Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
CITY NEWS

l912, has resigned his position.
Reuel David Martin and Lillian Isham
were united in marriage last Saturday
at the Free Methodist parsonage by the
Rev. l.. II. SHELTON
The marriage of Richard Barry and
Ethel Elizabeth Stokes. both of this
city, took place Friday afternoon at
five o'clock at st. Mary's rectory
Charles L. Phillips of Lyndonvillc en-
listed for the O. NJ. c. in the Canal Zone
Saturday through the local army recruit
ing station. He is n former member of the
26th Division
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Perry of Adams
street. left Monday for Red Oak.
Wright Clark. They plan to spend the
winter in California.
Charles W. McCicttrick a son of the
late Felix w. McGettrick of st. Adams,
has been transferred to the local office
Of the collector Of internal revenue. lie
has been stationed at Portsmouth. N. II.
With minimum tempera ture of only
two degrees above zero. the lowest of
the winter thus far. Burlington got into
the real cold class yesterday morning.
Slowly rising temperature is forecast for
to-day.
The list Of those who filed income tax
returns for 1918 In Burlington has been
received at the local postoffice Nearly
1000 people paid the income tax here
In that year, the exact number of names
being 95s. OF these about one in six were
women.
Afa-
rapher at the Champlain Transportation
company for 10 years, has resigned her
position and left Sunday evening for Chi
cago where she has accepted "a position
with the Chicago Savings Bank e. Trust
company.
Hattie A. Jackson Of this city entered
in Chttenden county court Saturday.
through her attorney, y. i. Enright. a
suit TO recover from William Stevens of
Burlington, and the Burlington Savings
Bank, trustee. the sum of $1,000, claimed
to be due her.
Mrs. Sarah E. Smith has sold the house
and lot at 10 Sheburne street. occupied
by the Smith family for many years, to
Sylvester g. and Jane Il. Sails for a
consideration of 5000. In addition to
the house about an acre and a half of
land goes with it.
Under the influence of strong south
wind. the snow disappeared as by magic
Saturday afternoon and night and there
was not n trace of it left Sunday morn
Ing. Notwithstanding the fact that the
fine seighing which began Thanksgiving
morning continued up to Saturday noon.
In probate court Friday the wills of
n FriInl l. nl,stn hnt
late of Shelburne, We're proved. Arthur
Martelle of Burlington was appointed
executor of the will of John Bleau. late
of Burlington. There was a settlement
and decree in the estate of Sidney Z.
Giffin. late of Hneaburg
Capt. j. Lynn Reynolds, who was in
the United States service for about two
and one-haf years has been honoraby
discharged and has been appointed SUI
perintendent of one of the motor depart
ments of the Hall-Scott Motor company
of San Francisco. Calf, the largest mo-
tor company on the Pacific coast.
c. L. Woodbury. received message
Friday announcing the death of the
nine year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Percy f. Coffee of Des Moines,
Iowa Mrs. Coffee is sister of Mrs.
NoOubtTN ana upon learning OF the
critical illness of her niece Mrs Wood
bury left November 20 for Des Moines
Charlotte leads the county in the
membership drive for the Chittenden
County Farm Bureau. with 50 members
in the town, according to reports re-
ceived at the office of the county agent
yesterday. Charlotte was the first town
In the county to report on the day the
drive opened and it is the first town to
get in complete reports,
The faculty of Middlebury College has
invited members of the faculty of the
University of Vermont to be their guests
on Thursday evening. December IS Prof
William Lyon Phelps of Yale University
will speak. 1t is expected that the faculty
will leave Burlington on the $40 y. M
train. returning on the train which ar
rives in this city about Ii 80,
Ice is already formed i'm parts of the
lake, although in this section of the
country. even the slips are unaffected as
yet. AS long ago as Thanksgiving day
Walter Schoocraft walked from Alburgh
10 west Swanton, taking about the route
or the ferry. a distance of three-quar-
tiers of mile. There is plenty of ice all
through the islands, where it forms much
earlier than it does further south.
The convocation to be held at the
University of Vermont gymnasium on
Friday afternoon will be addressed by
Prof Jean Charlemagne Brace, for many
years professor of romance languages at
Vassar College. He is a native of France
spent part of his boyhood in Winooski,
and was graduated from McGill College
his wife is a native of Chester Pro-
fessor BRAGG is a well known writer and
lecturer
new reception room is being fitted up
and will be open to-day at the Hotel
Van Ness This room is the one off the
lobby formerly used as a grill room
Cp-to-date furnishings, including art
square, rugs. tables with lamps. lounges
and easy chairs, have been placed in
this room, and piano has been added
for the convenience of the guests The
room adds much to the winter equipment
of the hotel.
Max l.. Powell president of the YER
mont section of the Theodore Roosevelt
International Highway association. is
conducting negotiations with Stoddard
b. Bates, commissioner of highways. for
the. use next spring of the government
trucks, which are at Montpelier. Mr.
Powell has plan whereby he hopes to
put these trucks to good use on the
roads in this vicinity when the frost gets
out of the ground in the spring
County Agent Il. II. Loveland spent
Monday in Willston at the farm of the
b.