Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29

| ine pre-nenoriai service held at the
Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock was we'll at.
tended the pastor, the Rev. D. G.. Guest
preached the sermon, taking for his sub.
ject, THE Trumpet Blast" snec,a,
music was furnished by the choir. The
members of A. r. Hurlbut Post M en-
q. A. H., and A. r. Hurlbut womans
Relief Corps, No. 81, attended in a body
Capt. Joseph A. Evarts, who com
lnanded the original st. Albans Machine
Gun company in France, has been an.
thorized by Adjt.-Gen. Herbert T. John.
son TO form machine gun comnanv in
this city. It will be along the same lines
as the National Guard company previous
to United States entry into the war
The machine gun company will probab,v
be made up mostly of members of the
old machine gun company and members
| of Company Il, V. V. NJ, which will,
| soon be disbanded. There will he four
| companies of infantry in the battalion
at Montpelier, at Rutland and at Brat
teboro, while the fourth companv ba g
not yet been placed.
T. s. Houghton, Arthur G. Tenney and
II. i. Reynolds. city listers, have com.
pleted the grand list for st. Adams for
the year 1919. The total list is n little over
so3,ooO which includes the 5000 trust fund
or the Fonda estate. No decision has
been rendered yet whether this trust fund
is taxable or not. This years grand list
is little more than the 1918 list.
st. Adams Assembly, No. 81. fourth
degree, knights of Columbus, is plan
ning for the exempliflcation of the
fourth degree in this city on Sunday.
July s. The degree will be followed by
banquet in the evening. The class
will consist of so candidates from the
st. Adams council, while the remainder
Will come from the other councils Of
the State This will be the first time
in six years that this degree has been
conferred in this city. The exercises
VIII close with ball at the City Hall
the following Monday night.
Major and Mrs. S. II. Wood re-
turned home Saturday evening from
st. Petersburg, Fla, where thew have
neen spending the winter. On their re-
turn homeward they were guests Of
Prof. and Mrs. S. w. Landon at Bor-
dentown. N. j.
Benjamin Clayton died at Sheldon
Saturday night after 3 a long illness,
resulting from stroke of paralysis
suffered several months ago. Mr.. Clay
ton was employed by the st. Adams
Plumbing e. Heating company for many
years.
Chief Woman John Wilson OF the
local naval recruiting office. has en-
listed two more recruits from Swan
ton. They are Bernard F.. Pencil of
Swanton Junction. who enlisted as a
third class fireman for machinist's
mate and will go to Norfolk, Va, and
Leo j. Savage of Swanton Junction,
who enlisted as a radio electrician. He
will go to Hampton Roads. Va. The
men went to Burlington Saturday for
physical examinations
G. w. Groom has received word of the
death OF his father, Frederick Groom,
aged 81 years. at his home in Santa Mon
lea, Cal, after a long illness. Besides
Mr., Groom. he leaves his wife and two
other sons, and one daughter.
Numerous sheep breeders of Franklin
county have written to the farm bureau
office In this city expressing their desire
to organize a wool growers association.
AS a result County Agent c. H. Elliott
has arranged meeting for all those
interested to be held at the City Hall
in this city Saturday, June Z. at ten
o'clock in the morning. 1t is expected
that S. c. Painter, sheep specialist Of
culture. will be present to talk to the
breeders on various phases of tie sheep
raising industry.
superior Judges has given Harrie B.
Chase OF Brattleboro. the new superior
judge. assignments for the remainder Of
the year. Judge Chase will preside at
the September term Of the Franklin
county court.
The funeral of Benjamin Clayton, who
died Saturday night at Sheldon from a
paralytic shock. took place Monday after.
noon at two o'clock at the undertaking
rooms Of r. II. Mecorney, the Rev. D. G.
Guest officiating. The burial was at
Greenwood. The deceased is survived by
a stepdaughter Mrs. w. f. Day, a niece,
Mrs Francis Williams, a nephew, Ray
mond Stanton, and a grandson, Charles
Hall.
c. H. Vail of Swanton was fined IS
and costs by Judge n. n. Post in the
city court Thursday afternoon for at
tempting to pass on the right hand side
IF car driven by Howard Fonda. Tues
lay afternoon, OIL North Main street.
Vail was arrested Thursday, after the
police had first arrested Kenneth
the owner of the car and later
released him when the boys father ex-
planned to the police that his son was
not driving the car and therefore could
not be held responsible. While it was
shown that Vail was not driving reckless
" still the law had to be carried out and
l sentence passed. so 1t was found neces-
'ary to fine Vail on a technical charge.
The local navy recruiting office con.
inues to get results. Thursday four more |
men were sent to Burlington for their |
inal physical examinations and enlist
nent. They are: William Douglas, Leo |
Nillett, Philip Giroux and Joseph Lavoie. |
All but Giroux will be enlisted as ap-
prentice seamen, to go to the training |
school at Newport, r. l. Giroux will 20 |
o the machinists' mates school at |
s. c. Two Of the men who |
vent to Burlington Wednesday for their
inal examinations were rejected and re-
urned to their homes. Wednesdays
'arty did a little recruiting all by itself.
They met Joseph A. Comeau of this city
m the street in Burlington and he Joined |
he gang and enlisted.
Leo A.. Is months old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William McIver of Ferris street,
lied at the st. Adams hospital Thursday
Ifternoon Of spinal meningitis. The fu-
eral was held at tho house Sunday
nd the body was taken to Montpelier
or burial.
Jennie (Bedard) butcher. wife of F..
rving butcher, died at 12 o'clock Mon
ay night at her home on Brainerd
treet of acute Bright's disease Mrs.
butcher was the daughter of Spencer s.
nd Sarah Clarke Bedard and was born