Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-08
Washington County
MONTPELIER

Divorce cases were the only matters
under consideration in washington
county court Saturday morning. a re-
cess for the week lend having been
taken until Tuesday morning. Alleged
contempt of an order OF the court rela-
tive to alimony in the divorce granted
last term to Mary Cook from John
Cook occupied considerable time. The
hearing on alimony In the case of Mrs.
Joseph LeBrique vs. Joseph LeBrtque
took place the same morning. Papers
were recently served in this case Tho
Ease of Hattie Caustis va Clayton Caus-
tis, which was heard last term and
continued because the place whore the
children were to be kept did not satisfy
the court, was re-heard last week, the
testimony being read by the court re-
porter, the matter of the children
being left out of the case. The case
of Grace =. Galaise VS.. Henry Galaise
and Ellen Emery VS.. oscar Ernery were
also heard Saturday.
c. A. Lang has been elected chair
man. Charles ROBBIE secretary and w. f..
stock we'll assistant secretary Of the
local orEaniza ton which will look after
the Redpath Chautauqua In Montpelier
the coming summer. George Haseltine,
representing the company. was here
Friday evening explaining to the local
guarantors the program that will be
carried out.
Merrill Griffith Will be out OF the
Montpelier Seminary baseball team
the remainder of the season because of
a broken wrist received while sliding
into second base one afternoon last
week. He was showing up finely in
right field He will be able to attend
classes but will have to give up his
sports for the rest Of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. f. Allen of Boston
are stopping at the Pavilion for a short
time while they locate home here.
Mr.. Allen is n salesman and will move
his family here.
Mrs f. F.. Lowe has been named as
chairman of the womens commit ee
which will conduct the Salvation Army
drive for funds which will be CON
Quoted as soon as the Victory Liberty
Loan drive is completed.
G. 4. Woods of Boston, an engineer
of the C. II. Tenney company of Bos-
ton Ia doing some work connected with
the traction and power companies which
the Tenney company manage in this
section OF Vermont.
w V. Herrick. aged ~ years, died AZ
his home in Berlin Wednesday night
April 80 following n short illness. He was
~ years old April 80. Thirty years OF his
life he passed in Cabot, where he was !,
farmer, then he came 10 Montpelier and
had lived on the road between Mont
pelier and Middlesex for about N years
on "A small place that he purchased. His
wife is his only surviving relative other
than nephews and niecss. The funeral
took place Saturday.
Adjutant General II. T, Johnson has re-
ceived the reports of the number Of boys
ton to participate I'm the parade at the
expense Of the state. as provided under a
law enacted during the last few days of
the session a total Of 81 so that the appro-
priaton of $1,000 was not all needed 10
cover the expenses of the trip which
amounted to about $l2 per man.
Major l.. s. Tillotson has been dis
charged from he regular army and has
returned to Montpelier, He expects to
take up the practice of law
The funeral Of Or, rrentiss j. Kent
who died Sunday, took place Tuesday
morning and the body was taken
to Burlington for burial in the family
lot beside the deceased's frat wife. Mr.
Kent, who was native of Calais, was
educated in the schools of that town
aud then in the medical department OF
the University of Vermont. He also
attended a medical college In Mlchi-
gan. He served two years as sur
gcon in the Civil War and upon his re.