Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-22

pastor of st. Raphacls Church in
Poultncy for six years, following a long
service at st. Marys Cathedral In .his
city, has sent his resignation to the Rt.
Rev. j. j. Rice. Father Barrett feels tina.
lie needs u prolonged rest and therefore
! has given up active work. The Rt. Rev.
Bishop Rice has appointed the Rev
| Bernard Kelley OF Manchester to ill tho
vacancy. Father Kelley has been past or
at Manchester and Arlington. Bishop Rice
has made no appointment for Manchester
| and Arlington.
A reception in honor of the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph e. Almon of 157 Cherry street
was held at the knights of Pythas hall
on Church street Saturday evening by
| Champlain Lodge, No. H. of the order,
of which Mr.. Almon is a member.
Nearly 100 friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Amon
called TO extend their congratulations
and wish them many more years OF
happiness. A handsome silver service
was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Amon
| by the members OF the lodge, the
presentation speech being made by Rus
| sci w. Parish.
| News mas been received from Los
Angeles, Cal, of the death of Mrs
George ]. Connors June 10. Mrs. Con-
nors was born and spent her carly life
in this city She is survived by her
husband, ono son, Robert, and one
daughter, Mrs. William Mcnzics of To-
ronto, also by her father Daniel u
Flaherty of this city, one brother and
three sisters. Mrs. Thomas O'tIalloran OF
l,i pit 1Tv- .,cI
Texas. Mrs Sarah Connors of Boston
| and John II. Flahortv of New Yorl; city
| Interment was made at Los Angeles
Monday, June l..
! Under the new method of distribution
of supplies which the postofiice depart
| ment at WASHINGTON will start July ],
there will be three distributing centers
| and they will divide the fourteen Coun-
ties Of the state as follows: Burlington:
! Chittend"n, Addison. Franklin, Grand
| Isle and Lamoillc counties; Rutland:
! Bennington Rutland Windham and
Windsor counties; Barre: Caledonia
Essex, Orange orleans and washington
counties. First and second class Office s
! will deal direct with Washington, US
/ hitherto. There arc four offices of tho first
class and % of the second class in Yer
mont
! The Standard oil company. which has
| the contract for oliug the city stree s.
| TINS summer, managed To complete the
work Saturday and the oiling machine
was sent to St Adams. where similar
work will he done. Because of the UNI
| usually heavy rains this work. which
| should have been done in three or four
days required nearly a month One
! of the most annoying features of the oil
ing process was that in several cases the
oil was washed from the street IN to
the nearby lawns by the rain. damag.
| ing the grass. Fortunately, the streets
will not require another oilng for Il con-
! siderable period Of time.
! The party Of Norwich University
cadets. numbering about 90 who for the
past two weeks have been encampcd at
the state reservation under the com
mand of First Lieut.. Ralph NJ. Parker
! L. 5. A.. professor of military science
and commandant of cadets returned to
! Mortified Saturday, Despite the rain
which fell ON every day except two dur
ing the cncampmcnt, the cadets worked
out their field problems and performed
their various mancuvers with the utmost
chcerfulness and claimed they enjoyed
the experience There was not n single
man on the sick list during the fort
nights stay at the reservation, and the
I hard work i'm the omen brought the men
into the finest physical condition posi-
bic. The camp is an annual feature Of
Many residents Of Burlington and a
| number Of business houses who had long