The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-09

| New arrival of hats at Mrs. Birnie =,
Laurel street.-adv.
Hundreds Of bargains in shoes ~
Shea's big sale adv.
Food and apron sale Saturday after
noon by the Presbyterian ladies union.
-~adv.
A special meeting of all callmen will
be held at the fire station tonight at
o'clock. Everybody be there.
A Swedish church meeting will be
held at 80 Averill street Wednesday
| evening at s. Rev. Bjorkman Of Mont
real will speak.
Clarence" comedy by Booth Tark-
ington, will be given May 10 by the
senior class in Spaulding assembly hall.
| Admission 35c. adv.
Miss Ena Gilmore Of 40 Park street
| was taken to the City hospital sun
day afternoon and was reported as
resting comfortably this morning.
A very peculiar accident happened
at the Central Vermont station this
morning and one which up to this
| time has been unaccounted for. The
Z, newly painted baggage truck belonging
| to the American Express company,
| which was resting on the cement pier
near the tracks loaded with only one
empty bread basket, in some peculiar
manner rolled off onto the tracks in
| the path of an incoming early train.
| When the truck was recovered the
front end was sadly dilapidated, axle
braces were broken, steel rods bent out
of shape and numerous other parts
sadly nnrecognizable. The remains OF
the bread basket have not yet been
recovered as such an action would be
! impossible unless one were good at
gathering toothpicks.
Mrs. Jonathan Sykes and her daugh-
ter, Miss Doris Moore, who with En-
! yoy Sykes Of Barre and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roselle Fiske of Tunbridge, figured IN
| an exciting accident at Troy, n. y,
| Saturday. when their automobile ran
away down steep hill and crashed
| into a building arrived at their home
| in Barre this morning, having left En-
vow Sykes for treatment for an in
iured foot. 1t is not thought that any
bones were broken but the foot was
sprained. Mrs. Sykes was cut about
the fingers and was severely shaken
up, while Mr.. Fiske was injured about
| the face. Miss Moore, who was driv-
| ing the machine, was not hurt. She
stated to-day that the brake bands OF
the ear had become so much burned
out that the brakes would not mold
when she started to descend the mill.
! The automobile was much damaged in
contact with the building.
| Honoring mothers day, Harmon re-
view. No. |, Of the Woman's Benefit as
ISOLATION, has planned to have spe-
cial ceremony on Sunday, May IA, at
| 8 D. M, at X. OF p. hall, to which the
public are most cordially invited. This
association OF women has within its
membership many thousands OF motf-'
ers, and Harmon review is making spe-
cial plans TO entertain the mothers
within its local membership. The chair
man for the program Is Mrs. Nellie
Bianehi and her committee consists OF
Mrs. Isabella Walker, Mrs Annie Ger
rard and Miss Alice Beckley. This spe-
cial ceremony is to be so arranged that
anyone desiring 10 attend may do So
The commander of the local w. B. A.
body is Mrs. Nellie Bianchi, who upon
receiving the official communication
| from Miss Bina NJ. West, the founder
and president Of the Women's Benefit
association, Immediately put the plan
! in operation This Is the largest WON
ans association OF the kind in the
world and has paid over sixteen mil
| lion dollars in benefits during its 30
years history.