Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-19
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" fOnO fTludy 10 dttenu tne
field day and basket picnic Of the Frank
lin County Jersey Cattle club. The
local farm bureau sent invitations to
the breeders of these counties through
their respective farm bureaus and a
namber of the neighboring breeders Of
Jersey stock were present. A. l.. Tchane,
field secretary OF the American Jersey
Cattle club, gave an interesting talk.
r.. F.. Hutchinson, field man for the
Meridale Farms of Merideth. n. Y. gave
an address. AT Meridale Farms IL kept
one Of the largest and finest Jersey
herds in the world and Mr.. Hutchinson's
connection for a number of years with
this farm has given him an insight into
the business of breeding fine cattle Sec
ond to no one in the country. As a
speaker at the annual meeting Of the
State Jersey Cattle club. held in Bur
lington two years ago, he gave very
interesting talk. The meeting was
called to order at the farm of W. j..
Riley In Franklin at ten o'clock. A bas..
ket lunch was enjoyed at noon.
Mrs. Julian Ballard and Miss Louisa
Ballard delightfully."- entertained MEM
bers of Bellevue Chapter, D. A. r., at
the home of the former in Georgia
Thursday afternoon. Twenty-Five mem
bors and few friends attended After
a short business session the party adj
journed to the lawn where a bountiful
supper swas served. The following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
Regent, Mrs. A. II. Rubiee; vice-regent.
Mrs. NJ d. Greene; secretary, Mrs. G.. r.
Barker treasurer, Miss Susan sanford
registrar, Mrs. T.. II. Lewis historian
Mrs. T. F. Lucas: chaplain. Mrs w. S.
Bailey; board of management. Mrs.
A. Fl. I,ublee, Mrs G.. F. Barker and
Mrs. r. II. Lewis Mrs. o. N Kelton.
Mrs. J. 3. Foss. Mrs. r. c. War
ner. Mrs. c. A. Bostwick: educational
committee, Mrs. 7. d. Miller, Mrs. Julian
Ballard and Mrs. William Shaw.
commencement week of the st. Adams
high school opened at four O'Clock Sunday
afternoon with the baccalaureate sermon
at the First Congregational Church
preached by the pastor, the Rev. $. w.
Anthony.
The funeral of Captain Austin weld
Fuller, who died at his home in Cam
bridge. Mass. June Il, was held at the
undertaking parlors of c. r. McAllister
on North Main street Sunday morning at
nine o'clock. the Rev. David c. Torrey,
pastor Of the First Congregational Church
in Cambridge. officiating. The bearers
were John Branch. w. S. Bailey. H. w.
Hatch. r. G. Forsom, ex-Mayor, S. c.
Greene and G. F. Barker. The body was
placed beside that of Mrs. Fuller in the
family lot in Greenwood cemetery. Mem
bers of A. r. Hurlbut Post. No. 50, G. A.
r.. attended in a body. Col T.. A. Chit
tenden and Col c. S. Forbes We're present,
representing the Vermont Society of CO.
lonal Wars by request of that society OF
which Captain Fuller was one of the
founders and member. Postmaster w.
II. Finn and also number of men who
were employed at the postoffice in this
city when Captain Fuller was postmaster
also attended. The body was accompanied
here by the Rev. and Mrs. Torrey.
About 900 parishioners of St. Marys
Church met Monday evening at st. Mary
hall and adopted resolutions Of protest
against the passage by Congress of the
so-called Smith-Towner educational bill
The resolutions will be forwarded to the
Vermont delegation in Congress. Before
the adoption of the resolutions. the Rev.
b. w. Mcmahon. pastor of ST. Mary s
Church. read a commentary on the bill
and developed points in regard to the
principles involved. He spoke of the
right of the parent to educate the child
and showed how this principle. he
claimed was violated by the bill
At a meeting of the First Univrsalist
parish, Monday evening to consider re-
opening the church, a committee was APP
pointed to arrange for pastor and re-
port in three months. Another commit
tee was appointed to see about some re-
pairs on the church, which has beer
closed for nearly a year.
At the junior prize speaking contest
of the St. Adams high school, held at the
City Hall Monday evening, the prizes
were awarded as follows First. s25, Miss
Anna Belle Corrigan; second. SIS, Miss
Beatrice NJ. Driver; third. so, Edward
ONeill There were nine contestants
An enthusiastic meeting Of the loca
company of Boys Scouts of America was
held at the armory Monday evening, al
which time a banquet was served by the
women of the First Baptist Church
Scoutmaster Carl F. Brown gave clear
and instructive talk on Boy Scout work
Scoutmaster Brown has been the only
individual who has been continuous.
with the Boy Scouts since the local com
pany was organized. Following his tall
the boys gave one of the finest exhibition:
of drills ever witnessed in this city. After
the exhibition a medal was awarded tc
Cook for excellence and industry in hi.
activities in the sale Of war savings
stamps. The purposes Of the meetins
were explained by Roswell NJ. Austin, :
survey of the boys situation in this cit.
had been made as a part of the program
for Boy Scout week and it was founf
that there were $40 boys in this city, he
tween the ages of II and 20: of thos,
boys, there are between II and IA years
% in public schools; between Ii and .
years. a.: and % boys in the parochia
schools between the ages of II and %
There are employed in this city 125 boys
between the ages of 10 and 20. 1t wa
stated that there We're a large number
of boys who wished to become Bo.
Scouts. The specific purpose of the drive
was to procure men of capacity anC
ability to show their interest in the Bo,
Scouts and to give up some of their tint
to aid the Boy Scout movement as mem
bers of the council, of the court of honor
as scoutmasters, as assistant scoutmas
ter and assistants to the scoutmaster. Thu
following men signified their intention t
take part in this work: The Rev. S. w
Anthony, pastor of the First Congrega
tional Church. c. II. Anderson, Roswell
NJ. Austin, A. c. S. Beeman, c. E. Bee
man, C. w. Buckley, John T. Gushing
S. S. Gushing, Mayor H. NJ. brennan
the Rev. d. G. Guest, George NJ. Hogan
A. 7. Holmes, p. r. Johnson. Avery G
Smith Senator Charles Z. Schoff f. j
ST. Clair, c. S. Sumner. j. w. Wardlav
and f. Ralph Watson. II was announce,
that within few days local council
of Boy Scouts will be chosen, meeting
of the council called and an organiza