Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-03
FRANKLIN COUNTY
ST. ALRANS.

HIttee mas lSSucu IL CAIl LOT mass meet
ing to be held at city hal In this city
Tuesday afternoon, September ., at two
O'Clock to nominate a county ticket to
be voted on at the coming election, and
to elect county committee for two
years. In the evening at eight O'Clock
a lecture will be given Mt city hall by
Howard e Kershncr, lecture represen-
tativc of the prohibition national COM
mlttec Tho county committee is COM
posed of Frank w. Wheeler of Richford.
chairman, II. S. Eldred Of sheldon and
+. r. Towle Of South Franklin.
At the town republican caucus Thurs
day evening at the town hail Norman
l.. Corliss and II. Kibbc Brooks were
elected delegates to the state convention,
and Nelson Goodspeed and Albert Catin
to the first district convention. Z. A.
Curtis chairman Of the town committee,
presided and II. Kibhe Brooks was sec
rotary.
Mrs. NJ. II. Vincent and son. Frank
Vincent have gone to ST. Louis, No.
where they will make their home. Mrs.
Vncents son, Maurice q. Vincent, has
been In St. Louis some time, being as
sistant cashier in the office of the Tray
Vt a postponed meeting of the board
of school commissioners Wednesday Aug.
&c it was recommended by the teachers
committee, and accepted by the board.
that Miss Myrtle SpauldinF be trans
forrcd from the fourth grade Of the
Messenger street school to the Fairfield
street school at salary of $50 a year;
and that Miss Beatrice O'Bren be trans
street to the place made vacant by Miss
Spauldings transfer, the salary to be
$500 year Miss Ruth T. Wood n form
or teacher In the city schools. who has
been on a years leave of absence, was
assigned to the fourth grade of the
Barlow street school al q salary of $i25
n year Miss Ahrion Curtis was engaged
at n salary of 81 a week to assist Miss
Mabel A. Ellis IN the Kindergarten at
the academy building. The building COM
mittee and Superintendent G. S. Wright
were empowered to purchase necessary
seats and desks y. ]. Jarvis was APP
pointed truant officer at salary of $l-5
n year
News was received Friday afternoon
that George Roberts, formerly Of this
city, had been run over by train at
Roberts was born in st. Adams and
lived here until about two years ago,
since which time he had been employed
as car inspector for the Central Yer
mont railway. He is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Celia Laplant Of
Montgomery, by three children; also his
mother Mrs. Jacob Roberts, and four
brothers, Jake, Ernest, Frank and
Charles. all Of this city. He was about
sc years old
News has been received of the death
of Mrs Jennie Uurc) Brooks, wife Of
the Rev. Dclos Brooks. at her home at
Ballston Spa, ~ y, Thursday, Of heart
failure. She was 81 years old and former
ly resided at the Bay. being born there
She Is survived by her husband. one
daughter. Mrs. Luther Brown, and two
sons, William and Harold, all of Ballston
| Spa,
Mrs. Rose LaFrank of Montgomery.
aged II years, died of diabetes Saturday
morning at the hospital in this city,
where she had been the past week The
body was taken on the 1:lO o'clock train
| that afternoon to East Berkshire, thence
| to her late home.
Wilbur Clary and Miss Cora Baker,
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MethodiSt parsonage On No'lsrt st'ee'
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L. d. 'o"ils""' io' merry VI N'""'h Nv"
OF NhhiDii' was "r'"ls'eu 8a'"' u"S
fore United states commissioner war
rem r. Aus'h by Deputy T. D Marshal
Thomas Reeves OF harrington on caplaH
charging MIN with smuggling Whiskey
and ale. Bail of $500 was furnished
J Roland Lyons, aged 1--WE months and II
days son of Mr.. and Mrs John Lyons
of the Newton road, died Friday night Mt
$40 o'clock of cholera infantum The
funeral was held at Holy Angels
| Church Monday morning at ten o'clock
and the burial took place In Mt CAL
vary cemetery
The Franklin county democratic COM
mittoe has issued the call for the county
convention to be held at the city hail in
this city Tuesday morning, September 90,
at ten O'Clock to place in nomination the