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

ing such favorable recovery that Mrs.
Lucas had engaged passage for return
home. Mrs. SwIggett lived with her aunt
In this city from childhood. She was grad
uated from the st. Adams high school and
Wellesley College and her marriage took
place here October 81, 1908. Besides her
huband she is survived by one daughter,
Barbara. aged seven years. Mrs. Swig-
gett was 80 years old last August.
At the annual conclave Of Lafayette
Commandery. No. 3. Knights Templar,
held Wednesday, April II. the following
officers were elected: Eminent COM
mander, Otis N. Kelton; generalissimo.
r. II. Mecorney; captain general. NJ. S.
Bostwick; senior warden, II. NJ. brennan
Junior warden, w. r. McFeeters pre-
late, Silas II. Danforth; treasurer, SAT-
ford F.. Thorp; recorder, Charles A.
oliver; standard bearer, Charles f.
Schoff; sword bearer. William Doolin
warden, Henry Bryant; trustee, DR..
George o. Mitchell.
Anthony Brannon, who escaped some
time ago from the State Industrial school
at Vergennes. and about two weeks after
his escape was arrested on the charge OF
breaking into T. w. Hale & Co.'S store in
Fairfield, has been taken back to the In
dustrial school. It is understood that he
will be taken to the house of correction
at Rutland for a year or two.
c. @. Austin, who has been seriously
Ill at the Sherwood sanitarium about
three months, is able to be out
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ploof Of this
city have been notified by the adjutant-
generals department at Washington that
their son. Winford Ploof. has beer
oa Al to- n~ss -
Ploof, who went out with Company B
First Infantry. V. N. G.. at the outbreak
Of the war. was a member Of a machine
gun battalion on the other side.
William John Satchell died at his home
on lower Weldon street Thursday after
noon. aged 81 years. The funeral was helc
from the home Saturday afternoon. and
the body was taken to Burlington b,
train at $3.50.
warren Lehman was arraigned before
Judge N. N. Post in city court Fri.
day and sentenced to serve not less thar
three nor more than four months in the
States prison for robbery from the per.
son Of Albert Whiting Of Highgate
Springs. States Attorney w. r. McFeet
ers prosecuted and Warren r. Austin o,
Burlington defended. An attempt had
been made to have Lehman placed or
probation.
James G. Murphy has leased the
restaurant under the Park View Hote
to Henry Peters Of Lake street. Mr.
Murphy will conduct the hotel as a
lodging house.
FRANKLIN county court, which took q
recess April 10. reconvened yesterday
morning, Judge F. NJ. Butler Of Rutland
presiding Evidence in the case Of George
completed. The case Of the Farmers
Exchange VS.. the Walter NJ. Lowne,
company. the George II. Cross company
H. Fl. Howe & Co., and c. II, Cross q
Son. trustees. was taken up in the after
noon.
AT a meeting Of the board of schoo
commissioners the teachers committee re.
ported that Mrs. Bertha NJ Hathawa,
mad been engaged to complete the yea,
as teacher of the fifth grade of the Bar.
low street school, succeeding Miss NJ
Dorothy Hurley. who resigned to take =
government position.
After long illness, DR.. Herbert c
Phelps Of Alburg died about five O'Clock
yesterday morning at the ST. Adams hos
pital. where he was taken a few dav,
ago for treatment. The body was taker
to w. A. McLennan's undertaking par
lots. Dr. Phelps. who was 76 years old
practiced medicine in Alburg for ter
years. but had been making his home ir
Swanton. He was a veteran of the Civi
war and was member Of the G. A. r
POST at Swanton. He was a member O,
Lafayette Commandery, No. 3, knight.
Templar. of this city. His sister. Mrs
Glow Of Grand Isle. arrived here to- av
The funeral will be held Friday after
noon in Alburg.
Arthur j. Crowley. who for two year.
has been science teacher in the st
Adams high school, has gone to his HON,
in Potsdam. N. Y, having been ordered
to report for duty Friday at the schoo
Of aeronautics at Cornell University
Ithaca. n. Y.
Sergt. H. NJ. Bullet, who has bee,
caretaker at the armory since 1t wa
opened, October 1, 1915. has resigned
his position. to take effect May1, hav
ing taken employment with the Cen
trail Vermont Railroad company. l.. A
Curtis will succeed Mr.. Bullet.
SHELDON.
A public meeting to further the Libert,
Loan campaign is to be held here Frita.
! evening in w. C. Marsh's hall. at eigh
O'Clock. Senator Martin s. Villas of Rur