Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-11


, time to receive applications. They have
received 81 applications In all; 20 appiica.
tions were received for this village. and
| one for Shelburne. These applications
will be advertised In the daily papers
for three weeks previous to the hearing
which is to be held on Friday morn
ing. April 20, at the Steamer Hose rooms
on Main street at nine o'clock. All the
members Of the board were present, Il. w
Henry Of Underhill. chairman of the
board. and Louis Alapa Of this village
secretary, with Bert c. Marsette Of Shell
burne the other member Of the board.
o. e. S.. ELECTION.
At the meeting Of the Frances e. stew
ems Chapter, No. "a, Order Of the Eastern
Star, held Tuesday evening, the follow
ing officers were elected: Worthy matron,
Mrs. Minnie Dandrew worthy patron,
Henry b. Hall; associate matron, Mrs.
Title Smith; secretary. Mrs. F. Beatrice
Walker; treasurer. Mrs. Adelaide Hill;
| conductress, Mrs. Tena clifford; associate
conductress, Miss Maud Hudson. The
installation of officers will take place
Monday. April Is.
M. f. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.
At the adjourned session Of the Meth
odist Episcopal quarterly conference held
| at the parsonage Monday evening Oscar
Edwards was elected financial secretary
| and Sidney N. Putnam treasurer of the
church. Charles s. Lord was elected
delegate to the conference to be held
at Gloversville next week. The church
year will close next Sunday with all
| obligations met. The return Of the Rev.
r. H. Washburne for the fourth year
was requested by unanimous vote.
LIBERTY LOAN CANVASS BEGINS.
The mems canvassing committee for the
third Liberty Loan drive met with great
success yesterday in it's canvass of the
business section Of the village, beginning
at $3.50 o'clock under the direction of
c. S. Lord chairman of the committee.
An enthusiastic meeting was held Tues
day evening at the Steamer Hose rooms
when the general committee met and or
ganized for the campaign for soliciting
subscribers to the third Liberty Loan.
DR.. McSweeney. chairman of the general
committee for Winooslii, presided. This
committee was organized for the first
Liberty Loan and for the duration of the
war. Stirring speeches were made by the
kew. X. II. Washburne the Rev. c. E.
hayward, Mrs. Graves, chairman of the
ladies' committee, H. f. Gray, county
chairman. c. S. Lord. NJ. d. McMahon
ana Judge Conlin. Judge Conlin spoke
very feelingly and brought out the point
that the phrase, Going Over the TOP
is very sacred, and should be used only
IN connection with the boys who are Civ
! ing their very best and sacrificing their
| lives for us go as to make this world
! a better one to live in. Only the boys
at the front are allowed to use that
phrase, as 1t should be held sacred by U.S.
as Going Over the Top means sure
death for them, that we might live. He
said that our sacrifice is measured by the
dollar sign, as We must give. and we
must give until it hurts. as each and
every one of us must do our utmost and
the only way that we can help is by buy
Ing Liberty bonds. We must not depend
upon our neighbor to help to bring ur
the amount to the desired quota, but we
must buy them ourselves. and not shine
with reflected glory that we did not
take part In. A meeting of the
ladies' committee was held last evening
! called by Mrs George Graves, chair
| man, at the Patriotic League rooms
Plans were made for their canvassing
ESSEX JUNCTION.
Miss Adelaide Yandow. who has beer
employed as operator on Browns tele
phone line at Browns store five years
has resigned there to accept a NOR,
lucrative position in Burlington.
| A special village meeting will be held
In Lincoln hall Tuesday evening, April 16
at 1880 o'clock. The business will be tC
see II the village will vote to authorize
the trustees to purchase an automobile
truck for highway purposes for the vii.
lage and pay for the same by raising O
special tax upon the grand list of 1917
or by using a portion of the avails Of the
highway tax required by law, or by Dor.
rowing money
Several acres of grass land owned by
Miss Marion Dague, which was for.
merly owned by Henry Desany, on the
road to North Williston, were burned over
Sunday. the fire starting from spark,
from an engine. Several men were KEEP
busy keeping it out of timber land but
the fire department was not called ant
the Burlington call was given by an ex.
cited onlooker who. when told that h,
would have to pay the expense Of theil
coming. cancelled the call.
| A meeting of the Liberty Loan com
mittee Of the town of Essex was hell
In the Grange hall at Essex Cente
Monday evening H. L. Gray of Win
| ooski. county chairman and town chair
man S. A. Brownell explained the diff
| rerent plans on which bonds may b,
purchased and the committee was as
signed different portions of the tow,
to canvass.
The committee at Essex consists o
Ira B. Bixby. George W. McNall, W. F
Chaplin. w. H. Wool H. w. Ayers, F. ]
Godette. Albert Paquet ]. w. Hitch
cock, L. J. Bixby, r. j. Wool. G. B
Hanley. Arthur Goodrich. Ray Nichols
Later in the evening the committee a
Essex Junction met and arranged for a.
every-house canvass. The local committe
is; r. O. Mudgett. o. s. Nichols. I. T
Huntley. c. H. Hunt d. NJ. johnson
Rev. J. B. Pouliot, the Rev. G. H. Lock
+. T. Irish. H. d. Drury, A. B. Yandow
A. P. Lonergan. DR.. David Marvin. TIL
ladies' committee is Miss Bessie Dixor
Mrs. A. A. Beeman. MRS. r. o. Midget
and Miss Mary Wright.
The program for the Red Cross min
strels to be given in the parish hous
Thursday and Friday evenings follows
Overture. orchestral; "'Scuse Me, Sweet.
Lunt; bass solo. 1.-THE Bandolero," John
son; Crazy Bout the Blues" Donahue
ivory quartet Burnell, Donahue, Grow
Johnson; tenor solo (selected), Evans
"Constantinople," Lonergan: alexander
Back from Dixie" Burnell; We're A
Going Calling on the Kaiser" entire com
, pany; Olio, orchestra: DE Color'd Bill
Sunday Starts His Revival (secured 10
these nights only). Miss Allia Naisi
moria; violin SOLO Master Norma
Bouchard: Silver City quartet, Burned
Donahue. Grow. johnson. The show
under the direction of o. Greene Burned
with A. B. Rugg as interlocutor; tambt
Burnell and Lunt; bones, Donahue an