Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10
CITY NEWS


Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller Of 90 Mort
street are the parents Of son, Dor
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith r. Henry have re
turned from Florida, where they spen
two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elary J. Isham of 16 Ros
street are the parents of daughter
Josephine Rose. born March e.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond shanks of Mont
real, formerly of Burlington. are the par
snts of a baby boy. born April I.
Mrs. Kingsbury. formerly with thu
Hotel Touraine of Boston, has sue
ceeded Miss Alice Fletcher as house
keeper at the New Sherwood.
Miss Sarah Smart has returned to hel
home from Washington. D. c., where she
has been working since the outbreak oil
the war in the ordnance department.
Edward C. Blackburn of Bristol wa.
signed up as an apprentice seaman a
the local navy recruiting station Fri
day. He will go to Hampton Roads. Va.
Harry j. Lambert Of Erie, Pa, wal
sent to Albany, n. Y, Friday from
the local recruiting station for field
artillery service in the army of occupa.
tion.
Miss NJ. a. Baird has received a tele
gram announcing the death of hel
nephew, Edmond Baird, April 8, at his
home, 131 Maple street, West Roxbury
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Bacon are the
parents of baby boy. born Sunday
morning at the Mary Fletcher hospital
Mrs. Bacon was formerly Miss Pauline
Marengo.
William d. Grey. for the past four
years herdsman for the Wright
Brothers, of williston, has taken a SIM
liar position for u. A. Woodbury., End
of Appletree Point farms.
Major Donald Miner of the class of
1906. University Of Vermont College of
Medicine, has just been awarded the
Croix de Guerre with palm. He had
previously been awarded the distinguished
service cross
On Saturday afternoon at the parson-
age of the Baptist Church Luther w.
Reynolds and Caro- r. Brace. both of
this city, were united in marriage by
the Rev. James s. Braker. The couple
will reside in this city.
f. l.. Windle of Greenfield, Mass, has
succeeded Mr. Pierce as night clerk at
the Sherwood Hotel Mr. Windle was
formerly a professional baseball player
and officiated at first sack for the Fitch
burg nine in the Massachusetts State
league.
1918. University of Vermont. has accepted
the position of county agent for Wash
ington county for the extension service
IF the university. His headquarters will
be at Montpelier. He assumed his duties
yesterday.
Word has been received Of the promo
ton of Melvin p. Badger Of the class
of 1909 and Harry C. Williams of the
class of 1906, University of Vermont
College of Medicine, from first lieutenants
to captains in the medical corps. They
are both overseas.
County Chairman Warren r. Austin
of the Victory Liberty Loan committee
announces that s. A. Brownell of Essex
Junction and r. f. Brown Of Williston
will be Chairmen in their respective
towns. The South Burlington chairman
has not been named.
First Lieutenant Elias Lyman, Jr, ar
rived Sunday from New York and is
at the home of his father. Lieutenant
Lyman. who has resigned his commits
sion In the regular army, which he re-
ceived in the autumn of 1917. returned
from overseas few weeks ago.
Dwight c. Deyette. class of 'o9, U. V.
hpep 0f ba
aircraft production at Fort Wayne. Ind,
has been discharged, and has taken
position with the Blanchard Lumber COM
pany of New York and Boston. Mr. and
Mrs. Deyette will make their home in
Jamaica, Long Island.
DR.. Thomas S. Brown, former SUPER
intendent Of the Mary Fletcher hospital
and professor of anatomy at the Uni
versity Of Vermont, is at present at the
American Expeditionary Forces Uni
versity in France as an instructor of
anatomy and assistant director Of the
medical department of the university
Edmund c. Mower a prominent attor-
ney of this city and a graduate Of the
University of Vermont In the class Of
1882. Will be the Founders day speaker
at the university this year Mr. Mower
"A
member of the State Senate and also for
several years trustee of the university.
Twenty-Five applicants for enlistment in
the United States army were received
the last week by Sergeant Steltz of the
local recruiting station. Only ten of
them, however. were found fit to be
accepted. All sorts of things ore the
matter with the others, and one even
had a withered limb.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ Valentine are the
happy parents of w pound son, born
March ~ at their home in New Roch-
ellie. N. Y. Both Mr.. and Mrs Valen-
tine are we'll known in this city. Mrs.
Valentine will be remembered as Miss
Isabel Boyden, of Essex Junction.
where she resided with her sister. Mrs
c. G. Robbins
Charles A. Bailey Of Ferrisburg, who
Is to be tried by the United States
court at Newport, r. J., for sending
obscene matter through the mail from
that city to Vermont people residing in
Middlebury, when he was in the naval
service. is still In Chittenden county jail
II is expected that he will be taken IN
Newport within a day or two.
Mrs. Alfred H. Gilbert, who has been
in Hamilton. Ontario for a month visit
ing her sister. has returned to the city
Mr.. Gilbert, formerly professor of bot
any at the University of Kentucky la
now employed as extension pathologist
for Vermont under the United States