The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-13
MONTPELIER

/ 10 open III ana give TO the puDilc the
same kind of service that the place af-
forded when the late William Miller con
Quoted the hotel 1t will be opened as
family boarding house and hotel The
inn has been recently overhauled by men
| for the Montpelier Savings Bank & Trust
CO., and has been placed in the best
! shape it has been for years The rooms
! have been reprinted and the floors re-
finished The new proprietors expect to
fill the long felt want of a hotel of this
kind in Montpelier
The motorcycle of Ray Walcott of
Burlington and the automobile of Mar
tin Flannery of Boston collided near the
Three Mile bridge railroad crossing
about noon Sunday Walcott was tax
en- to Heaton hospital las result of the
accident while the occupants of the Flan-
merry car escaped injury. 1t appears that
Flannery saw the motorcycle coming at
high speed and he stopped his car at one
side of the road. The driver of the mo-
/ torcycle, who escaped with bruises,
claimed that he lost control of his ma
chine because his brakes did not work.
The occupants of Luther Chambers
automobile had narrow escape from in
| jury Saturday evening near the under
! pass that leads from Middlesex Center
to the Montpelier road. They had come
ont of the pass and were turning onto
| the Montpelier road when a truck owned
/ by c. II. A. Stafford of Morrisvile,
with a Mr.. George driving the machine,
| hit them. He was on the wrong side of
the road and although the Chandler car
went into the ditch the collision took
place. The Chandler car was occupied
by Carroll Chandler, driving, his mother
and Mrs. L. NJ. Chandler, his grandmoth-
err Although shaken up, they escaped in
jury.
Isaac Prentiss, aged 81 years, sdied at
his home on the Eagle Ledge road in
Worcester Saturday afternoon of pneu-
monia, of which he had suffered but a
few days. He was a son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Prentiss, born Sept 2, 1881 He
had been farmer most of his life and
lived 40 years on the place where he
died. He leaves his granddaughter, Mrs.
Luna Chase. who lived with him, two
daughters, Mrs. Susie Corliss of Worces-
ter and Mrs Edwin Bruce of Worcester;
also several other grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren. The funeral
occurred at o'clock this Afternoon. from
his late home.
Edward Gill Of Montpelier, as well as
Barre parties, figure they had narrow es-
capes from accidents on the road between
Mortified and RoSbury Sunday when
nine men driving an automobile in a
reckless manner passed their cars on the
road. Mr., Gill saw them coming and
drove his car to the side Of the bank
so far that he had to Jack the car up
and put blocking under it before he could
get back into the road. His rear mud
guard was touched. Ano.der party re-
ported a similar experience with the nine
men but the driver of the big truck made
a different report when ii came along
namely that the driver stated that he
saw the nine coming and stopped his
truck so that they had almost to stop
in order to get by him. Some Of the
men are known and an investigation is
under way.
One Of the teachers who was attending
the convention here thought that she had
lost her pocketbook with all Of the mon
ey she had with her Dr. r. J. Fitzger.
aid, who was connected with the local
management Of the convention loaned
her money which she later left
in Reeds Jewelry store for him
having found her money at the
postofiice The teacher was a Miss Bliss
: Nothing vet has been learned of the
pocketbook taken from Miss Jolpin OF
Shoreham at the Central Vermont sta.
tion when the teachers were leaving the
city Friday evening.
4 marriage license has been issued to
Joe Barney and Miss Alma Vilburgh by
the city clerk.
G., +. Billiard Of Glens Falls, Y. ".
accompanied by his daughter, has been
visiting with Mr. and Mrs G. P. Bar.
J Der.
There were hardly any of the Offices in
the State House open to-day and the
janitors took advantage of this to give
some of the offices thorough cleaning
out, These included the auditor of &C.
counts Office
For the accommod( ton of the employees
at the State House a door is being put
in the west wing Of the building, where
there has been a window This will al.
low persons to 20 to their automobiles
without going through the entire build,
ing
Friends of Michael Conan, who recent,
ly returned from service in France. hav-
ing been wounded, are interesting them.
selves to ascertain the cause why he !.
not allowed to attend Montpelier high
school. He prepared for Burlington high
school and was doing his third year:
: work when he got the war fever and en-.
listed, although only II years of age
When he returned he came to Montpelier
He intends to study law and must have
high school education to do so. 1t is un.
.. derstood that he was not allowed to take
an examination to show whether he
! would have to be conditioned" if he was
to attempt the fourth years work He
IS without relatives in the world as fan
as can be learned
The number of newspaper men at the
trial Of George A. Long has increased So
r that there are now seven of them These
include the regular men in Montpelier
: Messrs Healey and Kelly; George Rich.
ard and Norman Richie of the Boston
Post, Jack Williams having gone back
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