Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-08

| pink sweet peas and greens being used.
| Mr.. and Mrs Hldebrand will reside at
| 1889 Chapel street in New Haven.
Vital statistics for the city Of Burling.
ton as filed at the city clerks office show
that during the month of May there were
S. births and 3s deaths OF the births &c
| were males and - females. The young.
! est mother was seventeen and her child
was her second. The Oldest mother was
| "a years of age and the child her sixteenth.
| one mother. IS years of age. had her
eleventh child. The oldest person to die
was 10 years of age Twenty marriage
! licenses were granted during May.
y reception was given Thursday after
noon from four to six o'clock by Mrs
w. Il. McKllip and her daughter, Mrs.
+. w. kehoe, at the residence of
Mrs. McKillp at 23O South Union street
About 200 attended. The house was very
beautifully decorated with flowers of
many kinds. In the dningroom the
color scheme was pink, the ccnterpiece
for the table being Of carnations. Mrs.
Nj. ID. Chttenden. Mrs. l. G. Smart,
Mrs. H. r. Watkins and Mrs A. +.
Gates poured and they were assisted by
several other ladies.
The apparatus used in the fish hatchery
which has been run under the direction
of II. n. Rowley. county fish and game
warden for Chittenden county. has been
| taken down and carefully packed in the
shed of the Champlain Transportation
company for use next spring, In all
about 1oo,o00,oo0 wal-eyed pike have been
| hatched and planted in various parts of
the lake, the hatchery being run under
| the auspices of the State and govern
ment. The hatch was an exceptionally
successful one and the hatchery will
probably be a permanent institution in
| Burlington.
Israel Katz of 1922 Archibald street
and Miss Bertha kaplan of 101 Hyde
street were married Friday after
noon at five o'clock at the Arichiba Id
street synagogue by Rabbi II. Popkin.
They were married under the canopy
of good luck. according to the Jewish
custom. They were attended by Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Katz, father and moth
err of the groom. and by Max Kaplan,
| uncle of the bride. In the evening a
wedding supper was served at the home
of the groom to the members of the
at 122 Archibald street
| Earle r. Wilson. A. NJ. principal of
the Rogers School, Stamford, Conn,
received the PA. NJ degree from New
York University this week Wednesday,
June T. Mr.. Wilson was principal of
the Wells River high school during
the years 1904-19O6. of the Fair Haven
high school in 1906-1907 and of the
South Royalton high school in 1907
1910. He was superintendent of the
White River Valley Union school dis
trist. which is made up of the towns
of Bethel, Royalton. South Royalton
and Tunbridge in 191O-1913. Mr.. Will
son is a native of Corinth.
George w. Marks has just received
q letter from his brother an officer
with the Canadian troops in France,
stating that the French and English
armies in and about Verdun have met
! the German attacks successfully in
every particular; that the morale of
the troops is excellent, but the Ger
man troops are showing serious effect
of the havoc made by the French guns
| in the repeated attempts of the Ger
man infantry to advance under cover
of their own guns, so that in many in
stances the men now have to be
driven into action by their officers.
| meeting Of committees from all of
the French societies in this city was held
at three o'clock Sunday afternoon at
st. Johns hall to make final arrangements
for the celebration Of St Johns day.
which occurs on Saturday, June "a. on
10 ot
festival at St Johns hall. On Sunday,
| following. the societies will march from
their halls to St. Johns hall on Elmwooc
avenue, where they will form in line and
proceed to St. Joseph's Church TO attend
| in body the high mass at 1890 O'Clock.
On Wednesday, June 2s they will unite
| again for an excursion and basket picnic
to st. Adams Bay.
The next reunion of the Ninth Yer
mont Regimental association will be
held in the rooms of Stannard Post,
No. 2. @. A. R.,son July 49, the first
day OF the reunion OF the Society Of the
Army OF the Potomac, which will be
held in this city on July 10 and Il. 1t is
! expected that all Of the Vermont regi-
ments which served in the Army Of the
Potomac in the War of the Rebellion
will hold their reunions here during
| these two days. From present indica-
tions there will be large gathering OF
soldiers and their families in Burning
ton at that time, requests for reserva-
lions already coming in to the hotels in
numbers
! Damage to the amount of several
| hundreds of dollars was done at the
| Barker farm on North avenue Sun
day morning by chimney fire, A
still alarm was telcphoned to fire sta
ton one in this city at 9:23 o'clock.
The fire was in an old chimney which
was burning from the bottom to the
top when the apparatus arrived The
damage was done by the creosote and
by the chemical. nearly all of the
chemical in the tank on the truck be-
ling used, The automobile truck was
called out Saturday morning for "A fire
at 22 School street. Clothes hanging
near stove to dry became ignited.
They wero thrown into the yard be-
fore the department arrived and no
damage of consequence resulted.
The Society of Colonial Wars in the
State Of Vermont is TO entertain the
council Of the General society on juno
% and "a at Burlington. There will be
| a council meeting at the society rooms
at l56 College street, at 1890 O'Clock Fri
day. June %. Lunch will be served at one
| O'clock An autOmObila tour of PurlipR-