The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

DIR. Henry ii. Fullerton of Water
bry was in town to-day.
4 A daughter was born at the City
hospital this morning to Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Hood of Trow hill.
\ Fresh daily, Strawberries, lettuce, as
\ paragus, celery and cucumbers. Barre
| Fruit Store, George Maniatty.-adv
| Miss Myrtle Walker Of Portland,
Me-, formerly a resident of Barre, is
in the city to pass two weeks with
friends.
Mrs. Stella Farrar of Boston visited
friends in Barre yesterday, and is now
passing few days with acquaintance
in Moretown.
| Mrs. w. H. Richardson has returned
from Rutland, where she has been at
tending the g. A. r. encampment as
one of the delegates from the Sons of
Veterans auxiliary.
Chief of Police James Sullivan re-
turned yesterday from Burlington,
having accompanied Arthur III. lite to
Fort Ethan Allen upon orders received
from military authorities at the fort.
H. A. Dunbar motored this afternoon
to st. Adams to pass the week end
with his daughter, Mrs. s. Weaver, and
join Mrs. Dunbar, who has been visit.
ing in st. Adams during the past week
Mrs. John Bresaw of Greenfield,
Mass. who with her two sons, Charles
and Richard, has been the guest of
Mrs A. II. Lund of Sheridan street for
the past two weeks, returned home
to day.
Guy George and John Eastman end
ed Wednesday night an automobile
journey from Lima, O., distance OF
slightly more than ! 900 miles. Each
man drove a truck loaded with
pleasure car to the Barre garage for
r.. G. Bennett. The auto trip was
made by way of Elyria, Cleveland. o.,
Erie, Pa, Buffalo and Plattsburg, n
Y, to Burlington by Lake Champlain,
and thence to this city. Roads in Ohio
and Pennsylvania "a far east as Erie,
Pa, the drivers report. were bad, but
from there on excellent, nearly all be.
ing macadam Next week these men
90 to Detroit Mich, TO the Cadillac
Motor Co.
''0h Daddy" a mirthful mixture of
song and dance, surrounded by chorus
of girls who could really sing and who
wore stunning gowns. played to fair
sized audience in the Barre opera house
last evening. Peggy Earle, with a
charming personality. contributed sew
eral songs that pleased. and danced
even better. Her dance numbers with
Arthur Tackman were among the most
desirable parts of the program. Belva
Jane French and Ella Warner Davis
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vored highly, while the comedy was
evenly distributor between Norman
Hanley and Harry 0'Lynn.
Mrs Rosa Hathaway of East Mont
pelier was given temporary hearing
in probate court in Montpelier yester
day, on petition from the selectmen
OF East Montpelier that the woman be
committed to the state hospital in Wa
terbury for insanity. A temporary com
mitment was given and the woman
taken to the institution Yesterday aft
ernoon by Deputy Sheriff George l..
Morris of this city There was also a
petition served for the appointment OF
a guardian for her. this hearing TO
come before the probate court in Mont
pelier May 20. The hearing as to her
sanity will come before the probate
court June g. Attorneys r. A. Hoar
and A. 6. Fay appeared for Mrs. Hath
away.
\ Manager Clarence T. Goldsbury. of
the tournament team of Mont pelier
council OF the Knights of Columbus
notified the Barre tournament commit
tee yesterday that the forfeit banquet
will be served in the Montpelier COIN
! ell banquet hall next Thursday even
4 ing. Extensive preparations are being
made by Mr. Goldbury TO have a pro-
gram after the banquet, Barre knights
who played in the pool. billiard or
/ card tournaments during the winter
/ series are the only ones eligible from
Barre to attend this banquet and these
are requested either TO sign their
names 60 the poster in the local club
rooms or TO notify one OF the commit.
tee. John 0'Keefe. Leonard Lander or
James Brown. This must be done be-
fore Sunday.
! When Fire Chief John Heney tried
/ to ring the test alarm at box IA, near
West Second street. this morning at
a:30. he found it impossible. a. some
one had disposed Of the box key and
4 had broken a door KEY in the keyhole
Of the alarm box The alarm was,
4 therefore, sounded from the nearest
box. -, at Whitcomb Brothers plant.
near North Seminary street and quite
distance from the first mentioned.
Tampering with fire alarm boxes is a
serious offense, and should the person
be found out he would be prosecuted to
! the full extent Of the law. In this dis
trict especially there is a large num-
Der of,dwelling houses and much stone
shed property endangered, with fire
alarm boxes in such condition. These
alarm boxes can be opened by none
other than the keys attached, so at
tempts 20 do so are in vain, and should
anyone be caught breaking a glass or
4 tampering with the system in any way
penalty will be inflicted. In making the
/ daily tests. the fire chief has found
number of the box glasses broken and
the KEYS removed.
/ In the window of the C. W. AverilI &
7 Co hardware store, the Vermont Poul-
/ try association has a small exhibit. the
object Of which l. "a promote interest
in the raising Of standard bred poultry
Owing to lack Of space. only four tsri-
..sos If she standard bred fo,rla are