The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

Attend Shea's rubber sale.
Sale of sample underwear at Abbott's.
Dance, Rowland hall, Saturday even
ing; gents 75c, ladies l0c.--adv.
Atty. 5. Hollister jackson of Yelling
ton street is a business visitor in Bos
ton.
Bryant Washburn in "Twenty-one,"
a Pathe feature, and the news reel, Bijou
to-day.-adv
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Hunter and Miss
Mary Hunter of Corinth called on friends
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Eleanor Pollard of Brook street
is passing several days in New York
on business connected with the McCuen
store in Montpelier
Zaccheus 0. Lambert and G.. T. Bailey
are among the Barre granite workers
who have returned to the city, after hav-
ing been employed for a short time in
the shipyards at Chester, Pa.
The annual meeting of the Foreign
| Masons will be held on Friday evening
at 1880 o'clock. This viii be your only
opportunity for sending dues home
through the secretary. Per order James
Glass, president.
Perley S. Witham, who has been EN-
ployed as a munition worker in New Ha-
ven, Conn, is at his former home in
South Barre while recuperating from an
attack of the influenza. He was accom-
panied home by Mrs, Witham and they
expect TO make an extended sojourn with
relatives.
4 Angelo Scampini Of Berlin street left
early to-day on business trip to the
Pacific coast, which will include So
journ of several weeks in California.
Another Barre business man, Charles
4 Zanleoni, SRI, expects to make an extend
ed stay in California during the coming
winter and will leave Barre in the near
future. In the absence of Mr.. Scampini,
his business interests in this vicinity
will be in charge of his son, Paul Scam
PM, who recently returned from Hart
ford, Conn, where he has been employed.
| Facts and figures submitted from Off
cial sources in yesterdays Times have
/ challenged the serious consideration OF
citizens who are loath to see the COM
munity lose the services Of its City hos
pital, and it is expected that a move
ment CALCULATED to restore the finances
Of the institution to sound foundation
will be initiated within short time.
Hundreds of people seem to be aware Of
the conspicuous service performed by the
hospital during the epidemic, and there
is a feeling everywhere that prompt
measures should be taken to show that
the city is not ungrateful for that time
| w service. In official circles, 1t has been
| pointed out that the hospital in Mont
pelier profits by. a yearly grant OF $1,000
| from the city, source of income which
aids materially in meeting current ex-
penses.
Bruno Tosi, ls-year son Of Frnesto
Tosi of 10 Perrin street, received pain
full injuries this forenoon while operat
ing travelling crane at the North Barre
plant of Mari & Gordon. He was hur-
ried to the City hospital, where an oper-
alton was in progress early this after
noon Attaches at the hospital said that
the young mans left hand had been bad
| w crushed and il was feared that mum
| Der of bone fractures would be found in
| the examination which the surgeons
were making. Tosi was aboard the ear
which surmounts the crane when fellow
workmen heard his cries for help At
the office Of Mari & Gordon this after
noon it was said that the circumstances
responsible for the accident had not been
determined, although an investigation
was in progress.
Scattering returns from the United
War Work campaign were received to-
day at the headquarters of the publicity
department, which is located in Barre.
Director H. p Human of the publicity
department said that a complete tabula
tion Of Vermont's subscription probably
would be impossible until Saturday, In
Vermont, as in other states, the drive
was divided into number of divisions,
such as the Students the Victory boys,
and the Victory girls divisions, and
final reports in number Of instances
are vet to be received Beyond any
peradventure of doubt, however, Yer
mont is one of the ten states TO be hon
ored in France, where recreation huts
for the soldiers are to named after the
first ten states to oversubscribe their
minimum quotas. Vermont's minimum
quota was passed last week and The so
per cent oyersubscription was reached
before the end of the campaign.