The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
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II is expected now that the Washing
ton county local board of exemption will
close up its books on Dec o and seal the
records on the 10th, as prescribed by a
recent order from the war department.
Probably the Stood administration will
have the three rooms that the local board
has been using in the federal building in
| Montpelier. Postmaster b. u. Bailey is in
communication with the postal depart
ment relative to the arrangements for
the food department having the rooms.
The department has used the clerk s
, rooms attached to the House of Repre-
sentatives in the State House. 1t is i'm
derstood that the fuel department, which
has used the rooms near the secretary Of
states office in the State House, will
take rooms in the Colonial, which are to
be vacated by the state engineer the last
of this week or the first of next.
The moving of clerical help in theFof-
flee of the secretary of state from Nor
risville to Montpelier Monday causes
speculation as to the number of persons
who viii be employed about the State
House when all of the departments arrive
at the rooms allotted them in the old
building and the new building. There
will be almost 100 of them, and If the
coming Legislature follows the example Of
its predecessors, it will make commits
sions enough so that there will be hun
bred employed. This does not include the
janitors and workmen, which would prob
ably make ii over 100 now. Those who
came here in the secretary Of states of
fee are Misses Leonide Graney, Margaret
Hickey, Mabel Davis, May and Mabel
Thompson, Adelaide Teachout, and viii
liam S. Teachout. These, added to the
present force of Deputy Rawson Myriek,
Misses Madge Warren and Dora Edison,
make total Of dozen.
The federal director of railroads has
placed the men employed in the ticket
Office in Montpelier and those in charge
of the work at the station in Montpelier
Junction on the eight.hour basis, along
with many other Of the teiegraphers on
the line. II resulted in Encouragement
Of the hours of labor for the men at
both stations The tricks" are now
changed so that the day man goes to
work at 10 in the morning, the night
man at in the evening, and the morning
man at 2 o'clock, instead Of 4 o'clock,
while at Montpelier Junction the day
man goes to work at . o'clock, the even
ing man at o'clock, and the night man
at O'Clock in the morning. This change
arranges matters so all the men at the
Junction can ride to and from their work
ut,, fnfy IaA To NJ
in nearly each instance, or wait for a
train ii they were coming TO their room
ing places.
Judge Stanley G. Wilson of Chelsea
was In the city Monday afternoon on his
way to Middlebury, where he will preside
in Addison county court.
Sherman Moulton of Burlington and
Charles b. Adams of Waterbury were in
the city yesterday.
Reports received from the base hospital
in France are that Elmer Brown, who
was reported some weeks since as wound
ed, Is recovering. The official report ar
rived only last week, while his family
here received advice from him some time
since of his wound and that he is recov-
ering
NJ B. Hillegas returned this morning
from Boston, where he attended q con-
ference relative to the educational system
of that commonwealth. explaining at the
request of the commission the laws en-
acted recently in Vermont az result Of
the work done by the Carnegie founda-
tion, when the school laws of Vermont
were revised. He explained to the com
a. rlaf avNg nf hR nf ba
foundation were enacted into laws and
how these laws are working in Vermont.
At the meeting of the j, 0. u. A, NJ,
held Monday evening, the degree work
was conferred upon six candidates, This
was followed by an oyster supper, This
is part of the campaign that is being
conducted in n countrywide drive for
membership. Bradford has probably done
as well as any community, having re-
Gently taken in 20 candidates, while a
little while ago they took in ID candi
dates.
Mrs. Lula Coburn of Barre has been
appointed administrators of the estate of
John G. Coburn, who died of wounds in
France and of whom mention was made
last week in the casualty lists.
Levi Kelley arrived home this morning
from Camp jackson, S. c., where he has
been in the quartermasters corps since the
outbreak of the war. He was taking
training in an officers training school
and when given an opportunity to get a
discharge he accepted the chance, along
with the rest of his company who were
also training. He has been captain of
the basketball team at Camp jackson
and has been in the sports connected
with camp life considerably. Antonio
Lamperti came home on the same train,
having been given furlough from the
training school he was attending.
Gov II. f. Graham this morning re-
ceiyed telegram from the war depart
ment, advising that the enlistments in
the navy and marines viii not be made
henceforth through the local boards Of
exemption, but the applicants will make
the application as before that order went
into effect, so that now they are permit.
ted to enlist without the consent of the
local boards, This order was transmitted
to-day to the local boards for their con
sideration