Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-02-08
FRANKLIN COUNTY
ST. ALBANS.

At the annual meeting OF st. Adams
creamery association at the office OF
the city clerk Wednesday, Jan II the
following board of trustees was re-
elected: r. c. Smith. A. u. Collins, Ncl.
son Goodspeed c. C. Stevens and S 4;
Gushing. Following the election of
trustees 1t was voted upon rccommon.
dalton of a committee appointed by
them that the nafno of the South Main
street cemetery be changed to Green
wood.
At the prize defamation contest at
the Methodist Church Wednesday Jan
81, the first prize of s., which was
given by the Rev. John Benjamin Ma
gee. pastor of the church. was awarded
to Miss Annie Thoakston; the second
| and third prizes of s2.5G and 81. which
were given by DR. ". \. Stevenson. were
won by Miss ITe;an Icrze and William
| Kendall The judges were tho Rev. s
w. Anthony, the Rev H. l.. Thornton
and william Doo!in.
Precautions, similar 20 those being
taken all over the country IN pursuance
Of official orders. are being carried out at
the local armory. Captain Pell states
that Company +. 1st infantry, V. y. g.,
is ready for instant call for any Scr' ice
which may be required and that the COM
pany could move in very short time
Tho company has 81 mon and three com
| tlissioncd officers on the active list and ~
rnen furloughed to the National Guard re-
serve. The armory is under constant
armed guard by members Of tho company.
Miss Clara Preston died at the horne Of
her brother, William. in Milton Boro, Sun
day morning at 80 o'clock She had been
i'll only = fcw days. the cause of her death
being heart failure. Miss Preston was 80
years of age. The funeral was held
at the house Tuesday morning at eleven
O'Clock, the Rev. G.. O. Durham of Georgia
Plains officiating, and burial was in
| the East Georgia cemetery. Miss Preston
is survived by ker parents. Mr.. and Mrs
| g j. Preston, two sisters and nine broth
crs among them being Miss Ida Preston
| and Clarence and Ellis Preston of this
city.
James Fl. Rooney. who had been scri-
ously i'll for 10 weeks, died at his home
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Mr.
! Rooney is survived by his wife. six daugh-
ters and four sons.
Joseph Ernest Corneau, fve-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs Toressaint Corneau,
died Thursday about five o'clock of
whooping cough complicated with asthma.
He had been i'll about two weeks He
is survived by his parents and five broth
ers and sisters. A prayer service was
held at the house Friday morning at II
o'clock The body was placed in the
vault at Mount Calvary cemetery.
| Mrs. Fred Russell of st. Adams Bay.
who, it is alleged. was shot and in
jured on the morning of October TO-.
! 1916. by her husband at the home of
| Ernest Barabee, died at the home OF
her foster parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Pros
per Rich of the Bay. Monday night at
about 9:io O'Clock She is survived by her
| foster father and mother, one foster broth
er, Fred G.. Rich, and a sister. Mrs
! Frank Trombly. all of the Bay. DR.. b.
| H. stone and DR.. c. F. Whitney of the
| State Laboratory at Burlington ar =
rived in the city Tuesday to perform
an autopsy on the body to determine
the cause of death. The autopsy was
performed at r. II. Mecorney's under
taking rooms. The states attorney,
W. r. McFeeters of Enosburg Falls,
was in the city to attend the autopsy.
! Mrs. Russell was at the hospital re
| ceiving treatment for her injuries for
two months and at that time it was
| thought that she had recovered suf-
| ficiently to return to her home. About
| three weeks ago her strength began
to fail and she mad been growing
steadily worse.
The first information of the details
| OF the aCcldent by WnlCn Wllbur d.
! Newton. formerly of Georgia and a
| former st. Adams high school athlete.
was killed in Kansas City, Mo-, on
January -, was received by his rela =
| tives Monday by letter. Young New =
| ton was working in the uncompleted
| warehouse of the II. n. Lee Mercantile
company. Two of the four freight
elevators of the building had been suf-
ficently completed to permit their use,
although the elevator wells had not
been enclosed. Mr.. Newton, who as
/ taking freight by one of these cleva =
| tors and storing it away, evidently
stood near the edge of the elevator
| in it's ascent. his shoulder being ST ruCk
/ by a projecting beam. crushing him
! between the elevator and wall, break =
! ing his neck and back. 1t is thought
that death must have been instan
! taneous.
The undertaking business conducted by
tinued and the stock purchased by r. H.
Mecorney. w. a. McLennan has gone
to Montpelier, where he has a position
with an undertaking firm in that city.
The supreme court has affirmed the de-
cision OF the lower court granting to John
! II. Summerskill, formerly Of this city. ?.
verdict of N.m against the Vermont
Power & Manufacturing COMPANY of this
city for personal injuries.
/ Roland j. Mcuner, aged i've years and
five months. son of Mr.. and Mrs George
T.. Mouner, died at the home of his par
ents Tuesday afternoon, as the result of
burns received February /.