Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-22

returned to this city.
News has been received Of the birth Of
a son, Glen Foster, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Allen of Bridgewater Mass.
Mr.. Allen was formerly employed in the
office of the st. Adams Grain company
in this city.
News has been received of the death
May 10 of Barron Brainard. which &C.
Cured at his home in BrookIine. Mass,
after an illness of several weeks. The
funeral was held at his late home Fri
day afternoon and the burial took place
in Concord, N II. The deceased was 26
years old and a son of DR.. John p.
Brainerd, and was well known in this
city He was chief boatswain's mate
in the L. S. n. r. F..
A. x. Hurlbut Post, No. 60, G. A. r.,
has appointed Capt. Joseph A. Evarts as
marshal for the Memorial day parade.
The Memorial day address will be given
by the Rev. s. W. Anthony and Prin
". b. Dickinson has appointed Arnold
Dennison. student in the high school,
, to deliver Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
All veterans of the Spanish American
War are invited to attend the services.
The phenomenal services will be held at
the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday,
May %. The pastor. the Rev. D. G.. Guest,
will give the sermon.
| Joseph Walker, IA years old was taken
to the Industrial school at Vergennes
Saturday on an old charge of larceny.
Last summer he was arrested for break
! ing into the money drawer of the late
". w. Ballard. He was released on a
promise of good behavior and six days
later broke into the barber shop of Elliott
Renaud and took s12. He was arrested
| that night and led the police back of the
| City Hall and showed them where the
money had been hidden. He was again
released on a promise of good behavior
and since that time he has record at
tendance at school of about 30 per cent
He is the son of Mrs. Joseph Walker,
proprietor of the City Fruit store on
| North Main street.
Miss Katherine Gillian Of ST. Adams hill
is receiving treatment at the Sherwood
| sanitarium.
| The condition of Barney Butler who is
confined to the house by illness, improves,
| Robert X. Buck and Robert Ellis, who
recently passed their entrance examina-
lions to Annapolis Naval Academy, are
at their respective homes here awaiting
the call which usually comes in June. St.
Adams now has four boys out of the
eight from the state of Vermont, who are
at or slated to go to Annapolis.
Garth f. Bingham. who has been in serv-
ice overseas. has returned to this city
having received his discharge from the
army.
F.. j. Roberts Of Schenectady. y. Y,
visited Sunday al the home of his sister,
Mrs. F. d. Boivin. Mr.. Roberts was re-
Gently discharged from the naval air
service. He was stationed at Tunis,
Africa. at the time the armistice was
signed.
| Miss Alice d. Morrison about so years of
age. died Monday about six o'clock after
a long illness of spinal troube.She leaves
one brother, Charles ID. +. Bancroft of
Montpelier. Her name was Bancroft orig
inaly but she was adopted by a family
named Morrison and took that name. The
funeral was held Wednesday at one
o'clock at the home of B. NJ. Hopkins
with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
Carl T. Mahannah of Bristol. Conn.
and Miss Gladys Smout of Morses
Line were married in the Methodist
parsonage Tuesday morning by the
Rev. d. G. Guest. The bride was at
tended by her sister. Miss Olive Smout
of Frelighsburg, Que. and the best
man was F. $. Vincent of Morses Line.
The bridal couple took the train for
Boston. From there Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahannah will go to Bristol. Conn,
to reside
The following members of A. r.
iHurlbut Women's Relief Corps No. 80.
g. A. +. went to Rutland Tuesday
morning to attend the Relief Corps
convention: Mrs. j. A Sturtevant. de-
partment president; Mrs. H. f. Moo
ney. department president; Mrs. W.
F. Prentss and Mrs Henry Barnes,
delegates and Mrs. F. f. Spaulding.
Mrs. A. A. Skeels. who suffered a
stroke of paralysis about a month ago
| and who has been receiving treat
ment at the Sherwood sanitarium. will
return home to-day. Mr.. Skeels is
recovering from an attack of the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Hermann re-
ceived telegram Tuesday from their
son. Capt. Byron Hermann. stating
that he had arrived safely at New
York from overseas, Captain Her
mann has been serving as a medical
officer with the American Expedition
AIRY Forces.
At a special meeting of the city
council Monday evening it was voted
to increase the sewer appropriation to
900 so that the wretched sewer sys-
TEN which has existed in the vicinity
of Walnut and Pearl streets could be
remeded. 1t also was decided that
the sewers on Oak street and Pearl
| streets as far as Oak street be low
cred. A petition from r. H. Larry
ask ed permission to install gas-meter
tank in front of his place on North
Main street. The subject of oiline the
Istreets was discussed and the matter
was referred to the street committee.
which will report back to the council.
Maurice Carey was appointed a spe
cial policeman and given full power
to act.
| Greenfield has sold his retail candy
and cigar store on Feder street to
Mathew Hennessey of this\ city. Mr..
nsn snd w wdno, ope sars sos
on kingman street
The condition of II. w. Hatch. who
was painfully injured when key Of
nails fell on his feet, is improving.
He is able to get around by the use
! of cane.
Peter Hope of st. Adams Bay has been
advanced to general foreman of freight
| car repairs of the Central Vermont rail-
road. L. :. r. A., at St. Adams. Peter
Guyette, also of the Bay, has been
promoted to foreman of the freight shops.
These positions have been untitled for
| some time Mr.. Hope left Wednesday
morning for tour of inspection OF the
various shops of the Central Nermont
system.
Mrs. Idelle Montefiore OF the Swanton
road. who was burned two weeks ago
while extingushing a fire, died Wednes-
day evening at her home as a result of
her burns. The funeral will take place