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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
8
Thanksgiving week brought relatives from Barre and Chester visits as residents from East Montpelier and Montpelier shared gatherings. Several locals, including Eugene Sploydepent and Mrs. Charles Dudley, joined kin for holiday meals while travel plans appeared for Florida and Miami.
A list of residents and visitors from the area includes Ruth and Olive Slayton returning to work in Murdwick, Ruth and Ralph Willard's movements between Burlington and Waterbury, and Arlene Cortes visiting North Montpelier. Others attend a North Calais dance, a Benjamin auction, or plan trips to Boston for Florida wintering, with multiple townships and individuals named.
Springfield resident Mrs. A M of Springfield Mass visits Barre on a family trip. Neear counts and admission details appear garbled but indicate a Thursday evening event for adults and children over 12 at a local pond area.
The Barre Daily Times notes snow or rain expected tonight with a cloudy Thursday, a sharp temperature change, and strong north winds shifting to the west by morning. Weather officials urge residents to prepare for a wintry spell and slick roads.
A jumble of town notices, social events, sales, and meetings including a church guild meet at King Street, a joint fair planned by Odd Fellows and Odd Ladies for December 16, a costume dance at Howland Hall with prizes, a Wilkins store rifle sale, hotel and transportation notes, and local residents traveling to Burlington and Montpelier for events and business.
Dee wee Sr queen of Shreveport La was elected captain of the eve wal iversity football team for the 1921 season. He played at quarterback the year.
Fragmentary notice from Williamstown lists a Friday evening event dated December 3 in Williamstown Sesape area. Reading is incomplete but reference to a local gathering suggests community attendance and timing at dusk. Further details are unreadable in the provided text.
Local item notes Eiry Le Rees winning event moments in Thurrsttas, with community turnout and nearby organizations cited for support.
Read big ale wdv announces sold out to Shea and December Victor records at Halley’s Music Roome. Dance by the Oriental Six at Howland hall on Saturday December 4. Deedy food sale at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Regular meeting of the Sons of Veterans auxiliary perday has election of officers with date change and a plea for every member to be present.
Hastings, state forester, traveled through Ludlow Plymouth and Bridgewater yesterday to speak on forest conditions. Reports indicate an automobile accident near St Johnsbury involved a child named Nora Lyles. total accident reports reached 2007 this morning. Archie Cram returned from Burnet to finish the season with the federal road project. A horse on the Woodbury farm broke loose, injuring itself and causing a fatality of Mrs. Lecotta F. E. Chapin.
James Booth led a chorus of eight girls in the Always in Trouble performance. Laughter rose as ey e ing's entertainment drew smiles amid colorful stage groups and dancing. James B. Stewart announced a Legion cartoon contest winner, David Vinia taking first prize and John F. Cooper second. show to be repeated tonight.
Bethel The Roethke Tannery Inc concluded a contract with Jaca Doll Packing Co of Buffalo NY ensuring continued full capacity production. A large hides shipment arrived to Bethel, enabling the finishing department to reopen. Dold Co, a major packing firm with multiple U S and international outlets, supplies hides for tanning here.
The notice mentions a passenger list on the S. S. Praare of the Lloyd Sardando line arriving in New York around June, with Julius A. Preston and his wife living on a New York farm inviting at Spooner's. Tea Wheat test Monday for New York and plans to winter in Florida. Mr and Mrs Ten Bagley travel to visit relatives in tart ford Cowen and New Haven County then head to Florida. Peter Pullinen of Quincy working at the grammabr. The senior class to hold a foot race Saturday in Bascom house store. A boys club formed with Charles Morrell as president and Lawrence Kimball as treasurer. A Munmiller house committee to include Robert Mitiguy Reginald Seowilix Bascom Bogle Winston Dinlem.
Washington social listing notes a dance evening at an exclusive hall on Friday night with a rate of 730 per couple, promising music and socializing for attendees. The fragment references a holiday season setting and a formal gathering hosted in the capital.
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