The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-12
MONTPELIER
Graduation Exercises of the Public
School Grades Thursday Evening.

III the afternoon the students in tn,
grades attended and in the evening tn,
parents attended. There was large as
sembly Thursday evening and weather
conditions were excellent. The cantata
The Forest Ronda," was given by tn,
girls chorus; then the Lady of Tho
Lake was given. The principal char
acters were James Fitz James, kim
OF Scotland, Nelson Robe: Lord james
OF Douglas, Edward Nichols; Ellen, hi.
daughter, Elmeda Turney; Rodericb
Dhu, Max Alexander; Lady Margaret
Emma Grandfed; Malcolm Graeme
George Goodwin; Allan Bane, Carpen
ter Brock; Brian, the hermit priest, AL
fred Taplin; Malaise, Harry Ehle; Nor
man, Clinton Mix; Captain Lewis, For.
rest Spooner; Brent, Arthur Thuren
reader, Charlotte Lowe, The play and
cantata were both well given and the
gowns in the play were especially well
selected. Some of these were nigh l0e
years old. There were also large
number of other children who took part
in the two entertainments.
! The secretary of state has received
! reports of two men convicted for break
! ing the automobile laws Fred Prem
tice of Alstead, n. H., was convicted
OF operating car without license so
that he will not be issued one this sum.
mer under the l5-mile zone law Leon
ard st. Johns of Barre was sentenced in
Burlington to spend five months in the
house of correction for carelessly drv-
ing his automobile when an accident
happened near Burlington.
The Camp Lakeview corporation of
New York, with a capital stock of sl0.-
900, has registered in Che secretary Of
states office for the purpose of con.
Quoting a boys camp near Poultney.
G. III. Stilman, representing the fed
eral government, has completed tour
OF inspection of the work being done
in Vermont this year under federal aid
projects He finds the work going along
in nice shape. ~
Harry Cove of East Ryegate has re-
ported that his motorcycle and an au-
tomoble collded on the bridge between
Hayerhill, ~ H., and Newbury recently
Mrs. kihagais of Newbury has reported
that her machine and motorcycle col
lided on the same bridge Presumably
these two machines are those that
came together. The reports to the see
rotary of state have reached about 225
although the season is still young and
when the heavy traffic commences, il
ia expected, there will be a marked in
crease in the number of reports.
DIR. Perley Spaulding OF Washing
ton. ID. G., who has charge OF the cam.
/.
rust, was in the state this week. look
ing over the work that the federal
agents are doing under the supervision
of w. G. Hastings, state forester, J. +.
Riley, ir., is the active agent for the
government and is in the field now look
ing after the work Russell Watson Of
the forestry department is at Lanes
boro making a survey of the timber
tracts there and getting ready for fu-
ture planting. He is studying the soil,
trees and getting other data to aseer.
tain what kind of trees to plant there
next year. Horace Mellendy of Jeffer-
sonville, who returned from the World
war and is in the federal vocational
training school. has been assigned to
the state forestry department for the
eHilHltt 10 itdtH LHht bidHtH oI tuuCd-
tion.
Chief of Police p. J. Connolly on Fri.
day afternoon arrested for the police of
Fitchburg, Mass, Beatrice Shonio,
whose home was at one time in Nor |
risville. She is wanted in Fitchburg on
the charge of larceny and will fight ex-
tradition. having engaged F. B. Thorne |
as her attorney. She was accompanied 1
here by man. who left after he had 1
engaged the attorney for the woman, !
but who said he would return this /
She was lodged in jail last |
evening and Chief Connolly was advised |
not to turn her over to the Fitchburg \
officers for "a hours at least 1t is |
charged that she has committed a
series of petty thefts Chief Connolly 4
received a telephone message from Nor !
risville to look for a man in an auto /
mobile This he did all day, but the in
was wrong and was not cor 4
rected until officers arrived from Fitch. 4
burg.
Representatives from Waterbury I
were in the office of the state highway /
yesterday afternoon in
an effort to have some federal aid pro-
iect work laid out in their village or to
get state aid for some cement work in
he streets. Other towns have applied /
for the same and have been advised
that all the state can do is to meet the 4
villages with an amount like that I
which the town appropriated for 1
work
Miss Mabel Howe and Myrtle Hutch 4
a. fa..B.ra -. he N....4...u
Ter schools, have completed their serv- 1
ces and have signed contracts to teach l
next year in Burlington. There are |
other teachers in the grades who do not 4
return next year. while only six of the
high school teachers will return, il is
now understood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Patterson Of n
Favston were visitors in the city yes
.erday. II
Mrs. w. f. Jones of waitsfeld was
, local visitor Friday.
Mrs ". r. Powley of Rsnsonville. +,
y. ". and Miss Nina Dillingham; Of
)gdensburg. y. v, are visiting with
Mrs. L. F. Gleason.
J. c. Towle of Enosburg. district
highway commissioner. was in the city
in conference with the state
highway commissioner
A. A. Stebbins Of Boston stopped in
he city yesterday ON matters con
lected with the Boston and Maine rail
Dad.
Or. n. L. Pache Of Burlington was
n the city yesterday afternoon on
lealth matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w Agan stopped
asst night AZ the Pavilion hotel. Mr.
Agsn Is the Ludlow candidate for gov