The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-25

iVerSallSt church IN NOrthheld. MIR
Mann's last pastorate was in Gardner
, Ne.
The Students association of the Ben
fnington high school passed a resolution
FRIDAY morning that all students who par
Iticipate in athletics shall refrain from
smoking.
| Congressman Frank l.. Greene of Yer
T mont has been re-appOinted as member
for the house of representatives of the
board of regents of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition in Washington.
= Thirty or more business women of st.
Johnsbury have organized a branch OF
the National Federation Of Business and
Professional Women's clubs. There are
nearly 400 women in st. Johnsbury
eligible for membership.
As a result of exercises in ski jumping
and similar sports at Montpelier on Sat
urday. Indications are that at least a two
days carnival will be conducted in that
city. probably about the middle of next
month.
Judge \. d. Collins rs. assistant judge
of Franklin county court for several years
and holding other town and county
offices, died Monday evening at 9.30
O'Clock, after an illness of several months.
He is survived by his wife and one daugh-
ter.
r. H. Martin of Burlington, who was
formerly in Senator Pages Office at the
capitol, and later with Senators Brande-
gee of Connecticut and eddie of Nevada,
is now attached to the senate foreign re
Iations committee staff, of which commit
/ tee Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is
chairman.
/ Indications are that many real estate
and property owners of st. Adams are not
satisfied with the recent appraisal made
by the city listers. The lobby leading TO
the listers office was crowded all day
Monday with persons aggrieved because
of the appraiSalS. y hearing was held
at which many women attended. Each
taxpayer had opportunity TO state his case
in private.
. Sunday afternoon Sheriff G. Z. Catlin
of st. Adams went to the postotice and
placed under arrest five young men
charged with lettering. For several
months officials have warned young men
to stop playing cards in the lobby on
Sunday afternoons and on evenings after
business hours. 1t is said that card play
ers have defaccd the walls of the building.
| -Four automobile licenses have been suS-
Black. that Of Adelaird AIartellc of Bur
lington for operating an automobile with
cat license, that of Ralph Barber of
Greenfield, Mass, for operating with I'M
assigned plates that of Milo Whiting of
Barton for operating under the influence
Of Intoxicating LIQUOR, and that of Frank
+. Reary of Burlington for careless and
negligent driving.
Damage Of about $500 was caused to-
the home of Frank J. Shea at Barre early
Monday night by fire of undetermined
origin. BY the splendid work of the fire
men. the flames were confined TO the
cellar and the damage to the upper pare
Of the house was from the thick smoke.
The blaze may have started from the fur
, mace pipe to the second floor which was
! found broken after the fire had been eX-
tnguiShed.
/ An early Sunday morning fire from an
unknown cause completely destroyed the
! big barn of Charles Taylor of Kirby. to-
Fethpr with 43 head of cattle. including
2f HolStein COWS. two automobiles and all
the farming tools. Mr.. Taylor saved with
great difficulty, his four horses and II
head of Young stock. He estimates his
loss at $4,000 with an insurance Of 5000
on the. barn in the Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance company.
| State Forester w g. Hastings has
been advised by Amos !. Eaton of South
Royalton of the selection of Il committee
for reorganization of the Vermont Fores-
try association. Mr.. Hastings is chair
man and the other members are Mason :.
Stone of Montpelier, Franklin s. Billings
of Woodstock. Mrs. Pearl Randall Was
son of Burlington and Mrs. George 4.
Chaffee of Rutland. At a meeting in
Rutland it was voted to disband the old
association.
Mrs. Olive Forticr of Rutland was ar
rested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff ID. 4.
Barker on Il warrant issued my States
Attorney Charles f. Novak. on the charge
. of arson. She is married and the mother
/ If three children. The state alleges that
Mrs. Fortier and Arthur w. Manning,
also under arrest for arson, burned a barn
containing 10 tons of hay in the town of
Clarendon on the night of Jan. 10. Mrs.
FOrtier is the first woman arrested on this
charge in this county for many years.
Two valuable hounds hunting dogs.
owned by ]. Il. and Hiram Wingate OF
Orleans, were found caught in traps last
Saturday. They had been missing since
the Monday previous and their feet were
badly frozen, and had evidently been held
prisoners all that time. The traps were
set for foxes by Hiram Allen of Orleans,
who was arrested and brought into New
port municipal court charged with not
visiting his traps once in every 24 hours
as the state law provides Allen pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined $50 and
costs.
! The MorriSville members OF the New
England Milk Producers association are
holding out for what they term a fair
price and have ordered the members not
to sell any milk to the G. Brigham com
pany until that company agrees to these
a contract to the farmers of ~ cents
delivered in Boston with the old surplus
agreement. The farmers demand seven
cents delivered in Boston with no station
charges to be deducted and surplus milk
to be paid for n the basis of the value Of