Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-03
VERMONT LEGISLATURE
MEETS TODAY.
Vermont SOlOns Meet to Make New
and Revise Old Laws. Appoint
ees of Governor Graham and
Sergeant-at-Arms.l Names
of Local Legislators.


Vermont's legislative bodies meet
today in Montpelier for their bien-
nial session. After organization the
real work will begin at once.
Orleans county's contributions to
the senate are M. A. Adams of Derby
and Geo. w. Russell of Irasburg.
In the house of representative Or
leans county contributes II members
from her 18 towns. w. G.. Daniels of
Westmore, representative-elect from
that town, recently died, leaving the
other towns represented as follows:
Albany, Arthur C. Cheney; Barton,
w. w. Reirden; Bloomington, Thorn
as Smith; Charleston, John B. Buck;
Coventry, Homer Wright; Crafts;
bury; Martin B. Johnson; Derby, VIM.
F. Taylor; Glover, O. G. Miles;
Greensboro, Geo. w. Taylor; Holland,
Henry Demick; Irasburg, Geo. W.
Phillips; Jay, B. H. Coburn; Lowell,
H. A. Parker; Morgan, G. w. Gray;
Newport, VIM. R. Prouty; Troy, F. j.
Governor Graham has made the
selection of his staff as follows: Sec
retary of civil and military affairs,
Harvey E. Goodell of Nottingham;
executive clerk, John N. Harvey of
Barre; messenger, Roger M. Aiken of
Putney; stenographer, Miss Julia
Holland of Montpelier.
Mr.. Goodell, who is 27 years of age,
was messenger to Gov. Fletcher four
wears ago. He was born in Reads
boro.
John N. Harvey, who fills the i'm
portant position of executive clerk, is
no stranger in this position, having
filled the same Office under Governor
Prouty in 1908. He is native of
Topsham and 81 years of age.
Miss Holland, the stenographer,
was until recently employed in the
offices of the American Fidelity COM
pany, and the messenger, Roger M.
Aiken, who is a graduate of the Brat
tleboro high school, is son of Edward
w Aiken, twice elected to the gener-
al assembly from that town and a
member this session. The new gov
ernor apparently starts off equipped
with an experienced force.
Sergeant-at-Arms Parsons has ap-
pointed the following officers for the
positions about the capitol during the
session.:
Deputy sergeant-at-arms: Dwight
j. Dwinell, Montpelier; salary $3.50
per day. ssss s-~r y s],ssa
Assistants in the sergeant-at-arms
department: Grover C. Templeton,
Worcester; William M, Meacham,
Morrisville; Ford T. F1agg, Rich
mond; r. S. Pierce, Waterville; sal
ary $500 per day.
Postmaster: Herbert N. Locke,
Fair Haven; salary $3.50 per day.
Assistant postmaster: Arthur G.
! Stevens, Essex Junction; salary $3.50
per day.
Coat room attendants: Luther M.
Ravlin, South Burlington; Guy R.
Colby, Post Mills; Leslie w. Hayes,
Waterbury; salary $500 per day.
Executive messenger: Announced
later.
South S' fsss Royaiton; Rus Russell S. Smith, Smith,
Addison; Lindley S. Squires, Rut-
land; William A. Reid, Montpelier;
salary $3.50 per day.
Pages: Edward S. Dana, New Ha-
ven;~ Robert Longtin, Bennington;
George Douglas, Barre; Russell Sea-
vey, Island Pond; Joseph K. Darling,
Chelsea; Fred Burke, Jamaica; c..
Emerson Libbey, Danville; William
e. Bliss, Georgia; John R. w. Ban
croft, East Calais; Kenneth Somer-
vile, Waterbury; salary 1925 per
day.
Janitor: John W. Hill, Montpe-
ier; salary $500 per day.
Assistant janitors: James S. Wat
kins, Burt N. Peck, L. A. Flint, Geo.
F.. Taylor, of Montpelier; Roy S.
Christie, Glover; w. B. Wobus, War
rem; Stephen Farrand, Berlin; H. B.
Hall, Burlington; salary $2.75 per
! day.
Engineer: George Reed, Montpe-
| Her; salary $500 per day.
Night watchman: Ira H. Edison,
Montpelier; salary 1925 per day.