Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18

r. n. Lendrum. pastor of the church,
gave an address on Equipment for tho
Present Day Opportunity" There are nino
sunday schools in the association and six
or them sent delegates. The following
committee chairmen were appointed: Res
olutions. the Rev. DR.. f. A. Lendrum;
tline ana place, the Rev. s. w. An
thony: nominating. Mrs Edith b. Wright.
The following officers were elected Pres
ident the Rev. S. w. Anthony. vice
president, Charles A. Champion OF East
Swanton; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Miss Flor
ence Merritt: elementary and secondary
superintendent Miss Marion Ballard
superintendent of organized classes. w.
G.. Brown; home department, Mrs. W. j.
Bascom. The retiring president Charles
y. Champion, presided. The next meeting
will be held in February 1914, at the Con-
lgregational Church.
The 21st annual contention of the
Franklin County Sunday School associa-
ton will be held at the Methodist Church
at Enosburg Falls on Friday, September
10
The following officers have been elected
by the Lend-a-Hand society of the Uni
versalist Church: President, Mrs. Victor
IS. Rhoades. vice-president, Mrs Helen l..
Chamberlain; secretary, Mrs Charles A.
Oliver; treasurer, Miss Dora r. Marsh.
A daughter, Sheila, was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Partlow. Jr., Thursday.
In Franklin equity court Friday
the case of Joel Brown VS.. A. II. Aitkin
and Anna NJ. Aitkin, assumpsit, was
completed and at two o'clock went to
the jury. Motion was made to the
court to direct verdict for the de-
| PENDANTS which was overruled pro
forma. A special verdict was sub
mitted to the jury for 1t to find certain
facts on questions submitted by the
court on the return Of the jury re-
! porting its findings on the special
| facts submitted, the court directed the
| jury to return verdict for the de-
PENDANTS. T.. e. McFeeters and NJ IL
Alexander appeared for the plaintiff
ana C. G. Austin and Son for the de-
PENDANTS.
John Sheridan, railway mail clerk,
who has been in the service for 81
years. and has always been a trusted
employee has been arrested on COM
plant of Postoffice Inspector Sharpe
on the charge of larceny of two regis
! tered letters from the United States
mail. After hearing before Unite
States Commissioner Warren r. Aus
tin, he waived examination and was
bound over to appear in the district
court of the United States. Bail was
fixed at $500 which he furnished. AS
sistant Postmaster VI. II. OHeare as
sisted him with bail.
The following delegates have been
elected by Bellevue Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, to at
tend the State meeting in Brattleboro
October 20 to %: Mrs NJ. p Brill, Miss
Susan ItiXford Miss Emilia Houghton
Miss Delma Webster Mrs. G. \. Bost-
wick; alternates, Mrs. J. Barron Foss
Miss Harriet +. Brainerd, Mrs. Lena b
Graves Mrs. Walter s. Clark.
Mrs. Estela Wright Goodspeed of th
city. daughter of Mrs. George W. Cramp
ton of Boston, and Arthur Scott Bale,
of New York. son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S
Bailey of st. Adams. were married at st
Luke's Church Sunday afternoon a
four O'Clock by the Rev. Albert Gale. Tn
groom's parents and his sister and he
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Titan,
Of Burlington, We're the only witnesse
OF the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Bale
left for wedding trip and will resld
at New York.
The funeral of Elfreda Smith, who die
Saturday. WAS held at the home of he
parents Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Smith, Mon
day afternoon at $50 o'clock. the Rev
F. A. Lendrum officiating. The bearer
were Roy Marvin, Marian Peterson
Ronald Campbell and Lindsay Marvin
and the burial was in the South Mai
street cemetery. The deceased was min
: years old and is survived by her parent
and one sister, Miss Mabelle Smith. Sh
was a member of the fourth grade of tn
I Barlow street school and the teacher
o and pupils attended the funeral.
j Adelard Des Lauriers, son of Mr.. an
d Mrs. Oliver Des Lauriers, and Miss Len
: Shore, daughter of Mr.. and Mr.
S Trephola Shore, were married at II
$ Church of Our Lady of the Lake, S
d Adams Bay, Sunday by the Rev. p.
S Bovin. They will reside at the home ,
st the groom's parents on Messenger stree
= The body of Mrs f. f. Derby. who die
d at the Sherwood sanitarium Sunday nigl
Ell of pulmonary cmbolus. was taken
l. Enosburg Falls Monday morning. whe
lie the burial took place. Mrs. Dewey W;
l. Al years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julien Vellleux celebrat,
the Goth anniversary Of their marria
u Tuesday at their home on Lake sire,
! The first event of the day was the solen
"a high mass, which was sung at Ho
- Angels Church at nine o'clock. the Re
L. r. Desrochers officiating, assisted
the Rev Father Trigory and the Re
f. NJ Salmon of Swanton. After L
. service a large number of friends we
guests of the bride and groom of 60 yea
ago. The house both on the exterior a
in the interior, was handsomely deco
49, ated. Over the entrance to the piaz
=, was hung large banner bearing t
=, dates 1S53-l9l3, and an appropriate insert
ton, Among those from out of the Ct
who attended the celebration We're NJ
Joseph Carbege Mr.. and Mrs. Benjam
Gubert of Montreal, John NJ. NeilleuX
~ Worcester, Mass. and Mr.. and NJ
w. Peter Veilleux Of Lowell Mass. Mr.. We
=, leux was born in ST Adams and is
years old and his wife, who was a.
e. born in this city, is II. About 40 gue'
-. visited them Tuesday to extend &C
~, gratulations.
In Franklin county court Tuesday
trial of the case of Noah J. Toof VS. FL
est j. Calvin assault, which was beg
Monday afternoon, was continued.
the morning the testimony of the defer
was put In. The plaintiff alleged that
April 20. 1913, as the plaintiff was getti
off a train at Sheldon Junction. WI
81 under the influence of intoxicating liqu
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