Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-14
Chittenden County.
WINOOsKI.

Mrs. Claudia Bouchard TUESDAY az
ternoon. near closing time at the wooden
mills. received an ugly cut on the top
of her head when she hit a piece of
iron when she Strengthened up from a
STOPPING position. The cut which was
an inch long. went through to the skull
and 1t took a stitch or two to close the
wound. The injury was dressed by DR..
Heath, to whose Office she was taken
following the accident.
The friends of Andy Mccarthy of this
place and Burlington will be pleased
to hear of his success In his claim to
the championship Of Connecticut at
bowling duck pins when last month
he defeated the former State champion.
ford. Conn.,, and Stone is from Water
bury. The game was an individual
game of 10 strings. Mccarthy finished
with a 154-pin lead his score being
l,16S, while Stones was 1.014. The av-
erage for the 10 strings for Mccarthy
was 116 As, while Stone could only
pile up an average of 101 2-5. Nc
Carthy had the better of the game. as
the account gives 1t in two-column
story in Hartford paper. right from
the start, when he was in the lead
from the first string to the seventh.
which was the only string which Stone
could capture and that was for only a
hve lead. In that string. Stone re-
ceived his largest string, when he
bowled for III. and Mccarthy secured
his best string in the second. when he
bowled 143 Mccarthy had to his credit
six strikes and 25 spares, while Stone
had two strikes and 10 spares. This
was in only one Of the three matches
played and in which Mccarthy was a
successful winner. Mr.. Mccarthy was
in town last summer when he visited
his sister. Mrs. George Horton. and
while here showed the local followers
of the bowling world some good ex-
hibitions on the local alleys. He was
we'll known in Burlington. where he
was employed at the Academy Alleys
at the City Hotel.
A daughter was born Tuesday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Barrows of the
Lower Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon Couture Of
the Lower Road are parents of &
daughter. horn Monday.
Joseph Hubert Brodeur, an aged ant
respected resident of this village fol
nearly 80 years. died at his home or
Weaver street about 100 o'clock Thurs
day morning, aged s.. following an illness
which confined him to the house for thu
last month. Previous to then he had beer
able to be out as usual. Mr.. Brodeu
was born December 10. 1882 in st. Charles
Riviere, Richelieu. p. O., the oldest sol
of Hubert Brodeur and Esther Gadbois
He was married to Aurelie LEcuyer o
Henriville, =. O., January 81, 1866. ant
followed the blacksmith trade in tina
village for 40 years. He then moved t
Winooski June "a. 1885, where he had sine
resided. Three years ago their COLDER
wedding anniversary was celebrated. II
was the father Of II children and Is sur
yived by his wife, who is 70 years of age
four daughters. the Misses Marie Louise
Aureiia, Athenais and Ubaldine. all a
home, and one son. ,Hormidas Brodeu
of this village. Three sons died I
infancy and three daughters died In tn
prime of life. They were Regina. tn
Oldest daughter, who died In June. 1882
Rose Alma, in August. 1903. and Siste
Aurelia de Cordoue Of the Order of tn
sisters Of Providence who died in Mont
real in July. 1911. The funeral was hel
at 9:15 o'clock at st. Francis xavie
Church. Burial was in st. Franci
cemetery.
Nina Canadian, who some time az
IL said to have stolen diamond RIM
diamond stickpin. other 3ewelry. and
fur coat from W. X Jackson, on MAI
street, was taken Saturday to Water
bury. Word was received from Oar
vers, Mass. where Guardian had fol
merly lived, that he had suffered
similar attack Of insanity there. Afts
treatment at the hospital. the author