Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-25

trenches and at his last writing from !
France was in command of his company. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Beaupre OF Is River |
street are parents of q son, Clement Per- !
shing. born Saturday, April 90 Mrs. /
Beaupre was Miss Ora Landry Of this
place. Mr.. Beaupre Is serving in France |
At the annual meeting of the Steamer
Hose company, held Wednesday, April II, !
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Foreman, Paul Gunther;
first lieutenant, Mart Metevler; second
lieutenant, Charles Bigelow; clerk. oliver
LEcuyer; treasurer, George Horton; audi
tors, William Reed and Michael Burke;
engineer Joseph Cusson; first assistant
engineer, William Reed; second assistant
engineer, Frank Gadue; first fireman.
John Poirier; second fireman. Edward
MORN; steward, Frank Abair; fire police.
Alfred and Oscar Mayo.
Winooski Lodge, L. o. o. NJ. installed
the following officers Wednesday, April II,
with District Deputy James A. Timmons
as installing officer: Dictator. Louis p.
Allard: vice-dictator, George Blondin
prelate, william Mcclure; secretary
James Murray; treasurer. Eli J. Wiley;
sergeant t-arms. Edward Morar in
Frank c. Gadue; trustee for three years.
Robert Cameron After the installation
| a banquet was served.
Herbert NJ. Bleakley has received an
appointment to the Canadian recruiting
mission at Manchester, N. II. Mr.. Bleak
| ley has sold his farm in Essex juno
intion and reported for duty Monday
| morning.
| Fred c. Gunther died Monday morn
ing at a local hospital after a few days
illness with pneumonia. Mr. Gunther.
| who was a boss carder at night at the
American Wooden company, was "a years
Of age, and was n native Of Holyoke,
Mass. He had been a resident of this
village about ten years. He was taken
i'll about "a week ago, when his condi-
ton was considered serious and he was
| removed to the hospital Sunday after
| noon.
| The village trustees held a meeting
| Monday evening in the Steamer Hose
rooms to organize for the ensuing year.
| They appointed the different committees
| and instructed them as to what should
| be done. The street committee was in
structed TO see about having the shade
/ trees trimmed so as to enable the streets
to be better lighted by the street lights.
They also talked about having East Allen
street repaired temporarily. The COM
mttees appointed are as follows: Finance
Frank Major and NJ. II. Holloran; street
committee, Z. A. Richard. Frank Major
and John O'Brien; sewer committee.
Frank Major, e. A. Richard and M. IL.
Holloran; police committee, Edward
Bashaw. f. A. Richard and John O'Brien
light committee, Frank Niquette, Edward
Bashaw and John O'Brien water COM
mittee, John O'Brien, Frank Niquette and
Edward Bashaw; license committee,
NJ. H. Holloran, Frank Major and Frank
Niquette; fire committee, NJ. H. Hollo-
| ran, Frank Niquette and Edward
Bashaw. The street committee, of which
T.. A. Richard is chairman, was in
structed to put stop to taxicabs and
hacks standing on Main street and to
notify the public that the south side of
East Allen street is the best place for
taxicabs and hacks to wait for fares
as the street there Is wider than it is
on Main street and not so dangerous to
travellers This was not a regular meet
ing, as that will occur in two weeks
from Monday. No other business of i'm
portance was done and the meeting ad-
journed.
Thomas Young died at his home on
East Allen street yesterday at the age
of AZ years of tuberculosis. Mr. Young
had been Ill for several months. and
only few months ago removed to this
village from Fort Ethan Allen. He had
been employed a long time by the Cen
trail Vermont Railway company as loco
motive engineer. and formerly resided in
st. Adams. He is survived by his wife
and one son. Clayton. He was a mem
Der of the Baptist Church of st. Adams
and of Hamilton Lodge of Odd Fellows
OF Burlington. The funeral will take
place from his late home Friday