The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-11
And All Public Places TO Stay
Closed a Week
is STATE BOARDS EDICT
Conference Held In Barre This Afternoon
Following Request That State Board
Come to Barre--The Schools
Had Opened To-day.

AT the end OF conference between
the state board Of health, States At
torney Carver and the local health au-
thorities in Barre this afternoon. Secse-
tary II. d. Holton appeared before d
number OF business and professional men
and clergymen and said he believed that
! Barre was not yet "out Of the woods
a. he expressed it, and that the lid
should not be lifted on the churches,
schools and amusement places for an
other week at least. At that time, the
aud if the conditions warranted and no
new cases We're reported, permission
would be given to reopen schools,
churches and amusement places. Dir.
Holton said that the board was no re-
| specter of persons and that the ban
should fall on churches. schools etc, as
well as amusement places. When inter-
rogated later, Secretary Holton said
that the schools, which reopened this
morning, would be closed at once.
After being closed four weeks because
of smallpox in the city, the public schools
of Barre reopened this morning, and
Goddard seminary will reopen to-mor
row. In the public schools all pupils
were admitted, vaceinated and unyacei
mated, but when the schools convened all
pupils were asked if they had been
vaccinated. The attendance was almost
up to normal.
No new cases of smallpox have been
reported in Barre since last Wednesday,
and since Saturday morning the quaran-
tine has been removed from the Carroll
house on bolster avenue, from the
Spears on Park street, the Aherns on
East street and from Earle NJ. Lewis
on Nelson street. Ralph Martin and
Miss Agnes Hale, who have been at the
detention hospital, have been released,
and it is expected the quarantine will
be removed to-day from the G. Mauzzi
house on Hillside avenue This leaves
but seven places in Barre under quar-
antine for smallpox at the present time.
Under the order Of the state board
of health published in Saturdays Times,
only school children who had been vacei-
mated were to be admitted at the open
ing Of the schools to-day, but the school
board could not see how they We're to
not knowing who had and
who had not been vaccinated. and voted
evening to open the schools
10 all children in good physical condi
ton, with the proyiso that teachers
should ascertain on the assembling of
pupils this morning those who had been
raccinated and those who had not
This brought yesterday telegram
rom Dr. Henry D. Holton. secretary OF
he state board as follows;
Schools must not open unless per-
mission granted is fully complied with
equiring that unvaccinated pupils shall
lot be admitted, is not to compel them
0 be vaccinated. but preeaution
gainst further spread of disease. See
ecs. 5444 and 1921.
Henry ID. Holton.
Sec. and Executive Officer"
Health Officer Woodruff referred this
D States Attorney Carver, who request
d meeting of the school board at
afternoon At this meeting
he situation was discussed with the
that there would be no inter
arence with the reopening of schools
Dday and that the states attorney
lould ask the whole state board of
ealth to come to Barre and view the
tnation for itself Up to noon to-day
Tr. Carver had been unable to get a
romise from the board to come.
ontinued Restrictions Not Warranted.
The suggestion was made Saturday at
meeting of physicians that they state
leir views of conditions in Barre, The
flowing statement was drawn up and
gned by all Barre physicians who could
seen. II is expected those whose
,mes are not on the paper will be seen
day. This statement is as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned active physi-
ans of the city of Barre. feel that the
esent situation does rot warrant the
ntinued quarantine and recommend
at our schools. churches and places of
siness be now opened. We believe we
e entitled to the same consideration
Torded other places where smallpox
w exists "W. F. Lazell.
81. L. Leonard.
",Ioe W. Jackson.
M L. Chandler.
f Y. u. Arehambaulf,
"Wm. Mcfarland,
"W. D. Reid,
20. G. Stickney,
~. c. Goodrich,
"P. $. Duffy,
II. II. Woodruff
M. d. Lamb
Drs. Whitaker and Stewart are out
town. This list Of physicians in
des those two on the local board Of
nth.
o-day's Public School Registration.
rhe total attendance at the Spaulding
a school to-day was 290: absent -.
Fanclnatod 50 In the other schools
attendance was 2.l6a; absent 2Sa.