Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07


is being rebuilt, should be ready so that
steamers may dock there, by the first Of
next week. according to L. +. Barrett
master carpenter for the Champlain
Transportation company, who has been
at the point inspecting the wharf in the
interests of the company. The wharf was
condemned last fall and the campers
were unable to start work on the new one
until recently because of high water.
In probate court yesterday Carrie z.
Cross of Burlington was appointed ad-
ministratrix of the estate of Mamie NJ.
Cross. late of this city. Clarence r.
White and r. ]. White. also of Burlington,
will serve as commissioners and apprais-
ers of this estate. Thomas Reeves of this
city was appointed administrator de bonis
non of the estate of Lucy Barbour, late of
Winoosli
Ralph w. Wilbur Of Portland Ore,
L. Y. NJ. 30, was in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Wilbur. who is an attorney at Port
land came East to attend to some bust
ness at Philadelphia and came up to
Jericho to attend the Mead family re-
union, to be held tomorrow. Mr.. Will
bur's mother. Mrs. Mercy Jane Wilbur
who made he home at Jericho until a
year ago when she went West to live
with her son. is a member of the Mead
family.
Ma ior- General Joseph r. Dickman.
who has been at his home In this city
since his return from Europe. leaves
to-day for Battle Creek, Mich en- route
to his new assignment as commanding
officer of the department of the South
with headquarters at Fort Sam Hous
ton, San Antonio, Texas. His son-in-
law. Major C. w. Foster. who is now
in the city on a months leave. will
also be stationed at Fort Sam Houston
as General Dickmans aide.
Dora Butler Brown of Burlington has
entered in Chttenden county court a petit
ton for Il divorce from her husband,
Sators Brown, who is now at Fort
Ifuachuca, Arizona. The couple was mar
red in Burlington, october s, 1910. by the
Rev. Ernest G. Guthrie They lived
together in Essex and Burlington until
November IS, 1912, when Brown deserted
his wife, it is claimed. The grounds on
which 4 divorce is asked are intolerable
severity. desertion, neglect and refusal to
support.
Divorce proceedings have been filed in
Chittenden county court by Myrtle Audrey
Wilson Gebo of Burlington against her
husband, Frank Adell Gebo of parts I'M
known. The couple was married october
~, 1917. in Burlington by the Rev. Joseph
+. Glls. Gebo was then located at Fort
/ Ethan Allen. They lived together only
about two weeks. according to the state
ment of the petitioner, who says that
Gebo deserted her on November g. 1917,
and she has not seen him since. Neglect
and refusal to support are the grounds
upon which a divorce is asked Mrs Gebo
also asks to be allowed to resume her
imaiden name, and requests that alimony
and trial money be granted her.
! Mrs. r. L. Parker and daughter. Laura,
I of Williston were In the city Monday.
Miss Parker, who is graduate OF the
! University of Vermont in the class of 1917
has just returned from seven months
service overseas with the Y. NJ. c. A. The
first four months Miss Parker spent at
St, Gervais and the remainder at Antwerp
| Her work was canteen duty and helping
to entertain the soldiers after the
armistice was signed, for after the eX-
element of battle they seemed to want
nothing more than chance to talk with
an American and to dance. Miss Parker
said that one of the most satisfactory
it helped her to better appreciate the sol
diers of her own country and to realize
what fine men had responded when wal
was declared.
! Sheriff James H. Allen and Deputy
| Sheriff Lee w. Ravlin conducted a
motley array of prisoners to the States
| prison and House of Correction al
Windsor Tuesday. The prisoners were
Michael Aruzza, who will serve from
10 to ID years for killing his cousin
Dominic Aruzza; Joseph Campbell. who
will serve a term for manslaughter, In
attempting to kill KATE Demag neal
Fort Ethan Allen; Kate Demag. the
woman whose life was threatened
who pleaded guilty to being al
inmate of a house of ill-fame; Rose
Taft, in whose house the shooting
affair occurred. who pleaded guilty t.
keeping a disorderly house. and JOSEPH
Rush, Edward Hines and John VIII
liams, sentenced for theft.