The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-18
MONTPELIER


the winter with her daughter and suf-
fered shock, being unconscious for
about 10 days. She has been a promi-
nent worker in Christ church until her
advanced age caused her to give up these
activities. She leaves two daughters,
Mrs. George Brown, and Mrs. King of
Worcester, Mass. Richard Stanton, her
grandson, who had lived here with her
many years Is now in service at Paris, Fla.
The body will arrive in Montpelier late
this afternoon and win be taken to the
deceased's home at the corner of Main
and North streets
The funeral of Mrs Laura Adams,
! who died Friday morning, took place
from her late home on State street at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. 4. b.
Leach officiating. There was profusion
OF flowers and the services were largely
attended The bearers were f. A. How
land X. ID. Denny, Henry Farwell, L..
H. Bixby and DIR. w. w. Brock. The in
terment was in Green Mount cemetery.
/ The first direct information relative
to the rapidity with which the war de-
ipartment is to stop the draft work
| reached Vermont Sunday, when Gov.
Graham received telegram from the
war department, ordering that the ex-
animation Of all registrants be stopped;
further that the district board shall only
clean up the work they have under way,
and not advance any farther in their
work, returning TO the local boards all
! questionnaires upon which they have not
| vet commenced work. In fact, the dis
trict board will probably clean up its
work soon enough so it will not need an
other Office than the one now in use.
/ where do we go from here" is the
question which the food and fuel COM
| missions, as well as the district board
| Of exemption, are asking themselves rel
! alive to the offices during the coming
months. Representatives of the federal
boards have been looking over the avail
able offices In the city since 1t became
known that there would not be available
space in the State House. They were
notified some months ago by Gov. Ora
ham but had hoped to be able TO retain
offices. Some of them are looking at Of
| fees to be vacated in the Colonial by
| the highway commissioner and state en-
/ gineer, while others are looking at law
yers' offices that have been vacated be-
cause the tenants have gone to war
letter has been received from George
NJ Mckee, who is at the training school
in the University of Vermont stating
that he has been promoted 10 corporal,
and that he is to begin training as an
instructor in rife practice. Corp. McKee's
promotion is probably the result of his
work at Camp Perry, O., during the
early fall.
| Harold Adams, who was gassed and
suffered shell shock in France, but has
been at Camp Dix, is spending short
furlough with Mrs. Adams in the city.
| Davis Burns of the mechanical train
| ing school in Springfield, Mass, and
| Stanley Fsrnham of Camp Devens were
home for the week end, Gleed Lam.
phere, who is in a training camp in Aus
tin, Tex, is spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Lampbere, his par.
ents.
Marquis de Lafayette chapter, ID. A.
R., win meet at 1880 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, Nov %, in the Knights Of Co
lumbus hall in Montpelier.
| Fred Desaulier, in looking over the list
! in Saturdays papers of those cited for
/ UlbNtANt AVNitu tAt itdttit vi A4tb IA Att-
saulier, his cousin, from Burlington,
among those cited. He was an old Co. NJ
member
Mrs. W. e. Huntoon has resumed her
work with the district board after a
week passed in Mortified.
Carl Lombard of the navy, who recent
| " landed at port in Virginia, is visit
ing Mrs. Lombard and his parents here
H. j. NJ. Jones, state fuel administra-
tor, has been in Washington, d. c., in an
effort to get more coal for the New Eng
land states. The supply is not sufficient
| to take care Of the wants excepting in
few places where there have been large
shipments.
The viii of Sarah M Baker was proven
in probate court to-day by dispositions
taken in Maine of the persons who wit
messed the signature OF the will.
Arthur Dubie and George Gebo have
gone to the industrial school in Yer
gennes. The latter has been away from
| the school for some time This morning
an officer came after the boy, while the
Dube boy has been mixed up with minor
thieving that has taken place in the city.
Only Sunday report came of one Of the
boys taking goods in the Capital Shoe
Shine parlors A Street boys actions are
also under investigation by the police
department. The Gebo boy is also al
legged to have stolen some bags from the
rear of the Perkins livery stable
The Washington county local board of
exemption was preparing to call another
contingent Of registrants for physical
examination when they received word
this morning that the physical exam
nations were stopped. When the La
noble local board in Hyde Park re-
ceived its order from the adjutant gen
erals department the board had already
examined IL men and were in the proc
ess Of examining others but were advised
that they need not proceed farther with
the work. Some of the boards received
the announcement of the change in regu-
lations from the morning papers before
the Western Union delivered the mes
sages wired the boards last night.
| Commercial men, who for q long time
| have wished that union station existed
in Montpelier, have seen their desire real
lied by the consolidation of the passen-
ger business of the Montpelier & Wells
| River and the Central Vermont railroads
| in the Central Vermont station, although
it is not located in the business center of
the city The consolidation was granted
I by the public service commission a week