The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-28
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest from Dif-
ferent Sections.

A dam is being built in South STRAIT
ford on the brook that runs past the
girls camp, Ken-Jock- a-tee, which will
make camp pleasure pond OF ~ acres
Corp. Orson j. Reynolds, formerly OF
Georgia, who enlisted in Wyoming and
who has been reported missing in action,
has returned to this country and is in
New York
Mrs. George Hewitt of East Middle
bury, who is nearly SO years old, has
Just finished silk quilt that has 100
blocks or 900 pieces in it. She also knits
lace to pass away the time.
No less than 20 families have come
since Feb | to White River Junction for
permanent home The call for dwell
ings is urgent and already is the plan
afoat for community action to the end
of constructing new houses in that town.
Arthur Platt Howard, resident OF
Burlington at the time "The Advance"
was being printed there, since then
mayor in Salem, Mass, and now jew
eler in New York, recently married an
actress, Miss Janet DeMarr Howard
left Burlington owing about $1,000, it is
said.
Sheen growers of Addison county met
at Sharon last week and organized a
county association for the interest of
sheep growing. The following officers
were elected: President, Stowell r. With
e Franz
f. Foote of Cornwall; secretary and
treasurer, Raymond M. Osborne Of Shore
ham; directors, Robert $. Hall OF Or.
well and Fred Rawson of Whiting.
Field glasses loaned for war service
are being returned now and several pairs
have recently been received in Brattle-
boro One pair received last week by
William j. Pentland of that place was
tagged Paris which indicated they had
seen overseas service. Between Is and
20 pairs were sent from Brattleboro and
all that have been returned have been
without scratch or marring.
Rev. Clarence w. Smith, until a year
ago located in Montpelier, has been the
means of the building of the Adams
Shore Evangelical church in Quincy,
Mass, which was dedicated yesterday.
The members of the church and congre-
CATION, including the pastor himself, did
the work of building, much OF it being
done evenings by means of electric lights
strung across the church grounds.
Bail of $4,000 has been reduced to
800 in the case Of Frederic A. Lhoumean
Of st. Johns p O., who admitted the
charges of the government that he at
tempted to smuggle Chinaman over the
boundary line into the United States
about two weeks ago. He furnished the
amount of the smaller bail and returned
to his home. His case will be presented
to the federal grand jury prior to the
May term Of court at Windsor for ac-
ton.
Charles II. Anderson, head of the dis
bursement department of the Cnetral
Vermont railroad, has severed his con-
nection with the company after 81 years
of service in various departments, and
will enter into partnership with George
IT, Jersey in the st, Adams Plumbing
& Heating company Mr.. Anderson will
look after the financial and Office end
of the business. His associates in the
auditing department of the railroad pre-
sented him gold watch and chain with
gold handled knife attached.
Y. Eugene Hartwel OF the San Juan
Porto Rico. weather bureau has been as
signed to Burlington to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of j. X. Hooper. For
x,aars NJ uor ~, pall hos haeu
in San Juan, three years as first assist
ant and seven years in charge. This sta
ton is the center of the Porto Rico eli
matological service. Previous to this he
was in charge of the station at Key
West, Fla, and first assistant on the
Richmond, Va, station. 1t is expected
that Mr. Hartwell will arrive about
May 10.
The largest Connecticut river pulp
wood drive of the Champlain Realty
company began this week The drive
starts from the Connecticut lakes anC
will consist of no less than 10000 cords
the equivalent of 10000, 900 feet. Forty
thousand cords from the drive will b.
landed at South Lancaster, n. H., while
the remaining $4,000 cords will be dis
trbuted at the International Paper com
pany's mills in Wilder, Bellows FALL
and Brattleboro, at which last nance
place the logs landed will be sawed, load
ed on cars and shipped to mills in south
ern New England.
Rutland school teachers are to have
an increase in salaries the coming year
The minimum salary for elementary
teachers with training but without expe
rience is to be $780, to be increased S2t
$per year until the salary reaches a maxi
mum of $780, Minimum salary for higl
school teachers with the same qualitica
lions, 1913, to be increased $50 yea
until the salary reaches 1925. Seventh
and eighth grade teachers will receive
S25 in addition to the above schedule ant
ninth grade teachers $50 in addition
while principals win receive the usua
amount given for such services.