Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-30

and Girls club check for 500 TO Dc
used in such a manner as the club man.
agement sees best. The money came
from the net proceeds Of the ball recentlyi
given, which the State officials attended.
At the present time there does not
seem to be indication of Choral Union ,
this spring. Last year It was given up
because Of the war conditions and since
that time A. J. Sbley, father Of the ,
union, has died. 80 there seems to be
no one to put the pep into It. The |
bringing of prima donna and singers OF
high quality to Montpelier in recent
years has been very expensive, so that
Mr.. Sibley had considered last summer
having some of the best singers In YER
mont participate in the musical festival,
which would materially reduce the ex-
| pense and probably give Montpelier an
| excellent entertainment. POSSIBLY little
later something may be done In the
matter.
| Mrs Mary A. Stanley, who had lived
| with John Stanley, her son, on Eass
State street for some years. died sun
day night of hardening of the arteries,
of which she had suffered for several
years. She was IS years Of age, native
Of Ireland although she came to BROOK
field when young, accompanied by her
to live and for some years lived in Mont
pelier Her husband died several years
ago. Besides her son. she leaves two
daughters, Mrs. r. A. LYMAN OF SYRIA
cuse, n Y, and Mrs. John McWilliam
of Athol. Mass.
The divorce case of Cassie Farquharson
va. William Farquharson has been filed
in Washington county court.
In Washington county court there have
been filed two divorce petitions. These
are Bessie Troup Of Barre We. A. NJ.
Troup and Sadie NJ. Sawyer Of Barre VS..
James B. Sawyer.
Mrs Carrie Ward of Mldd1esex viii
: llaEe received news early Monday morn
ing of the serious illness of her son.
Harold Ward, in Florence hospital.
. South Carolina with influenza, which
| probably developed into pneumonia.
Later in the day she received tele-
} gram saying to come at once and she
} started in the afternoon for South
Carolina by the way of Burlington.
After she had been gone another tele-
gram came stating that he had died
and that the funeral would be held
! Wednesday. He is the second son OF
the late Frank and Carrie Ward and
was born about 80 years ago in Mid
dlesex and UP and until the time he
was 81 years of age he resided in the
town where he was born. He was
first married to Miss Minnie Rowell OF
Montpelier about ~ years ago, and
. two children were born to them, Mrs.
Ward dying at the time of the birth
/, Of the second child at the Heaton hos
, pital The two children lived with
Mrs. Wards parents for some time
and he left for the south. He then
, married again a southern lady ana
they came to Montpelier on their we'd
ding tour taking back the two little
; girls with them. The survivors are his
wife and two daughters, and one son
about three years of age. his mother.
: Mrs. Carrie Ward of Middlesex. and
two brothers, C. C. Ward of Owasso.
Mich and Raymond, who Is In the
army and is 'over there" He was q
very smart and well thought OF young
man in his home as we'll as in South
Z Carolina. where he lived since he went
from Middlesex.
t Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Leno Of Middle
e sex has received word of the death Of
. their niece, Mrs. Howard Cutting of
n Bakersfield, formerly OF Middlesex.
= She was i'll with influenza and she
{ died at child birth, the baby girl living
J., two hours after the mothers death An
J., other child three years old died short
r time afterwards with tho same dis
, Mrs. Shackett Of Plattsburgh. N. T.,
!, mother of Mrs. Cutting was with them
\ during their Illness. She was born in
= Middlesex August /, 1889. her maiden
name being Miss Olive Leno, the
-, only daughter of Walter and Rose
(Smith Leno and lived there until her
! marriage to Howard Cutting few
II years ago. She is survived by her hus-
. band, her mother. Mrs. Shackett of
u Plattsburgh, N. Y, and four brothers:
!. John Leno. Francis Leno, Elmer Leno
of Burlington and Don Leno of Wor-
e cester. The funeral arrangements
= have not been completed.
Word has been received of the death
;, Of Robert C. Alder Of Philadelphia, son
e Of George Alder. former resident of
8 this city, who will be remembered by
Q the older residents. He was wireless
n operator of the oil tanker Road
Amundsen, which was swept by fire
e at Point Breeze recently. According
e to newspaper clippings the body was
n found by the crew of apolice boat in
y the Schuylkill river. after ne had been
n missing some time. He lived with his
@ mother, Mrs. George Mcfarland at 501S
Il Irving street Young ALDER had cross
II ed the submarine infested Atlantic
3 eight times as wireless operator. When
"a this country entered the war he tried
! three times to enlist in the navy. but
a was rejected because he was near
# sighted. That only naval operators
Il were to be employed on vessels, AL
a Der turned his attention towards ma.
!, rine engineering. He was at home or
Wednesday and the accident occurred
, on the following day. In the eight
: trips across ne had been to England
- twice, France twice and once to Italy
Nine others were missing from the
II crew of the oil tanker. His mother
q Mrs. George Mcfarland. was Miss Ger
u trude Alexander and married George
l. C. Alder at Montpelier 2s years ago
L They lived here until Robert was five
J. years old and then moved to Philadel-
Al phia. One son, George ALDER, Jr., lives
j. at home.
~ WATERBURY
N Much sympathy is extended Mr.. ant
" Mrs. George Byron Morse In the death
" Of their seven months old son, PER-,
l. Ulysses Morse, from whooping cough
d The mother was Keziah Ayers. Serv
ices were held Friday afternoon at on,
o'clock-A pleasant evening was passed
IN the parlors of the Methodist Episoopa
Church Wednesday Jan. q when a re-
ception was rendered the Rev. and Mrs
George II. Locke. In the receiving lin,
with the Rev and Mrs. Locke and the
IN daughter, Miss Florence, were: Senator