The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-17
MONTPELIER
Mason S. Stone to Have Charge of Fuel
Administrators Office.

/ II. j, Nj. Jones, state fuel admlnlstra
tor, left Tuesday night for Boston, wher
he attends the meeting of the fuel ad
ministrators of the New England states
Gov H. f. Graham has gone to Spring
field, Mass, and after attending the east
ern states dairy exposition, will go t.
Boston for the conference. T. II. Babbitt
president of the Greater Vermont asso
citation, has also been invited to attend
Mr.. Jones has appointed Mason 5. Stone
as permanent secretary to look after thu
office work. Mr.. Stone has been pub.
licity man for the public safety com
mittee of the state. Mr.. Stone is gath.
ering his staff and is sending out the
appointments OF the committees in the
different counties and cities of over $500
population. He has Office room in The
State House.
Clarence D. Wheelock appeared before
the Judges of the county court Tuesday
afternoon on the charge of breach Of
probation, which he admitted, and the
case was continued for three weeks so
that Wheelock might have time, at the
request of w. A. Lord, his attorney, to
harvest his crop of beans. When Judge
Slack gave the continuance of probation
he told Wheelock that the court would
keep an eve on him to see that the pro-
visions of his probation, which specify
that he shall keep away from Alice
Briggs, who was found guilty of adultery
at the time of Wheelock's pleading gull.
ty, would be observed.
Commissioner of Education M. B. Hill,
geas has this week sent TO the teachers
IN the state letter asking their cooper
alton in the work of food conservation. |
The purpose of the letter is that the chill |,
iren of the schools may become inter
ested in the work, which the adults are
for if the little ones be-
'ome interested the chances are that the
parents will take lively interest in the
Commissioner Hillegas will go
rom Lyndonville to Manchester, where
IN Thursday he attends the annual meet
ng of the State Teachers association of
Sew Hampshire, at which he will speak.
Ie has also visited schools in northern
vermont on transportation matters.
The November term of supreme court
lids fair to be long one, for it is UNI
rial According to the new regulation
governing the setting of cases for trial,
here are 100 the specifications of which
ave been filed long enough so that they
will be ripe for trial when the term
onvenes.
William j, Hamilton, foreman at the
ound house at Montpelier junction. has
one to ST. Adams TO spend his vaca-
ion.
Miss Sara KERN and Mrs. Colin Mac
eth of Denver, Col, are visiting with
liss Aileen KERN and relatives in Mid
lesex. Al
John Taft, who has been visiting with
. d. Taft. his brother, has gone to his
ONE in Washington.
Word was received here Tuesday that
lton Farr of Waitsfeld caught bear
one of his traps Monday. It was a Y
lir-sized animal,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sawyer of More
,wn were in the city Tuesday after !
Don, leaving for their wedding trip, a !
art Of which will be passed in Boston
nd New York They were married
tuesday, morning at the Sawyer home in
-oretown, the bride being Miss Harriet
napp of that village, who has been tor
veral years employed in the Wilcox
ore. The ceremony was performed by
ev Albert Abbott. pastor of the Meth
list church of that village, in the pres
zee Of the immediate relatives of the
attracting parties. The bride was
,wned in plum velour. The groom Is a
N Of the late Russell Sawyer, and has
r many years lived in Moretown. He
j. been engaged in business there aud
1910 was a member OF the House Of
in the Vermont legisia-
re. The bride is a native Of Hinsdale,
H. who j. graduate Of several
hools and was for years employed as
acomess in Boston. III
The first meeting Of the Trinity Read.
Z club this winter took place last even
2 al the home Of Mrs. +. y. Rand.
Re meeting was IN charge Of Mrs. II.
Farnham, who introduced as sgeakec !