Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-08
Bethel Town Officers Elected.

Moderator, Hon. X. j. Flint; clerk
| VIM. X. Adams selectmen, Robert Noble
| X. j. Flint, Frank Wight; treasurer, J. q
Sargent; overseeF, Robert Noble; con
stable, Bert e. Rogers: listers. r. Il
| Spaulding, Aaron Bowen, w. G.. Whit
taker; auditors, Guy Wilson, s. NJ. Wash.
| burn, J. c. Burnett; fence viewers, c. III
Kidder, George H. Waldo, C. d. Cushing
town grand juror. G. ID. Cushing; Inspec.
tor OF leather, f. \. Querin; pound keep
er, z. X. Chadwick; surveyor Of wood AID
Inspector of lumb Der, &. ID. Cushing road
commissioner, W. II. Edmunds; agent to
prosecute and defend suits, W. B. {.
Stickney; school director for three years,
w. @. Brooks; school director for two
years to take the place OF Alonzo Emery,
resigned, John n. Taggsrt.
Voted to pay taxes to treasurer.
Voted $50 for Memorial Gay, s35 for
Bethel library and Sl5 for East Bethel IL.
brary.
Voted TO exempt from taxation for ten
wears the tanneTy plant OF Plppin & Que
rim il operated that long, and the Bethel
Lvmpus Creamery association or any
other cooperative creamery association
that may hereafter be formed in town for
ten years.
Voted to leave TO the selectmen matters
pertaining TO the White river bridge.
Voted to pay the tuition OF the scholars
at o. H. Rogers at the Randolph High
school.
Voted tax OF So cents.
TOWN MEETING NOTES.
Despite the storm over 200 voters we're
present. ~
The meeting adjourned az I.45, thus
having been in session three hours.
The board OF civil authority had consid-
cradle practice in counting votes. A bal
lot was called for no less than seven times.
There were several candidates for third
selectman snd Il took two ballots to de.
eide. George +. Deering, Edgar Deering,
Frank Wight, j. Q. Burnett and c. D.
Cushing were voted for.
For road commissioner isi votes were
east, OF which III were for William Il
90 for Z. s. Davis and five for
Willis Davis. G. s. Davis was not a can
iidate and had refused TO have his name
put in nomination.
The town made no mistake in electing /
Hon. X. j. Flint moderator. Mr.. Flint |
vas moderator for a long time in his Tor |
ner town, Granville, and has well-es. |
ablished record for despatching business /
With courtesy and promptness.
AlonZo Emery was the third member OF I
he board OF school directors and before /
own meeting the question had been 4
reely asked III his appointment to the as 1
lstant uoorkeepership at Washington |
lid not make his office vacant. Mr.. |
emery solved the question, however, by /
ending in his resignation to the select |
men, which was read in the meeting.
IL is rather a peculiar Characteristic OF 1
own meetings, but true nevertheless, that
he smaller matters elicit the most inter.
st and consume the most time. Fifteen 4
minutes is consumed in determining
whether the tuition OF certain persons |
hildren shall be paid in an adjoining
own, question involving perhaps $40,
While tax OF g 900 is voted in 1--WE min
ties at the utmost.
The following jurymen were elected on
be recommendation of the board of civil
urvmen, "A. A. Brooks,
!. ii. Topper, ID. M. Clough, j. q. Bur.
Iett, ID. q. Torrey, E. f. Twitcheil, John
iorse, A. |. Mcintosh, w. g. Lattimer,
Justin Gillette, NJ. NJ. Whipple, c. r.
'oble; petit iurymen, A. A. Soper, s. G.
,ady, q. g. Bundy, c. l.. Sanders, N. II.
Wallace, J. II. Beckwith, X. s. Adams, o.
:. Russ, l.. II. Abbott, Nelson Bowen,
has. Dustin, James ID. Wheeler. IL