The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-09
TALK or THE TOWN

The Presbrey Coykendall plant will re-
sumo operations tomorrow.
Il Alderman Alex. A. Milne of Hill street,
who has been indisposed for few days,
twas able to be out Of doors to-day.
4 Nurses, especially men nurses, arc
greatly needed at the City hospital to
work in the mornings and in the even
ings Will you volunteer?
4 Orreste Boffino of Maple avenue, who
has been shut,in for fortnight be-
cause OF an influenza attack, has re-
i sumod his duties in the Union Clothing
store.
w. E. Carter, who has made his home
in Barre for several years, has gone to
st, Adams, where he is to be employed
by the Central Vermont railroad during
the winter,
3 The working force at the Barre post
Office has been somewhat affected by
the epidemic, but ait the present time
only t*o of the employees, William
Stuart and William Mercer, are detained
by illness Each absentee is approach
ing recovery.
\ The funeral of Joseph Placement, son
Of DIR. and Mrs. Achilles G. Placement,
Of North Seminary street, whose death
followed an attack of the grip and
pneumonia, was held from st. Monica
church Tuesday, Rev. p. NJ McKenna
officiating. Interment was made in the
family lot in the Catholic cemetery on
Beckley street.
\ Ensign Roy j LeBaTon, who Is sta
toned on the Atlantic coast, arrived in
the city to-day for brief visit with
relatives on South Main street. Mr.. Le-
Barron, Goddard seminary graduate
and former hilltop athlete, enlisted in
the nay while a student at the Univer-
sity of Vermont. His rise has been rap
i'd He is passing furlough Of week
with his parents near Waterbury Cen
! ter.
The remains Of Ezio Criveliaro, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Crivellaro of 90
Berlin street, whose death occurred in
4 Hyde Park, Mass, at l;30 O'Clock Mon
day morning, arrived in the city to-
day. The deceased was born in Swit2er-
land and would have been 20 years old
had he lived until February, 1919. He
accompanied his parents to Barre in
I 1904, and as youth attended the pub
lie schools here He went to Hyde Park
to be employed early in August Be
sides his parents, he leaves two broth
ers and two sisters The young mans
1 illness lasted less than week. Arrange
ments for the funeral are to be an.
nounced later
At one time this week only two Of the
principal officers of the Barre branch of
the granHecutters association were able
to transact the business Of the union
James Smart, the financial secretary,
and William Mcdonald, the treasurer
were able to attend to necessary duties
at the granitecutters' headquarters in
the Scampini building. All other Off
GERS, including the president and vice.
president, have been quite seriously ILL.,
although reports received at headquar
ters to-day indicate that all are on the
road to recovery.
Interest in the fourth Liberty loan
while temporarily sidetracked by the
epidemic in Barre, has not been permit
ted to die out altogether, for people in
general seem to be well aware Of the
fact that the sinews Of war are very es-
sential just now The active campaign
for subscriptions must of necessity be
POSTPONED for few days, but thus far
considerable number Of bonds have
been sold over the counter by the four
banks in the city. It seems a long way
from the cipher to the 100000 mark
but encouraging reports az to pledges
made have been collected from the
banks. People who are able to make
their subscriptions now are urged to
buy at the banks.
North Main street pedestrians whose
routes take them over Gunner brook at
Blackwell street found that the necessi-
ty for crossing on the railroad or troll
ley trestles had passed to-day. This
morning employees OF the street depart
ment began the erection of a temporary
: footbridge to replace the bridge which
the swollen waters Of the stream washed
away IN the aftermath of the heavy
rains Saturday night and Sunday Work
on the permanent structure which the
department started a month ago is held
UP indefinitely, and vchieular traffic cor,
tinues to detour by way Of North Sem
mary street, but il is the purpose of
the street superintendent to cause pedes
TRANS a minimum of inconvenience and
to that end the temporary footbrdgc
has been reconstructed as soon as pos
sible.
Glasses at Goddard seminary, which
have been continued with varying de-
grees Of success since the grip became
pandemic, were suspended to-day, and
out Of town students were told that
they might 20 home for an indefinite
period. The permission applied to mem
bers of the faculty, and the outgoing
train at noon was crowded with stu
dents, anxious to make the home port as
early as possible. Town students at
the seminary have not been in attend.
ance for nearly ten days, but an effort
was made to convene all classes for the
benefit Of the students who registered
from distance History ut the SEM
mary, as in the schools, is repeating it
self, for only year ago the sessions
were seriously interfered with by the
infantile paralysis epidemic. 1t is OK
pected that sessions will be resumed
within fortnight.
Early to-day the body OF Frank Me-
Pherson, former resident of Barre,
whose death occurred in Lowell, Mass,
Sunday afternoon arrived in the city,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Scott Of 70 Maple avenue, who were
called to Lowell BY his demise. Mr.. Nc
pherson was q years old and native Of
Aberdeen, Scotland, where his mother, a
brother and sister reside. He had no
relatives in Barre, although a sister lives
in western Canada. A brother is serv-
ing with the British armies in France