The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

II. c. Rhodes has returned to his home
in st, Adams, after passing several days
in the city on business.
Rev. Mr.. Huntley, who came here to
ofiiciate at a funeral returned yesterday
TO his home in Morrisyille.
Mrs. Jennie II. Drury has gone to Leba-
non, N. H., to care for her brother and
sister -in-law, who are seriously ill.
Joseph Merlo Of Granite street, who
was one of the earlier patients of the in
fuenza, was able to be out of doors yes
terday for the first time in four weeks,
Mrs. Frank j. Nutting of Brandon,
who has been visiting relatives in Barre
for few days, has gone to Newport,
R. l., where she expects to enlist as a
Red Cross nurse
Mrs. Raymond L. Martin returned yes.
terday from Camp Devens, where she had
been spending few days with her hus-
band, who is connected with the base
hospital at that place.
Pvt. Joseph NJ Gallagher, 1913 G. and
+ company of Camp Mills, N. Y, accom-
panied to Montpelier the body of Corp.
Arthur j. Desilets, whose death occurred
on the U. S. s. Leviathan, outward bound,
last week.
Glare Crowley Of East Barre, former
employee in the office of the Granite Manu-
facturers' association, who recently com
pleted year of special study in Gushing
academy, left this morning for Burling-
ton to take the entrance examinations at
the University of Vermont.
The annual bag day for the Barre City
k.e al H. E,,IJ . L. Ia,
Oct. 81, when every citizen Of Barre and
the surrounding towns is asked to show
his generosity toward this institution,
As usual, bags will be left at each home,
and each householder is asked to place
this bag, filled, on the steps before 0
o'clock of the morning of Oct. 81.
Exterior alterations to the Arcade
block at the corner of Pearl and North
Main streets are rapidly approaching
completion. The brick work has been
freshly painted. A middle entrance at
the front of the structure has been estab-
lished and the old entrance on the Pearl
street side has been enclosed. Hereafter
the main entrance to the second story
win be fanked by display windows for
the two stores on each side. It is ex-
pected that the ground floor will be ready
for occupancy in December.
Whether the quarantine established by
the local board of health three weeks ago
is to be removed tomorrow depends very
largely on the action taken by the state
board of health, which was due to meet
in Burlington this afternoon So marked
has been the Improvement in the situa-
Inn huA Ia nV,fxv ~ TER - a ,,.A
ii the ban Is not lifted tomorrow, it will
be taken off by Saturday at the latest.
Neither Goddard seminary nor the pub.
lie schools viii reopen until next week
in any event, but the churches undoubt-
eddy will be permitted to resume services
Sunday. II action il taken favorable to
removal of the ban tomorrow, the To-
cal board of health will convene this
evening. Since yesterday only one death
due to influenza has been reported, and
the number Of cases is steadily growing
fewer,
Householders may expect at least one
more visit from the city garbage collee-
tor this fall, and it is expected that the
route will be covered next week, although
a definite notice will be given by the
aldermanic health committee later in the
week. The system of monthly collec-
tions was substituted last May for the
weekly collections of the year previous.
So far as possible the health committee
has adhered to the original program, al.
though once or twice regular collection
has been omitted. The collectors were
about to begin their September trip when
the influenza epidemic developed and for
obvious reasons it was decided to post.
pone the collection.
If unexpected elements are to infuse
life into the local political situation
they must develop very shortly, for the
November election is only fortnight
away. Thus far apathy has marked the
situation here, and even the prospect Of
a close contest over the office Of city rep
resentative has failed to generate much
enthusiasm, Barre men who are ON the
Republican county ticket are practically
assured Of success at the polls. To date
no prophet has arisen to say who shall
be Barrels choice for the lower house, al
though IL is generally conceded that in
V. Z, Ayers, Republican, and d. w Me-
Donald, Democrat, there are two worthy
candidates Not much local interest has
been shown in the gubernatorial contest.
Tonight the board Of aldermen come
together for their regular weekly meet
ing and 1t is expected that the discussion
of epidemic bills, discussion which end
ed rather summarily last week because
of lack of information, win be resumed,
While the bills contracted by federal and
u#o "a nf N,hY H.
came here when Barre was a beleaguered
city are assumed by the state and federal
governments and the services of the doc
tors are free so far as their patients are
concerned, other doctors who came here
on relief work must be paid. The city
council has discussed informally a plan
for collecting some of the fees due the
out town doctors. The matter of APP
proving certain salary acquisitions sub.
mitted by the board of assessors also
will come up tonight.
Everywhere about town yesterday and
to-day were heard echoes of gratified sur
prise over the announcement that Barre
had exceeded its Liberty loan quota by
100000. People who had said it couldn't
be done were among the first to admit
that when Barre sets out to achieve q
definite end it invariably succeeds Fast
er than the reprns could be tabulated
came new subscriptions Saturday night
and the applications did not cease until
yesterday. During the day every bank
in the city received accessions to its
accumulation Of the week previous, and
as the government gives each bank lee
way Of four days in which to file its re.
turns, the beated subscriptions did not
come too late. 1t is believed that Barre's