The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
MONTPELIER

trustees meeting look place ana A. w.
Ferrin, who has been treasurer for 40
years, was elected president, to sue.
coed the late James w. Brock. Mr.. Lowe,
who had already been elected treasurer,
was also elected ice-president, while
Dr. Brock was elected as the other vice.
president. The regular plan of the or.
ganization was changed and w. s. Smith
and H. G. Woodruff were elected assist
ants to the treasurer. Mr.. Ferrin has
been with the bank AZ years, 40 Of which
as treasurer. Mr.. Lowe has been long
with the bank, while Mr. Smith com.
menced work in the bank 20 years ago
Mr.. Woodruff, although but short time
with the bank, has enjoyed many years
of experience that will be valuable to the
bank in his new capacity.
In addition to the election of J. W.
Hatch as principal OF Montpelier semi.
nary for another year, the executive
committee on Tuesday afternoon in.
creased his salary considerably as it did
the teaching staff George Morse, Sec
rotary treasurer Of the Investment com.
mittee, reported that the committee has
purchased $4,000 of Liberty bonds, and
the trustees instructed the principal to
secure the maximum amount of war saw
ings stamps. The campaign committee
reported that the endowment fund has
now reached $ll7,lsS. Other officers
elected beside the principal are: Presi.
dent, w. P. Dillingham;; secretary, Rev.
A, W. Hewitt; treasurer, Henry Holt;
auditor, +. w. Lewis; executive commit.
tee, Messrs. Dillingham;, Holt, Hatch and
Lewis, Rev. j. w Meade, Rev. William
Shaw and H. NJ. FarSham.
At her home on Loomis street last
evening, Miss Helen Tenney, who Is
spending the summer months at the
home of her parents, after attending
school during the past year at Boston,
was pleasantly surprised when about 35
of her friends gathered at her home to
tender her surprise party. During the
evening an enjoyable program consisting
Of vocal solos by Helen Harris and Mar.
guerite Campbell, and several piano Sc
lections by Miss Tierney, tended to pro.
vide very enjoyable evenings enter.
tainment, while the remainder Of the
evening was pleasantly spent in playing
games and dancing. During the even.
were served.
Adjutant General II. T. johnson has
appointed as medical officers Of the First
Vermont regiment Jf volunteer militia,
DR.. w. A Waterman of Vergennes, who
will have the rank Of captain. DIR. Wat
lerman is the first appointment since the
regiment was organized. General John.
son has received from Camp Wadsworth
advice that the 57th Pioneer regiment
list Vermont infantry has been moved
into another part of the camp in or.
der that II may expand, which means
that probably the regiment is to be re.
cruited to its full capacity, so that the
recent effort of Gov. Graham may have
| accomplished something along that line.
There are at present about SIS officers,
some 425 men and 50 mules.
Willis N. Cady, who has been here at.
tending the district board meeting and
who is master of the state grange, has
visited nearly all parts of the state and
he finds that the farmers did not suffer
as badly from the frost as ii was first
claimed. The effects of the frost have
nearly disappeared and he estimates that
the million dollars stated by some is
greatly overdrawn. He thinks that the
loss was a great deal smaller than that.
The quarterly meeting Of the directors
of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company occurred this afternoon, Rou-
tine business was done.
Upon recommendation Of Gov II. +.
Graham President Wilson has appointed
Francis Geough of Montpelier as the
clerk Of the medical advisory board in
place of A. c. Theriault, who resigned
because he is to enter service.
Warren Austin of Burlington was in
the city this morning in conference with
Attorney General II. G. Barber.
Mason S, Stone returned this morning
from Boston, where he has been attend
ing a conference Of New Englanders rela.
| tive TO the requirements of the allied
| forces in the present war. A major por-
ton Of the conference was given TO the
discussion of the Y. NJ. c. A. work.
Twenty eight men from Vermont attend
ed the conference Among them were
| ]. G. Brown Of Montpelier, Herbert Com
ings of Richford, r. w, Spear of New
port, NJ NJ Taplin of Orleans, W. B.
Howe and w. j. Van Patten of Burling.
ton, Senator G. Chalmers Of Rutland,
Floyd North of Burlington, DR., f. 7.
Kidder of Woodstock, A. G., Hurd and
James Stacy of Hartford, Charles Plum
ley of Mortified and George Durham
Of Brattleboro.
Miss Madge Warren has resumed her
work in the Office of the secretary of
state after two weeks vacation.
The district board was in session again
to-day. They were unable to accomplish
great deal Tuesday in making the final
classification because they were organic
ing the policy of the board under the new
regulations as to reclassifications. Many
of the papers which have come back to
them are in the same shape they were
before, the status having not been
changed by the local boards in their re-
classification The new registrants' pa
pers had not been touched at noon to-
day. This morning Chairman George
Gridley conferred with Postmaster B. e.
Bailey relative to securing rooms in the
federal building in preparation for their
removal from the State House later in
the year.