The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-06
TALK OF THE TOWN
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the city last evening
Paul Scampini has returned to his
work in Hartford, Conn, after passing a
few days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Angelo Scampini Of Berlin street.
Howard B. Blossom of East street has
returned from weeks hunting trip in
northern Vermont. Having volunteered
for service in the motor transport corps,
Mr.. Blossom is anticipating an early call,
Eddie and Aguinaldo Barr, who have
been passing few weeks at their home
in Hardwick, have returned to Barre to
resume their studies in Spaulding high
school. The two students are staying in
the home Of DR.. 0. L. Barr of Cottage
street.
st. Louis, Mo, Nov, Champ Clark,
speaker of the House of Representatives,
was behind his Republican opponent, b.
Il, Dyer, in the ninth congressional dis
triet, according to returns early to-day
from yesterdays election. The Demo
cratic committee claimed the few unre-
ported precincts would re-elect him.
Thomas Mcdonald, who has been pass
ing few days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Mcdonald of John street, re-
turned early to-day to Nashua, N. H.,
where he is employed in dry goods
store. Earlier in the week Mr. Mcdonald
accompanied to this city his brother,
George Mcdonald, who has been receiving
treatment in sanatorium in Pembroke,
N. H. The young mans condition shows
improvement.
Each of the seven organizations which
are to figure in the United War Work
campaign Nov Ills were Interestingly
described in Rowland hall yesterday aft
ernoon when Mrs. j. b. Estee Of Mont.
pelier, member of the state campaign
committee, addressed the members Of the
Barre Woman's club. There was a size
able attendance and much interest was
manifested in the speakers story of the
coming campaign.
One of The Times newsies, Charles
Royce of II Addison place, sustained
fracture of the collar bone on the right
side yesterday afternoon. Royce Is pu-
pill at the Woodchuck Knoll school in
ward 5, and it was near the school
grounds that a number of youngsters had
erected a see-saw Royce and another
lad were taking their turn at the sport
and the former was on the higher end of
the see-saw when his companion rolled
off the opposite end, The plank came
down so suddenly that Royce did not
have time to save himself. He was car
ried into the schoolhouse and doctor
was summoned. Afterward the boy was
taken to his home
Harry Daniels of East Montpelier,
Washington county chairman Of the
United War Work campaign to be
launched Nov. IL, returned to his home
last night, after canvassing a number Of
towns in this end OF the county. During
the evening he addressed the trustees and
disbursing committee Of the Barre war
chest and before his departure he re-
ceiyed assurances that Barres quota Of
1921 600 would be contributed from that
fund. In going up and down the county
Mr.. Daniels finds that the people in every
quarter are quite thoroughly alive to the
needs of the seven organizations which
are TO figure in the campaign He says
that the work Of organizing the sew.
eral divisions in his jurisdiction is pro-
crossing favorably, and that when the
campaign begins next Monday morning
everybody in Washington county win
realize that the boys over there are ex-
peeting them to meet the quotas.
For the first time since the Germans
occupied Lille in 1914, Mrs. O. j. L. Mat.
thews, wife Of a we'll known Barre as
SCISSOR who died two years since, is able
to communicate with her friends in
Barre. Mrs. Matthews, with her daugh.
ter, was a sojouTner in the thriving
French city when the Huns began their
invasion in August of that fateful year.
Almost Immediately her husband found
that the old means of communicating
with his family had failed them and at
the time of his demise early in 1915 he
had not heard from his wife, his son or
his daughter Only a few weeks ago
Lille was delivered from the Huns by a
forced evacuation, and it seems that Mrs.
Matthews lost no time in writing Since
Mr.. Matthews death all efforts on the
part of the administrator Of his estate TO
communicate with Mrs Matthews have
failed, and so at the time of the deliver
auce of Lille she was in ignorance OF her
husbands demise. The letter recently
received by the administrator was writ
ten after the evacuation Mrs Matthews
and daughter were in good health, al.
though the letter stated that the for
mer's son had been a prisoner Of war
Some of the vagaries which inevitably
creep into election returns came 60 light
to-day with closer scrutiny of the re-
ports filed by various ward election Off
GERS. In ward ! Angelo Seampini, with
one voter. led in the contest between him
and Congressman Porter H. Dale on the
Prohibition ticket. A we'll known cloth.
Ter got vote for governor in the second
ward and in the third and fourth wards
the practical jokers managed to get the
names of some of their friends into the
official recrods. Barre Town gave Rev.
J. B. Reardon majority over his Repub.
lican opponent, Congressman Dale, the
vote standing 1902 to 100. For the first
time in three years James X. Pirie, the
well known Barre granite quarter, failed
of election to the general assembly in
Williamstown. Mr. Pirie omitted all
this year The successful
candidate is George T Colby who won
over W. B. Simons and Mr.. Prize. Will
Jamestown gave a majority of IA for DIR.
Mayo.
Associated Press correspondence in yes
terday's Times refers to the daring act of
a former Barre newspaper man, Dustin
Lgcier, who was engaged for a year as
the local correspondent Of the Montpelier
Morning Journal. Lieutenant Lucier
came to Barre from Montpelier, where he
did local reporting for The journal. Aft.
er leaving this city, he worked on va.
rious Massachusetts, newspapers, and
when the war broke out he was automo-