The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-19

/ blngHaIft VI itiIotoi. :
the hotel property of Ithat town which
was owned by Boston woman and will /
open + the hotel. This house has been
closed for 4 few years Il,
There was meeting OF the district high II
way commissioners at the Office Of the
state highway commissioner at Siontpe-
Iier Tuesday. Business gof Importance in
the administration Of the highway policy
OF the coming year was discussed.
-
The concert By the Dartmouth Musical
club OF Dartmouth college, which was to
have been given at Bellows Falls mex
Saturday evening under the auspices of
the Woman's club, has been postponed
| on account OF the influenza epidemic until
some time in April.
| \ series of evangehstic services is be-
| ing held in the Baptist church at Sax
| tons River this week Rev. +. f. Camp-I
| bell OF Laconia, Ga, who has Just re-
turned from service with the \. NJ. {. A. |
/ in Russia, has charge OF the meetings
and G. T. Blackwell of Fitchburg, Mass,
viii lead the singing.
/ Ernest Gregory has been sentenced by
Judge II. H. Howe in United States court
lat Burlington to serve SIX months in the
house of correction on his plea of guilty
to a charge OF unlawfully wearing the
limited States army Uniform Gregory
/ was arrested last week following an In
Il vcstigation started BY the authorities at
i Fort Ethan Allen.
At the annual meeting Of the Vermont
Il Anti-saloon league at Burlington Tuesday
Rev j s Braker of Burlington was elect
ed president and Rev. Clifford p Smith
OF Burlington was reelected supermtend-
!. ent Among the resolutions adopted was
one urging the state legislature TO enact
j a law to make the national amendment
, effective in Vermont.
1t is ANNOUNCED by Adjutant- General HI.
! IT johnson that sdistf{et board No. Of
! Rutland county, located at Fair Haven,
is the first draft board in the state 70
! complete its records and send them in to
. Washington This board sent in Its rec
! ord Saturday and this is the beginning
Z of the end OF the draft law IN Ncrnong
{ The other boards in the state viii have
: their records ready for shipment in a
: few days now.
! J, The government employment bureau
: which has been conducted at Rutland
!, since last August and which is to close
: March - has registered l.506 job seekers
Y during its existence 1t has also received
l,l04 applications from employers seek
Y ing help Besides this scores of farmers
. have asked Tor agricultural help and cvsrs
! lune has been given at least one man. Tho
. baek-to-the-falm movement has beer
: preached TO many returned soldiers ans
- sailors
u 4 report submitted at Burlington Tues
u day to the Vermont Emergency Children
: Aid committee showed that the intnenzt
Y epidemic left ~ widowels with 3 chil
tlren. 80 dependent widows with 1872 chill
y dren aud 81 children without either faith
2. or or mother besides six more children
- whose fathers had deserted their wive
u before the epidemic removed the mother
a. In Barre alone were found a widow
70 with a children. No reports We're re
s ceivcd from 53 places representing 1925
9 population
N Judge +. c. sSwinnerton OF Rutlan,
ktsltHGd NGStSAS1hS IA e'Al t'eA iuiN seA1
se against George Z. Eastman Of Rutland il
&c Rutland county court relative To the MS
of the word seal, on some pages of tn
ne document introduced by Eastman i'll th
g case brought against him by the Vernon
a. Marble Co. involving valuable marbl
isl property III West Rutland, and which tn
ef state claims is fraudulent The document
an alleged lease Of the property, is date
ng 1892 and was written on a typewriter
of The word seal is written opposite tn
mt names on some pages, while on othc'
en- the customary waters are used.
So 4 war christening at st. Johisbnr
or Sunday with a war baby born oversee.
id 3 war bride, a war widow and two oval
seas men attracted much interest Th
central figure was Ernest Howard Crocl
ford. two months old His father, How
ard Crockford, left St Johnshury Tvs
years ago to enlist in the Canadian arm!
mel He married young English woman 500
err after reaching England. Mr. Croekfoi
IS vas wounded by shell shot and was in til
hospital several months. Accompanied b
his wife and baby he is there on shoi
en- furlough Other members of the christel
lot ing party were the sponsors, Mrs Fran
tbs West, whose husband was killed III actio
" in France, and Edward Roach of the 70.
/ ii Highlanders of Canada. Mr. Roac
edsl was i'll kits