Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

Greenwood cemetery. Among those from
out of town who attended the funeral
were Mr.. Honsnger's mother, Mrs a. X.
| Honsnger, and his sister, Miss Leila
Honsinger of Bethel, and Mrs. Clifford
| Tassey of North Hero.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Grswold of the
Newton road have received letter from
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, formerly COM
mander of the 26th Division, in which he
cites their son, Private Gordon Griswold,
for GOODNESS and bravery under fire at the
battle of Marvoisin, July IS. 1918. Pri-
vate Grswod enlisted here April 3 in
the original Machine Gun Company. First
Vermont Infantry He was later trans
ferred to the 102nd and then to the 103rd
Machine Gun Battalions. He has been
In nVe engagements and on April 2S, 1918,
was shot through one hip. He was con-
fined to hospital seven weeks After
returning to the front he was wounded
again In June. July 20. two days after
the date mentioned by General Edwards,
| he was badly gassed
ROBERT Theodore the infant son of Mr.
ana Mrs. Charles Herman Hull died Mon
day morning at 715 o'clock He was
one month old. The funeral services
were held at the Methodist Episcopal
Church tuesday afternoon at two O'Clock
and the body was placed in the vault
in Greenwood cemetery.
Marie Cecil Bertrand, seven month old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Francois Ber-
| trand, died Monday of capillary bron-
chitis. Prayer service was held at
the house Tuesday afternoon at two
O'Clock Burial was in Mt. Calvary
cemetery.
About 20 cords of wood were burned
Monday morning on the farm of G. S..
Conger in Georgia by a fire which started
IN horse barn and spread to a shed
| where the wood was loaded Most of the
livestock has been removed from the
barn, but hog and a few hens to-
gether with large number of farm i'm
/ PIGMENTS. were lost. The blaze was ex-
tingushed With the help Of neighbors
who put up hard fight to save the
| house. 1t is not known yet whether the
loss is covered by insurance
The annual meeting of St Luke's YES
try was held Monday when the fol-
| lowing officers were elected: Senior war
| den. o. n. Kelton; Junior warden, C. III.
| Morton; secretary. Nelson Goodspeed;
assistant secretary and treasurer, j. p.
Bergman; vestrymen, c. S. Forbes,
f. b. Horton, c. A. Bostwick. w. A.
McLennan, c. w. Moore and George T.
Derrick; delegates to diocesan convention
to be held In Burlington February 5,
c. w. Moore, G. T. Derrick c. II. Nor
ton, w. A. McLennan. c. S. Forbes alter
mates. John Locke. F. B. Morton, C. F.
Graves, N. S. Bostwick and H. r. Kim
ball.
The annual meeting of the Universallst
society was held at the home of w. H. H.
Greene last evening when the following
officers were elected: Moderator, n. n.
Post; clerk, A. P. Soule; treasurer,
F. w. Nen!son trustees, w. H. H.
Greene, Mrs. Helen Chamberlain, Miss
Grace Watson and 8. l.. Schofeld
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Collins of Burling-
ton have been called to this city by the
critical illness Of Mrs. Collins father,
DR.. Croflin.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Weldon National bank held
Tuesday. the following officers were elect
ed: Chairman of the board, E. c. Smith
president j. Gregory Smith; vice-presi-
dents S. E. Royce and F. A. Chittenden
cashier. Bruce R. Coriss. E. r. Ander-
son was appointed assistant cashier and
Percy c. Warner receiving teller to sup
ply the vacancy left by Mr.. Anderson.
The directors are f. C. Smith, S. F.
ham, j. Gregory Smith, Leo F. Wilson
and John P. Rich
At the annual meeting Of the st. Adams
Messenger company Tuesday afternoon
the stockholders elected the following
directors: e. C. Smith, J. Gregory Smith,
COL E. A. Chittenden. Nelson E Lieu
yer and John T. Cushing. The directors
elected the following officers President,
r.. {. Smith; vice-president, ]. Gregory
smith; manager and treasurer, n. Z.
L'Ecuyer; clerk, Mr.. L'Ecuyer; executive
committee, ]. Gregory Smith, Mr.. Cush-
ing and Mr. L'Ecuyer
The annual meeting of the STOCKHOLM
ers of the Franklin County Savings Bank
d Trust company was held Tuesday and
the following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Charles E. Schoff; vice-president.
Neaison Goodspeed secretary, John B.
WILSON, treasurer. Aaron Wesson; as
slstant treasurer, Stafford B. Thorpe. The
directors are Mr.. Schoff. Mr.. Goodspeed,
II. b. Weeks. H. NJ. Wells Of East Fair
held. Mr.. Wilson and r. NJ. Austin.
The installation of the recently elected
officers of Lakeside Grange. No 3oe p
OF H., was held at the town hall at st.
Adams Bay Monday evening. Preceding
the installation an oyster supper was
served. The installing officer was NJ. O.
Bragg Of Georgia and the woman assist
ant was Miss Sadie Wilbur, also of
Georgia. The officers installed were as
Ioilows: Master. II. j. Wright; over
seer. w. *. Warner; lecturer, Mrs. H.
d. wright; steward, Fred Bingham; as
slstant steward. Clarence Underwood:
chaplain, Mrs. d. j. Griswold; treasurer.
u j. Grswold; gate keeper. Grafton
Griswold; Ceres, Mrs w. b. Halbert:
POMONA, Miss Leila Underworld; Flora.
Miss Doris Cook; woman assistant stew
ard, Miss Annie Jenne.
AT the annual meeting of the Owl club
the following members of the board of
managers were elected Nelson Miller. j.
r oNeill. ]. B. Stafford, G. C. Holmes and
H. II. Dickinson. The board of manager.
erected the following officers for the en-
SUING year: President C. II. Morton:
Vice-president. G. C. Holmes; and secre-
tary and treasurer j. B. Stafford
At the meeting of st. Adams Camp No
so'Z' M. w. of A. the following officers
were installed; Veneral counsel, II. II.
Holmes; worthy advisor, c. C. Caswell.
Sr' noble banker, A. s. Musgrove; clerk.
e. e. Meuner; escort, c. C. Caswell. Jr
Waterman, S. Godfrey; sentry A. Peno.
trustee for three years. r. H. Fadden.
WEST ENOSBURG.
Miss Jennie Dorr of Franklin and
Arthur Towle of Enosburg Falls we're
married at the Methodist parsonage Of
Enosburg Falls by the Rev W. r Dulses-
shire, January !. They were attended nv
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