The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-09
NORTHFIELD
Henry Abbott Reelected Road Com
missioner

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The annual town meeting was neld
in armory hall Tuesday with a large
attendance of voters, there being a
rood number Of ladies present during
the entire session. The meeting opened
at 10 o'clock with Moderator *. X. -.
Flint presiding. The reports OF the
several town officers were read, acted
upon and accepted. Article two OF the
warning, which dealt with the author
ling OF the seleetmen to appoint two
road commissioners, was passed over
The officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: r. r. b. Flint,
moderator; Claude Il. Morse, town
clerk, both being unanimously elected;
j. NJ. Donahue was elected lister Tor
three years. Considerable enthusiasm
was manifested in the election Of d
selectman, there being three nomina-
tions. DIR. w. B. Mayo resigned, and
the candidates were Scion Staples,
Lowell Fraser and Fred Fuller. There
we're 269 votes cast; necessary for
choice, 1876. Mr.. Staples received 1853
and was elected.
The next nomination was for road
commissioner and resulted in four
nominations, Henry Abbott, who holds
the Office at the present time, Howard
Austin, Stillman i. Stevens and Jesse
Chafree. There We're $50 votes cast;
necessary for choice, 100. Mr.. Abbott
received 1873 and was elected.
Other officers elected were: Overseer
of the poor, Percy X. Clark; trustee
Of public money, Charles a. Plumlcy;
town treasurer, Claude l.. Morse; all
unanimously elected. Richard Gaylord
was elected auditor for three years;
town grand juror, James A. Gifin;
constable, j. NJ Donahue; second con
stable, Maurice W. Ryan; town agent,
Claude H. Morse; trustee of Brown
public library for three years, Frank
Plumley; cemetery commissioner Tor
three years, f. A. Jones.
The following appropriations were
made: Brown public library. $500;
$1,000 for highway purposes, in addi-
ton to the amount required by law;
$50 to defray the expenses OF Memo
rial day; 500 for Sorell Maynard post,
American Legion; $3.50 for the North
field cornet band, for band concerts
during the summer; $1,000 for the pur.
chase OF road machinery at the dis
cretion of the selectmen.
A tax of SLIGO was voted, highway
tax, so cents.
Saturnino Garcia, the ll-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs c. Garcia OF the
Four Corners, died at Heaton hospital,
Montpelier, Monday morning OF acute
meningitis. He had been i'll only a
few days and as his condition grew
worse so rapidly he was taken to the
hospital Friday morning for treat
ment. but he was critically i'll from
the first. The remains were brought
here for burial in Cavalry cemetery
Tuesday afternoon. The lad is sur
vived by his parents and three broth
ers.
Mrs. J. C. Donahue and daughter,
Miss Anna. went to Boston Tuesday
night and from there they will go to
Cambridge, Mass, to visit her son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. John Donahue.
The ladies' aid society of the Uni
yersalist church will hold whist
party Friday evening at the home Of
Mrs. Inez Woodbury. on Vine street.
The party will be in charge OF Mrs. T..
w. Clark and Miss Lena Wood.
James Holland Of New York City is
at his home in town for a short time.
Mrs. Philip Atkinson, who recently
underwent a serious surgical operation,
has so far recovered as to be able to
return home from Mary Fletcher hos
pital, Burlington.
Mrs. p. d. Conlin of Montpelier was
called here Tuesday by the Illness Of
her sister, Mrs. Patrick Starr, who has
been i'll. Mrs. Starr had relapse
from her recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Jones of Ran
dolph were in town to attend the flu
neral OF Charles Holton. They have
been spending a few days at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Carpenter, on the Union brook road.
William II. Morrill, of the state fish
and game department and expert OF
English pheasants was in town Nom
dav to confer with the secretary of
the Dog River Fish and Game club re-
garding placing pheasant eggs. The
question as 10 what effect the pleas
ant will have on ruffled grouse was
thoroughly discussed and from what
can be learned from the best authority,
such as United States government re-
ports on the matter, they viii not in
terfere with the partridge in any way.
Mr.. Morrill, was much pleased viii the
progress the club had made.
Oscar Whalen of Boston was a Wis
itor in town few days this week. Mr..
Whalen was formerly secretary for
Norwich university Y. NJ. c. A.
Mrs. Eva Elphinston has gone to
Boston TO purchase spring and summer
millinery for the A. +. Bryant mil
linery store. Mrs. Elphinston viii also