The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-23
MONTPELIER

George Aiken Of Putney, who was
elected president of the state horticul-
tural society at St. Johnsbury, is well
known in Montpelier. having twice re-
Gently represented his town in the legis-
lature and having this fall been re-elect.
ed. He came into more prominence than
usual at tie last session because OF his
, attitude against the marriage bill, which
ne was able to hold up in passage for
several days on different grounds ut diff
ferent times. He was opposed on that
bill by George Durham of Brattleboro,
who sat in the same seat with him. Mr..
Durham has also been reelected.
John Sweeney of Brighton, who was
reelected to legislature, was in the city
Friday, making arrangements for his
room while here.
Miss Christine Voth who has been
visiting her mother, has gone back to
Woodstock
w. H. Jeffrey has returned from Wood
stock, where he was looking after some
probation matters
Who will be the next secretary of civil
and military affairs? is the question
which the State House gang are trying
to solve these days, for it is known that
some friends of Harvey +. Goodell, the
present secretary, are suggesting that he
be again appointed to the position. Ma
jor Goodell, if he has heard anything
about the matter, is following his usual
policy of keeping mum on the subject.
However, he will leave the present adj
ministration with the reputation of hav-
ing been one of the best secretaries for
many years, for he has been forced under
the conditions, to handle many knotty
problems.
Col. II. I. johnson will go to Boston,
representing Vermont at the Edwards day
celebration. 1t is very fitting that Col.
johnson should 60, as for several years
he was at the head OF the LIST Vermont
regiment and most of that organization
went into the 2Gth division over 700 of
the men forming the nucleous of the
l0lst ammunition train out of the 0l6
men in the train, and Maj, Ashley, who
was many years an officer under Col.
johnson, has been second in command of
the ammunition train in France.
The cases of Austin A. Holden ct al OF
Barre vs.. Rinaldo Calesgni ct al Of Barre
to recover s400, general assumpsit, and
Alice Van Deusen VS. Guy A. Hebard ct
al for like amount have been filed in
Washington county court.
G. B. Adams of Waterbury has been
appointed administrator Of the estate Of
Alfred Arnold, late Of Waterbury, while
j. NJ. Bullock of Mortified has been APP
pointed administrator of the estate Of
G. P. Hatch, late of Mortified
Ernest Dillon was out of doors Friday
for the first time since he recovered from
a long run of pneumonia.
George Reed of the state engineering
department was in Burlington to-day to
confer with H. NJ Mcintosh, the engineer,
who has been III, The work on the new
international bridge between Richford
Vt, and Sutton, Canada, is probably held
UP for the rest of the year. The work
was progressing nicely when high water
took away part of the woodwork for the
concrete forms and the water has not re-
ceded enough so that the work can be re-
sumed
Howard L. Hindley of Rutland, .sdftor
of the Rutland Herald, has been appoint
ed deputy probation officer for Rutland
county, taking the place of John J. HEX
ey OF Rutland, who resigned. Mr.. Hickey
is also overseer of poor in Rutland City.
A conference takes place this afternoon
| in Burlington relative to the care OF
those children whose financial conditions
have materially changed because of the
recent epidemic. w. II. Jeffrey and 9th
ers of the charity board, representatives
of the New England branch of the Red
Cross, the Vermont conference of social
workers and the state board of health
are attending the conference. 1t is I'M
derstood the Red Cross has apportioned
funds to Vermont to help in caring for
these children.
Levi Kelley of this city, who has been
in the quartermaster department at
Camp Jackson, has been appointed to as
tend an officers training school at At
lanta, Ca. where he has been for few
weeks. Out of the large number who
were recently given chance to withdraw
and 90 to civilian life, Mr.. Kelley was
one of II who remained in the school,
Mrs. L. II. Pollard has received word
that her nephew, Robert Shepardson of
Jamaica. was killed in action in France
on Oct. 90. He was rs years old and the
son Of Mr. and Mrs. William Shepardson.
He formerly was member of Company
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