Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-20
MONTPELIER

MONTPELIER
Karl Forsell. who has been many years
connected with the Montpelier Military
band. will leave shortly for Glens Falls.
n. Y. where he is to play in a band
and other musical organizations.
The body Of Earl Cove. who died in the
naval service at Inverness, Scotland, ar
rived Saturday morning. having been
shipped here from New York. The young
man.. who died nearly a month ago of
pneumonia, had been In the navy for al
most two years. His mother and other
relatives live in Montpelier. The funeral
took place Sunday afternoon from the
house of p. ]. Jerome on Barre street.
Sergeant John Seivwright Of Montreal
Is visiting with George Seivwright, his
brother. on Center street. Sergeant Sew
wright saw four years of service in the
Canadian army. He was wounded early
in the war. at one time having received II
Wounds from the effects of which he re-
covered. He was also gassed. After his
wounds healed he went into the hospital
service and continued in the war game
until discharged after the signing OF the
armistice. He was a member Of the And
battalion and among the first to go to
France from Canad One of his brothers
was a member Of the Black Watch.
One of the telephone operators gave her
companions a surprise Monday morning
when she walked INTO the office to COM
mence her work at the switchboard then
informing her associates that her name
was Mrs. Clayton Demeritt, instead of
Miss Estella Boyce as she was known
when she left the office Saturday evening.
The marriage took place at the Unita-
rian parsonage Sunday afternoon. the
bridal couple being attended by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Cheney of First avenue. In
the evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Cheney gave
the newly weds a reception. The groom
Is employed by the Lane company. while
the bride has been employed in the tele-
phone office since coming from Waitsf1eld.
r.. H. Standlsh, who has been very i'll
with rheumatism appears to be on the
road to recovery. A short time ago his
teeth were drawn and poisonous sacs
were found in the roots of these. Since
that operation was performed he seemed
to be gaining and is now able to be up
and about his room.
Fred Deslaurier has been engaged by
the trustees of Springfield village as a po-
i.ceman on the force In that village. He
went to Springfield Saturday. upon re-
ruest Of the trustees. and completed the
arrangements.
AT the Christ Church rectory Wednes-
day March ~. the marriage of Burt
Gitcheli and Ida Pearl Hill occurred, the
Rev. F. Barnby Leach officiating.
Leonard st. John, who was one of the
first Montpelier boys to go INTO the world
war arrived home Wednesday noon, hav-
ing been discharged from service. He
wears Insignia showing MIN to have been
one of the nrst so that went from this
country. He was decorated by a French
general with a croix de guerre and wears
a badge. having qualified as a s~harpshoot-
er. He was wounded by a bayonet thrust
in the left leg and has been burned in
many places as a result Of being gassed.
He was in several of the important bat
ties of the war and saw some of the nard-
est service. He Is one of nine left out of
Company II. IO2nd infantry of the Goth dt-
vision. Fir was originally with the 9ti
infantry, regular army. but transferred
to the l02nd after getting to France.
The remodeling of the Washington
county jail will not take place. for the
committee composed of the delegations
from Washington county IN the Legisla-
ture having reported adversely on the bill.
It appears that the law does not permit
the remodeling that 1t was proposed to
make, that il to say the present law pro-
vides that juveniles, when taken In GUS
tody, cannot be confined in Jail with adult
prisoners, The grand jury at its session
last fall recommended the proposed change
but did not take into consideration the
law governing such a proposition so that
the bill, which was drawn to make these
changes, cannot be enacted without re-
pealing another law.