Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-02

The following officers were elected:
President. DR.. J. Il. Taggart: v'cc-presi-
dent. Or. G. D. Samson; secretary and
| treasurer. Or. o. g. Minis All nddres5
was given by DR.. r. T.. Johnson, the
director Of the rural dental clinics In
| Vermont.
Three men were secured BY the local
navy recruiting force yesterday at the
! station in tho postofl,cc building. They
were Harry r. McCratten OF Montpelier.
| Clarence Fl. O'Conneli OF Cadyville,
N. Y. and Guy w. Rodey CT Derby Line
The Montpelier man is to be retained
for some time Mt this station. where he
will do work connected with tho drive
for recruits that Is now in progress.
Organization of the street commissioners
was perfected at the city market building
last week by ciecting Frank S. Lanou
chairman Of the commission. j. L.
Bergeron was the ncwly-elected commits
| sioner to take up his duties. The third
member of the commission IL Charles l..
Dolan. The first official act of the new
commission was to re-elect John w.
Coffey. the present incumbent, SUPER
! intendent Of streets.
L. s. Barrett Of Shelburne harbor has re-
ceived word from the war department that
his son. Robert j.. who is we'll known In
Burlington, has been wounded in France.
The young man, who Is q years old, en-
listed from Connecticut in tile field artil-
lery seven months ago and at Christmas
time went to France. The last letter was
received from him two weeks ago. saying
he was well. The despatch from Wash
ington says that he was wounded a week
ago.
~ tatc Dik anil az n n
In the navy Monday as a seaman, Sec
ond class. Seaman Thomas. whose home
Is on st. Paul street, has been employed
at the Wells & Richardson Co. plant.
He Is to be held here at present by
Ensign J. w. Crosley for duty at the
local recruiting station until the present
drive for men to enter the service of the
navy has been completed. He will then
be sent to the naval station at Pelham
Bay, N. Y.
Acting President George H. Perkins of
the University of Vermont returned Mon
day from New York city. where he at
tended the meeting Of the New York
Alumni association. He also attended the
meeting Of the Philadelphia Alumni as
ISOLATION while he was away. This as.
ISOLATION elected DR.. William H. James.
. Of the class Of IS. president. They also
voted to pay the tuition Of a student at
the college for four years by buying $5O(
Liberty bond.
! At the meeting of the water commits.
! sioners in the departments office Fri
, day afternoon, organization was perfected
, by electing Prof. C. H. Jones chairman
of the board. The newly-elected water
commissioners. Edward B. Besette. was
absent because Of burns suffered at the
fire at the Chocolate company's PLAN
Thursday night. j. Frank Kidder, tho
present incumbent. was elected by the
, commissioners superintendent of the de
partment for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Carrie M. Larned of q Church
4 street received word Tuesday that he
son. Daniel F. Larned, had been decorated
0 with the crox de guerre by the French
2 for bravery on the field. Young Larned
q who served at the border with the Secont
v Connecticut, volunteered to 60 out int
mo Mans Land" and bring bacl
wounded, although there was a heav,
barrage fire. He was badly gassed.
e brother. Charles. is now at Camp Devens
. The family formerly lived In Bolton.
4 Eight hundred dollars Is the sum o
v money the Citizens bank of Lexington
i Tenn. is suing to recover from the firr
of Campbell & Daniel. local druggists
whose place Of business Is at 139 st. Pau
street. 1t is an alleged Indebtedness o
:. three promissory notes. The case. whic
- was entered at the county clerks offic
J. Thursday by Powell & Powell. will com
" up at the September term Of county cour
;, Deputy Sheriff Henry Todd has attache
- the stock, fixtures and furniture of tn
defendants.
70 Wallace H. Coburn Of Belvidere, job
~ E. Fitzpatrick Of st. Adams. jaime
Mcintosh Of Barre and Roy r. Farms
70 worth of Middlesex successfully passe
!. the medical examination given by d.
" c. H. Cecha for admttance into tn
- naval reserve service Tuesday at tn
~ local recruiting station. They were late
given the oath by Ensign J. w. Crosle!
" the local commandant OF the station
l. Another recruit was Alexander
d Downers of Barre. He enlisted IN tn
IA regular army.
Is Manager John Harding Of the Hotc
ID Vermont and Van Ness received wor
IT Tuesday that his son. John PhclI
'' Harding, of Saranac Lake, n. Y. ha
been commissioned a second lieutenai
Of abroad. Lieutenant Harding is a graf
ct uate Of Cornell, In the class of 1915. H
I'd enlisted In the marines many month
Of ago and was sent to Paris Island Sout
In Carolina. From there he was lat,
-. transferred to the officers training can
q. at Camp Upton, YaphaniS. l.. /, ARD VIZ
n but recently sent abroad.
Ensign ]. w. Crosley enlisted into Il
~ nations first line of defense Saturda
~ four Of Ave young men from North Wa
pole. N. H. The fifth member of the col
. tingent from that place was unable
pass the medical examination Of Il
:. naval surgeon, DR.. c. H. Cecilia. II
SO young men who were taken into the ser
~ ice were G. NJ. Weber. Il. ]. Owen
-, Joseph Gallagher and X. J. Owens. Tv
'' others to be enlisted were Eldon
MISSIONER Of Waterville and NJ. B. Smi
es OF Springfield. Sixteen men were exar
~ ined during the day.
- The United States civil service commi
~ sion announces an open competitive e.
~. animation for teachers, both men al
~ women. to NIL existing vacancies In 4
no positions Of teacher and supervisor
teacher. and future vacancies requiril
e' similar qualifications, for duty in I
Philippine Islands. Entrance salaries (
&c. those receiving an appointment are fro
Vs. $lOOO to $l,bO0 year. They are ekgit
w Tor promotion up to $4,000 az supervise
m or teachers. Information concerning Il
no examination can be obtained Of ID.
In Casey. secretary OF the local examiner
&c Morris r. Wilcox. who has been oh
~ steal director Of the University of Va
'e- mont Tor about year, has resigned, I
resignation taking effect yesterds