The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Pierce and son
Of Camp street have gone to Hartford,
Conn.,, to reside
Neal Marion, who has been en-
| ployed in Burlington, returned to his
home in Barre Saturday.
| The condition of John Carroll of Bea-
con street, who is seriously i'll, was re-
ported TO be slightly improved to-day.
Mrs. A. w. Badger of Eastern avenue,
who received severe injuries in fall
on stone stairs few weeks ago, was
able to be down town to-day.
The condition Of Rev. B, G. Lipsky Of
| French street, pastor OF the Hedding
Methodist church, who has been quite
seriously i'll, is reported to be improy-
ing steadily.
Private David Morgan of Camp Colt,
Gettysburg, Pa, who is at the home Of
his brother, Alex. Morgan of Kirk street,
is recovering from severe attack of the
Spanish influenza.
Notice to members of r. G. /. p. A.; As
we cannot hold meeting this month, all
clerks in arrears will please call and pay
their dues to w. H. Eager, financial sec
rotary. r. G. 1. P. A., local 24l,
]. Wallace Grady, formerly engaged
as tailor in this city, who has been
passing some time in New York, Phila-
delphia, and Mexico on business, is visit
ing at his home on Merchant street,
Albert Lyon and Laurence Campbell,
who have been passing a fortnight at
their homes here, returned last night
to Hanover, n H., where they recently
enrolled as students at Dartmouth
Private John Tomasi, who has been
passing several days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Tomasi Of Mer-
chant street, after having been sum.
moned home by the death of his broth.
er, has returned to Camp Devens.
Miss Jessie Mclean, graduate OF the
Barre City hospital, who went to Bos-
ton some time ago to train for Red
Cross work overseas, is visiting at her
home in Williamstown, while GONZALES
cling from an attack Of the Spanish in.
fuenza
The Vermont Fruit store, which was
closed down during the epidemic because
of the illness and death of one of the
proprietor' and his sons, was reopened
this morning by Frank Fraquelli, the
surviving partner Mrs. Lena Marehesi
of Bolster place is employed in the store,
Seaman Victor Anderson, who was re-
Gently transferred from Pelham Bay TO
Brooklyn, n. Y, 10 passing furlough
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
20. e. Anderson of Warren street, having
secured leave TO come to Barre TO re-
cuperate from severe attack Of the
influenza.
Theodore Lascor, son of Mr. aud Mrs
Stephen Lascor of Webster avenue,
who volunteer cd his services for the
navy some months ago, received an or
der Saturday to report at Pelham Bay,
n. Y, for duty. Mr.. Lascor has been
employed in the store of w, II. Miles
in Graniteville.
Rev. w, J. NJ Beattie Of fremont
street, who recently resigned as rector
OF the Episcopal parishes in this city
and Websteryille, is preparing to move
his family and household effects to Enos-
burg. He is to preach his farewell ser
mon in the Church of the Good Shep-
herd and in st. John the Baptist church
next Sunday.
A year ago some Of the larger gran
ite manufacturing concerns equipped
their plants with electric lights in or
der to facilitate the overtime work OF
loading cars. Unusual shipping eondi-
lions made night work necessity, and
it was found that 500 c. p lights, placed
at intervals along the end OF the shed,
solved the lighting problem. Each light
is equipped with a reflector and the re-
suits obtained were so gratifying that
other manufacturers are doing the same
this fall Recently the Barre Electric
Co. completed the installation Of high
power lights in the plant Of Mari & Cor
don, and similar work is under way in
the plants of Hoyt & Milne and the
Cook, Watkins Manufacturing Co, The
plant of the Steele Granite Co. is to be
wired in the same manner.
Yesterdays batch Of correspondence
from Frank Sibley, the well known
war correspondent whose letters appear
regularly in the Boston Globe, includes
conspicuous mention of Barre boy,
Lieut.. Neal W. Hooker, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. B. w. Hooker Of Park street The
story concerns an encircling movement
around the town of st. Hilaire, and Lieu
tenant Hooker was an officer in one OF
the parties which deployed. According
to "Sib's" interesting narrative of the
venture, the immediate purpose was to
draw the enemy's fire and to detract his
attention from another attack. Appar-
emily the move succeeded, and in the
shuttle the two parties brought IN a
brace of prisoners each.
,,.s.a. .,rara
and roofs rocked by violent wind which
prevailed with varying degrees of speed
all day Sunday, and at intervals through
out the night. The gale reached its most
furious height shortly before 2 o'clock
this morning, and things unnailed which
had survived the tempest Of yesterday
generally forsook their moorings and
sailed away on the bosom of the breeze
No end of trouble resulted for the NJ &
b. L. & p. company, whose linemen
worked busily throughout the day and
nearly all night in trying to keep pace
with the damage wrought by the wind.
Just before Q o'clock street and domestic
lights all over the city were eXtinguished
with slight warning and the service was
not resumed for several minutes. At in
frequent intervals thereafter the service
was disrupted and usually the break in a
circuit was traced to a fallen limb. The
lines of the New England Tel. 4 Tel Co.
for the most part escaped the fury of the
big breeze.
Fans saloon on North Main street
was opened at an early hour to-day, but
the lid on other life saving stations of
the first class is vet to be lifted Ii hap