The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-12
MONTPELIER

| The annual meeting OF the Fist
| National Farm Loan Association of
Montpelier occurred in the city court
room in city hall in Montpelier Tues
day afternoon. The annual routine
| business was done. There has not been
much work done the last year owing to
the pending decision in the federal
courts. This association is the largest
in the first farm loan district, having
70 loans, amounting to S2r 100. The
capital stock has been increased frbm
100000 to 100000 during the last year
and the present amount paid in is
$ll,l25. The board of directors elect !
ed are II. II. Carpenter of Cabot, Da-
vd Murray of Berlin, +, NJ. Goss of
Moretown, O. c. Pitkin of Marshfield
and w. J. Ayers of Waterbury; and
of these men the following were elect
ed officers: President, John II. Stone
of Montpelier; loan committee, Messrs.
Carpenter, Murray and Goss, with the
other three directors as alternates. A
dividend of S654.94 has been paid this
association Matters pertaining to
bonds, application and transfer fees
were also considered.
meeting of the committee appoint
ed by Mayor Shurtleff to draft amend
ments to the city charter and present
the same, gave a hearing in the city
council chambers last evening when
about so citizens expressed their views.
For the most part they seemed to
think that it was matter of good
or bad council and among the changes
suggested were reducing the board TO /
three members and city manager;
another to four members and mayor,
and breaking ward lines. Other recon- |
mendations were consolidation of the |
many offices under less heads with the .
intention of getting better efficiency; |
placing the election of the city sheriff /
with the council; providing for pre-
siding officer when mayor and presi
dent of board of aldermen are absent;
bonding for street permanent work; /
giving the veto power to mayor; pro 4
yiding for a plan which the councils /.
must follow instead of doing the work
as they see fit; a change in the char
ter so that men from one department, II
like fire or police, may be employed
in the other and under single head; n
improving the financial system for out
standing liabilities. The committee is
now composed of the mayor, r. +.
and F. L. Laird F. A. How
land and Henry Premier having re-
signed
Mrs II. V. Brooks of Brattleboro,
Miss Mary Austin, has been
selected by Roswell Austin as stenog-
rapher in the clerks office of the House
IF Representatives.
Charles Batchelder of Bethel was in
he city yesterday.
Prof G. II, Perkins, state geologist
IF Burlington, was in town Tuesday
afternoon, looking after some matters
IN the rooms in the new state build
ng.
Vernon Perkins OF Waterbury and
2. S. Joslyn of Waitsfeld were among
hose who visited in the city yester,
lay afternoon, as was +. c. Hills of !
Cast Montpelier.
The annual meeting of the American
fidelity company took place yesterday !
fternoon with the reelection of the
anne board of officers. The same &c.
urred in the directors and officers of
he Montpelier and First National
anks
The Boutwell,, Milne and Varnum
ompany to-day are showing pictures of
heir quarry to the members of the a
legislature, who are guests Of the con. S
ern at the Playhouse. i,
At the meeting of the city council t
his evening the contract to prepare n
he check list for use in the nomina- I
ion of city officers will take place. !
ONE 700 names of women will be d
ropped off the list because they are at '
resent without authority to vote in K
he city meeting.
Captain Schofeld. who has been con. :
ected with the Salvation Army in :
Iontpelier for year left this morn y
" for Boston. where she will be in y
large OF the first corps headquarters q
/ that city. Captain Smith went Mon. =
ay She will be employed on the fl /,
ancial system of the headquarters in !,
oston. They are succeeded by Captain y
nd Mrs Perkins, who come from Hart =
,rd, Conn. "
The Montpelier seminary basketball q,
am went TO Hanover. y H., to day to Z,
lay the Dartmouth freshmen team. :
Mrs. Lillian Olzendam went 10 her h
ome in Burlington yesterday a.
Although the Community club is 4,
wing to have skating on its new 4.
nix. the young people seem to like to
, back to the old spot, namely, on o.
le Winooski river near the red arch NJ
-idge. and yesterday afternoon there ri
as large number of the young peo- N
9 enjoying the sport. Ice on Berlin or
md Saturday was only about six q
ches thick.
At the annual meeting Of the direc- II
rs Of HeatOn hospital a reelection of ~
e old board of officers took place. le
J. G. Frattini was in Waterbury yes a.
rdav and tried the case Of Claude 4
dams vs.. Edgar Emmett for 5000 for or
at is sheep The damages ar
re allowed, amounting about 70 about
90, as result Of a jury trial The
81 was tried in Montpelier city court
a the action was in trover OF sheep ~,
Nov. S, 1920.