The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-21

iittlc ihltf. however, IL Is expected Una
the real estate valuation win be abon
the same as year ago, which was So,
q 23e,9sO. The appraisal of the persona
estate for valuation ~ 2,020 800, and /
: is thought there will be an increase thi
year over that sum, because the offse
deducted for debts owing is smaller thar
, a year ago. These were S25 ,232. Tn
, number of polls will be materially re
duced because of so many going 10 war
These have not been listed at all
Mrs, j. Nj. Coates sold her livery bust
ness at public auction Monday afternoon
the highest bidder being Michael Penn
brooke, To whom the business was strucl
off at s3050 Stanley farnham bic
s3,025 for the businessi
A daughter was born TO Mr.. and Mrs
Ely Smith Saturday.
The Capital Poultry association ha,
received word from the farm extension
service of the University Of Vermont
that A. l.. Smith of that department will
speak TO the members of the association
and those interested in war problems
the evening of June in the city council
chambers.
Miss Ruth Brown has gone TO Man.
chester and Bennington TO attend teacher
training meetings and will then go TO
Sudbury, where she speaks at confer
ence, after which she will visit some of
the libraries in that part of the state.
Miss Brown is secretary of the Vermont
| free public library commission.
The report of the work done in Yer.
mont through the New England division
Red Cross bulletin shows that in April
Vermont distributed 240 cards, $4,000
leaflets. 1000 inspiration books, $4,000
calendars, 5000 posters, $4,000 insignia,
and 80 booth tops,
As a result of conference between
Gov. II. +. Graham and Major Harvey
Goodell Monday afternoon IL was decided
to have the auction for the two pounds
of wool which is TO be sent to Vermont
from the White House, held through the
office OF Q. +. Benson of Brattleboro, who
has charge of the campaign in Vermont
for the Red Cross drive. While it is I'M
derstood that the sale of the wool will
not materially help in Vermont's quota,
il will probably help in increasing the
interest in the general gifts TO the Red
Cross. In placing the matter in Mr.
Benson's hands Governor Graham sug-
gested that two stories day be sent
from his office, one at o'clock in the
evening to the morning papers and one
at o'clock in the afternoon, which will
give a fresh story to each state daily
Governor Graham sent the following tele
gram Monday: Montpelier. VT, May
20, 1918. H. P. Dawson, Chairman War
Council, American Red Cross, Washing |
L. Il g. . Ill
to auction the White House |
wool to be sent by President and Mrs |
Wilson. Every ounce of this wool will |
bring many times its value in comfort
TO our fighting men. Each ounce bought |
in Vermont will be symbol Of Yer
mont's deep devotion to her sons in
France. Horace +. Graham, Governor .
daughter was born May II to Mr..
and Mrs. Massimo Citrini, and a son
May Is to Mr.. and Mrs. Alcide Gauthier
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Getman passed the
lay in Burlington. Mr.. Getman, while
here, took his physical examination for
entrance into the navy as a steamitter
md plumber.
Prof. George A. Works of Cornell uni
Tersity, who was here early last winter
elative to the teaching of vocational
ducation, is spending the week in the
tate. To-day he visited schools at Is
ex Center and Jeffersonvile, To-mor-
ow he will be at Waitsfield Thursday al
'oncord, Friday at Lyndonyille, and Sat
lrday at Randolph Center
Mason s. Stone, who has charge of
he speaking tour Of the soldier who !
ONES TO Vermont for the next two
Teeks, expects that a Vermont boy is ,
o be sent here, namely Raymond Guy
tie, who lived in Moretown for many /,
ears. II is understood he Is a son of !,
urtis Guyette. who has resided in that
own during the years when Raymond I
'as a child. He enlisted from Conneeti
ut Mr.. Stone is looking up the matter f
18th the expectation of establishing the | h
bove facts. The tour, unless other plans
re made, will commence May 81. r
Commissioner of Education NJ. B. Hill
gas has received from Miss Caroline
Woodruff OF Concord, a program of the
exercises of the schools
that town. This program includes the
resentation of pageant, entitled Con
,rd, VT" written by Miss Madeline Ran n
all. teacher in the johnson Normal y
hool, The pageant is given in honor Z
the first normal school established in =
he country, namely the school at Con- G.
'rd Corners, which was established in =
l23 by Rev Samuel Hall. II will be
ven in five episodes, an introduction
I'd interlude, and bids fair TO be cred
to the students of the school as well NJ
memory of the normal school 10
Reports coming to the commissioner W
education's office this spring show 10
at more teachers have signed their con
acts to teach next year than ever at
is time of the year The school boards
e getting busy earlier in the year d
an before, while the superintendent
e also working along the same line /
he town communities are not being hit |
nv hard, but some of the cities are
iking considerable effort to replenish
cir teaching forces. Mr.. Hillegas calls
tention to the fact that the contract
a legal document means more than it
generally considered and that teach
signing one should bear in mind the
,al responsibility Both they and the
lool boards should expect to live up
the contract after its signature.
again comes nearly to the top
the war program for according TO
,ort which has reached the adjutant
lerals office, it is set forth that Yer
mt stands second in the making of the
'ort called for by the government in
exing the registrsnts in the state. The
" state ranking above Vermont is
va. This is the work which was done
the teachers. When Vermont was