The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-17
MONTPELIER

Mrs. F. D. Wing, widow of T. y.
Wing, who died last week, was taken
! Sunday afternoon to- Heatop hospital
! for care. She has been running 1l'lte
fever,
George Mckee Of. Dartm5iIth col
! lege was home over the week end.
Harry Mcintosh, daughter and SON,
went To Burlington to visit with Mrs.
! Mcintosh, who is in hospital for
treatment and who is recovering.
Alton Farr, of Waitsfield was in
the city Saturday to see Miss Mildred
Farr, his sister, who is, i'll. Miss FAIR
does not gain very fast. Mr.. Farr has
been laid up since last, winter because
! of telephone pole falling on HIM
Bennett Kent and James Dow, two
BOYS of Ia Summers gave their par,
ents quite fright Saturday evening
when they did not return home as they
had promised to, and ID. 3. i. Kent
started after. the two boys, fearing
something had happened to them.
There did, but not one what was
feared, for it was only the breaking
down OF bicycle. 1t appears that
they went on the wheels to Woodbury.
pond fishing, promising to get home
before dark. They started in time but
one machine broke down and as near
as can be learned they walked nearly
all the way home, arriving about ll;20
o'clock. In the meaptime Mr.. Kent
and those with him did not meet the
boys, having gone by the Town hill
road and when they called" back home
after covering some distance, they
found the boys had reached home, tired
but all right.
Mrs. Ursula J. Hayward, mother of
Water Commissioner Benjamin NJ. Hay
ward of Montpelier, died Saturday aft
ernoon following some months illness.
She was native Of Weybridge, born
Oct. 10, 1912, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Erastus C, Peck. She was the
widow OF the late Judge A. n. Hay
ward OF Weybridge. who died some
years ago. She is survived by her two
sons, the one mentioned above and I
n. Hayward Of Lee, Mass. The body
was taken by automobile hearse to-
day to Weybridge, where the funeral
occurred at | o'clock this afternoon
from the Congregational church, and
burial occurred in Weybridge.
H. d. Hopkins of Montpelier this
morning reported to the state auto
mobile department that the driver OF
car number 50l. which is listed to Rob
ert Gridley Of Rochester, ran into
team driven by Mr.. Hopkins Sunday
morning on East State street in Mont
pelier. He gave diagram showing
that the driver of the automobile was
not on his own side of the road. He
also described. the accident in detail,
Clerical assistance at the ssate
House came To Montpelier in various
conveyances THIS morning, some on
trucks. Others in automobiles of friends
and still others waited for the belated
trolley service which was impaired by
the brake rigging giving away at Der
lin street in Barre.
The Ballard Hobart post, American
Legion. this morning filed articles of
Association in the office OF secretary of
state for the purpose of building a club
house in Ludlow. The capital stock Is
$1,000, and the papers are signed BY
A. w. Goddard. Patrick l.. Nealon and
Z, 4. Pearsons of Ludlow.
Miss Eyander WEIGH has commenced
work in the secretary of states office.
Miss Bernice Price, teacher in the
school at Woodstock, visited Saturday
with Miss Martha Price, her aunt.
Upon her arrival here she found a new
automobile waiting for her as a gift.
from her father, Thomas Price, of Mid
dlesex.
The northbound morning passenger
train on the Central Vermont railway
was half an hour late to-day due to
light engine being used TO draw the
train.
W. II. Jeffrey F. H. Tracy and c. 4.
Smith have returned from New York.
where they attended the annual meet
ing of the conference on prison and
prison reform. During the first days
sitting the chairman called upon SheI
in Tracy TO speak upon the retorma
zion of prisoners and introduced him
a : the pioneer in this work and the
man who knows Mr. Tracy spoke
for about 10 minutes on the success
in Vermont. In he last days session.
J. +. Weeks. director Of state institu-
tions. spoke upon contract labor and
proba;ion He stated that while Yer
mont's prisoners in state institutions
are employed on contract labor that
these expire Dee 81 this year and new
contracts will not be made. He paid
the probation department nice com
nI;msnt upon the work il i doing. II.