The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-21
MONTPELIER
Many Women Register for Employment
in Proposed Factory.

| Up to the present time liz womeT
have registered with the Montpelier
Board of Trade as candidates for en-
ployment at the proposed new underwear
factory TO be opened in Montpelier. The
Green Syrup of Tar building on the
Berlin side has been looked at as the 10.
cation of the factory, and II is proposed
that twenty Montpelier people buy the
property and install heating plant, for
the occupancy of the underwear factory
II is thought that about $4,000 would
be needed to buy the property and in
stall the heating plant. Thus far about
| ten persons have signifed their willing
ness to go into the scheme,
| George j. Trask of East Warren, who
was brought TO Heaton hospital last
| Friday, died this morning and the body
| will be taken back to Warren for the
funeral. Mr. Trask was a native Of
| Warren and spent a large part of his
| life in that town, although for a while
he was resident of Lynn, Mass. His
| wife died about five years ago. He was
about 20 years of age. A son resides
in Warren.
Two more sets of binoculars have been
sent to the naval recruiting officer in
Montpelier. One set arrived this morn
ing from Laura l.. Ainsworth of Viii
Jamestown and telephone message was
received during the morning that the
postmaster in Barre had a set from "A
Miss Milne that he was forwarding to
the office.
G. C. Graves has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of William
Blanchard, late of Berlin, while +. B.
House of Berlin and +. w. Nichols of
Montpelier have been appointed apprais-
ers and commissioners. DR. j. II. Jud-
kins and Mrs Daisy Douglass of Mont
peler have been appointed executor and
executrix of the estate of William Fl
Douglass, late of Mortified. d. A. Perry
of Berlin has been appointed administra-
tor of the estate of Charles f. Davis, late
of Barre Town.
The Montpelier war chest fund was
increased Wednesday to S22,47l.
Major I. d. Peabody of the headquar-
tiers of the northeastern department ar
rived last evening, and to-day in the
adjutant generals office he checked up
the property which the federal govern
ment has stored with the state depart
ment. There is but little of it.
Miss Doris Emery is very low at Mary |
Fletcher hospital. Her father, A. A.
Emery, was called to Burlington last
evening It is feared that spinal menin
gifts is developing.
The Crystal Ice company, Inc, of Ben
nington, has filed articles of corporation
in the office OF the secretary of state,
for the purpose of conducting an ice
business in Bennington. The company
will have no capital stock but will have
900 shares in partnership. The sub
scribers are Henry Myers, Robert Watts
and William II. Myers of Bennington
and F. NJ. Myers of Pittsburg Mass.
A meeting of the managers and opera
-ors in this district of the Western Union
took place in the local office
Wednesday evening. Owing to one rea-
son or another hardly any Of the man
ayers were able to attend, so that those
present were Edward and William Carey |
If the local office, c. L. Bingham of st.
Adams and Gilbert Addv of Barre.
Commissioner of Labor Fred Bickford
vas called by Gov. II. +. Graham to the
apitol to-day for conference relative
o the work on the labor question for
he farmers of the state during the com
ne months Mr. Bickford will also have
barge of the spring planting campaign
md will take over part OF the work
which is done in some states under the
Boys Working Reserve the present sys-
EN- in Vermont being to keep the work
outside those boys in the schools in
which Vermont has 10000 already en-
oiled. Mr.. Bickford will meet j. G.
Brown of the public safety committee
nd probably r. w. Simonds, state direc-
or of the public service reserve, as well II
5 the Others who have to do with the
lbor problems.