The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

iIlehus III the city through the week END.
Eben Lewis of Randolph Center was
brought to the City hospital yesterday
for treatment.
Mrs. Archie Allen of Aver street was
operated on for appendicitis at the City
hospital Friday.
A meeting of the l.. A., A. O. H., will
be held Tuesday night at 1880, social
hour following. All come.
DIR. L. d. Shepard of Boston has been
registered at Hotel Barre while passing a
few days in the city on business.
Edwin f. Smith of White River juno.
ton, a former instructor at Spaulding
high school, called on friends in Barre
yesterday.
Miss Abbie Alvord returned to the
city this forenoon from Mortified, where
She has been spending the past few days
at her home.
Miss Catherine RowIey of Highland
avenue left the city this forenoon for an
extended visit with relatives in Worces.
ter, Mass, and Boston.
Mrs. William Carson and Miss Opal
Carson of Beckley street left to-day for
Concord, N. H., where they are to visit
the formers parents.
Special seven-reel feature, 81 Love
YOU" featuring Alma Reubens as 'The
Passion Flower" story of Italian love,
Bijou to-morrow.-adv.
Mrs. /. N. Houston Of Maple avenue
returned to the city last evening from
Mortified, where she has been visiting
DUNG the past several days.
Carroll Smith of New Haven, Conn,
arrived in the city last evening to pass
fortnight with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. d. Smith, of Summer street.
Miss Nellie C. Swasey of Burlington
and Miss Bertha Colby of East Orange
were guests through the week end OF
Miss Velma L. Coffin of Washington
street.
Miss Angie Rizzi OF Granite street left
the city this forenoon for st. Johnsbury,
where she will spend two weeks vaea.
ton from her duties as clerk at the
A. p Abbott store.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Craddock and lit
tie son of Highland avenue have re-
turned from an outing at Joe's pond in
Danville, and the former resumed his
duties in the Drown pharmacy this morn.
ing
The savings banks and trust compa-
MES of Barre would appreciate it very
much if you would bring or send your
deposit books for verifcation at an early
date. The law requires this TO be done
once in five years.
Miss Gertrude Jerome Of Montpelier
resumed her duties in the novelty de-
/ - - Es4ts 80 4hse
forenoon, after spending vacation of
two weeks at her home in Montpelier
and with friends and relatives in st.
Adams.
Charles 4. Grossarth Of Burlington, a
grocery salesman who has been visiting
Barre for many years, is making his first
trip to the city in two months, having
been detained from duty by reason of a
serious surgical operation which he un.
derwent early in June. Mr.. Grossartl
has entirely recovered his health.
Alto Mariana is preparing to vacate
, the theatre apartment in the Arcade
block, preparatory TO occupying the Pa
vilion, which he has leased Speculation
: as to the disposition to be made of the
i Arcade is still rife. Local moving pic.
ture men are planning to close their
establishments for two weeks during
August.
Through the week end the police were
unusually vigilant in their scrutiny Of
automobiles, and one of the results OF
their investigation has to do with nu.
merous motorists who are not obeyinp
the motor laws with respect to lights
Saturday evening there were many VIC,
lators, and the list given below is cal
, culated to serve as warning to the of.
Tenders mentioned as well as to others:
Bert L. Buck of East Bethel, no lights
Robert p Davis of Woodbury., no front
lights; William F. Rutz Of Randolph
; Center, no front lights; PaoIa Lucchina
Of Barre, no lights; Il. A. Mcintyre Of
Bethel, no front lights; Ted r. Butler
, Of Middlebury, no front lights; Robert
j. MeAllister of Waitsfeld, no tail light
n. S. Merriam of Wolcott, no front
lights; Joseph G. Calcagni of Barre, only
one front light,
Thomas Nichols of Highland avenue
left the city this forenoon for Boston
! where he will attend the 30th annua
convention of the grand lodge of Massa
chusetts, Order Sons of st. George, which
: opens this forenoon, as a delegate from
the local order. To-day will be devoted
largely to the election and installation Of
officers, and this afternoon will be spent
in a sightseeing trip to the variou:
points of interest in Boston. Tomorrow
will be devoted to business, the most
important of which will be report Of
the committee of relief, which was or
ganized last year for the families of the
members of the order now in the service
I The local lodge has not allowed itself t
be outdone by its sister lodges during
the past year, great deal Of time anC
labor having been devoted to the reliet
: work
: An interesting letter and newspaper
r clipping, containing letter giving de
tailed account of the sinking of the u
S, S. President Lincoln by torpedo OF
e May 81, written by John w Robinson
: one of the survivors of the ship, to hi:
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Robinson
? of Robinson, Me-, has been recently re
ceived by Miss Ella Williams of Brook
lyn street of this city, cousin of Mr.
Robinson. The clipping deals at length
with the sighting of the submarine
around 0 o'clock of the morning Of May
81, which was Immediately followed BY
Z the firing of two torpedoes, both Of
which struck the ship. Orders to aban
I don the ship were given about 20 min
utes afterwards and the manner in which
the jackies left the fated ship is de
scribed graphically,a great deal Of praise
being given to their actions. The life