Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18

ployed in the Montpelier book bindery, !
while the groom Is employed as a stone
cutter In the Mari L. Gordon shed N
Barre.
Miss Lora Watchie, who has been night
operator In the local New England Tele- I,
phone Office for some months. has COM
pleted her services. She went to her home
In Lyndonville Monday afternoon. Miss
Watchie had given In her resignation to
be effective November 1 that she might
go to her home to care for her mother.
She was called home, however, about
ten days ago by the illness OF her
mother. who died Of pneumonia. Miss
Watchie has finished work sooner than
she expected. having to look after the
property. During her service here she
has made many friends BY her genial
service. Her place Is taken by MISS
Josephine Monroe of Bristol. who has
been employed in the Office since March.
The final meeting in the bankrupt estate
Of A. II. Gotta took place Monday morn
Ing before Referee w. n. Theriault. NO
one appeared in opposition to the dis
charge and the matter Will be referred
to Judge II. b. Howe for final action.
The creditors in the bankrupt estate Of
George f. wilkins OF Montpelier have
been notified that the first hearing Will
take place October % in the same office
wilkins was adjudged bankrupt last
week and has liabilities OF 1927. which
are largely for rent and household ex-
penses.
Kenneth Groom, son Of q. W. Groom
of st. Adams, was in the city Monday
morning on his way to Aver, Mass. He
was drafted in West Virginia and upon
request was transferred to Camp Devens
and the Vermont contingent
n al IL
liam Smonelli Of Barre, who were ex-
amined by the local exemption board. have
beeen excused from service. They passed
the physical examination, but each man
has a wife and since the examination each
family have become parents
Major Henry Norton. who has been
visiting for a few weeks with John q.
Norton. his brother, left Saturday af-
ternoon for Fort Meade. Maryland,
where he has been assigned the 23rd
regiment of civil engineers and expects
in a few weeks to go back to France,
where he has been for three years.
Major Norton was for some years an
engineer on the Central Vermont and
other railroads in New England. At
the outbreak of the war he was in
France. and enlisted in Canadian
regiment of engineers, serving since
that time. He has been in charge Of
the construction in one of the army
divisions during his service in France
and Belgium. When the United States
became involved in the war he asked
for a furlough and came home. Then
he asked for his discharge that he
might enlist in the engineers regiment
| in this country. The transfer was
completed last week and he was i'm
mediately assigned to Fort Meade
A daughter was born Saturday morning
, to Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. McInerney.
| c. A. Clark, who has been in the real
estate business in the city for a year or SO
died at his home on Winnie street Sunday
| forenoon after a short illness due to kid
ney and heart trouble. He had lived in
Northfleld most Of his life many years,
having been barber in that town. He
| leaves a wife and one daughter, Lyle. The
funeral took place at his late home
at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
burial was in Northfield.
| J. h. Estee of this city has been named
by "A committee of men who met Tuesday
night in the city hall as temporary chair
man Of the Washington county delegation
relative to securing OF fund for the Y.
NJ. G. A. work in Europe. There is but lit
tie sentiment here in the matter, because
I
tiers too hard to place so many financial
demands before the people at one time.
especially with the way the Liberty Loan
is selling In other places. The delegation
present last Tuesday night has named a
man from each county to become part
of county organization.
Those who saw the place where Charles
II. Thompson's automobile went over the
bank on East State street after Il collision
with that OF c. C. Taft Tuesday evening
wonder how the occupants. which were
Mr.. Thompson, Mrs. NJ. w. Nelson and
Miss Elizabeth Nelson escaped serious
injury, receiving only flesh bruises. Mr.
Thompson was coming up the Hubbard
street hill and at the top collided with Mr.
Taft's car. In trying to avoid 1t he turned
so much that he went over the embank
ment Of about 20 feet. The car wa.
taken to a garage later in the evening
Although the accident occurred about sis
o'clock hardly anyone in the city knew OF
it until Wednesday morning.
The fire department was called to the
Pioneer highway bridge about ten O'Clock
Wednesday morning for fire in the tim
bers under the southerly end of the bridge
1t evidently started in "A pile OF papers
placed on top OF an abutment and under
the end of the bridge and seemed to have
been of an incendiary nature for 1t was II
Il place where Il match could not have
been dropped to set a fire.
Two adjustments have been made In thu
fire loss in the Hazen block. They arr
S273 to Chapman Brothers and $3.50 t.
Harris Yeti while $50 was also paid thu
latter for damage done to furniture uset
in the store. The insurance companies
who covered the building have directed
L. II. BiXby, the agent, to repair Tho
building
The offices Of Boutwell,. Milne & Var
mum are to be moved from Barre back tt
Montpelier because j. NJ. Boutwell, OF this
city, who for years did a great deal o.
the office supervision, has taken over TN
work of Guy Narnum, who is serving hi
country. The Offices for many years wer'
in the Langdon block, where they will b'
in IL few weeks.
The Montpelier Grocery company reports
a shortage Of sugar In this city and be
cause 1t has exhausted its supply Is un
able to NIL orders. The grocers have bu
small supply and II will last but rev
! days
The case Of William Shocks and Henri
Ahlfres. OF Boston. against Ii. +.
| Standish, w. b. Standish. of Randolph
l b. +. Davis. OF Barre and c. +. Lowe
Montpelier, has been entered in count!
court. This Is a case for foreclosure or
place the plaintiffs sold Farrar. Lowe q
I Farrar, when they were associated II
the real estate business and which wen
, to Mr.. Lowe when the dissolution tool
I place.
! WATERBURY.
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