Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-07-23
GEO. W. STONE FOR
STATES ATTORNEY
Vergennes, Vt, July 20, 1927

NNl SNhllSoi ~ JhAJ SNt iN-N'
To the Republicans of Addison County:
For several months l have been
urged by many voters of the county to
become a candidate for the office of
States Attorney at the September pri-
mary election
If elected, intend to do my duty as
| see it, with due reference to the
spirit as we'll as the letter of the law,
and respectfully bespeak your consid-
Grafton
Very truly yours,
George w. Stone.
Mr. Stones brief, clean-cut an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
office of States Attorney will be re-
ceived with interest by the voters of
Addison County He is a native Yer
monter, of broad education and expert
ence, well equipped for the office which
he seeks.
Born and reared in the county,
standing high in his class at Middle
bury College, a Phi Beta Kappa man
at graduation, he laid a solid founda-
ton upon which to build His first
summer after graduation was spent as
a member of a government surveying
party in the Rocky Mountains of
Utah. During his two-years teaching
in Newton, N. J, he continued his
college work, taking a two-years, non
resident, postgraduate course, as a re-
suit of which he received the degree of
Master of Arts from Middlebury Col
lege. Shortly after becoming Nice
principal of the Atlantic City IN. j.
High School he took up the study of
law in his spare time, in the office of a
prominent lawyer of that city, and
after a year OF such work, was appoint
ed clerk of the Magistrates Court,
where he gained an extensive know
ledge Of criminal matters. Continuing
his law study while so employed, Mr.
Stone was able to gain admission to
the New Jersey Bar after the statutory
three years of preparation and estab-
lished himself as a lawyer at Atlantic
City, where he practiced his profession
for seven years.
He was married in 1908 to Miss
Mary Foss, of Vergennes, daughter of
ex-postmaster F. H. Foss. After re-
siding in Atlantic City for four more
years, Mr.. and Mrs, Stone returned to
their native city, where Mr. Stone
succeeded to the practice of Hon
Frank L. Fish, who had just been ele-
waited to the bench as superior
judge.
Not long after his return to Yer
gennes, Mr. Stone was elected City
Clerk, and shortly afterward was ap-
pointed City Attorney both of which
offices he has continued to hold until
the present time He was elected City
Representative in 1915 and was recog-
nzed as one of the prominent members
of that session of the Legislature,
working hard particularly in behalf of
Mddlebury College.
In a sense, Mr. Stone is also a citizen
of Middlebury, being a partner in the
business-hrm of G. w. & H. H. Stone,
jewellers, since its establishment in 1915
AT the outbreak of the war; Mr.
Stone was a~~ointed by the Governor
as a Captain in the lst Regiment, Yer
mont Volunteer Militia, with COM
mission to organize and command
company at Vergennes. He was also
appointed by the President as a per-
manent member of the Legal Advisory
Board for Addison County, and was
active in all war drives"
Mr.. Stone lately refused an appoint
ment as Claims Examiner in the Bu-
reau of War P-' Insurance at Wash
ington, preferring to stay in Vermont.