The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

oH account OF the epidemic.
The meeting of the women's home mis-
sionary society of the Hedding Methodist
church has been indefinitely postponed.
Maurice B. White of Morrisville is
/ passing several days with his parents,
Mr., and Mrs. B. P. White of Maple Grove
Oscar Slayton of East street has quail
itied as building Inspector, following his
appointment by the mayor and the con
trmation by the city council
| The q. G. |. A. rooms will be closed
until further notice. Anyone having any
! special business can call James Smart, ld
Forsythe place Tel. 529-J.
Miss Ruth j. Adie, student nurse in
the Massachusetts General hospital, ar
rived in the city last night for a sojourn
at her home on Franklin street
Miss Marion Martin of Eastern ave-
nae, who has been detained at home by
illness, was able to resume her duties
to-day in the governors Office at the
capital.
0. H. Hale of the City Auction market,
who had bad spell on one Of the trac-
ton cars yesterday, has so far recovered
as to be able to resume the management
OF his business.
| The funeral of Vincenzo Parnegoni will
be held at Is Foss street Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock The place of Mr..
Parnegoni's birth was incorrectly given
in yesterdays paper 1t should have
been Gaggiolo Italy.
! Added to the circumstances which
made necessary the introduction Of young
women as messengers, is the illness of
Manager r. l.. Hudson of the local West
ern Union Office The new staff Of mes
| sengers still serves, but an operator is
being supplied from Montpelier.
A new train schedule became operative
to-day on the Central Vermont railroad
and while the changes are not numerous
they are noticeable. The so-ealed mid
night train leaves at 1905 a. m. instead
OF 1886, and the afternoon train over
the M. & w. R. line leaves Montpelier
shortly after o'clock.
Byron G, Tillotson of the Shady Rill
neighborhood in Middlesex was in the
city yesterday while returning to his
home Mr. Tillotson has been spending
the summer at Bath, Me, where he had
employment in a shpyard. He will soon
leave for Burlington, where he will re-
sumo his studies at the University of
Vermont.
The director. general Of the grip cam
paign has granted no exemption in favor
OF the American Express Co.'s local office.
and for the time being Agent George
Marsh is trying to meet the demands of
the public with less than half of his
usual operating force. Patience on the
part Of the public will be greatly appre.
ciated
Notice to the members of the indie.
pendent Order Of Foresters: Our regular
meeting viii be held the second Friday
of each month in the Foresters' hall in
the Worthern block, as we have moved
from the X. of G. hall in the Scampini
block. The financial secretary's address
is Nelson LarocheU, IL Merchant street.
j. G. lombard, Rec Sec
No one having appeared to protest the
proposed change, the board of license
commissioners yesterday granted Paola
Lucchina permit TO move his seventh
class license establishr' ent from 987 No.
Main street, the II. j. Smith block, to
1855 No. Main street, in the G. Tomasi
building. The place which Mr.. Lucehina
win occupy was formerly used by John
Rosso as q barber shop.
If the "hello" girl at the central office
seems bit tagged when she gives you
the number signal, or if she is slow in
answering your call, do not be impatient.
The central Office is not immune from
the malady that is rendering any kind Of
service good service in stores, offices and
shops. A number Of the girls are Ill, and
TO assist in the emergency outside "hellon
girls have been asked to assist.
Funeral services for the four year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Paris,
who live near the spring house on the
East Barre road, were held in st. Sylves-
ter's church at Graniteville yesterday,
the parish priest, Rev Joseph Turcot.
officiating. Interment was made in the
new Catholic cemetery, St Sylvester's,
at South Barre. The child was i'll but a
few days, and her demise was due to the
grip.
The body Of Private Donald McSfil-
Ian, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Me-
MILAN, sr., whose death occurred at
Camp Upton Sunday, arrived in the city
early to-day. Funeral services viii be
held at him home, Thurston place,
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock,
Rev. f. L. Goodspeed, pastor of the Con
gregational church, officiating Interment
is to be made in the family lot at Elm
wood cemetery.
The remains Of Edward Leclair,
granite polisher, whose death occurred at
his home in the A. Tomasi building Sat
urday, were taken over the Central Yer.
mont railroad this morning at 1925
o'clock to Essex Junction. Several of his
brothers and other relatives accompanied
the body. Funeral services in the Cath
Ollie church at Essex junction were fol-
lowed by interment in the family lot in
the Catholic cemetery of that village. An
following the discovery of
the mans body Sunday afternoon salts.
fed the authorities that death was due
to natural causes.
Along Highbal Lane, from Cherry
Knob to Pale Ale Flats, the word went |
round last night that the board Of health |
had decided to close all frst-class license |
in the city, leaving only i
the seventhclass puTveyors of beer and |
light wines to slake the thirst of
stricken city. II was an unpalatable bit /
of news for the old timer who contends |
that Bourbon whiskey was the only rea-
son why the well-known human race was
not completely obliterated during the
big grip epidemic of 1872 The board of
health had gravely erred, it seemed. The
rumor persisted until someone inter
viawpd tbe Epense com n1isaioners Thew