Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17

Rutland for rs years.
Change to Industrial School
For petty thieving of money from the
principals office at Barton Academy,
Ernest Smith and Rolla Wakefield
have been committed to the Industrial
School for the remainder of their mi
nority.
Distributing Christmas Funds
Ninety-seven thousand dollars in
Christmas clubs is being distributed
by three Bennington banks, breaking
all previous records for this method of
savings by nearly $4,000.
Prize for Memorial Design
A prize of $4,000 has been suggested
for the winning design for the pro-
posed memorial to soldiers and sailors
to be put up in Barre. The architect
ural development of the City Park
will be incorporated in the design.
Drive for $1,000 Fund
The Knights of Columbus are start
ing a drive for $1,000 for their home
fund The raising of the fund is to
be confined solely to members of the
K of c.. and it is expected to have
the money raised by the first of the
year.
Seek Christmas Money
Over 1000 deposits books in the
Christmas Savings club of the Barre
Savings Bank & Trust Co., have been
turned in to the Barre Board of Trade
in preparation for receiving the initial
payment of one-half of the money due
the depositors, the money to be paid
between December ID and "a.
Persistency Gets Them in Jail
Leland H. Green of Springfield, who
allowed his affections to be alienated,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper, the alien
ator, are serving respectively terms of
one and a half to FIVE years and six
months to three years at Windsor, hav
ing broken terms of probation in alien
ating one another again.
rs Quarts in Old Trunk
G.. F. Lackey of Montpelier, deputy
u S. marshal. arrested Philebert Mar
tin of New Bedford, Mass, charged
with bringing liquor from Canada.
Martin was arraigned before U. S.
Commissioner Watson and held in bail
of $500 for appearance at the next term
of U. S. court The arrest was the
result of the seizure made at Highgate,
December 9, when Deputy Collector
Woodwork found IS quarts of high
wines in ID tin cans in an old trunk
To Increase Plant
The Peerless Knitting Mills company
is to increase its Barre plants produc-
ton by adding more workers and in
stalling new machinery. With the in
stallaton of the machines now on the
way to Barre, the winding and knitting
department will use about 10000
pounds of yarn per week, or 100000
pounds per year, making production
for the cutting. finishing, pressing and
inspecting departments 1900 dozens
per week, or 10000 dozens per year
This will give employment to about
$50 girls
IOU Men walk Out
About 100 men failed to appear for
work at the l. R. Booth lumber COM
panys plant Friday morning, following
the posting of a notice that the cou-
pany would revert to l0-hour 4Ey
IN place of the 9-hour day and instead
OF reducing wages. The men claim
they would rather have an S-hour dav
at reduced wages than to work for 10
hours at the present wage Mr. Booth
stated that if the men did not return
1t was doubtful if he would reopen the
mill.
Chocolate Factory Closes
The Vermont Milk Chocolate com
pany, which employed during the war
period about 500 people at its plant in
Burlington, but which has been gradu-
ally reducing its force for some time
past as its bpSiness slowed up prac-
ticallv has closed its plant indefinite
ly. Company officials have stated that
the plant might not be closed
more than a week or it might be
closed a month or longer. The plant
will be reopened as soon as business
conditions warrant, and it is the ex-
pectation of many that there will be
an Improvement early in 1921, so that
orders will again keep the chocolate
manufacturers busy.
Another Gun Accident
While two l5-year- old boys, who live
mar WinhoIl citation vrara +rUipU ottt