The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-03-28
new ENGLAND NEWS
IN TABLOID FORM
Items Of Interest From All
Sections Of Yankeeland

ne CHli 10 lne ltafNdTu war CamT
which will be opened next July has
been distributed TO hundreds OF col.
lege students all over he country by
the Harvard military authorities. A
booklet describing the camp ana lis
facilities has been prepared, and the
applications OF students from other
colleges than Harvard are now be-
ing filed, College students from any
recognized institution. recent college
graduates and sub-freshmen are eli.
gible to attend the camp.
Chief Gunner McEwan. at the main
gate OF the navy yard. Charlestown
Mass, has sent out an appeal for me-
chanics for the aviation section unit
to so to Ireland. The men neeaed
are boilermakers. masons ana
bricklayers, Is carpenters, 10 rig
gers or structural ironworkers. The
age limit are Is to 5S years. A band
is being organized for the training
station on Bumkin Island. Four cIar-
met players are wanted, one baritone,
one alto and one cornet player. There
Is also demand for good cooks.
mess attendants and seamen In the
navy.
During 1917 New England IN
creased in automobile ownership 80
per cent. Massachusetts leads New
England with 174,274, and ranks nth
in the nation. Connecticut holds first
place in increased automobile regis
tration in New England She has
kept pace with the national Increase.
New Hampshire had 17,50S motor cars
in 1916 and 22.267 in 1917, an increase
of 27 per cent The total automobile
registration in the United States In
1917 was 5,14S,063, an advance Of 46
percent over 1916 1t is estimated
that New England will buy this year
about 100000 automobile and truck
tires.
Ruth r. Buker, IS years old, Of
Litchfield, has been declared the win
ner in the poultry department for
1917 in the University of Maine con-
test among the boys and girls clubs
of the state. Miss Buker set 20 eggs
and raised q chickens, one of the
hens laying an egg after II had be-
gun TO sit, and from these 27 chick
ems she successfully raised 25 to ma
turity. They were of the White
Leghorn variety.
The annual report Of the municipal
officers of Damariscotta, Me-, shows
$500 in the treasury and no outstand-
ing bills or orders, and reduction
OF Indebtedness the past year OF
$4,000. For the first time since its
incorporation in 1S4S the town has no
paupers
Captain Edward L. White, In charge
OF the Springfield (Mass) Ordnance
Depot, announces that steps would be
taken Immediately to take possession
OF the grounds and the buildings OF
he Eastern States Agricultural and
Industrial Exposition in West Spring
field. Eventually the entire plant OF
the exposition will be made use OF for
ordnance stores assemblage.
A committee on food production and
conservation Of the Maine commit
tee on public safety, consisting of DR..
Charles d. Woods, OF Orono. William
j. Thompson OF South China, master
Of the State grange, and A. NJ G.
Soule of Augusta, have started
campaign to make April 10, Patriots
day, a meeting day for the discussion
of food porduction throughout the
state. The committee plans to have
a meeting in every hamlet and every
schoolhouse district to arouse an in
terest in the matter OF food produc-
ton
Both branches OF the Massachu-
setts Legislature passed through is
various stages bill intended to fore
stall the threatened withdrawal OF
New Hampshire money from Massa-
chusetts banks, particularly In the
Merrimac River Valley cities and
owns. The bill was unanimously re-
ported by the Legislative Committee
on Banks and Banking. The meas
ure, which is duplicate OF the New
Hampshire law, exempts from taxa
tion the deposits OF Massachusetts
citizens in banks in such States ou.-
side Massachusetts as have a simi-
lar provision Of law
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry d. Lay Of West
Mass, plan to celebrate the
SEVENTEEN anniversary OF their mar
riage on Saturday. April 20. They
are both more than ninety years old,
and are in good health and QUITE ac-
tive. Mr.. Lay, who for several
years was one OF the selectmen OF
West Newbury, ie a veteran. having
fought through the Civil War. He is
a member Of the G. A. r. post In bis
town, and a member also or Ben
Perley Poore Rife Association
G. Walden Smith Of Portland. Me.
has been nominated for State insur-
ance commissioner OF Maine by Gov
arror MUIiken Mr. Smith who Is