The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-27
MONTPELIER


Wednesday evening, accompanied by DIR.
| M. B. Hillegas of the department of ed
ucation for the purpose Of forming an In.
dustrial school in that village. It is to
be in the Sargent, 0sgood and Roundy
machine shop and foundry. The coop
GRAFTON which the public safety commit
tee Is giving the department is already
being felt. Although there are still
some places like Montpelier which do not
enthuse over war work of this nature.
( DR.. Hillegas at the conference in Lyn-
j donville gave the superintendent some
pretty sound advice as to what will be ex-
pected of them this year in industrial
work, calling attention to the fact that
these men did not reply recently to in
! formation wanted on this matter. The
outcome of the conference along that
line will be cooperation upon the part Of
the superiEtendents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dillingham; and
Miss Hilda Sheridan, who have been
spending two weeks at the Dilling-
ham camp in Waterbury, have returned
to the city.
| Miss Ruth Gordon of Boston, assistant
to the chairman of the New England com
mittee on the next Liberty loan, is visit
in with her mother, Mrs. I. R. Gordon.
Miss Marguerite Hunting has returned
from spending last week in Lyndon,
whore the conference Of school superin.
tendants took place, and where she was
stenographer for the educational depart
ment
William II. Dale yesterday visited the
state probation office for the second time
within week. This time he was brought
back into city court. The time he was
| first at the office he promised to go back
to Hardwi2k to work but according to
the statement made in court he did not,
but got drunk instead. On that charge
he pleaded guilty and was given from II
to IL months in the house Of correction,
pay the costs and pay his wages to the
state probation officer, who in turn will
pay them TO his wife. Dale was then al
lowed to 90 home, pending his eompli-
ance with the probation regulations.
| John O. Pease of New York, of the
| firm of Ketchum & Pease, accountants,
arrived at the State House this morning,
The rumor spread about the State House
| that he was an expert accountant en-
khEtu by Lut W ilNtHhAkaNt INV
auditors books, but such was not the
case. 1t was stated at the Office that he
was sent by a private individual end tha'
Mr. Pease was employed by Rutland
candidate. The letter of introduction 70
| the auditor of accounts stated that the
writer did not expect to make an inves-
tigation of the books just at present. Mr..
Pease stated at the hotel that he would
be about the city for couple of days.
Thus far only few men have been OBJ
tanned to go to Camp Perry, Ohio, for
the annual pistol and rifle shoot. The
men in this state do not feel at this
time like giving l6 DAYS while the shoot
! is being conducted. However, it is a
chance for the young men who are pros
pectiye candidates for military service TO
get some good training, and it ought to
be easy to secure the candidates.
r. W. Simonds, federal director of the
| T.. S. employment service, has gone TO
Bennington and other points in southern
Vermont on that work II is expected a
community committee win be named for
Rutland
| Miss Mary Fisher has gone to Boston.
She will also visit IN Concord, Mass, and
then in Bellows Falls.
w II. Jeffrey, secretary of the board
of charities and probation, is receiving
many requests relative to operations to
remove defects in children.
The funeral of Mrs. Jane Dillon moth.
er Of Mrs B. w. Goodfellow of Barre, oc-
CURED from St. Augustine's church at o
o'clock this morning, Rev p. j. Long Of
| floating. The bearers were the sons, Il. f.
and f. w and John Dillon, and son-in-
law, Z. r. Plaisted, of this city. The
! interment was in Green Mount cemetery,
beside the body of Mrs. Dillon's deceased
| husband
| j. B. Estee Monday afternoon filed his
petitions as candidate in the primaries
for city representative in the Republican
party There were something like $40
names on the petitions, L. B. Brooks,
who was elected by Democrats last Fri
day evening as their candidate, will file
his papers this evening, it is understood.
The returns from the different local
boards are not arriving at the adiutant-
generals Office very fast. In fact, this
morning none had been sent in that We're
official. Washington county thus far has
reported 80 names, and the official figures
will be ready in few days Under the
order which permitted those of Hebrew
descent to register Monday no one APP
peared in Montpelier, so that probably
the list of IA from this city viii not be
changed.
G. NJ Hogan Of st. Adams has been
appointed by Gov. Graham as a member
Of the board of commissioners of uni
formity of legislation in the United
States, in place of Fl. B. Shaw of Bur
lington, who has resigned, having gone
into military service.
John Crossett returned Monday after
noon from Buffalo, n Y, having brought
two automobiles with him. He drove a
touring car and pulled an auto truck,
which was attached to the touring car.
Berton F. Tillotson, who has been Wis
iting his parents in the Shady Rill neigh
borhood in Middlesex. during the past
week, left yesterday for Springfield,
Mass, where he was ordered to report
by the local board in that district. Mr.