Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-17
ST. ALBANS.

elected delegates to the State and first
district conventions to be held in Bur
lington September II: and !. Z. Bceman /
E. ID. Brooks, w. +. jackson, Lee L. Will |
son, S. Sampica, DIR. George O. Mitchell, |
and Theron Mitchell were chosen dele /
gates to the Franklin county convention
to be held in this city September 90 Lee
f. Wilson acted as chairman Of the eau
Gus and George n. Lewis, secretary. Dr.
G. o. Mitchell, stephen L. Royce and I.
T. Bee/an were elected city committee
for the ensuing two years. The delegates
to the district convention were instructed
to cast their votes for the Hon Frank l..
Greene for congressman At the pro-
gressve town caucus held Saturday even
ing at the town hall at the Bay e. II.
Brooks, w. b. Halbert and Herbert Bas-
comb We're elected delegates to the county
convention and L. II. Brooks and c. y.
Percval to the state and district con-
ventions. w B. Halbert was chairman
and T.. H. Brooks secretary of the eau
Gus.
The republican city caucus was held at
the city hall Saturday evening, Marshall
II. Alexander acting as chairman and
Walter r. Eastman, secretary. The fol-
lowing were elected delegates and alter
mates to the Franklin county convention
to be held in Enosburg Falls September
21: Delegates, George VI. Hogan. Warren
r. Austin, n. T. LEcuyer \. y. Atwood
Charles r. Marchessa ult, Charles A OIL
yer and Augustin Quay; alternates, Lee :
Tillotson, Or. S W. Paige, DIR. ]. !. Per-
rault, NJ. H. Alexander, ]. a. Daienault
w p. Macleod and Alfred Thibault. 1t
the town caucus held at the Pay Saturday
evening NJ. j. Bascomb, Fred Rich and c.
c. Underwood were elected delegates to
the county convention, with authority to
choose their own alternates. William
Ladd was chairman Of the caucus and H.
X. Brooks, secretary The following
We're chosen town committee for the en-
suing two years: II. x. Brooks w. r.
Cunningham and y. l.. Corliss
Frank w. Norwich, aged 80 years,
died suddenly Saturday evening at
eight o'clock at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Wesley II. Chaffee, of High
street. whore he had been visiting the
past month. He had been suffering
from diabetes for sometime but his
condition had seemed to improve af-
ter he came here. Tho remains were
taken on the lo:t5 O'Clock train sun
day morning to his l1tc home in
Turner's Falls, Mas, being accom-
panied by Mrs Norwich AVID Mr. and
Mrs. Chaffce.
The house Of Ans,u ~ COLLINS ON the
Newton road was entered Early Mon
day morning and q haudhas containing
a small sum Of money was taken; also
eggs, meat bread, several quarts of milk
and other food from tn pantry. Mrs.
Collins was awakened about two o'.'u''i
and thinking she heard an uuls.a
sound, spoke to her husband. lie r1t u.
and lighted a match Hearing .tuu.
further he went back to bed The hauI-
bag was found near the barn with som.
of the contents, including the purse. Til,
Change which It contained, about -
cents, and some postage stamps We're
! missing Entrance was effected by re-
moving a screen from the dining room
window opening out on the veranda and
the handbag was taken from table in
the sitting room. a basin which con-
tanned about Y eggs, a bowl and
drinking cup from the pump are miss
ing.
The democratic town caucus was he'd
at the town hall at the Bay Monday
and the following We're elected t. at
tend the Franklin county convention -
be held In this city September %; Dele
gates, Peter Little, John II. Button and
James NcGinn; alternates, Guy Mecs
Herbert Dwyer and w. NJ, McNaney.
! The town committee elected Is composed
Of Peter Little. James Mooney and Jay
| Button. The chairman of the convention
was John II. Button and the secretary.
/ Jay Button.
| The demo ratio city caucus held at the
! city hall Monday was presided over
/ by p, f. sullivan, with James r. Harvey
secretary. The following delegates We're
elected to the Franklin county conven-
ton to be held in this city September %:
\. H. George, S. s. Watson Edward
Sweeney, c. c. Castonguay, F. +. Shore,
John Kearney, John T. Butler Frank E.
Spear. ]. f. Mahoney. They We're em-
powered TO choose their own altemates.
News has been received of the death Of
! Mrs j. S Wright, aged "a years, at the
home of her son, NJ f. Wright in Hart
ford, Conn. Mrs. Wright was born in
Bronze, + O. and after her marriage to
Mr.. Wright made her homo in Franklin
for over 80 years, then coming to st.
| Adams, where Mr.. Wright was foreman N
the woodworking department of the Cen
| trail Vermont railway. After Mr., Wright 5
death his widow made her home here for
a time with her daughter, Mrs. Russell
Greene but for several years she had
lived with her son.
Mrs. Ethelyn Marion (RockwelD
Calvin, wife of e. ]. Calvin, died Thurs
day afternoon at three o'clock at
the hospital, where she underwent a
surgical Operation Monday. Mrs. Calvin
was taken to her late home on Con-
gress street last evening. Mrs Calvin
was born in Alburg, being the young
est daughter of a family of eight chill
dren of Capt. f. b, and Lucy A. (Mc-
Elroy) Rockwell She came to this
ing In the school for nurses at the St
Adams hospital, being graduated from
the course. August %, 1912, she was
married to f. j. Calvin, who survives
together with her father and four sis
tiers, Mrs. Josie Lewis of Alburg, Mrs
Z. A, Wheeler of Columbia, Tenn, Mrs
George w. Nye and Mrs. c. Fuller
Carpenter OF this city.
Miss Ella NJ, Foster has returned
from New York where she landed Sat
urday night from the steamer st. Louis
OF the American line from Liverpool
Eng. Miss Foster and her sister. Miss
Sarah 7, Foster, of Brooklyn, n. Y.
were in Lucerne, Switzerland, when the
war broke out From Lucerne they
went to Geneva, thence through
Franco to England Thev had son,e