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

correction and TO pay 1870 the costs Of
prosecution, for the larceny of 65 pounds
Of pork from a team belonging to Joseph
Patterson Of Fairfield the evening of
March 2. The mittimus was suspended 30
the man could take care Of his family. II
he falls to comply with terms Of his re-
lease he will be sent to serve his sentence.
Failing to pay the costs Of prosecution he
would have an additional sentence Of "a
days to serve.
The total sale Of thrift stamps in the
city schools during JANUARY and Feb
ruary amounted to $1,1O1.75. The showing
is considered poor as the stamps were
bought by a comparatively small number
Of pupils. The sale In the high school
amounted to $3o2.60; in the Fairfield street
school, 343O.50: Messenger street, $247.5O;
Barlow street. Slo7.50, and Elm street.
3l3.75. In the grades 81 pupils have paid
their own fcs in the Junior Red Cross.
| In the last group of men summoned be-
| fore the local board for Franklin county
! AZ appeared for examination. Twenty
two appeared before the advisory board.
and with some transferred from other
points that board passed on q names. Tho
! advisory board Ii composed OF DR.. e. r..
! Allen Of Swanton and Drs n. II. johnson.
Arthur o. Morton. +. w. Norris. w. ].
Upton. E. A. Hyatt and George 0. Mitch
ell, all Of this city. Miss Pearl B. Dyke
4 is clerk.
| A son, Roswell Morton was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Bevns Of South Msin
street Mt the st. Adams hospital Feoru-
airy Is.
William F. Cline Of Georgia and Miss
Grace r. Greene of Waterbury. formerly
Of st. Adams. were married at the Bap-
tist parsonage Wednesday evening OF last
| no, he
Henry C.. LOOMS aged SO years. died
Sunday morning at the home Of his
son. Elmer X. Loomis. Of High street.
with whom he had made his home re-
Gently The cause of death was arterio-
sclerosis. He was born In Champlain,
N. Y, February Is. 1865. He was en-
ployed for over quarter Of a century
by the Central Vermont railway At
the time of his death he was foreman
in the tool room of the machine shop.
He Is survived in his family by his wife
two sons. Elmer r. Of this city and Vern
NJ. Of Montreal; a daughter. Mabel B.
Loomis Of Burlington: two brothers,
Alvah 8. and Ezra NJ. of this city; and
two sisters. Mrs. f. II. Pierson Of West
. Philadelphia and Mrs. Henry Williams
Of Westfield. Mass.
Edward James Ford, private at Fort
Ethan Allen, and Miss Nellie Grace Rob-
inson Of this city we're married Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock at the
Baptist parsonage by the Rev. ]. Wes-
ley Rafter.
Franklin county court convened Tues
day for the March term and took
Immediate adjournment to April a
two o'clock in the afternoon in com
pliance with the request of the loca
fuel committee. Assistant Judge ELI!
. w. Foster. County Clerk G. c. Stevens
, and Sheriff G.. c. Holmes were the Off
Gals present Several attorneys from
) this city and other towns about thu
> county were here.
, The selectmen of st. Adams towi
have appointed Antoine Shore roa'
commissioner to succeed A. Howard
. who resigned after his election at thu
=. annual town meeting.
r Lieut.. Col. Alfred NJ. Mason Of For
: Howard, Baltimore, Md. is in the city
He was called here by the serious i'll
, ness of his mother. Mrs. Marshall Ma
l son, who is much improved now.
F. E. Spear. son, F.Russell Spear. ant
(. daughter. Dorothy Spear. left for Rouse'
! Point. n. Y, yesterday morning to at
= tend the funeral of F. f. Spears brother
/ Elmer G. Spear. which was held II
the afternoon. F.. f. Spear went t.
Rouses Point last Friday on receiv
ing news that his brother had suffered
q a stroke of apoplexy and remained un
til death occurred Monday. Elmer
Spear was a member of the old Bever
= wick baseball team of Rouse Poin
. which a quarter of century ago ha
. considerable of reputation for fas
playing and which often played In thi
city. The aggregation met many fas
= teams. Besides his brother in this cit
!. the deceased is survived by anothe
. brother, Roy Spear of Rouses Point an
8 two sisters. Mrs. Hattie Friend O
e Ridgefeld Park, n. j., and Miss Mar
u A. Spear of Rouses Point.
OF SO names passed upon by the loca
e selection board for Franklin county 2
= qualified, II were disqualified and l
l. were accepted for limited militar
IS service.
= Mrs. John Donovan of Congress stree
d announces the engagement of her daugf
a ter. Miss Marion Louise. to Bartholo
It new p. Ivers, foyrmer manager OF tn
l. Atlantic and Pacific Tea company's stor
N in this city. now stationed with the quai
= termasters corps at Camp Devens. In
r. wedding will take place in April
Is ]. ]. Lane of New York has been 81
- cured as manager of the Tavern to sue
t coed Walter Eccles. who has taken tn
y MANAGEMENT of the Old Orchard House
Old Orchard Beach. Me-. for the comm
TX season. Mr. Lane has been with the Bre
IN lin. the Knickerbocker and the Park Av'
&c nue. Hotels. and the Allenhurst at Allel
g hurst. N. j.. in various capacities. r.
r. will come here from the Park Avenl
10 about April !.
u or Sc names passed upon by the loo
Gu selection board for Franklin county,
,,s qualified, q were disqualified and Ave WEI
III accepted for limited military service.
90 At the first meeting Of the newly -elects
city council A. A. Parmelee. alderma
from ward Ave, was elected president. tt
appointment Of J. F. Mahoney as chief
police and p. j. Fitzgerald and Robe
O0 Walker as patrolmen were confirmed
g, B. II. start has taken the manageme
-. Of a branch of the United States Rubb
~ company which Is TO be opened in bu
N lington soon.
y, Chief OF Police ] F. Mahoney has !
-, ceived instructions from the local boo
.a of division No. at Port Chester. n.
Nv to turn over to the local board for Fran
lin county for examination William
- ward johnson, who was arrested Inc
.r about a week ago on the charge or tram
10. ing. johnson, who has since been IN
az county Jail, had in his possession VIII
arrested a registration card and he "a
80 he did not know whether he had he
=. called for examination or not.
70 Funeral services for Henry c. Loom
~ aged SO years. who died Sunday Mt
~ home Of his son, Elmer r. Loomis
"e High street, with whom he made his hon
us were held at his late home Tuesday aft