Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-13
Windsor County
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION

Mrs. Ellen Frances Barnes, widow of
George w. Barnes, died at her home
Friday night from acute indigestion. The
deceased had been resident of White
River junction for so years. Her husband
died about 26 years ago. Mrs. Barnes was
81 years of age. She had been in i'll health
for year past. but had kept about her
home. Even Friday noon she was able
to eat her dinner at the family table. Mr..
and Mrs. Barnes were married in 1886
and are survived by daughter, Miss
Frances Barnes at the parental home. a
niece. Mrs. Alfred Gould. of Manchester,
n. H., arrived at the home Saturday.
The funeral was from the home Tues
day afternoon at 1:45 o'clock and inter-
ment was in Hartford cemetery.-Be-
cause of the illness of the Rev. DR.. George
II. Sisson, the sermon at the morning
service in the Methodist Episcopal Church
was by the Rev. Edward Tuck of Con-
cord, n. H., field secretary of the New
England Sabbath Day League.-Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Davis went to Burlington Fri
day to attend Saturday the funeral of
their relative, Mrs. Fred Davis.-Sergeant
| Rudolph LeClair is at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis LeClair. in
| Hartford village, having received his
discharge from the army.-News was re-
ceived Saturday that Private Samuel
Allen, son of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Allen.
had arrived in New York from overseas
service-Mrs w. C. w. Marshall and
baby son, Howard, returned Saturday to
| the family home from the Mary Hitch
cock hospital. Hanover, y. H.. where the
| son was born February %.
| In spite of the prevailing storm of
Sunday morning a large congregation at
tended the morning service in the
Methodist Church where the sermon was
| by the Rev. Edward Trick of Concord
n. H., and field secretary of the New
! England Sabbath day league. The Rev
Mr.. Trick was emphatic in his one single
theme, THE League of Nations" and fol-
lowing his sermon he attended the Sun
day school session Of the Brotherhood
class and there presented a resolution
favoring the adoption of the League of
Nations" idea. The resolution was pass
ed by the class and thereupon, at the re-
quest of the Rev. Mr. Trick, it was voted
| to send copy of the resolution to United
States senators Page and Dillingham;
The Coon Ice Cream company of Bur-
| lington is to open branch ice cream
plant in town. The corporation has
leased the Crew-Lewck buildings on
South Main street and it is the purpose
|
White River junction will be made a
distributing point of the works. The
buildings and their location are admit
rably adapted to the business.-Miss
Alice Gilbert, a student nurse in the
Mary Fletcher hospital, was at the home
Of her parents for the eek-end.-Among
those at the funeral of Mrs. Ellen
i Frances Barnes on Tuesday afternoon
were John w. Dunklee of Boston, and
one time partner of Amos Barnes in the
ownership of the Hotel Brunswick Bos-
ton, and now So years old. A second
aged one was former Gov. S. T.. Pingree.
now 81, while the third was Captain
Horace French 49, The united ages of
the three is 25S years. Following the
funeral the three men met at the juno
tion House and had a reunion, having
been old time acquaintances.-Wayn
II. Nichols, general manager of the New
York and Dominion Pulp Wood corpora
ton, left town Monday morning for
Montreal from which city he will pro-
coed to Quebec and from there he will
go to Lake st. John. 200 miles further
north.-In a letter just received by Mr..
and Mrs. Placide +. Adams from their
son, Sergeant Ephram l.. Adams of the
fourth Air Service Machine regiment in
| FRANCE, Ic tchS iii' i"''S' " "oii MS h"'
whenever and wherever he meets a men,
Der of the Salvation army because of the
good deeds they have done for him as a
soldier-Alfred T.. Watson and Mr.. and
Mrs. George C. West attended the annual
meeting of the Vermont Association OF
local fire insurance agents held In Water
bury the past week. Mrs. West was
chosen a member of the grievance COM
mittee and Mr.. Watson of the member
ship committee.-Mrs Margery Watson
Larson. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
E. Watson is in receipt of information
that her husband. Captain Henry NJ
Larson OF the army medical corps in
France, has been made epdemiologist OF
the army in the lie Mans section OF
France, which has an area of 6,4ot
square miles and an army reservation OF
209 900 soldiers.