The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-14
MONTPELIER

Private Michael /. Miles of Granite
vile arrived in town Saturday morning
from Vancouver. Wash, stopping with
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mckinstry. Private
Miles enlisted in the aviation spruce di-
vision last February, leaving here for
Vancouver Feb. 81.
The directors of Hsaton hospital held
their annual meeting yesterday after
noon, when reports were listened to Of
the past years work, plans for the com
ing year were discussed and officers were
elected as follows: President, NJ E,
Smiley vice president, Fl. G. Gleason;
treasurer, NJ. T. Smiley; secretary,
Charles H. Heston; superintendent, Miss
Bertha NJ. Low; assistant superintend-
ent, Miss Adelaine ellis; executive com
mittee, L. D. Taft, j. NJ. Boutwell,, w. G..
Andrews. NJ. L. Wood; finance commit
tee, NJ i. Smile, c. d. Mather, w G..
Andrews, l.. D. Taft; auditors, NJ. i.
Wood, /. d. Taft. A general vote of
thanks is extended BY the directors to
the people who rendered such valuable
assistance during the late epidemic and
special thanks are extended to Chester
V. Graves of Boston, who rendered so
much assistance at that time. There is
every reason to believe that the coming
year will be one of growth and success
for the hospital. The training school is
to be resumed and under the superin-
tendency of Miss Low and Miss ellis,
her assistant the institution will ill an
important place in the community.
The Washington county chapter of the
Red Cross has received q call for 5000
garments to be used in clothing the ref
ugees in Belgium and other European
countries. These must be finished and
supplied by March J.
The fire department was called out
about O'Clock Monday Afternoon for a
fire in the Boardman house owned by T.
]. Heaphy Of State street. N old rug
had been stuffed into the chimney of the
fireplace to keep the draft Of wind from
coming down the chimney and spark
must have dropped from the upper por-
ton of the chimney, setting the rug on
fire. 1t resulted in the wood work about
the mantle getting afre, but this was
promptly put out when the tiremen
reached the place.
Carlo Bianchi. mentioned in the cas-
ualty list as died Of disease, left Mont.
pelier last May with the large contin-
gent from Washington county, going to
Camp Devens, where he was assigned to
the 302d infantry, with which he went
to France. He went through the fighting
only to die from the effects Of pneumo-
MIA Dec. II, according to information re-
ceived by friends here, His relatives live
in Italy
A government detective has been in
vestigating the loss of newspapers from
packages which have been arriving in
Montpelier and was here a couple of days
since, but will make clean investigation
of shortages. For some time bundles of
papers have been arriving, few short,
from each Of the large packages.
The national banks in the city held
their annual meetings this morning. In
the First National bank the following
directors were elected by the stockhold-
ers: +. A. Dwinell, f. NJ. Cory, l.. d.
Taft, H. +. Cutler, Il. H, Deavitt, who
met later and elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mr. Cory; yice-pTes-
dent, Mr.. Dwinell; cashier, A. G, Eatons
assistant cashier, r. r. Edison. The
Montpelier National bank stockholders
met this morning and elected the follow
ing directors: Albert Tuttle, A. d. Ear
well. Frank Blanchard, H. w. Kemp, and
]. NJ. Boutwell,, who met later and elect
ed the following officers; President, Al
bert futile; cashier, Levi Bixby; assist
ant cashier, H. L. Farwell; teller. G. Har-
old L. Pierce. Mr.. Pierce is Montpel-
Ter boy, who has been with the bank for
several years,
The annual meeting of the American
Fidelity company occurred this after