Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
FRANKLIN COUNTY
ST. ALBANS.

Friends in this city will regret to learn
that the Rev. John l.. Sewall, for six
years pastor of the Lake View Congre-
gational Church at Worcester, Mass. has
resigned. his resignation to take effect in
May. on account of i'll health and the
critical illness of his wife. Mr.. Sewall
was formerly pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church in this city and he
and his wife have many friends here.
News has been received of the birth.
March 6. of son. Allen Stranahan. Jr..
to Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Stranahan of
Portland. Ore. Mr.. Stranahan. who is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Strana-
han of North Main street, formerly re-
sided here.
A son was born March 10 to Mr.. and
Mrs Maurice Raleigh at the Bay.
The Hon. Ebert S. Brigham of this
city. State commissioner of agriculture,
was elected president of tho New Eng
land Federation for Rural Progress at a
recent meeting in Boston.
c. w. Fryhoffer has resigned his posi-
ton as dairy manufacturing specialist
for the State department of agriculture
and the federal dairy division to take a
position in New York as butter inspector
for the New York butter and egg ex-
change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Laselle, who have
been spending the winter with Mrs. Lucy
Hyde at the Bay. have been taken to the
hospital for treatment. Mrs. Laselle is
suffering from the grip and Mr.. Laselle
has been i'll for several weeks.
Mrs. Caroline (HemstreeD Terry. aged
81 years. widow of Gideon Thompson
Terry. died Sunday morning about one
o'clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
T.. A. Hyatt, on Bank street. where she
was spending the winter. She had been i'll
about two weeks and the cause of death
was angina pectoris. Besides the daugh-
ter she is survived by son. John G..
Terry OF Herkimer, N. Y; granddaush-
ter, Dorothy Terry Of Herkimer; and a
grandson Alan T. Hyatt, of this city. A
prayer service was held at the home
o. Mrs. Hyatt Monday evening at 80.
the Rev. S. W. Anthony officiating. and
the body left on the train south at
$50 o'clock Tuesday morning for Mrs,
Terry's home in Poland, Herkimer county
N. Y. where funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. The
burial took place in Poland. DR.. and
, Mrs. Hyatt accompanied the remains.
Mrs. Terry had many friends in St. Adams
where she had spent the winter with her
daughter for the past six or seven years.
She came here the latter part Of last
November
| w. r. Eastman of Boston spent the
weekend with his family in this city. Mr.
Eastman. who recently went to Boston
to take position as general agent In
the passenger department Of the Central
Vermont railway, the Grand Trunk rail-
ways system. the Grand Trunk Pacific
| railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific
Steamships company, expects to move his
| family to Boston about April /.
! John Stevens, aged rs years. died Satur-
, day evening at $50 o'clock at his home
on Russell street after four days ILL
ness Of pleurisy. He had lived In st.
Adams about IS years. and the house in
which he died had always been his home
during his residence here. For the past
| three years Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence w.
/ Macarthur had mado their homo with
him. His wife died many years ago and
he had no near surviving relatives. He
was a laborer and had been in the en-
ploy Of the city for many years. Funeral
services were held at his late home Tues.
day afternoon at 1:S0 O'Clock, the Rev
G.. w. Smith. rector Of st. Luke's Epis-
copal Church. officiating, and the burial
| took place in Greenwood cemetery.
! News has been received Of the death of
Charles A. Tinker. which occurred Mon
day at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
w. Tracy Smith. in Winnipeg. Man. Mr..
Tinker was well known In this city.
Mrs. Smith will accompany the remains
to Brooklyn, N. ", for burial
AS Mrs. George Conger of Georgia. was
driving along North Main street yester-
day morning the sleigh in which she
was riding overturned on bank of snow
piled in front of Miss Elizabeth G. Mac.
Donald's store and Mrs. Conger was
thrown out. She was uninjured The
horse was frightened and ran away, re.
ceiving several cuts, The sleigh was not
damaged.