The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-25
MONTPELIER

Ernest Williams, who has been agent
for the American Express company in
Laconia, n H., since he was transferred
from the cashiers job at the local sta
tion, has been appointed agent Of the To-
cal office to take the place of W. L.
Stockwell, who is to commence work in
the National Life Insurance Office.
Nothing developed out of the alleged
robbery at Waterbury last Friday night.
II appears that car Of merchandise was
broken into and that it was not discov.
cred until the car reached Waterbury.
However, the car was at Montpelier
Junction long enough for the Job to have
been done there 1t also appears that
the Boston seal on the car was broken
some time after the car left White River
Junction. Considerable stuff was taken.
R. w. Simonds, federal director Of the
U, S. employment service, L. f. Elder.
national field organizer, and Mrs. Lee S.
Tillotson, examiner in the Montpelier Of
fee Of the federal director, were in Bur
lington attnding the conference relative
to the work in Vermont among the com
munity labor boards.
The Washington county local board
has commenced their classification Of
questionnaires. This can be done while
they are waiting for the call numbers to
be designated by the federal government.
Many of the questionnaires are being
returned to the Offices. The medical adj
visory board has been assigned room Is
in the federal building and will have 9th.
er rooms when they are necessary. These
are the rooms which Chairman Gridley
of the district board looked over when
Gov. Graham notified the district board
it would have to move from the State
House about Dec |.
An appeal from the commissioners has
been taken in the estate of Asa L. Pres.
ton by Hiram Sparrow and entered in
county court. It is relative to the claim
of Mrs. Aubrey Nelson, who filed claim
against the estate for $1,000 Mr.. Spar
row filed a 81 900 claim in offset, and
both were disallowed by the commission.
err. Mr.. Sparrow takes an appeal on
the grounds that his claim should have
been allowed and is Just claim. This
case and the following ones have been
entered in county court: Lois Wagner
VS.. Willie Wagner, divorce, on the
grounds of intolerable severity; r. l..
Clark VS.. A. L. Churchill, to recover $500,
general assumpsit; Peck Bros VS.. L. A.
Newcomb, general assumpsit; D. w.
Lawson VS.. Charles Vergani; Domica
Sanguinetti vs. Manta Riccarelli
1t was announced last evening that
Elmer johnson, who has been executive
secretary of the food administration
here, has resigned and that his resigna-
ton has been accepted by F. H. Brooks,
the state administrator. Mr.. Brooks
said last evening that he had not select
ed a successor to Mr.. Johnson who gives
up the work to take care of his law prac-
tice
A conference Of the farmers war coun-
Gil, E. L. Brigham presiding, with r. Fl.
Brooks food administrator, was held
Tuesday afternoon in the mayors Of
flee in Montpelier Representatives of
the farm bureaus, county agents,
oranges, darymen's associations and al
lied farm interests were represented at
the conference, when Mr.. Brooks ex
planned to them the work that must be
done in the coming months and discussed
farm problems in the conservation and
production Of food The principal fea-
ture of the meeting was the distribution
Of Vermont growth wheat. Mr. Brooks
has held conferences with the bakers and
milers and, having held the one Tuesday,
will draft some plan by which he can
work out a system to handle the prob
lem.
Among those whose names appeared
Tuesday in the list of soldiers who died
at Camp Devens was Byron T. Page of
Bradford, who went to the camp among
the last contingents from Orange coun-
ty. Mr. Page had been a clerk in diff
ferent stores in that town for some
years and had also been in business
there. Although married, his depend
ency is his mother, who is we'll ad-
vanced in age.
There will be no concert of the band
this week owing to illness of the mem.
bers.