Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-08-26

on the grounds of intolcrable severity and
refusal TO support. She asks for the Gus
tody Of the child.
| In Probate Court Tuesday the will of
| Justus Stokes, late of Huntington, was
approved and allowed. There were set
Elements and DEGREES in the estates of
Eben +. Woodruff, late of Milton Lucy
Hart, late of Burlington; Homer S.
| Remington. late OF Essex; John O'Brien.
late of Bolton. Merton G. Grandy of
| Burlington was appointed administrator.
with the will annexed. Of the estate of
John H. Converse. late of Philadelphia,
with C. w. Brownel and II. s. Peck COM
mssioncrs and appraisers.
! miscellaneous shower was given to
Miss Elsie Matthews Friday evening at
the home of Miss Dorothy Ravey of
| Pomcroy street in honor of her approach
ing marriage to Philip Smith of Togus.
Me. Miss Matthews was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful gifts, includ-
ing cut glass and linen. A vocal solo was
rendered by Miss Irene NanDerhoof,
accompanied by Miss Ruth ingalls, on the
violin and Miss Madeline Dart at the
piano A lunch was served by the Misses
Dorothy Rsvey and Helen Langlois.
That the opening of the college season
is close at hand is evidenced by the
repair work that is being done around
/ the various Greek letter fraternity
houses. Alpha Tau Omega will start the
year in a new garb. Painters are busy at
present with the outside and some work
is TO be done on the interior. Phi Delta
! Theta has begun some repairs on the
! interior of its house. At the Sigma M
| Lodge, carpenters and decorators are re-
finishing the room that was burned In the
recent fire. Some of the other houses and
the dormitories are making minor re-
pairs
| Captain and Mrs Harvey C. Allen are
/ ir this city for few days visiting their
respective parents. Captain Allen Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J Clark Allen OF
| Colchester avenue. and )S,c. Allen is the
| daughter of Mr.. and Miro. g. A. Arm
i strong of Fletcher place. Captain Allen
served overseas during the war and has
! recently been connected with the depart
ment OF coast artillery in Washington
y. c. When he leaves here. he will go
to Boston to spend year studying at
the Boston Institute Of Technology. Cap
tain Allen is a graduate of the Uriver-
! sity of Vermont in the class Of 1909
Friends of George r. Tutt,e. Jr.. will
be pleased 10 learn that he has recently
been appointed registrar of tho Univer-
sitN of Illinois. Mr.. futile who Is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs George +. futile Of
Booth street this city. vas GRADUATED
from the local high school in 1907 and
from the University of Vermont In tho
"lasa OF 1911. He has becii at Illinois
/ University since August, 1911, The Uni
versity of Illinois is one OF the largest
institutions IN the Middle West, having
,.111,
students. Mr.. futile. therefore. takes
charge of one of the larges: registrars
offices in the country.
! There are some signs of a let-down in
the price of foods. WHICH Is contrary to
! the predictions made a short time ago.
/ The price of sugar has declined several
cents within the past few days. and it Is
predicted in some quarters that 1t will go
/ back to 10 cents a pound and even less
Tuesday potatoes were offered on the
street to merchants at S1.25 per bushel.
! Those who predict lower sugar base their
/ opinions on the theory that very large
amount of sugar has been boarded OF
late the tight money market has obliged
| spectators to unload and because of the
! lei-down in most lines Of business there
has been weak market.
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day sentenced to spend the remainder
Of her minority in the Industrial School
at Nergennes because she was deln-
quent and incorrigble child. Viola was
taken into home by the Children's Aid
society but could not get along with the
people in charge She had trouble with
( her eyes but would not allow the medicine
in them and tore the label off the bottle
: in an effort to prevent the prescription
being reflled. She did a lot of other
things and the situation became such
! that there was no place bat the Indus
/ trial School for her, as no one else would
| take her in. The chlds' home was In
/ Colchester
| The Vermont tuberculosis association
and the tuberculosis department of the
State Board of Health have established
headquarters at 233 Pearl street, In the
4 house on the southwest corner of Pearl
and South Union streets, formerly occupied
! by Mrs. May Martin as a boarding house
The offices of the tuberculosis department
were moved into the new quarters yester-
! day and business connected with that
work will be carried on from that head
quarters hereafter Harold w. Slocum,
/ in charge of the tuberculosis department
of the State Board of Health and secre-
!
! citation will be in charge of the new
| offices.
At a meeting of the North Chittenden
! Cow Test association Saturday morning
In the Grange hall at Essex Center, w. +.
thapin, secretary and treasurer, made a
report for the past year, showing the as
ISOLATION to be in good standing. There
seemed to be sufficient interest to plan
! to start the association for another years
work, and officers We're elected as fol-
lows: President. r. J. Wool, Essex Cen
ter. vice president Ray Collins; secretary
and treasurer. Nelson Mitchell; directo rs
at large, George Stewart of Westford and
William Nichols of Jericho, This asso-
citation has been successfully handled
during the last year by Mr.. Brown OF
East Montpelier, as COW tester. II. f.
Bremen. State agent in charge of COW
test work, was present and addressed tho
meeting Saturday.
The Curtiss hydro-aeroplane, which
was here earlier in the season under
! command of Major Parker and Captain
Wilcox, returned to Burlington yester-
day noon and is now tied up near the
| Yacht club. The plane has had a
thorough overhaulins at Shelburne Harbor
I since II was last here. Major Parker
brought the seagull to Burlington accom-
panied by Mason Beebe OF this city. The
same company has the Avra 1andplanc,
which was here about n week ago. The
Avro will return to Burlington Saturday
or Sunday from Lake Placid, where 1t has
been making flights for the last few days.
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