Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-05-22
VERMONT NOTES.

| Attorney General HERBERT U. OAR
Der of Brattleboro has issued state
ment that he would not be candl-
date for reelection, but would devote
expiration of his present term, Janu-
airy 81, 1919.
Major Harvey E. Goodell is send
| ing to each station agent in Vermont
placard of the accomplishments of
Vermont since the war commenced.
These will give travellers who wait
for trains an opportunity to see that
Vermont has a record Of which to be
proud.
The annex to the state house In
which the state library, supreme
court room and Historical society
have been since the construction of
that portion of the building, is to be
remodelled as soon as these rooms
are vacated. The new building will
accommodate these departments here
after.
Justin c.. Foss, aged 33 years, was
instantly killed at his mill in Eden
May IA, by large pile of lumber
falling upon him. He went down un-
der the mill to oil up machinery and
while there platform over him on
which there was a large pile of lum-
Der, gave way and crushed him to
death. His back was broken, his
skull crushed, death being instantan-
eous. He leaves a wife and five chill
dren.
President John H. Thomas of Mid
dlebury college has sent out a new
and last appeal to the alumni and
other friends of the college to raise
the comparatively small amount which
is necessary to bring the new special
endowment fund up to the 100000
mark originally aimed at by the first
of July, the present shortage is about
$4,000, SO it is necessary to raise on
an average Of 81 900 a day in order
/ to complete the fund in time.
Prof. Clyde M. Hill, who has been
supervisor Of the junior high school
work in Vermont for three years, will
not have that work this year, the
school board of Springfield, Mo-, Of
decided that it can not dispense with
his services longer, having loaned
him to Vermont for three years.
Springfield is the home of the junior
high school idea and Mr.. Hill was the
first man to bring it into the East,
Vermont being the first state to take
up that branch of the work in New
England. He has built up an excel
lent system here.
Just how the counties of the state
are asked to give for the Red Cross
war fund this week may be of inter-
est. Here are the exact quotas:
Addison, $1,000.
Bennington, $4,000.
Caledonia, $4,000.
Chittenden, $4,000.
Essex, $4,000.
Franklin, $4,000.
Grand Isle, $1,000.
Lamoille, $4,000.
Orange, $4,000.
Orleans, $4,000.
Rutland, $4,000.
Washington, $4,000.
Windham, $4,000.
Windsor, $4,000.
Total, 100000.
Articles have been filed in the Sec
rotary of states Office for the purpose
of giving young people chance to
secure an education. 1t is the gener-
al Education Fund Inc, of Burling-
ton. Articles set forth that the mon
ey shall be used for young men and
women in securing a common school
or university education, or both; to
learn trade, handicraft, business or
profession; or to obtain instruction in
domestic science; or may be used for
gaining useful knowledge so long as
those applying are worthy. Mrs.
Emma Curtis died in 1909. In her
will, which is now in the probate
court, she bequeathed the sum of
$125,OOO for the purposes stated in
the articles of Incorporation.
F. H. Brooks of st. Johnsbury has
been appointed United States Food
administrator for Vermontto succeed
James Hardness of Springfield, who
was compelled to resign because of
the pressure of other war work with
which he is connected. Mr.. Hardness
recently returned from Europe where
ne went as a member of the United
States aircraft commission Mr..
Brooks will occupy the Offices of the
clerk and speaker of the house, these
having been assigned to him for this
purpose by Gov. Graham. The new
food administrator is a well-known
Vermonter, who for many years was
connected with E. & T. Fairbanks &
Co., of ST. Johnsbury, having been
president OF the concern from 1912
until a few months ago. He was ap-
pointed by Gov. Fletcher member of
the board of commissioners to inves-
tigate the educational system of Yer
mont and at present he is member
of the state board of education.
Just how to furnish the govern
ment with so Vermont physicians
with the least disturbance to the COM
munities in which they are located, is
problem before the Vermont COM
mittee of the Medical Section of the
National Council for Defence. Plans
have been formulated by which the
doctors will be selected within a week
or ten days. The quota is called for
duty by July 1, At the beginning of
the war there were 668 practicing
physicians in Vermont and 1OS have
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