Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-25

,o allow the girl an opportunity to COM |
municate with her people. who live In |
Cabot.
A special assembly Of Burlington |
Council. No s, Royal and Select Masters, |
will be held at the Masonic Temple on |
Thursday afternoon, May =. 1t Is ex-
pected that George whitney, grand mas
ter. and other distinguished guests Will
be present. The Titus Strong chapter OF
Greenfield. Mass, will exemplify In full
form the Royal Master. Select Master
and Super Excellent Master degrees
The adjourned annual meeting OF
The Burlington Venetian Blind COM
pany was held Saturday afternoon at the
office Of the Elias Lyman Coal company.
The directors are Mr.. Lyman. Willard
Crane, d. G. Crane. E. A Pope. j. A.
Baldwin, l.. c. Grant and A. G.. Crane.
The officers elected are: President. ELIAS
Lyman: vice-president and managing d.
rector. D. G. Crane; treasurer, E. A.
I'ope; secretary. A. q. Crane.
Max L. Powell will tender a banquet
to the members Of the Chittenden county
at the Hotel Vermont This Is the an
nuai banquet arranged at the time Mr.
Powell was chosen president OF the ASSOC
citation. The speaker Of the evening Will
he Clark G. Fits OF Bratttleboro. who
will make an address on THE Time to Be
Brave" dealing with present problems
of public interest.
At the regular and annual assembly OF
Burlington Council, No. 5, r. & 8. NJ.
held last evening. the following officers
for 1928 were elected: Thrice iliustrious
master, Russell Hallett; deputy master.
Merritt E Sornborger; principal conductor
of work, Howard II. Shufelt: treasurer.
Charles A. Davis; recorder Deane 8.
Bliss The appointive officers will be
named and the installation will be held
at the May assembly.
Thursday night for the first time this
year lights on the breakwater and Juni-
per island were lighted Captain Perry
| has already made one trip to the city since
the breaking UP Of the lake for some
needed supplies. The Inhabitants Of
| the island we're not kept cap
tives for long this year as the
lake, when it began to thaw. broke up
quickly and at the time Of freezing only a
few days elapsed before they were able
| to skate over,
The University of Vermont baseball
| team played Yale az New Haven, Conn,
last Friday, Yale winning by a score of
| to l. On Saturday the varsity team de-
| feated Holy Cross at Worcester Mass, by
II score Of : to g. The home season open
ed Wednesday with an attempt at a
game with New Hampshire State College
at Centennial field. Two hours were re-
CURED to play four and one-half innings.
| when the game was called with the
score Is to . in favor of Vermont
Arrangements for the spring merchants
week In this city. which opens mex,
Monday. are rapidly nearing COM
pletion. The committee in charge feel
that they have everything practically in
readiness for the best trade week that has
been held yet. The coming merchants
week. which will be the third one of the
kind, will be marked. in addition to the
payment of railroad fare, by the addition
Of new feature. the issue of dinner
coupons. good at any burlington hotel oil
restaurant, on purchases of only $40.
Edward Boyle returned to the city Fri
day after an absence of y years, dur
Ing which he has Travelled all over tn,
United States. and he notices many re
markable changes. At the. time he Ief
Burlington there were no trolley car
and the largest building in tho city wa
thea the new building. the Y. NJ. C. a
He also notices marvellous improvement
l,, ~
, Mr. Boyle intends to go back to his oil
homestead in South Burlington and hi
family. which is now in Cleveland, wi
arrive In few days.
: An examination will be held in this cit
May % In the civil service room of tn
4 federal building for candidates to Qualif
as postmaster in the fourth-class post
8 office at Fort Ethan Allen The revenue
of the postmaster depend on tho canoe
laton of stamps and during the past fis
o cal year they were 1904. The minimum
age limit is y years for men and 81 &c
women and the candidate must be n res
dent of the district supplied by the pos
u. office. Applications must be filed {
= Washington within seven days of the e,
g. animation.
Three DRINKS were quickly disposed
i in CITY court Monday morning TIL
n first was John Sheehan. an habitua
d who pleaded guilty and was fined Sis an
i costs, with an additional 30 days in jai
!. He was. however, placed on probation
a Charles Belts, who followed him. We
y given a fine OF SIS and costs. He wi
serve the alternate sentence in jail. II
. third and last was a first offende
:. Thomas Carroll, who was fined IS ar
e costs. He took an appeal and r.
20 Webster became his surety in the su
"a of slM
1t The sociable, sale and entertainment
'r the Girls Friendly society Thursday at
ernOon and evening at st. Paul
IN Church was largely attended and was
nj great success in all respects. larl
number of various articles ere sold.
, $50 a large number of people sat dow
=, to "A fine supper and after this adjourn
ut to the parish hall, where an entertai
an ment took place, consisting OF songs
a, some OF the choir boys, readings by NJ
Watt and Mr. Johnson, and sketc
1.-THE Petersons Too Late for the Gradu
ID ton Exercises" which was cleverly ca
d. ried out by number of the younger gil
i of the church. After the entertainme
" there was dancing until about ten o'cloc
" Eugene Warner, who halls from Georgi
!" this State, was In city court Thursd
d morning and admitted that he was drul
Il when arrested the day berore. This Is /
second experience In this city and
Of was given a fine OF SIS and costs wi