The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-08


Alexander Gin on Saturday received a
letter from James Glennie, IN which
the writer signed himself as lieutenant
As far as known Jimmie is the first
Montpelier boy to obtain promotion from
a warrant to commissioned oilcer.
Charles Def. Bancroft, who is detailed
to the surgeons office in the signal corps
service at Burlington, was with his
mother, Mrs. Flora Bancroft, Sunday
Hubert Conlin, who enlisted IN the
signal corps from this city, has qualilled
a. a first class private.
The surgical dressing committee OF the
local Red Cross has shipped to Boston
% 600 4x4 compress and 1914 bandages'
In addition to this, CAS- special Pershlng
dressings were shipped on March TO- One
thousand OF the dressings shipped satur,
day we're made last month, so the total
number made this month was 2Z,Slu'
These were made by p classes IN IL
hours, with an average rate OF ~ per
hour per person. In this connection il IS
of interest to note the increase OF pro
duction. The work started in June, lslf,
but was hampered considerably by quar-
aptine. so that up TO November |, only
( BOG dressings had been made. From
that time on the work has progressed
rapidly and the number OF dressings
made each month is as follows: Noyem-
her. $500; December, 6,363; January,
ll.ss5; February, l6.52s; March 22,slo;
making total of 6s,202.
DR. Hastings H. Hart, director OF the
Russell Sage foundation, has written
Sheriff f. ii. Tracy, asking that he at
tend the national conference OF sociai
workers in Kansas City, Mo, May 10 TO
-. when he will speak upon jail archl
lecture. administration aud plans, lie
also asked that he leave Vermont IN
time to speak for a short time at the
Tennessee state conference OF charities
and corrections, which will take place N
Memphis. Tenn, May IL. Sheriff Tracy
probably will accept the invitation.
r. G.. Greene has been appointed ad'
ministrator of the estate OF Mary D.
DYER. late Of Mortified.
The ''hcllo" girls of the local teie-
phone Office enjoyed sugar party al
the Alexander sugar bush Sunday after
noon. going in barge and returning IN
the evening
Mrs. Timothy Hornbrook has resumed
work in the office of the insurance com
missioner after two weeks illness with
grip.
Mrs. II. ID. Gibson completed her serV-
ices in the state library Saturday nlght
She leaves this week for Washington
d. c.
State Probation Officer w. II, jeffrey
on Saturday afternoon received notice
Of the arrest of two Nermonters IN
Springfield, Mass, whom he has neen
looking for. They where Theresa shei-
don of Burlington, a paroled woman
from the house of correction, and WIZ
| bert Blair of Burlington. probatloner
who are charged now with adultery and
companion crimes in Springfield. Then
arrest was the result of disclosures de-
yelopinc out of the raid which took place
last Tuesday night in Montpelier.
Fred Deslaurier has been appointed
traffic man in the police force at White
River Junction. where he expects to &c
in few days to begin his duties
The Young Mems Hebrew association
of Burlington, Inc, has filed articles Of
association in the office of secretary OF
state for the purpose OF promoting inter
est of Judaism, American citizenship and