Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-08
ST. ALBANS.

The annual meeting of the Franklin
County Teachers association will be
held at the high school building in this
city Friday, May 16. with morning and
afternoon sessions. The arrangements
are in charge of the executive committee
which is composed of Principal Earle W.
feckham of this city, Principal Ellen
Fl. Wagner of Sheldon and Super
ntendent S. c. Harding of Fairfield
Among the questions which will be dis
cussed are The Teachers Share in the
Greater Vermont Movement" The
Professional Training of Teachers"
Moral Training In Our Schools" The
Teachers Opportunity and The Teach
ing of Arithmetic" The following have
been invited to address the convention:
Professor Emerson of the University of
Vermont; James Z. Taylor secretary of
the Greater Vermont association; Prin-
cpal John f. Colburn of Bellows Free
Academy, Fairfax; Supt. e. NJ. Roscoe
of Barre; Principal Martin G. Benedict
of St. Johnsbury and Principal Charles
A. Adams of the Castleton State normal
school.
The annual meeting of the Autonoe
club was held Saturday evening when
the following officers were elected:
President, Miss Alice p. Chandler; vice.
president Miss Mabel A. Ellis; treasurer,
Mrs. C. A. Bostwick recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Frank Walworth Smith; cor
responding secretary, Mrs A. D. Tenney.
Chairmen of the various committees
were elected as follows: Finance. Mrs.
C. w. Writer'S; house, Miss Leutia
Greene; program, Mrs. M d. Greene;
entertainment, Mrs. J. B. Foss. Plans
for civic work In ST. Adams were dis
cussed. 1t was voted to appropriate 800,
as last year, toward the work of the
visiting nurse, and $40 toward a scholar
ship fund Of the Vermont Federation of
Women's clubs
The body of Cyrus n. Bishop. a form
er resident, who died Friday at his home
IN Dorchester, Mass, was brought here
Sunday morning and the burial took
place in the South Main street cemetery
at 2:3O p. m. The Rev. Albert Gale con-
| Quoted the committal service. The bear
, ers were NJ. s. Bostwick, Col. f. A.
| Chittenden, John Branch and Hiram b.
| Weeks. The body was accompanied here
by Mrs. Bishop, Miss Aurelia Gilson DR..
Graham L. ellison and James r. Aiming
ton of Boston.
News is received here of the sudden
death of Cyrus N. Bishop of Dorchester,
Mass, who will be remembered as a
member of one of the oldest and most
prominent families of st. Adams. He was
for many years cashier of the Vermont
National bank here. He Is survived by his
| wife, The body was brought to this
city and the funeral was held Sunday.
At the annual meeting of the Woman's
! Auxiliary of ST. Luke's Church Thurs
day evening, the following officers were
elected: President, Miss Annie II. Hol-
comb; vice-president. Mrs, l.. s. White;
secretary, Mrs. Stanley Gray; treasurer,
Miss Lillian Thomas Miss Katheryn NJ.
Holloway, Mrs. Stanley Gray and Miss
Florence H. Byrant were elected dele
gates to the district meeting to be held
in East Fairfield May s, Mrs G. C.
Holmes, Mrs. Harry Holmes and Mrs.
M. N. Buck are alternates.
black driving horse, a rubber tired
carriage, and a harness belonging to DR..
T. r. Waugh were stolen Sunday after
noon and Eugene Morgan, the hired
man, is also missing When II was dis
covered that the horse, carriage and
man had disappeared, Chief of Police
j. +, Mahoney was notified and started
in pursuit and traced the thief to Bur
lington, where he was seen driving
| through tho city, but there all trace OF
the turnout and driver was lost
| The annual meeting of St Luke's
parish was held Monday night at the
parish room, the Rev. Albert Gale pre-.
siding Col C-harlea G Eorhas ,y,, -
| elected clerk for the Goth year 4 large
number were present. The following
vestrymen were elected; Henry c. Nor.
ton, John c, Stranahan, Judge O. N
Kelpn, Charles s. Forbes, Milton s
Bostwick, DR.. w. B. Arnold. George ID
| Derrick. Percy Bergman, W. T.. O'Brien
John Lawton and T. A. Summerskill. The
lvestry will elect officers Monday