Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-10

Express companies have also closed their
offices at the former station and have
transferred their force to their office at
the new station. The outside doors OF the
new station have been fitted with metal
weather strips and some other minor I'M
provemcnts and changes which fort
nights occupation of the buildlnE nav"
shown to be advisable are being made.
Screen doors are being built for the en-
trance to the restaurant and will replace
the glass doors now in use as soon as the
warm weather arrives
Although many people IN the city are
becoming worried over the failure OF the
lake to freeze so that supply or ice may
be secured, the ice dealers OF the city
unite in ga wing that az yet there Is no real
ca use for anxiety. The first ice OF 1915 was
not cut from the lake until the third or
March and il the predicted cold snap
which started yesterday materializes 1t
might be possible to cut ice within two
weeks Conditions this year have been
most unusual, January being on the aver
age seven degrees warmer than usual. be-
sides being the windiest month recorded
since the establishment of the weather
bureau. so that there has been practical
" no ice in the lake. One bad result Of
the late freezing over Of the lake is that
much of the ice Is cut nearer the shore
than under ordinary circumstances and
is of poorer quality than that cut further
out in the lake. Should the remainder
Of the winter pass without the lake freez-
ing. the comparatively small surplus re-
naming from last years ice crop would
not last long and Burlington would soon
be facing an ice famine
At the annual meeting OF the Parent
Teacher association of the Adams school,
Monday evening at the school building
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President. II. S.
lIoward; vice. president. Mrs. Il. 4. TINS
| worth: treasurer. Arthur w. Hill: secre-
tary. Mrs. c. T. Cowlcs: program COM
| mtteo. Mrs. G. p. Burns, chairman,
| r. S Theron Dean, Mrs. J. T.. Colhurn.
Mrs. j. A. Corbin and Miss Helen Gllroy;
social committee. Mrs J. Fl. Macomber,
chairman. Mrs. A. c. Booth. Mrs. +. +.
Smith, Mrs. J. l.. Hall and Mrs G. +.
| T.oudon: dome garden committee. J. F.
| Tracy. chairman. Mrs. f. II. Stone. Mrs
| +. l.. Brown. Mrs H. Todd and c. IL
| Craudall. The meeting was presided over
| by the retiring president. ]. f. Tracy
and he with the newly-elected president
We're elected to represent the Adams
School society at the committee meeting
to he held to make arrangements for a
| Joint meeting Of all the parent-teacher
associations in the city to be held at the
high school. There was piona Duet
by the Misses Florence Coffcy and Halle
lrnly nd
Brownell. Following the business meet
ing refreshments were served.
The Winooski Association of ConGre-
cationa Ministers held their regular
meeting Monday afternoon and eve
ming in the parors OF the College STREE
Church Of this city. with the Rev. Dr
S. G. Barnes as presiding officer. Fol
lowing the opening prayer by the RoV
| Elliott Foster of Essex Junction, the
minutes Of tho last meeting were reat
by the secretary OF the association, the
Rev. G.. f.. Hayward of Winooski ant
routine business vas transacted.
paper, rema rkablc for its depth ano
virlity of thought and felicity of die
ton, was then read by Prof Evar
Thomas Of this city on "Thc Message
Of the Church to Materialism." Afte
the reading Of this paper the association
adjourned for dinner at the Hotel Yer
mont. the afternoon session convenlnt
at 2:3o o'clock. The Rev. D. II. Stront
of Milton read An exceedingly interest
ing review of the book of former Presi
dent George Harris OF Amherst College
entitled "A Century's Change in Relig
ion" The reading Of the paper was fol
| -. 90 l,Ntt
of the days addresses, after which tn
meeting adjourned At the April meet
Ing of the association the Rev. G. c
Adams will read a paper on "'rhe Mes
sage of the Church to Secularism.'