Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-18
CITY NEWS

where they will spend the winter.
Sidney f. Hnsdale of 90 Park street.
who has been in a hospital in st. Johns.
?. O., with blood poisoning has returned
10 his home here and is much improved,
being out for the first time Monday
News has been received in this city of
the birth Of a son to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Harvey of Newtonville. Mass. Mrs.
Harvey will be remembered as Miss Lii
Ian Cobb. formerly of this city.
Miss Caroline Meigs of Buell. street,
who has been III at her home for the past
week, is much improved and was able
10 resume her duties with the community
kitchen of Mrs. n. A Lcorhauscr Mon
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Lyman have given
up their plan TO go to Hawaii. At the
time they intended to sail no suitable
accommodations could be procured and
they DECIDED to spend tho winter in Cal
ifornia.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy was
filed Thursday in the Office of the United
states clerk by Peter F. Mitchell Of 1ras-
burg He gave his assets as $1,000, of
which sl.o7s is claimed exempt and liza
bllitieS OF So,i5bs3.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stilwell Of 1919
North 5sth street. Philadelphia. Pa, an
nounce the engagement of their niece,
Miss Ann Kenny. to DR.. +. G. Twitchell
Of this city. The wedding will take place
early in February.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred w. McKibbon Of
Oakdale. Calf. are the parents of
daughter, Betty Jean. born November Il.
DR.. McKibbon is graduate of the Uni
versity of Vermont, college of medicine
in the class of 1900.
The Sherwood Hotel has engaged Ray
mond e. Wiley as night clerk and he
assumed its new position Monday night.
Mr.. Wiley is an experienced hotel man
and has been chief clerk at The Tavern
in st. Adams for the last year.
Charles 3. Gray, who has been in the
city since last June, has left for Cali
fornia where he will spend the winter.
He will stop at indianapolis en- route. He
will spend most of his time in Los Angeles,
where he has been during past winters.
Frank T.. Macomber of Morrlsville has
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
in the Office of the clerk of the United
States court. His assets are given as
$500. which are claimed exempt. and his
liabilities as s1,1123O. His occupation is
given as aborer.
The meeting of the Vermont Dairy
mems Federation, which was to have
been held at the Sherwood Hotel Decem-
Der 10, has been postponed until December
80 owing to the inability of the commit
tee from the Turner Center company to
be present on December 49,
Three new appointments have been
made to the field branch of the internal
revenue service by James F.. Kennedy.
collector for Vermont They are Haven
5. Billiard, formerly Of this city and
now of Springfield. William Fl. Hale. Jr..
Of Burlington and Frederick n. Austin
of Bennington.
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Howes, 1873 St. Paul street. a reception
was given Friday evening to Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Buck in honor of their mar
r1age which took place November l5 They
were presented with appropriate gifts.
Refreshments were served and an enjoy
able evening was spent
In probate court THURSDAY the will of
Alice Murphy, late of this city. was filed
lor probate There were settlements and
aecrees in the estates of Helena a.
Lavery, late Of Burlington, Joseph f.
Paincheud, late of Burlington. William
Montgomery. late Of Colchester and
Hannah A. Tilliston, late of Underhll.
Capt Richard II. Ballard, U. V. NJ. 49,
who has been stationed in New Mexico,
was in this city Saturday and went that
night to Montpelier to be with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs S. S. Ballard, over
Sunday. From there he will go to Enos-
burg Falls to join his wife and in a
Few days they will start for the Philip
pines.
In probate court Monday, Hamilton
s. Peck of Burlington was appointed adj
mnistrator Of the estate of Mary Goyette
Davis. late of Worcester. Mass. while
Robert Roberts and Frank A. Rousseau,
both of this city We're appointed COM
missioners and appraisers. The will of
Mary A. Wright, late of Jericho was pre-
scented for proof
Frank NJ. Knight. who has had charge
of the linen section Of the +. ID. Abernethy
store, has resigned and has assumed man
agement Of the department of dry goods
and womens wear at the Combination
Cash store. Mr.. Knight was for many
succeeding his father. IA longtime n en-
chant in that town.
In probate court yesterday Elhu b.
Taft of this city was appointed admin
istrator with the will annexed of the
estate of Elias Spear late Of Burlington,
with Frank II. Brown and Il. T.. Clark
son, also of this city. commissioners and
appraisers. A license to sell real estate
IN the estate Of John c. Read, late of
Burlington, was issued
Fire caught from a stove in the base
nent of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Monday evening and was discovered by
the people who We're attending a meeting
there. The heat from the stove-pipe had
set fire to a partition and eaten its way
Inside the walls. 1t was necessary to cut
a hole through the wall to fight the fire
The chemical engine eXtinguished the
trouble.
Sergt. Gusts Engel and Miss Ida Caro-.
line James We're married yesterday after
noon at five O'Clock by the Rev. j. A.
Hamilton at The Methodist parsonage
The bride has served for two years as
an army nurse They have left for a
wedding trip and in February will go to
Fort Riley. Kans. Sergeant Angel was
a member of the Second Cavalry and
stationed at Fort Ethan Allen.
The second initiation Of st. Cecilia
Court, No. 1857, National Order. Daughters
OF Isabella. took place Sunday at the
Cathedral high school gymnasium. Ninety
six candidates were received into the
order A reception was held and a buffe
lunch was served by Miss Lucinda Smith