Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-30


service the family is we'll represented
These two sons are proud Of the brilliant
record of their father, who served in the
First Vermont cavalry in the Civil War
and suffered severe wounds, and the boys
may be relied upon to do their full duty.
The fourishing condition In which
the school children's war gardens now
are, is exemplified by the case of a girl
from the Thayer school. who. In her
plot in the Thayer school garden, har-
vested 16S tomatoes from 16 plants.
Other children have reaped similar
harvests from their plots, the average
tomato yield In this garden being any
where from 1876 to 100 tomatoes.
Three recruits were added Thursday to
the sum total which Ensign Harris has
secured in this district since taking charge
of the local navy recruiting station. The
new men are Paul c. Harrington of Mont
pelier, who was ordered to Montpelier;
and Frank Fl. Hodsdon Of East Hardwick
and Ralph r. Spaulding of Rutland. Both
these men were ordered to their homes
to await orders from headquarters.
Miss Elizabeth Durfee. the eldest
daughter of the Rev. Herbert A. Dur
fee, d. d.. of Salem, n Y. former
resident of this city. started Saturday
for San Francisco. from which port she
will sail for China to serve as a mis-
sionary for the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Miss Durfee will remain in
China for five years before she returns
to this country.
Sealand Whitney Landon. Jr. son Of
Prof and Mrs. s. W. Landon. who for
the past three months has been in the
reserve officers training camp at Fort
Myer and later Fort Monroe. has been
commissioned provisional second lieu
tenant in the coast artillery corps OF
the regular army and has been ordered
to report at Fort Monroe. Va. as in
structor in the second reserve officers
training camp.
DR.. c. L. Smart. who was connected with
the Mary Fletcher hospital for two and
a half years, has been commissioned first
lieutenant in the medical officers reserve
corps of the army. For the last year DR..
Smart has devoted considerable time to
the study Of the X-ray and he has now
been ordered to Boston to study under
Major A. w. George. who has charge Of
the school for instruction in military
roentgenology.
Miss Frances NJ. Barnes. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Barner, and Captain
Howard A. Allen. U. S. r., were married
Thursday night at the home of the brides
parents, q North Willard street. Miss
Mabel Melendy was bridesmaid and Wal
ter F. Allen brother of the groom. was
best man. The young couple left that
evening for Boston. After short honey
moon they will go to Aver. Mass, where
Captain Allen will be stationed at Camp
Devans.
John Fuller, the humane officer, fell
down a bank near the MAXWELL farm on
North avenue yesterday noon and hurt
his right leg quite seriously, besides suf-
fering from internal troubles. Mr.. Fuller
had been to the Arthur farm. where he
had disposed of a horse and was on his
way in when he met with the accident.
The police ambulance was called and
the humane officer was taken to his
home.
States Attorney Martin announces that
there will be a meeting of the public serv-
ice commission at his Office in Essex juno
ton on Friday morning. September Z. at
nine o'clock, in regard to the death of
Guy A. Peck, who was killed there sew
eral days ago in collision. On the after
noon of the same day at two o'clock at the
Hotel Vermont. the commission will look
into the details concerning the manner in
which Joseph Gumlaw was killed in the
Rutland freight yard in this city.
Twenty eight individual cases against
the Crescent Creamery company of Maine
were entered in favor of the plaintiffs by
Justice of the Peace Jed p. Ladd in
Milton yesterday. The judgments figured
up closely to the sum Of 5000. the lowest
award being for $37. while the highest
was for 5000. The plaintiffs were repre-
sented by Theodore E. Hopkins. Both
Messrs. Ladd and Hopkins left this city
in the morning at nine and were back
shortly after noon.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Baldwin Refrigerator company
was held Monday at the office Of the
Elias Lyman Coal company. The follow
ing board of directors was elected: Elias
Lyman, w. e. Greene. w. F.. Hendee,
f.. j. Booth. George A. Hall, r. Z. Bur.
CESS and f. f. Smith. The directors then
elected the following officers Of the COM
pany: President, Elias Lyman; vice.
president. George A. Hall; treasurer,
w. E. Greene; secretary and manager,
E. E. Smith.
Master Jed p. Ladd Of Alburg Springs
! fell from moving excursion train
| through railroad trestle to the bottom
of Lake Champlain about six o'clock last
night. The train was on it's way north
| at the time and had on board a Sunday
| school party that had been spending the
| day In West Swanton. That the Young
man was not seriously hurt seems to he
due to the Intervention of Providence
and that he was saved from drowning
can be attributed to the fact that a man
was nearby in a rowboat
| About 100 girls and soldiers attended the
fourth community dance given at the
high school building Saturday evening by
the subcommittee on social affairs of the
| city committee on training camp activi-
ties. The guests were the men of the
Second cavalry and the Cavalry orchestra
| furnished music. Gus N. Poulos fur.
nished the punch for the occasion The
committee in charge were Miss Margare,
Whiting, Miss Mary Wheeler. Mrs. ]. l.
Hills. Miss Caro- Kingsand and Mrs. Will
liam H. Freedman.
The steamers Vermont on Lake Cham
plain and Horizon on Lake George will
be Withdrawn from service after making
their trips of Saturday. September Is. Thi
Is one week earlier than the last trip
last year and several weeks earlier thai
in many seasons. The daily trips of tn
steamer Ticonderoga between Burlington
and Westport will be discontinued afte
September and the Sunday trips Of tn,
vermont will be discontinued after Sep
tember 2 The last midday trips of tn
steamer Ticonderoga between Burlington
and Flattsburgh will be on September II
Other local service between the two cite
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