Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-17
CH|T7ENOEN COUNTY
W!NOOSKI.

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the board of village trustees Monday
evening, all members were present eN-
Ccpting Trustee w. G.. Bushcy. y. f..
oSullivan of the committee for revis-
ing the village charter and making
new ordinances and bylaws appeared
before the board and suggested the
board name a subcommittee of the
original committee, and Mr. OSuli
van, Judge Conlin and c. II. Shipman
were named. They will Immediately
start work revising the charter. 1t
was voted to buy an iron stand sign
| to be placed at the corner of Main
and Allen streets with the inscription
Keep to the Right as a guide to au-
tomobilists. The road on East Allen
street. which is in bad condition, was
voted to be repaired. Gravel is to be
used y petition signed by many of
| the business mon and representative
men of the village was presented to
! the board, asking for n raise of Chief
| of Police BARRIERS salary from SIS to
! sci, but the same was laid on the
| table. The bills ordered paid amounted
/ to S67I1i.
Mrs. Lucy Barbeau, widow residing
alone at SIS Leclair street, was found
dead in her kitchen sunday after.
noon. Her son-in law. Arthur Dumas
went to the house and upon calling and
getting no reply he tried the screen
! door which was fastened on the inside
! but could not gain an entrance. Issac
| Paquettc and Mr., Dumas brought a
ladder to the window, Mr.. Paquette
first assembled the ladder and was
| astounded to find the woman living on
the floor in q pool of blood. The win
| dow was then opened and medical as
sistance sent for but the woman had
been dead for several hours Mrs
Barbeau had been in i'll health for
some time. Death was due to hem
orrhage of the lungs, Mrs, Barbeau
was about SO or So years old and leaves
two daughters. Mrs. Lucy Nassour Of
Burlington and Mrs. Malvina Sweeney
/ of Pittsburg, Mass, and the son above
mentioned She also leaves an adopt
| ed daughter, Mrs. Arthur Dumas of
| Weaver street and one brother, Samuel
RoberGe of Quebec City, r. G.
A daughter was born Saturday to
Mail Carrier and Mrs. George Blondin
of Weaver street.
Banns of marriage were published
at st. stephens and St Francis
Navier Churches Sunday between
John o Day and Miss Albna Delorge
Al a meeting of the school directors
| Thursday two new teachers were ap-
pointed Charles Bellemare, formerly an
instructor at St. Michael's College. was
| appointed teacher i'm the new commercial
department. Miss Florence Nanseau was
appointed teacher of grade seven. The
full stan of teachers for the new year Is
as follows: Spring street school. high
school. principal, George r. Stackpole
assistants Jane McLruShln, Irene Bar-
rctt, Graded school: Mrs \. NJ. Loner-
gan, grades seven and eight; Irene
! peNino. grade scVcn; katherine Fitz-
gerald, grade six: Charlotte Parlthurst
grade five; sadie Geary, grade four;
Anna s Wclch, grades two and three
Estelle NJ. Packard grade one Malletts
Bay Avenue school: Katherine NJ. Tur-
err, grades three and four. Florence
| Manseau, grades one and two.
Hazel Lo2ell of the Heights, who has
been wanted by chief of Police Barber
for petit larceny, was located Tues
day in st Adams and doportod by
! chief Mahoney back to WinooskL The