chandler; Camp brook, Mrs.
Clayton E. Dunham; old church. Miss
Emma Moses of Randolph; Gilead,
Mrs. Earrie L. Jackson of Randolph;
Litticville, Miss leda Smith of Gays
ville; Lympus, Mi Grace M. Rome.
Mrs. Mary Root and her daughters.,
Jennie and Philanienc, of Lebanon, N.
II., came Tuesday to visit friend. Mrs.
Root went to-day to Potsdam, X. Y., to
visit a sister, who is ill.
Edsnn E. Holbrook came Tuesday
from Hartford, Conn., where he has
lived with hit son, Henry, since last
fall.
Governor P. W. Clement and Zed
S Stanton were here yesterday on bus
iness. The Methodist society made $15 by
a sociable at F. F. MoCullough'a last
evening.
Mrs. Arthur H. Con" returned to-dsy
to her borne at Lynn. Mass., after a
fortnight's stay at David U Bun-ell's.
Kendrick McCulbnigh of Randolph is
visiting at F. F. Mcullough's.
Wesley E. Magivney is recovering
from the effects of a scalp wound,
caused by the fall of a dead limb up
on his head from a tree tinder which
he was working.
Jobn Morse, with his daughter. Cy
lena, as housekeeper, and his son. John
Byron, as farm band, is at his Lympus
farm hay ing. Recently be was joined
by his mother. Mrs. Jane More, who,
tfiouph Sd. and blind, is enjoying the
visit to the farm.
Miss Adflina Clifford and Theodore
Clifford left to day for Cape Roiier.
Me., planning to take a boat from Bos
ton. They will spend three weeks
with relatives there.
R. A. Abbott and I.. A. Spooner
were in Boston Tuesday to get a bsid
of houeshold goods for G. F. Seaer.
John L. Parrot! and Kugene T. Par
rott arc workitij on a job for Salisbury
Bios, in Randolph.
MONTPEUER
SOUTH RAMIE
The South Barre Sunday school will
bo discontinued until Rev. Mr. Ho-
kerk's return.
Card of Thanks.
We'wi.-.h to thank all the friend and
neighbors who o kindly sympathized
with lis during the illness and death of
our darling (ienevieve, especially the
nures of the Barre City hospital, a bo
aisted us to care for her.
Mr. and Mrs. Frsnk Bombard,
Olive Irene Bombard.
Alfreda Albert ine Bombard.
Mildred Marguerite Bombard.
Louis Laramie.
T. R. Merrill has turned oyer; to the
city sheriff the. largest" amottiit of un
collected taxes .in some , years;, not the
largest number of individual -collections,"
btit the most money. Lastkyour
hii; turned over to; the collecter 3111
names,, amounting to $4,413.48, while,
this year he turned over 274 names,
but the amount is $17,243.47. The lust
day' collection, ' Saturday's,' was the
largest amount in any single day, since
he has been treasurer of Moiitpelier;
namely, $87,318.01, . while the total
amount collected in July was $228,
755.05 against $103,800.48 in 1019.
Miss Vinal, representing the library
bureau, ts expected to-day with two as- j i
sistants to Stan, me worn oi inaexing
the records In the city clerk's office.
Later several young people from the
city will assist in the work. These rec
ords are in bad shape and have need
ed indexing in a card system for some
years. T. R. Merrill, I the clerk, has
asked the different city" councils to cx-H!
petid money for the job, but, until this
year, the work has been put off. The
work will not be completed this year,
but will be started so that such sums
at, can be set aside for the work can be
used from year to year until ine worn
is completed. The filing case arrived
last week and is stored in the back end
of the building. ,
Dr. Lawrence F. Heaphy of New
York City is visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Heaphy.
Mrs. J. E." Berry left Wednesday aft
ernoon for the ary Fletcher hospital,
Burlington, where she will be treated
for a week or so and then will have
an operation, which is expected to im
prove her health.
Pursuant to a conference between
members of the Montpelicr city eoun-!
cil, the selectmen of East Montpelicr,!
Contractor Gregoire, who has charge of j
the East Moiitpelier federal road job,
called by S. B. Bates, state highway
commissioner Monday evening, Alder-j
man Stratton of Montpelicr placed the!
signs for the detour from Moiitpelier to
l-.ast .Montpelicr so tnai iratnc now , ,
goes ove town hill to the Farnham ; Wag;3sS53
. , i , , i j i- i a : t 1
turn inence ny ine oia v1'8"" meeting
house, then turning to the right to
service-sXtisfaction
Special for Friday and
Saturday
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K Ml
All sizes ; all colors ; newest styles. Every one of these
waists are made of the best quality Georgette Crepe and g
actually sold from $8.00 to $10.00. Your choice while 3)0JyQ)
they last
,- i
-200 yards of those Silks left-value $3.00 to $3.50.' Geor
gette, Crepe de Chine, Taffeta and Satin; at, per yard.
4
1
L9
Pure Silk Hose,, fashioned leg, black and white, $2.50 41 J?flj
value, at iLoPcK
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY
wine, were
seven
obtained,
bottles of
hile at
gra ppa,
1U. l. - t i'.... At ...r...- onrreiios
. . osllon of "raipa and a gallon of sour
where the regular trunk line connects. ,"" IHna "
.,u ..... ... wine and a barrel with some sour
1 lir i,ri. ,,. . ., Q.ik, ....... ......
cloaed thf river road coming this way
and signs directing traffic have been
placed in East Montpelicr at junction
points.
. The spreading of tarria on the Barre
road is now tinder way, having lieen
commenced Wednesday, after some de
lay. Karlier in the season represent
alies of a concern selling road oils
claimed to the street committee that
oils could not be obtained this year,
but investigation by Alderman Strat
ton of the committee developed the
fact that the Barrett Manufacturing
Co. could suppply the commodity and
they shipped a car, which arrived two
weeks after the order was placed.. An
other car is en route and will be spread
a.-, soon as the weather permits after
its arrival. The road on the Mont-
wine in it were seized and moved to
the police station for storage until the
cases are disposed of.
Martin M. W'ood of Philadelphia,
national secretary of the J. O. U. A. M.,
H F. !,ockner of lxuiville, Ky., na
tional councillor of the same body;
John Noyes of Concord. X. H and G. A.
Davis of Baltimore. Md., members of
the national executive board, called
upon W. H. Jeffrey and A. E. White
in Montpelier Wednesday, representing
the state body, and arrangements for
the holding, the state meeting some
time next juontli or the first week in
window which was broken in the
Standih store recently by an explosion
of gas in the bakery connected with
the store. "
E. S. Brigham, commissioner of agri
culture, is in Burlington attending a
meeting of the directors of 'the co
operative creameries of Vermont.
Clayton Perry of St. Johnsbury has
been appointed administrator dc bonis
of the mortgage in which he was ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
Henry Farnsworth, late of Waterbury,
for the purpose of discharging tha
mortgage.
Leonard Brown, alia Hodges, in city
court Wednesday afternoon pleading
guilty to the charge of larceny and
was sentenced to the county jail for
!a period of 30 days. It appears that
non of the will of Marl R. Perry, late ! he also took the watch of a. U. inomp
of Barre.. C. C. Graves of Waterbury 'son, the telegraph operator in the West
has filed his affidavit of the discharging crn I nion office tn Montpelier.
October at Lyndonville wire made.
Mr. Lockner was accompanied by his
wife and son. while Mrs. Wood "
eompanied her husband. During ths
dav they went by automobile to Grand
pelier section of the Barre highway has "'r ' . V"""-" ' " l.
been dus.v, while in Berlin there has They had been atteml.ng a board meet-
been no d'ust this season. Lower State, '"f " V,r' ; -street,
upper Elm street and poibly 1)r- ' ' H.lkgas hss gone to Rut
Berlin Areet will b. covered with j ' "'
. courses this week in the summer
i , . I school. He has been attending educa-
G. T. Lackey on Wednesday af - . utM ,nd
ernom, completed arrangement, for the, folirw , i.ture, in
.a arinrt ' .if t W rrMtf nn I Il I'll V
t i-i.- ..r ...i.;..i. .1.- I Vnn.yhanm.
pnornomr. i nr iim'i. . n n "r-
tractors put on the building, when it "
was constructed did not stand theP'"'";'
Mr. and Mr. J. W. Ingall.- of Lynn.
are visiting in
Barre. This I
morning Mr. lngnlls called at the state,
hnni rainn nn that reoairs have been!
needed each year. Rec ently j engineer's office.
expended on the roof, only to have the J E. D. Fletcher of Gorham. X. H..
heavy rain of lact week leak through i who is connected with the federal for
and do considerable damage to new in-jotry work, called to day u(oii .
side decorations, that painters had ju-t ; Halings. state forester, relative to the
completed; so it was decided to tour . federal and state work in Vermont,
off the old roof and pulton a tin loof. j !rii j jj ;(.an. , daughter of
A shingle roof w as at first Mig;e.-ted I x J,itetoiie, N
HIJW
but the building was not suitably con
structed to do this without consider
able expense, so the tin roof was de
cided selected.
The police in Mont pelier pilled off
a couple of raids Wednesday after
noon, getting liquor in both places,
and Mrs. Margaret Blanco and Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Zonfrello were arrested on
the charge of illegal selling of intoxi
cating liquor. The two latter were
V.. are v iit in,..' with
H. Brown and othei relatives in Moiit
pelier and adjoining towns. ,
J. D. Whit tier, who has been hrro
on school matters, lias gone back to
Rutland, where he i teaching in t la - -'
summer school. Mr. Whitticr
written this week by a commission '
from a western state, in which li" w;i-
referred as the bes-t educator in tbe
astern states of rural school prob '
h"nis. '
Ask the man on
the roof-1
hl to furnish bail, while the former
was unable to furnih bail. At BUn I Daid Burns m supervising to-l.v
cos threo barrels, partly tilled wiih'the installation of the nw pl.-ifc ;:ln''
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A SMALL SHOE SALE!!
with a nG SAVING for the miblic $3,500.00 stock H
at cost.
He knows
REX
Crtr Barrt Taxes. ;
These are in my Tiands for collection
nd mtist be paid on or before Augn-t j
loth, 1t20. I
James Mafkay, eity traorr.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY -
LOST-At &Hr rrk Murine the twwkall
asme Ms i,minrni A. art narr
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THE SALVATION A RNT m h
country. Onr hualrr4 tHouaa4
aam'. rUwblr rrphaat
anl Intrw twwrt IWH nd
in SALVATION ARMY artiritirj
and hwtiTattia airMt tha atilr
lnrbtiaa ia thnr Inas.
GIVE
- hat thr SaKatmants
).-rly ran for thm kgnar-te ka
4tt4 Uwuaaaa.
The Salvation Army
HomeScrvice Appeal
Au. 5-6-7. 192C
MEN'S WORK SHOES
Were ;.;'. now $6-75
W ere W..V. now 550
W ere J..1, now 4 49
Were 1.V. now 3 "9
Kir.t Quality.
HOYS SCHOOL SHOES
fJV.i M1KS at Is-49
.i..Mt MlOrX at 4 75
H..VI MIOKS at 3-9
t no MIOKS at 3 9
t ! j SHOKS at 3-3
MISSES OXFORDS and
riTMrs
:t.;.- MIOK at J 9
MIOFS at -9
M i,-. M1K at 9
LA PIES' WHITE PUMPS
and OXFORDS
B Were nw . $j.5
9 W ere now ejs
B Were WiV now 1A0
LADIES' ITMPSand
OXFORDS
W ere $.5.75. fj.t'S and i.."rfi. now
$4 73 1 $'-9'
MISSES' HKiH SHOES
V.Vi Ml IKS at $ 19
:.no MIOKS at J.q?
tt Oil Mil KS at VIO M
MEN'S DRESS SHOES
l..Vi MIOKs at . . $.5o
t si M'i:s at 79I
t R .'.'t SHil at .,
I S ' SHKS 1 . 6
I T..V MIOl at 6.49
The Best Asphalt
Shingle Made
We can fill your orders if we re
ceive them at once.
The N. D. Phelps Co., Inc.
Phone 29 Barre, Vt.
7 -. 5
6 en D
MISSES' and CHILDREN'S
Pt MPS ad OXFORDS
Werr !. n" tl.60
Wrrr SI 4". no" )
Were Uli, now .. 175
Sale of Enamel Ware
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH
Last and best sale of the summer. Your choice of articles
in the window
59 c
INFANTS' SHOES
Were tl.2X flJJWew 9
Were 1 TV " MJlttf l-v. -5
Tfcit ale 1p teree dayt aajy Acfn-t 5th. fell ant 7lh.
Rfgins To-dav.
John Casabclla's Shoe Shop
IU-..0'IU. .-nm 1 ,. -
All large pieces, including 10-quart Pails, Preserving Ket-
ties. Covered Pails. 1 -quart Milk Measures, 3-quart Milk
CaJis. large Tea Pots. 10-quart Milk Cans, Bread Raisers
Ci.And Covers.
Terms Cash and Carry.
C. W. Averill & Co.
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