The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-21
VERMONT NEWS.

The trustees Of Middlebury village have
decided To bar out any reporters from their
meetings 1t is said that only matters
voted by the trustees will be deemed Of
sufficient interest for the public.
The big pulpwood drive Of tho Cham
plain Realty company, tOtaling S,00O,0oO
feet, j. making a slow descent from lower
Rochester To the bOomS ut Sharon because
of the low water that has prevailed till
the heavy rain on Sunday
Mrs. Dabie Come of Bethel was seized
with an epileptic attack Tuesday morning
and fell upon hot kitchen stove where
she received severe burns, the flesh pceling
in many placs. 1t Is thought she will re
cover.
Walter Butler, a truckman of Burling-
ton. was caught by federal officers between
Colchester and Milton around midnight
Tuesday night and a load of Canadian
Club Scotch. high wine and beer seized.
together with the ear in which he was
conveying it to burlington.
The Barre board Of trade has decided TO
engage paid secretary and also - make
an effort 10 organize a company IN the
Vermont National Guard and To apply To
the adjutant general for the construction
of an armory in Barre. T.. y. SOmcrs has
been elected president of the board.
Ant0inette LaPOintc. Il. of Burlington
was stricken with an cpileptic fit and fell
unconscious on the Rutland railroad track
at Lakeside Wednesday morning. She
was observed by employees of the chocolate
factory who rushed to her aid and res
cued her just before Rutland railroad
train came along.
Robert Lawrence. a successful granite
manufacturer in Montpelier for several
years. died Tuesday of heart trouble. He
was a native of Proctor, born in 1879. and
is survived by his wife and other relatives.
He conducted one OF, the largest granite
sheds in Montpelier until about Il year ago
when he sold out.
Col. Curtis :. Emery, chairman and
treasurer of the Vermont state committee
of the European Relief council, has just
made his report to Herbert HOover'S com
mittee. The quota assigned to Vermont
was $4,000. but the grand total of
ceptionally fine work of Col. Emery's
committee. with the unstinted cooperation
of the citizens of Vermont.
ID. Z. Locklin. instructor in the Rutland
high school. whose resignation was ac-
cepted al the meeting of the board of edu-
catiou Tuesday evening, some time ago
graduate school of arts and sciences at
Harvard university. Mr.. Locklin. whose
home is i'm Richford. graduated with the
class of 1920 at Middebury college. and
had taught in Rutland for more than
year. j
John ]. Labor. 81. veteran railroad
conductor Of Rutland. died yesterday at
the Albany City hospital. Mr.. Lalor had
been in the employ of the Delaware &
Hudson railroad since he was Il. He
was associated with his brothers. the late
Charles III. Lalor and the late Patrick
Labor In the management of the Bard
well hotel at Rutland. and at different
lines he was interested in other Rutland
Amos j. Eaton and john +. Riley of the
,tate forestry department arc in Rutland
county i'm connection with departmental
work Mr.. Eaton is supervising the
planting Of about 10000 trees on state
property in that section. and he is looking
after the sale of timber on state Drnpegty
n the same locality. Mr.. Riley, with The,
district forester in that seetnn. Is -
ping cooperation with the tir-' 'ei-
or the prevention III - Ger owners
81 rust snreadir- e white pine bis
:, IN that county.
-, ease of interest to Vermont bows and
.i,,S was recently concluded i'm the AIaSsa-