Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-02

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N Y, November II. Mr.. and Mrs. Re-
gan will he at home at Is Messenger
street after December l.
Mira Eliza OHyde) Keenan,, aged 80
vears. widow of Robert Keenan,. died Sat
urday morning at 2;30 O'Clock az her home
an south Main street of a general break
down. She Is survived by four daughters
Mrs. A. p. Burdick of Highgate, Mrs.
Lizzie Bickford of Wolcott, Mrs. f. C.
t.apan of East Highgate and Mrs. Mary
Shepard of this city. The remains we're
taken to ITighgate, where the funeral
services we're held Monday morning at St
Louis Church. The burial took place
IN Highgate.
One of tho plcasantest social events of
its kind ever held in this city was The
Tavern dansant which took place Monday
evening at the armory. Preceding the
dancing John Kendrick Bangs gave his
famous lecture on "Salubrlties | Have
Met" The armory was handsomely
decorated in yellow and old blue. Festoons
Of bunting were used, the lights were
shaded and a miniature fountain had been
improvised at the south end Of the hall
The fountain was banked with stones,
there were flowers around II and II was
lighted with coored electric lights Yellow
and old blue were used also in the decora.
tons of the dressing room. Upstairs was
q Japanese room where Ices and other
refreshments were served and where the
men enjoyed smoking. While the audience
was assembling a stringed trio furnished
music. Optimism was the keynote OF the
lecture by Mr.. Bangs 1t was a gossipy
recital regarding statesmen. writer's.
philanthropsts and other people of more
or less note, kindly humor running all
through. Before and after the lecture T.
L. Waterman. tenor soloist. of Burling-
ton. pleased the audience with songs. Miss
Dorothy Parker of Burlington acting very
acceptably as accompanist. Felton's or
chestra. augmented furnished excellent
music for dancing from ten O'Clock until
midnight Miss Ruth r, Fisher acted as
floor director. The dance order included
serpentine. parasol and confetti dances.
Prizes were given for dancing and there
wer many novelty favors All the ar
engagements were in charge of Mrs. Walter
Eccles of The Tavern who assisted by
a. L. Chadwick, the well-known decorator.
had succeeded in converting the armory
into veritable fairyland.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Skees of Hoyt street
have received a Letter from their son. DR..
a. A. Skeels. who recently went as a sur
geon in the ROYAL Army Medical corps. In
which he stated that he was on the way
TO Saloniki Greece Dr. Skeels was In
Aldershot. England. for about a month
then going to a base hospital in Boulogne,
France, where ne remained about six
weeks The letter was written while DR..
Skecis was on his way to Marseiles where
he expected to stay a few days before go
ing to Saloniki.
CAPTAIN Charles e Poll. who has been
seriously i'll with paratyphoid fever for
Several weeks. Is improving satisfactorily.
lie is at the Sherwood sanitarium
W. II. Vorce waa given a farewell, ban
ouet at The Tavern Tuesday night by the
business and professional men of the city.
about 50 attending. At the close of the
banquet President f. A. Hyatt Of the St.
Adams Business and Professional Mems
association, Of which Mr.. Vorcc has been
the efficient secretary. introduced the
following speakers: Governor Charles w
Gates Of Franklin. Mayor John Fl. Maun
Of this city, James p. Taylor of Buring-
ton, secretary Of the Greater Vermont
association. s. r BoriCht of Richford
was furnished by Robert z. Folton and
Eugene w Quart Mr.. Vorce has been a
resident of St Adams several years and
has been live wire in its business
activities
Edmund Peschcncs, Sr., aged 81 years,
of Lake street, one of the Oldest mer-
chants in the city, died Tuesday night
shortly before eleven o'clock at the hos
| h., Of inv tYDllhlp
lie has heen in III health about three
months but his condition became SER
| ous about week ago. Mr. Deschenes
was born In st. Etienne, F. O. Norem-
Der H. 1913. a son OF Mr.. and Mrs,
| Theop' 1e Deschenes. He came 10 st
Adams when he was Is years old January
:, 1867, he married Miss Rosalie LaFon-
tame and TO them II children We're born.
! In lS6, Mr. DeSChenes went into the boot
and shoe business, in which he had con-
tinued since. He is survived by his wife,
four daughters, Mrs. M L. L'Ecuyer and
! Mrs G. II. Cooke Of Boston, Mrs, L. T.
McGarey of Burlington and Mrs. Emma
Gould of this city; four sons, Ed lund
Deschenes, Jr of this city, Arthur F.
Deschenes of Boston. Fred T. Deschenes
OF Port Colborne, Ont, and Prosper
|
ters. Matilda and Irene, and son, have
died. TwentysiX grandchildren survive
| Mr. Deschenes also a brother. Theophile
| peschenes of Minaki, Ont. The funeral
will be held at Holy Angels Church to-
morrow morning at nine o'clock, the Rev
| l.. r. Desrochers officiating.
William r. Merritt. aged Co years. 70,
| many years grocer In this city. died
very suddenly at his home on Lincoln
avenue Tuesday night about eleven
| o'clock He had Just returned home from
The Tavern, where he attended the ban
/ uuet given in honor of W. H. Norce ant
was telling his wife and daughter. Miss
Florence NJ Merritt. how much he had
enjoyed the evening and had remarke ed
that he felt unusually well, Suddenly /,
was noticed that he was pale and would
have fallen had he not been caught by
Mrs Merritt and the daughter Doctors
G. c. Berkeley and e. A. Hyatt wer,
summoned but Mr.. Merritt was dead
when they arrived. He had been in IL
health for a few years, suffering from
artero- scleross. Beside his wife and
daughter he is survived by two brothers
Homer and Phneas Merritt of Kansas, ant
one sister. Mrs William Xerby of Monroe
Iowa Since 1876 Mr. Merritt had been
In the grocery business in the Same
store. on South Main. He started ir
partnership with George Scagel, but soor
purchased Mr. Scagel's interest. After
several years he took into partnership
his brother-in-law, O. y. Pease, who re.
manned with him for 10 years. selling out