The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-15
TALK or THE TOWN

Mrs Q. n Canton of Maple avenue
slipped and fell while coming down the
hill from Goddard seminary Friday and
cracked small bone in one leg.
James +. Smith, for the past two
years superintendent Of the Barre 4
CHELSEA railroad, is taking his first va
cationIn 30 years, James n, Gall, for
mer superintendent, who joined the
American exPcditionary forces to serve
in France, assumed the responsibilities
of the Office last week, when Mr.. Smith
began an indefinite vacation.
Justice OF the Peace James Mackay
presided over the nuptial ceremonies
that united in marriage on Saturday
evening at 6:30 o'clock NTnesto Pro
yasi Of 45 Granite street and Miss
Rosa Franchin of the same address.
The wedding was conducted at the
home in the presence of intimate
friends of the contracting parties.
James Palmer of Eastern avenue,
who planned to leave here Sunday noon
for New York and ON Wednesday for
Aberdeen, Scotland, on the steamship
Carmania, received a telegram yester-
day morning stating that the ship had
suffered damages in New York harbor
and would be unable to sail until a
week from the first date mentioned
Mr.. Palmer continued work at the Cook
& Watkins Depot square firm to-day to
remain until next Monday.
On warrant issued by Grand Juror
A. A. Sargent, Ugo Giudici of Beckley
street was arrested Saturday and
brought into city court this morning,
charged with having wilfully and NAL.
iciously destroyed a street light at the
corner Of North Main and Second
streets. Giudici admitted that he broke
the 200-watt lamp with shotgun on
armistice night He refuted the charge
that it was done wifully and malicious
ly, whereupon the case was left open
until further investigation can be made
by Grand Juror Sargent His mother,
Mrs. Josephine Giudici, furnished bail
Of $50. j. Ward Carver is retained as
attorney for the defendant
Miss Margaret Robertson, a regis
tered nurse and graduate OF the New
England Deaconess hospital of Boston,
came from Brookfeld Sunday to re.
main until this noon with her sister,
Miss Annie Robertson. Miss Robertson.
since her return from France last May,
where for a year she was a Red Cross
nurse at base hospital 81 in Toul, has
been vacationing with her sister, Mrs
Isabel McMinn, in Brookfield, as we'll as
with friends in Maine and Bellows
EaIIs .,yhorn a. 4ba t;rnn of tar anlss4
ment in the Boston unit of the Red
Gross she was district nurse. Buffalo
Wyo., is the destination of Miss Robert
son at the present time, she having
agreed to supervise the nursing work at
the public schools in that city
BY working much of the time yester-
day, T.. M. Woodwork, the expert me-
chanic and inspector of the American
LaFrance Fire Engine Co., Inc, had the
fire truck at the Barre station in con
dition to respond to any alarm had
there been one during last night. Fur
ther overhauling was begun this morn.
ing and completed by early afternoon,
when few trial runs were made under
the supervision Of Mr. Woodwork The
engine was found to be in need of sew
eral repairs and some new parts are in
stalled These parts, at the direction
of the inspector. were received direct
from Boston, The apparatus is now in
fine condition for the heavy winter
SHOWS and the steep hills of Barre Mr.
Woodworth travels extensively for the
American LaFranee firm, working from
the directions of the Boston office To
night he leaves for ~f5uIlngton and win
20 to other Vermont towns where La
France machines are used before re-
turning to Boston.