Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
CH|1TENDEN COUNTY
WINOOSKI.

WINOOSKI.
Eugene Bleau, who kept first class
license saloon on Main street, died about
1890 o'clock Tuesday morning at the
Fanny Allen hospital. Death was due to
heart failure, following an operation for
appendicitis. He complained Monday
morning Of a pain, but worked all the
forenoon and the pain gradually wore
away. In the afternoon he was taken i'll
again and in the evening at seven o'clock
was removed to the hospital He died
about two hours after the operation. Mr..
Bleau was born in Winooski Is years ago
and had always resided here. He was
married not quite year ago and had
just settled in his home at the corner OF
Barlow and East Spring streets about
two weeks ago. Besides his wife, he leaves
his mother Mrs. Alfred Bleau, three sis
ters, Mrs. Joseph w. Douglas, Mrs. George
j. Carriere. Miss Lena Bleau. and three
brothers, Henry. Hercule and Armand
Bleau. He was member of St. Icons So
ciety and Winooski Lodge. Loyal Order Of
Moose. The funeral will be held at st.
Francis Xavier Church at $50 o'clock this
morning. Burial will be in st.
Francis cemetery.
Mrs. Emmett Huard died about S:35
! o'clock Saturday morning after a lnger-
ing illness with cancer and tumor. She
had been in failing health for a long time
and had undergone two operations the
past year. Mrs. Huard was born in Col
chester Sc years ago and had always
resided in this town. She leaves besides
her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Alma
Toutant, Mrs. Romeo Boisjoly and Miss
Anna Huard; and one son, Charles Huard,
all Of whom reside at home. She also
leaves two brothers. Henry Deforge of
this place and John Deforge of Massa-
chusetts. and three sisters, Mrs. Frank
Parizo, Mrs. John Brunell and Mrs. Nit
chel Brissette of Winooski. The funeral
was held at st. Francis Xavier Church
at $3.50 O'Clock Monday morning. Burial
was in st. Francis cemetery.
At the regular monthly meeting Of the
school board held last week, Miss Mar
tina O'Neil of "a Mansfield avenue, Bur-
lington, was selected from among sew
eral applicants to teach history and Eng
fish in the high school department dur
ing the ensuing year. Miss O'Neil comes
we'll recommended by the professors at
the University of Vermont, from which
she was graduated in 1915, with the degree
of Phi. b. in education, and the authori-
ties at the North Troy high school. where
she has taught for the past two years,
speak very we'll of her work there. The
resignation of Miss Jane Mclaughlin,
who joins the faculty of the Barre high
school after three successful years here,
caused the vacancy.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
board of village trustees Monday evening,
much business was discussed and action
was taken in many instances. Miss Mar
garet LeSeur. who is a member of the
National War Work Council. appeared
and told briefly the work the council is
trying to do and is accomplishing in many
towns near training camps. She recon-
mended that there be a reorganization or
resuscitation of the CHEEKY club, which
she said was n good thing for the girls of
the village. She also recommended the APP
pointment of a woman protective officer
for girls, one who knows girls. This is to
be "big sister" movement for the girls
Mrs. Dennis Booffard and others appear
ed before the board and again Pine street
and Shepard street were n source of COM
plant. They claimed that coal dealers re-
fuse to draw coal to these houses as the
highway was sandy. The matter was left
to the street committee at the last meet
ing to report its findings. The committee
reported that the street was in bad condi-
ton and would be repaired in the near fu-
ture.
about the vacations of the police officers.
He stated that the bell and telephone sys-
tenn for the police station was a failure.
He stated that when the bell rings on tho
corner the officer starts for the police sta
ton and when he arrives there receives
reply, please excuse it no one on the line
now" 1t was left to the police committee
to investigate better system. 1t was
voted that policemen be allowed a vaca-
ton of one week. the time for each officer
to be arranged with the police committee.
The salaries of the street superintendent
and street laborers and teams were raised
to bring the department to better effi-
cheney. If men are not worth the salaries
and do not want to work for a reduced
pay the superintendent has authority to
discharge them. The salaries voted are:
$250 per day for laborers; superintendent,
s.; per day; teams S. per day. Street help
has been big proposition as good
men for street work are hard
to get at less than $3.50 per day.
Bits ordered paid: George Allen estate
SlS.37; Victor Piche, $40; New England
Telephone 4 Telegraph company. 1854
water department, $500; Burlington Light
Power company, $S09.s2; w. S. Phelps,
S3A.4 Frank Gadue. sll.43; C. A. Barber.
$34O; l.. T. Manseau, s1.O0; Charles Adams
$500; r. Ryerson. siOO: Arthur Adams,
Ab7; Charles Adams. $l.75: Willard Quar-
ry' s6f,67; amounting to s473.29 1t was voted
to hold a special meeting of the legal
voters of the village some night during this
month to see II the voters will authorize
the trustees to make a contract for street
street lights for a period of 10 years. A
statement OF the expenditures to the vari-
Gus departments of the village from the
beginning of the fiscal year to date ex-
Guiding the bills ordered paid at Monday
nights meeting, follows: Fire department,
s4os.9i; police department. salaries, $780,
IA, miscellaneous. s2l219, total Site 81;
street department. labor, Sl.657. "a; supplies
sos'"' TOTAL N'n6.S0; sewer department. la
Dor. siAl7; supplies. s2s.2e. total si52. 43;
sprinkling account, la.or. Sill SO; supplies,
$500; oiling. $4s0.sS; total $667.77; water ac-
count, $,6S73; light account. Si,1ss.s4; in
terest account, s2,44a.6O; miscellaneous, ST.
2S.7s; grand total for all departments, s..
30l. 20.
Fred Labounty, who conducts a res.