The Manchester Journal from Manchester, Vermont • 1

MANCHESTER. VERMONT. FEBRUARY 11H0 VOLUME LX XIX number r. OTARI ANS HEAR MANY SUGGESTIONS! CITIZENS TILE TOR TOWN OFFICES Yesterday Joday-Tomorrow 1940 HIGHWAY WORK INCLUDES 67 MILES MANY SEEK JOB AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS yo. i-b the ai.nu.ji town me-! in far away, Tuesday, Marth 5th, the air begin to H.r with announcement of Candidates.

la Manchester where the ballot system i u-ed in balloting for town officers, all certifUate of nomination had to be filed last we-k to assure a place on the official ballot. There are three contest on the ballot as by Alice K. Bennett, Town Clerk. Otto Bennett and Alvin WaieT have both filed for election as lister; Harold J. Harrington and Reginald H.

Reed for the office of Overseer of the 1oor, and Walter Burke ar.d Myron H. Weet for the post of Road Commissioner. In every place the present incumbent Is seeking re-election. The following is the complete ballot: For Moderator, Harry C. Beebe; for Town Clerk, Alice E.

Bennett; Town Treasurer, and Trustee of Public Money, George L. Markey; for Lister, 3-year term, Otto R. Bennett and Alvin Waters; for Overseer of the Poor, Harold J. Harrington and Reginald H. Reed; for Selectman, 3-year-term, Ernest J.

Hard; for Tax Collector and First Constable, John P. Jackson; for Second Constable, Harold Benson; for Road Commissioner, Walter Burke and Myron H. West; for Auditor, 3 years, I.eon E. Wiley; for Cemetery Commissioner, Miss Mildred Marshall; for Town Agent, James B. Campbell; for School Director, L.

H. Thompson. PARTY CAUCUSES NAME ARLINGTON CANDIDATES Town caucuses were held Friday evening by both democrats and republicans, when candidates were chosen for town offices to be voted on at the town meeting on March 5th. For some offices the same person was named by both parties. The democratic caucus was held in the town hall, John L.

Canfield, chairman of the town committee, presided. R. Emmett Smith was clerk. The following slate was named: Moderator, John L. Whalen; town clerk, R.

Emmett Smith; town treasurer, John L. Whalen: selectman, years. Burton Immen; road commissioner, Gordon Woodard; overseer of the poor; James E. Keough; lister, 3 y-ears, Jesse Harrington; auditor, 3 years, Leo C. Cullinan; first con- stable, Wilber Corey; second con- stable, Gilbert M.

Vaughn; collector of taxes, Wilber Corey; town grand PER MILE COST OF WINTER ROADS HIGHER Additional Work Entailed Due to Greater Traffic Calls for Much More Extensive Care During Snow Season. Montpelier, Fob. 19 The annual expense of keeping Vermont's state highways open to winter travel is six times as great as it was in 1931, according to figures released today by the highway board. Although in part the increase is due to additions made to the state system, the cost per mile of winter maintenance also has risen steeply. This reflects the unbelievable growth of year-a-ound motoring in Vermont, with the resulting public demand for better winter roads.

The highway board's record of winter maintenance expenditures on the state system for the past seven The current i'k itn the 3.111) birthday of Rol.irj. and Uot: Clubs throughout the world are l.tk-j Ing notice of the date and are hating "Rotary Oiot aiice I 111 the Manchester Club, some weeks ago President favuis Howard appointed a committee compoeed of Walter Hard, Cornelius Whalen and Janies B. Campbell, to arrange a spectul program for the wi-ek. And the plan they aranged was unique and proved to In something that was exceedingly IntetvUng as well. Manchester's Club has been organized some two and a half years and has been active in many endeavors in Manchester, trying to carry out one of the motloe of the Club, "Service Before Self.

Having this motto In mind the members of the club sent letters to a group of 25 Manchester men and women, representative of all different groups. In this letter they asked that those persons write to the committee setting forth what they thought would be pood and proper projiets for the Manchester club to sponsor. At Tuesdays meeting the members of the commitee read the replies to these letters and commented on them. They received a nearly 50 per cent response to their lKters and all who did reply had put considerable thought into those replies, and as a result the Club has before it a rather good concensus of oidnion as to what some of the things are that might be done in town. The program proved to be one of the most interesting that the club has had for some time.

President Howard announced that he would be away for the next five or six weeks, and stated that Leland F. Schlieder, vice president, will preside over the club's destinies during Ills absence. HEAVY SNOW BLANKET COVERS COUNTRY Words of an old song went "Every little bit added to what you got makes just a little bit more. Tills can well be applied to the snow conditions throughout this section of the country at the present time. With a good blanket of snow from last week's storm still covering the ground a heavy wet snow fell for a good part of Monday and into the night.

Snowplows were busy all 'night keeping highways cleared. Wind drifted the snow in some places and made travelling hard. Snow was in the air during a part of Tuesday but there was no great fall and did not add materially to what was already on the ground. The thermometer dropped some on Wednesday morning, giving indications of a good week end for skiing, with plenty of snow. PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT BAPTIST CONVOCATION One of the most significant conferences held among Baptists in this area will take place at the First Baptist Church in Bennington on Thursday, February 29th.

This is one of 110 convocations being held in all parts of the country. The leaders will be seven outstanding leaders of the Northern Baptist Convention: Rev. Luther Wesley Smith, D. executive secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society; Rev. Frank Eden, D.

of th American Baptist Home Mission Society; Rev. Jesse Wilson, D. of the American Foreign Mission Society; Rev. W. R.

Rogers, D. pastor (of the First Baptist Church of New York City; Mrs. Howard Wayne 'Smith, president of the Women's 'American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; Rev. R. Donald Williamson, the Council of Finance and Promotion, New York; and Rev.

Newton C. Fetter, Baptist minister of students of greater Boston. The program will run from 10:30 a. to p. and will Include a luncheon conference at the Method, st Church at 12:15 and supper conference at 6:15 at the Methodist Church for men and boy, and at the Congregational Church for women and girls.

In other part of the about this convocation whose theme Is "The Mission of the Church in a Distressed World Meal tick. should be purchased from the pao of the local Baptist Church b-fore Saturday of thU week. Bridge Work Also loclutkd in Schedule Set up by Highway IKp.ulimnL Told Cost is Estimated a $2,209,1 50. Mont her. Fob.

16 At leant 87 more ni.h-s of road and brtd- work in addition to 35 nilliw now underway will ho contracted by the Stat during 1940, it was announced today by tiie highway board. Then? proposed project Includo 4 3 mllm of grading with tomiwirary nurfaco treatment, 2 mile of macadam construction, 18 milt of bituminous mix connirurtion, 4 milt of concrete pavement, and 5 bridges over twenty foot span. The total cot of all the work is estimated at $2,209,150.00 of which the federal government will contribute approximately a million dollars. In connection with this announcement the board iMiintod out that all of the road projects which consist of grading, mib-basn, drainage and guard rail will bo tho same for each projex regardless of the type of surface to be used. 1 Propels described as canslsllng of grading with temporary surface treatment are those on which the completed grave sub -base will he smoothed and treated with tar.

No pavement will be built until the new road ha hud a chance to obtain its maximum natural settlement. Meanwhile the treatment of the sub-base servos as a satsifactory surface for a few years. On projects where tho pavement is built Immediately, the grading conditions are such that no appreciable natural settlement will take place. I Details of the proposed road and bridge projects In this territory 'scheduled to date lor contracting during 1940 (excluding work already under contract) follow. These projects will be financed from 1939, 1940 and 1941 Federal aid funds; 1940 (Hd 1941 1'edftral aid secondary funds; find 1940 State appropriations.

Some substitutions or changes In the schedule may become necessary due to circumstances beyond the control of the highway board a failure to secure rights-of-way or to meet specific requirements of the Federal government. U. S. Route 7 2.1 miles grading with temporary surface treatment on relocation between Danby and South Wallingford (including the elimlnar tlon of a dangerous right-angle turn). 2.3 miles concrete pavement between Brandon and Ix-icester (extending the concrete north of Brandon).

State Route 9: Now bridge find approaches in Marlboro (to eliminate a bad curve and a narrow bridge). New bridge and approaches just east of llennington (replacing an old narrow bridge with bad approach curves). State Route 11: 1.2 miles bltumln-jous mix between Manchester and Peru. State Route 30: 1.8 miles grad ing with temporary surface treatment between Townshend and West Townshend (extending the present hard 2.6 miles bituminous mix to complete the hard surface between Manchester and Dorset. I 1.0 miles grading with temporary surface treatment between I-ake Bomos(en and Sudbury (extending the present superlor-to-rravel surface south from Hyde Manor).

State Route 30A: 3 5 mile grad ing with temporary surface treatment to complete the hard surfacing between Fair Haven and Orwell. Sate Rout 103: 2 5 mile grad ing with temporary surface treatment between Ludlow and East Wallingford fsharp curve to be eliminated by relocation). GARDEN CLUB LEADERS TO MEET MARCH 8TII 4 Carden Club Leader will have opportunity on March 8th to d.sf'uB their project problem. Chas. Biai.berg, tension horticultural' of Burlington, and Mis Marion Hardy, County Club Agrt, will met with the garden leader at the Y.

M. C. A in Bennington, Friday evening, Mmh fc'h, for this purpose. Old club member and parent of club member will also be welcome. who attended a similar meeting with Mr.

B1abrg last year found it rno-t helpful' aid they are looking forward to an equally Instructive evening. Death of I)wiht J. Dwimll, ln-j rum lent Sincr 1917, Brings Many Applications. (umntis-ttinrw Ilae Hearings. Fb.

jo telegram avl rl application for til iii it i-rf arms Iw Kan Into the executive la-st we following Hi d-ath of 88 -year-old Iwtgiit J. had hold the! lt 1917. All Uo hope to fill the vacancy by executive appointment may he dis-aiijintd. While 1 one of the poorer i aid Ute po'j $7500 a i-ar) rivalry I keener and the number of candidate will probably be larger than they would be for some choice anointment such a superior judgo, Mo-t state jo', a require definite professional or technical qualifications of one sort or another, but the fKMSition of Is one which mems to draw the eye of a wide variety of trained and untrained men each with experience In different types of work. I 'ii leas Deputy Grover C.

Templeton Wants the Job. and it i reported that he de-nt, Governor Aiken is expected to leave It open with TompU-lon In charge until it come up for election at the next session of the legislal ure Considered among the leading candidates are Representative Benjamin Wales of We bridge and Gu.v Butler of Fairfax, House of Representatives doorkeeper. Qualifications of a good sergeant-at-arms should include engineering training and experience, an ability to handle men whose work consists mainly of manual lalvor skilled and 'unskilled, and the knack of getting on with the many state officials, employes and legislators whom the sergeant-at-arms must serve. Ikwinell not only got along with people ho was liked and loved. Not a politician in the accepted sense of the word; not a hand shaJter or back slapper, the white haired old Ftate house custodian was simply and sincerely glad to see old friends and old acquaintances, who seldom missed a chance to see him they visited the capital.

Neve a hero worshipper, nor given to adulation of hm superiors, he treated governors as he did his other friends, not seeking to curry favor. He took as they came, disliked some and liked others, without much fuss about it either way. His opinions of people were usually expressed in the terms of anecdotes, which by their tone and nature clearly Indicated bis feelings. He had a typically Vermont sense of humor, dry, sometimes biting and perverse. He was made much of by the state house girls whose potting and teasing he tolerated with venerable patience and enjoyment.

death adds another name to the list of vanishing old timers who have been fixtures at the state house for many years. la connection with plans for the 1941 ceb-hration of the sesqUcenten-nial of Vermont's admission to the Union, nothing is being said by or about the state commission appointed by the Governor headed by Frank E. Howe, of llennington. Report is that the commission, confident they were being exceptionally economical in asking for a $3000 appropriation, was discomfited when the legislature appropriated a paltry $1000. Some "tent sulking" is said to be going on.

The last legislature authorized an unusually la-ite number of "special" or 'Investigating commissions" which may be one way of gauging the quality of the 1939 General Assembly, for Investigating commissions are frequently set up in lieu of taking decisive action on controversial question or to clean up afteT and Justify hasty action. Two of the? commissions held their first public meetings and hearings at the state house last week, and both accomplished something, which is more than many have in the p.vt wh-n their work was completed. The co-nrntss on to study Vermont water re-x rc- ar.d electrical energy problems brought together la or. room for a friendly discussion authorities representing Mate, federal and rival Interests. Although no one Questioned the assertion of Old of Washington, Federal power Commission chairman, that Vermont la art quart it'.

of undeveloped hy d-d-electric power, the crux of the discussion was whether Jurors, Truman Martin, Harvey McKee and Robert Benedict, town i Norbert Hebert- trustee of 1snow' thawing out culverts, di-jtion of Education associations and a Institute on According to W. F. Corry, chairman of the. board, the two largest items of winter maintenance are plowing and siding. These together account for over three-quir-ters of the total cost.

The remain- version of surface water, guard rail repairs and removing dangerous ice deposits. The highway department records reveal that during the first few winters after the state system was created in 1931, the greatest expenditure was for snow plowing. Since then, however, eanding has become HEAD OF CASTLETON NORMAL TO RETIRE Caroline S. Woodruff to Follow Other Work After Twenty Years Principal at State School Montpelier, Feb. 14 Dr.

Caroline S. Woodruff, noted educator and past president of the National Education Association, and for the last 20 years principal of the State Normal School at Castleton, lias, after nearly 60 years of service In education, asked to be relieved of her duties at the Normal school in order that she may participate in some of the activities in which she has long been interested. Dr. Woodruff was born in West Burke, on July 15, 1866. While completing her high school and academy courses, she first taught In a small country school in which four of the pupils were older than herself.

For nearly 28 years she served as teacher and principal In the public schools of St. Johnsbury and she was at one time superintendent of schools In Concord, and surrounding towns of Fzex county. In 1921 she was appointed principal of Castleton Normal school which, under her leadership, has developed front a Bchool offering four years of preparation and the Bachelor of Education degree. A national leader in promoting teaching as a profession, Dr. Woodruff is now working on plans for the Professional Relations.

member of the International Relations committee of the National Education association, Dr. Woodruff has traveled in Europe In the interests of education. She is a life member of the National Education association and a member of the Vermont Education association, the New England Association of School Superintend- clusively with federal CQC funds. Koenig stated that the work of repairing Route 8, washed out during the hurricane, in the towns of Ijondonde.rry, Weston and Ea-t all intford, has been completed. Much of the labor on the road, between the a The West River camp is composed of 185 young men, under the direction of C.

C. Berry, camp superintendent and Atkin Nickerson, public funds, Arthur II. Smith; cemetery commissioner, Gilbert M. Vauuhn; school director, 3 years, Mrs. Leo Cullinan.

The republicans met In Firemans hall in East Arlington. John R. Fisher, chairman of the town committee, presided and Duane Hawley acted as clerk. The following ticket was named: Moderator, John L. Whalen; town clerk, R.

Emmett Smith; town treasurer, Gordon M. Hard; selectman, 3 years. Burton Immen; road commissioner, Gordon Woodard; overseer of the poor, James E. Keough; lister, 3 years, Jesse Harrington; auditor, 3 years, Lawrence P. Brush; first constable, Clayton H.

Benjamin; second 'constable Robert Young; town grand Jurors, Harvey McKee, Truman Margin and Robert Benedict, town I scent, Frederick H. Brush; trustee of public fund, Jesse Harrington; I cemetery commissioner, Robert Shuf- fix-ton school director, 3 years. Max Grout so important to traffic safety that last (ents and of the October conference of winter the cost of sanding was more Educational Opinion, as well as many other profeeional groups. She was the first woman to be elected, in 1915, to the presidency of the Vermont State Teachers association and she served as president of the National Education association In 1937-1938. At the present time she Is consultant of the Educational Policies commission.

Dr. Woodruff attended Johnson Normal School and Is a member of Kappa Delta PI (Kappa chapter,) of Columbia University, where she studied at Teachers College. She has received the degree of Master of Education from Middlebury College and Doctor of Education from Norwich University. Dr. Woodruff Is a strong advocate of rural education and has worked steadily for the Improvement of instruction In rural schools.

She has a wide experience In educational fields, culminating in 20 years of remarkable service at Castleton Normal School. than double that of plowing, and over half of the total. The department has found that generally winters with plenty of snow make less sanding than when snow is scarce. At the present time," said the chairman, "all state highways In Vermont are kept completely plowed and sanded throughout the winter. Except for the actual duration of a snow or wind storm, or when it is raining and freezing, motorists can be confident of finding normal winter driving conditions on the state system." "The state plows start as soon as snow commences to fall, and keep at jthe state wished to sacrifice recrea-' it until the storm Is over and the Itional, agricultural and tax values to road clear.

At certain locations become a great power producing where the main highways cros the state. State officials emphasized the mountains, such as Woodford, Peru Importance of attempting to secure and Sherburne Fass special plows for home consumption some of the are kept constantly ready for sudden two-thirds proportion of Vermont emergencies. Sanding operations are power now being exported, and ex- carried on continuously as may be ported at a much lower price than required, although sometime eand-Vermonters have to pay. 'ing must be left until the snow is i The other commission, a Joint under control." 'board engaged in a study of taxation I C. C.

C. REBUILD GREENDALE BRIDGE 0fto KonU of forefit i supervisor of the Green Mountain Rivw. carnp acd Tarbelville. country, people have traveled hun- Natioaal forest, ha stated that dojl(1 over a section members of the West River CCC of ml lea. The work of re-camp at Weston have completed the road and the bridge cov-work on the replacctnent of a steel ered period of about a year.

dreds of mlb-s through all sort- of Weather in order not to mV such a significant meeting. Vermorters should not be any b- othulatic and regulation of railroads, bus and trucking interest, held a public hearing during which the proposal wa made and approved, that repre sedative of the two of trass- portatlon confer with shippers about a plan for intrastate regulation. In-, terstate transportation is now regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, but for carrier traffic i within the state there ha never been any tamer to cutthroat competition which ruinous for the railroads, trucks aad busees al.ke. 1 1 and concrete bridge, across West River, which was wiped out by the 1938 hurricane and flood. The 65-foot bridge span the river I of and thft jGreendalc road, and was built ex-.