Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-19
NEW SCHOOL FOR
PARISH At LAKESIDE
st. Anthony's Church to Have
Educational InstitutiOn-Will
Start to Raise Funds Right
Away-May Buy Champlain
School From City

Burlington is to have a new school at
Lakeside II the plans of the parish Of
st. Anthony's Church are successful. A
fund of about $1,000 has already been
accumulated and 1t is intended to start
right away on the work of raising about
$4,000, which will be spent on either a
new school house for the parish of the
church or oward the purchase from the
city of the Champlain school, IL the city
Is DESTROYS of selling.
The Rev. w. A.. Plamondon stated yes
ferday to a Free Press reporter that his
parish was very DESTROYS of building a
school and the members were never in
such a favorable position to pay for IT.
The plan which will be used in raising
the money will be by pledges, made by
the different families Of whom there are
about 200 In the parish. 1t is not thought
that $4,000 will pay for such a school as
is desired but 1t will be enough to start
on. Father Plamondon said yesterday
that some members of the parish were
especially jealous and already had an
nounced their intentions of giving the
money cash down. Most of them, how
ever. will pay in monthly installments.
The parish now owns land which would
be suitable for the new building II such
a one Is erected. Next to the church are
five lots of 1856 in depth and so feet
each frontage. Combined, these would
give ample room for the school and they
are situated right on the square. The
location would be ideal. Many of the
parish are so enthusiastic that they
would like to start this spring but that
is unlikely. 1t will be at least two years
before work Is commenced. in the opinion
of Father Plamondon.
Some offer will undoubtedly be made
the city for the Champlain school,. The
people OF st. Anthony's point to the fact
that outside of the children who attend
the C%hamplain school from the Home for
Destitute Children and a few from Shell
burne road all the children are Catholics
and in case a parochial school was erected
they would go to that school,. This would
leave hardly any children to attend the
Champlain school and those who did at
tend would be situated far from it. With
the money which would be paid for the
school by the Catholics a public school
could be erected in a better location for
the other element. At the time the Cham
plain school was built, 1t was proposed
by some to build two schools. The Queen
City Cotton people. who form practically
the entire parish of st. Anthony's, wanted
a school at Lakeside so their children
wouldn't have to cross the railroad tracks
and the people or S%helburne road OBJ
5ected to the present location of the
school even to the extent of sending
their children to the Adams school in
preference. The school was, nevertheless,
built on Pin street.
There is a big community spirit at
Lakeside now n the people there have
been stimulated to do things for them
selves. With their pay greatly increased
over hat of any previous year. they feel
mat this is the time to finance the school
proposition. What kind of an offer would
be made for the school property is not
yet known but it can be authorttiyely
stated that one will be made.