Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-24
VERMONT NEWS

Lillian Glsh, the young movie queen.
lis at White River Junction with a large
company of screen performers. Pic
lures are being taken in the surround
Gulf.
| The Groton Manufacturing company
OF Groton has filed articles of asso-
cation In the office of secretary of
state for the purpose of dealing in
lumber. The capital stock is S1OO.-
0OO, divided into 1000 shares. The
papers are signed by Robert A. Da-
wilson, Robert L. Heath, Preston A.
Morrison and Bernard A Eastman.
Superintendent l.. Knowlton of the
Prospect Hill Cemetery association
of Brattleboro says that for the first
time IN his regime, IL years, the tomb
in the cemetery is filled with 81 bod
les awaiting burial in the spring.
Comparatively few graves have been
dug this winter on account of the un-
usual depth of snow.
Acting President Guy w. Bailey
of the Uverinsity of Vermont has
received from Governor Coolidge of
Massachusetts, his acceptance of an
invitation from the university to be
the commencement day orator at the
graduation exercises June g. Much
10 FICdCueQ u CfllS event dS
Gov. coolidge is native Vermonter
and his wife is a Burlington girl.
A meeting of the trustees of the
Green Mountain club was held at the
Hotel Berwick at Rutland March 10,
and important business transacted.
officers of the club for the coming
ear were elected as follows:-Pres-
dent, c. P. Cooper of Rutland; vice
president, Louis j. Paris of Burling-
on; treasurer, E. S. Marsh of Bran
lon; clerk of the board of trustees,
| George E. Chambers of Rutland.
Plans were outlined by the trail COM
nittee to begin work on Decoration
day to mark the Long Trail and To-
late camp sites from Prospect rock
north. The report of the treasurer
showed that there is now $3.50 in the
treasury.
The University of Vermont is en-
gagged in an effort to get two air
planes for permanent use at the Uni
versity, and while nothing definite has
been heard from the war department,
those interested are optimistic and
think that the machines can be Sc
cured for work supplementary to
the military department. The war
department has an abundant supply
of machines at present and while Yer
mont has no aeranautical unit, 1T has
many men who have flown in the SER
vice. If the machines are sent it is
mot unlikely that a man will be sta
toned in Burlington, at least a part
of the time, to assist in giving in
structio.n If the aviation field is put
into commission, there is no reason
to suppose that this will not be an
aviation center.
The contingent fund which the leg
islature of 1919 provided for use in
the several state departments unde,
the supervision of the Board of Con.
ttrol is three-quarters gone. Some OF
the departments expenses have run
lso much higher with the advanced
It cost of living that the board has hat
: to apportion to some of the depart
ments certain sums of money to hell
!. them through the fiscal year. Nov
= about $4,000 has been apportioned
Some of those who are most inter
ested are inquiring whether any ap
= preparation legislation could occur !
special session was held and 1t /
he understood from what has appeare
,z in one of the state papers that spec
III ial session will be called if Vernon
is needed to make the o6th state o
"a the suffrage amendment.
~ The Vermont Cooperative Dreamer
les association, with memberShl
u, representing an investment OF NOR
than one-half million dollars and thou
sands of farmers was organized
ID Burlington last week. The creamei
lie les. which went into the organlzatlol
handle products of between S3,0OO
600 and S3,5OO,O00 annually and II
On membership is open to any Vernon
creamery. Those now in the organ
ization are ST. Adams, East Beri
shire. Swanton, Milton, Rlchmon
Grand Isle, Shelburne and Middlebur.
The stockholders elected a board
directors and the latter organized
nlecting w. c.. Fuller of Richmond 8
n president. J. B. Hoag of Grand Isl
- vice president, and George I'll. Dun
more of ST. Adams temporary trea
urer. The objects of the new corpo
alton are supervising for the count
for member creameries, the purcha
ing of supplies, limited sale Sc
vice for surplus products and selilI
n the entire output OF several creanie
= les.
The student body and faculty !.
the University of Vermont have q
cided that the most fitting testlmonl
of gratitude to the. 22 Vermonte
who gave their lives IN the Great w
shall be a memorial building Wnls
= shall contain everything necessary
genuine student center. 1t IS pla
ned to build at the end of what
known as "College Row." on the 81
now occupied by the presidents re
}, idence. This building will be NOV,
to another situation nearby. II
building will include the OnlversI
/. commons recreation room, q
auditorium capable of accomoodatil
two thousand persons, offices for t.
student publications, the athletic q
nartment, and the principal stude
IN committees. The chief characters