The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-10
MONTPELIER

Miss Gertrude Cohen is employed in
the office of Theriault & Hunt until Miss
Margaret Lamperti RECEIVERS her health.
Miss Edna Royce, who has been assisting
in the office, has been appointed cashier
in the ked Cross drive.
Russell Collins left Monday evening
for Burlington to attend the state grange
meeting.
Milo Jeffrey, who has been attending
training school at Camp Taylor in Ken
lucky, has returned home.
Mrs. M. b. Hillegas is i'll with infuen-
"a. She is having light run of it.
Miss Mabel Davis has resumed her
work in the secretary of states office
after a few days illness. Miss French
has also resumed her duties, while Miss
Adelaide Teachout is recovering from in
fluenza.
Michael Brozicevic of Barre has been
appointed guardian of Martin, Auka and
Aruza Broziceyic, minors, in the same
city. Emma st. John of Mortified has
been appointed exeeutrix of the estate
of Freeman st. John, late of Mortified.
DR.. G. Fl. Dalton of the state board of
health has gone to Chicago to attend a
meeting of the american Public Health
association this week
There has been some report, apparently
without foundation, that Vermont's al
lotment of hard coal was to be increased,
and so much of this sort Of report was
received at the fuel office that the de-
partment obtained information from
Washington, which arrived this morning,
stating that there win be no increase in
Vermont's allotment of fuel and that
$4,000 gross tons of hard coal is the al
lotment. Reports coming to the fuel Of
flee are that the fuel dealers have been
telling there would be plenty of coal and
that the allotment was to be increased,
which is not true, according to the state
ment received this morning. The only
way in which there will be plenty Of
coal is for another month Of warm
weather to occur III that takes place
possibly the allotment will SUPPLY the
demand. Conservation mrst occur in
every possible way, it is stated, if cold
weather like last winter occurs.
A. Bernardni went to Burlington this
morning to attend the funeral Of a
friend
Grover D. Templeton, deputy sergeant
alarms, is back on duty after few
days rest at his home
Word has been sent to the locel boards
that all registrants who are is and 10
wears of age must complete their ques-
tionnaires and that these must be sent
out if il had not taken place before the
armistiee was signed. This means that
the records were not sealed to-day, as
the first instructions from the war de-
partment stated they would be, and now
the local boards have been advised that
great deal mbre information is wanted
and that all papers pertaining to each
registrant will be placed together before
the records are closed.
The case of Harvey Belvile, the Is
year-old youth who was in juvenile court
Monday on the charge OF shooting
chicken and doing other damage about
Berlin Corners, has been left with the
court. Evidence wac presented to show
that the boy acted under instructions
when he shot the chicken and that he
was a good boy in school when he at
tended, which was not regularly. He adj
mitted swimming once in Berlin pond
Miss Lima Jerd, who suffered broken
leg as a result of fall on the slippery
streets Monday forenoon, is doing as well
as can be expected Miss Jerd is EN-
ployed in the Pierce & Clark restaurant
and was on her way to work when she
fell
The coming Legislature IL TO have
dog bill, and probably several of them, If
the patrol committee carry Dat their pro-
gram Of asking that legislation take
place relative TO sheep. II has been the
experience of the general assembly in re-
cent years that whenever wool produc-
ing bin is presented there are several dog
bills that follow it. so it is safe to guess
that the coming legislature will not be
materially different from those that have
gone before it.
Appointments for State House posi-
tions during the session of the legisla-
ture may be made this week. Some po-
sitions which may be abolished are third
assistant in the sergeant-at-arms Office,
one in the postoffiee ana one in the coat.
room. The scale OF wages is to be the
same as two years ago.
Miss Louise Rowland, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs f. A. Rowland, left last eyenng
for Saranac, n. Y, where she win remain
to recover her health. She went in a
private sleeping car, accompanied by
members Of her family.
Henry Gutchell, who il auditing the
allied war workers accounts in Vermont
left last evening for the northern part of
the state.
Calvin Townsend, who lived in Mont.
pelier many years, is visiting here. He
left the city some 20 years ago and is
now residing in Fairbanks, Alaska