The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

II 0ililam III. Iltkm OF Boston, 1ormel
resident of Barre, is passing few days
with friends in the city.
II U. 5. Atty. Allen 7. Church. who was
here yesterday for a session of natural
ization court at city hall, returned this
forenoon to his home in Boston.
The ladies' aid society of st. Monica'f
church will hold food sale Saturday
March "a, at 2;30 p. m, in the vacant
store on Pearl street, near Pavilion the
| atre.--adv.
John A. Clark, who he's been passing
several weeks in his former home in
Rutland, arrived in Barre last night and
expects to be employed here during the
spring and summer.
Funeral services for Agostino Brusa.
whose death occurred at his home, 10
Howard street, Thursday forenoon, will
be held at the house Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, instead of $3.50, as was an
nounced at first.
Frank b Putnam, grand commander
OF the state Masonic commandery, who
was here last evening to conduct an in
spection OF st. Aldemar commandery,
returned this forenoon to his home IN
Brattleboro, During his stay here, Mr..
Putnam, who was lieutenant at Chick
amauga in 1898, met several members OF
the old Company L and talked over stir
ring times at the park.
Truckmen who gathered at their union
| headquarters for the semi annual busl-
ness meeting last night elected the fol.
lowing officers: President, Frank G. Rog-
ers; vice president, Bert H. Griffith; sec
rotary, James H. Cook treasurer, Charles
H. Northrop; business agent, +. c. Brock.
Matters pertaining to the welfare of the
union were discussed and when the truck
men adjourned it was to meet again next
month to install the officers elected.
Late yesterday afternoon the Barre
Chelsea locomotive Monitor, left the irons
near Prospect street. temporarily dis
rupting traffic between the hill and the
freight yard. The big locomotive did
not go far astray and the task Of return
ing it to the rails was not difficult one
Another yard engine was brought to the
scene of the derailment and within a
comparatively short time the Monitor
was back in the service 1t was thought
that a split rail may have been respon
sible for the mishap.
Barre people who heard the shrill STAG
cato of the Montpelier fire alarm around
Z o'clock last evening may have thought
that serious blaze had broken out, but
inquiry develops the information that
the tiremen answered call for chin
ney fire in the home OF G. Nj. Ayers Of
Sabin street. In the excitement someone
pulled the alarm and all the apparatus
responded. The fire in itself was triv
ial affair and was extinguished with such
rapidity that the drivers drove to Sabin |
street only to swing around and return |
to the station.
Another large assignment OF comforts |
for the allied soldiers has been shipped to |
the British Red Cross society at Liver |
pool. Eng, from the Barre sewing club /
The consignment Is as follows Fifty |
elk shirts, 35 pillows for use on stretch
ers and fracture pillows, % pairs OF |
hand knit socks, two pairs of mittens, ii |
arm sings. 50 bandages, 80 bath towels,
81 nurses gloves, three surgical bed jack
cts. The Barre sewing club has many
earnest workers, but would be glad to
have more There is work enough for
all, and every little helps.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: John F. Blanney
of Boston, DR.. 5. ". F. Hamilton OF
Newport, o. H. Coolidge OF Rutland, Har
ry II. Lane OF Springfield, Leon Z. Dix of
Mortified, II. r. Bailey OF Bradford.
T. r. Putnam of Brattleboro, George +.
Root of Newport, :. f. Darling of Hard
wick T. ID. Read of Richford, W. r.
IeBaron of Waterbury Center, A. j.
Howard of bridport, F. f. kimball and
Judge c. II. Darling OF Burlington. F. /.
Martin and c. c. Gongdon of Rochester
and W. f. Mack OF Woodstock.
Seventy five knights of st. Aldemar
commanded b. Frank J..
Small, the eminent commander, who was
assisted by his staff OF IA subordinates, =
presented themselves in review at the I,
asylum in the Blanchard j
building last evening before Frank Il. :
Putnam of Brattlcboro, commander of a
the state commandery. and George f. :
Root of Newport, the grand inspector.
Before the inspection, a committee from
Ruth chapter, o. 4. S. spread before the r
nights and their guests in the banquet u
lall substantial supper. The service =
)egan at 6 O'Clock, and nearly two hours Z
lad elapsed before the commandery was
eady for business. The attendance OF
men in full dress was well
lp to the average of other annual in ;
and the official reviewers were 4
IS one in commencing st. Aldemar com
nandery for its fine showing. After the
there was program OF in
ormal speechmaking, with informal re-
marks by Messrs. Putnam and Root and
Ulcers of the local eommsndery.
Weary of following the Investigations
f the city council through the devious
'aths of committee assignments, An
hony Tomasi, who is in the midst of
Extensive repairs to his Merchant street
property, gave orders to his carpenters
his morning to clspboard the west side
+ the building at No. 10, at the same
ime abandoning all hope of getting a
efinite decision from the council on his
ppleation for permit to go ahead with
Irther improvements. At some length