The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-15
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commissioner +. {. Williams. Mr.. Lori
mer, who has been the assistant, has en-
= listed in the ordnance department an
will probably go in a short time TO som
camp.
The local board of exemption found
new excuse while looking over the claim
of a young registrant in their oiiic
! Tuesday afternoon relative To granting
his request 10 be deferred because o
agricultural claims. IL appears from tn
QUESTIONABLE that the man is "a year
of age and that, according to the same
affidavit, he has beeh employed in farm
ing for 81 years. Another man wanting
deferred classification, who is % years o.
age. showed he had for IL years dont
work which boys do not generally do in
their school days A surprisingly larg,
number OF registrants have appeared be
fore the board, asking exemption from
this call for almost as many reasons as
a person could devise. One father want.
ed exemption for his son on agricultural
grounds and il was shown the man had
been employed elsewhere for nine years
The work of transferring the library
from the annex of the State House TO
the new state building is progressing.
IL the present weather conditions pre-
vail for two weeks il will be completed.
Ii is expected that the board of control
will meet here this week relative to the
assignment of the rooms TO the different
state commissions General opinion
seems to prevail that the educational de-
partment will have the suite at the left
of the entrance and over the court room.
Dame Rumor, who lives in the State
| House, says that the board of control
will follow the act providing for the APP
preparation of money for the building
and that the historical society and the
mineralogy of the state which is Prof.
G. II. Perkins department. are to occupy
the big room under the library as pro-
posed when the architect drafted the
plans, in spite of the arguments present
ed by her sister, Miss Gossip, that the
historical society wanted the room to it,
self and felt grieyed that the law should
have provided the cabinet as a compan
ion. The room is ample in size to set off
both departments to good advantage.
Mrs Mary Wheelock, who has conduct
ed a millinery store for many years on
State street, is planning to close out her
business and retire from it.
S. y. Bates, state highway commits
sioner, and II. M. Mcintosh, state en-
gineer, left this morning for Richford,
where this afternoon bids were opened
for the construction of the new inter.
national bridge across the Missisquoi riy
err at East Richford. which will be a part |
of new trunk line along the northern |
boundary. IL is estimated that the |
bridge will cost in the neighborhood of |
Sl7 900.
Capital City grange will hold its regu-
lar meeting in Odd Fellows hall Thurs |
day, May l6 pre- Memorial program
has been arranged, with DR.. Meade as
the principal speaker The G. A. +. and
Woman's Relief corps have been invited.
Also after a short business session, the
meeting will be open to the public
Joseph Goodnature, who was arrested
Monday afternoon by the sheriff's de
partment, was brought before Judge +.
NJ. Harvey Tuesday afternoon on the
charge Of carrying liquor into the county
Jail He admitted guilt and was given
sentence Of three months in the institu-
ton. He is an elderly man and the
grand Juror urged that il was better TO
send him to an Institution near hs home
han one Of the state institutions on the
ground that the community could get
-0flb ~ HIS NbIkt willie III HIS GttpAA NcA-
enee he would not accomplish anything
II either of the state institutions.
R. w Simonds went to st. Adams last I
'vening and to-day is attending a work
ngmen's compensation hearing in Bur
ington Miss Laura Burbank went to !
Burlington this morning for the hear !
ny.
Gov II f. Graham, Major Harvey f. Z
ioodell and Commissioner Of Education r
A. B, Hillegas have gone TO Lyndonyille q
o attend the graduation exercises of the d
: ". Vail school, at which Messrs. Ora :
am and Hillegas are speakers. Y
Hiram Thornton was brought into city L
curt this morning on the charge OF
reach of probation, of which he was
pund guilty, and was given sentence IN
he house Of correction for not less than
tx months and to pay fine of $500.
18th the alternate sentence in the house 4
{ correction if not paid, so that If he
oes not settle he will get about three
ears in the institution. Thornton was
lund guilty some months since OF lar
sny Of bush hammers, but was placed on VI
rotation, which it is alleged he broke
V intoxeaton and other misdemeanors. n
r. \. Smith of Montpelier has been n
ppointed executor of the estate of j. W.
leeper. late of Waterbury, and this +
forming the Barre Savings Bank 4
rust company settled its account as
uardian of George G. and Theodore
Iascott, minors, formerly residents of
ARE +. G. Rowland made the settle
ent for the bank
Mrs. Harry Morse and baby, who have
zen visiting with Mrs. Mabel McCiibney,
,r sister, for several weeks, have gone
Burlington. Mrs. Morse has received
letter that Sergeant Morse, her hus-
ind. has arrived in France.
The local public safety committee is
aking arrangements for tour that
i'll be made Sunday in the interests of
wal recruiting. Two cars in which
me 10 persons will ride will take the
ip. going by way of Morrisville, Hyde
lrk, to Newport for dinner and back by /
e way of Barton, st. Johnsbury and
ardwick. Chief Master at Arms Charles
itchell will go in the party, while