Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-17


The contract for erecting the new Of
ice building for the Queen City Cotton
company Of birmingham, Mass, be-
gan Thurday This building will be n
two story affair of brick ana will he
fity feet by forty feet in size. 1t will
he modern in every way and will re-
place the present Office. 1t is expected
that it will be completed about October
/.
Anna b.. Boyd of this city has entered
q suit for divorce from her husband.
waiter Is. Boyd alleging desertion on
Nprll D. 1872. intolerable severity and re-
fusal to provide. The couple was mar
ried by the Rev. Evan Thomas on July
u, 1905. r.. Il. Brown appears for Mrs
Boyd land the cease will he heard at
Chittcnden county courts September
term
quiet wedding took place Thursdayeve
ming at the home of Nj. and Mrs II. &.
smith of ~ North Winoosli avenue when
their daughter Chloe Gertrude, was unit
ed in marriage to Tarlton T. Thibodeau,
OF Watorville Maine The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. l. 6. Smart, and
. the couple left on the 1859 train for the
groom s home. where they will visit his
people for few weeks.
Peter Fleury of New York city came
to Burlington yesterday with his mother
and Mrs l.. F. Pike. who spent the day
here 70 visit Mrs. Ethel Fleury, widow
Of Theodore Fleury, who lost his life in
the automobile accident at Keeler's
crossing July .. son was born TO
Mrs. Fleury at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital Tuesday night. Both mother and
the child are doing well.
Judge Jed p. Ladd of the city court
yesterday completed the making out of
papers committing the six children Of
Arthur Daniels of Milton over to the
state Board Of Charities The children
are Harry, aged 16, Mildred aged 10, Ned,
aged l., olive aged eight. Hattie, aged
| five and William. aged two. The father
has been ordered 20 pay $50 per month
| to the state for their maintenance.
| George l. AEcl Of Il School street this
city. was one of five candidates of the
Boston University School Of Law to grad-
uate Cum laude" this year. Besides
this, Mr.. Aeel was the only candidate
for any degree from Boston University
from this community. President Lemuel
| Fl. Murlin Of Boston University conferred
25i degrees on candidates from the vari-
GUS departments of the university.
News has been received In this city of
the promotion Of Alvah y. Hoag &. II.
s. II, to the rank of chief yoeman in the
L. 5. navy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. ]. Hoag of Pearl street. Mr.. Floag enlist
ed early in 1911 and is another Burlington
boy 10 obtain rapid promotion i'm the serv-
ice Of his country. lie will sail shortly for
Rotterdam. Holland. on ship commis-
stoned to transport aliens from this couu-
try.
Howard Miller. son of Mr.. and Mrs
H. II. Miller of this city, has returned
from Portsmouth, n. H., where he re-
Gently received his discharge from the
United states navy Ny Miller, Who be-
fore joining the service was a student
at the local high school, has been in
| the navy for a period of over two years,
and has seen service overseas. He was
on the United States destroyer "Cald-
weh"
/ Mrs. John n. Mimms gave tea Tues
day afternoon at her home at lis
Spruce street in honor of Mrs. A. f.
Huntington. wife Of Commander Hunting
ton, who was on Admiral Mayo's STAFF
during the war. and Commander Hunting
ions sister, Miss Jane Huntington, who
are Mrs. Mimm's nieces. The rooms
We're attracUvely decorated with flowers.
and in the dining room Mrs Joseph Aud
and Nus j. y. JENNIE poured.
The business men of this city. whose
summer homes are at Thonpson's Point,
are patiently waiting for the waters Of
The lake 10 reCcde SO that work may he
started on the new wharf. Several months
ago the o.1 wharf was torn down and
. because Of the high water no work he's
been POSSIBLE on the proposed new one.
The steamers cannot land and this is a
great inconvenience to people who We're
accustomed to go down on the evening
boat.
Miss Margaret Andrews. daughter of
Nrs George Andrews of Pttsfeld, Mass,
and Lavender Charles Walker, son of
AIR. and Mrs f. NJ. walker, formerly of
this city, We're married at Bennington
luly by the Rev. Thomas Carly Mr..
and Mrs. Walker left for New York
on theh' honeymoon and on their return
via he at home at 50 Mapewood ave-
nue., P.ttslioid Mass, where Mr.. Walker
is iu the employ OF the General Electric
company.
Winnifred Quinn. as plaintiff. was
awarded Sl2 and costs Of S6.23 in city
court Thursday by Judge Jed Z. Ladd
against ELI Kirby. The case was a ques-
ton over the payment of Back rent for
a house on Rose street, which Kirby
declined to pay He submitted a bill
for 1875 for repairs which he made or
the property in the five years ne resided
there as an offset for the rent. but be-
cause it had never been presented before
it was not allowed by the court
The Rev. George Gaby Rice, L. V. NJ
~. Nermonts Oldest alumnus VIII be
1oo years old in September. He has long
resided in Council Bluffs. Iowa. as a
home missionary of the Congregational
Church. He Is known affec%ionately as
Rather Rice" in and about his home
city. He has organized several churches
in that region and is pastor emeritus
of the Council Bluffs church. Tabor
College recently conferred upon him the
degree Of -. ID.
Francis Goyette Of Chicago is visiting
his sister and other relatives at the home
of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. +. II
Kennedy of Park street. Mr.. Gpyette
who was member of the class of 1917
of burlington h'rh school, where he was
prominent in all school activities, has
JUS returned from overseas He served
with the American Third Military Police
and after the armistice was transferred
in,p the 5fth Pioneer Infantry For fouI
months he served with the Army of Occu-