Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

New England States Limited for q trr
to New York and Washington The groom
is In the employ of the New England
Telephone a. Telegraph company. Miss
Leahy has been employed in the auditing
department of the Central Vermont Rail-
way company the past year and a halt
and previous to that for several years
was with the Franklin County Telephone
company. where her paintaking obligine
service made her popular with large
number of people outside her immediate
circle of personal friends.
ing to spend the weekend.
u. G.. Briggs. who has been employed
In the valuation department of the Cen
trail Vermont railway, left Saturday for
Detroit, Mich, where he has secured a
position with the Grand Trunk Western
railroad.
! a son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ora
Grant of the Georgia road at the Sher-
wood santarlnn Saturday morning.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Missisuuoi Lime Works, Inc. wal
held Saturday afternoon and the follow
ing directors were elected: Dx-Gov.
Edward c. Smith. Edmund Deschcncs.
j. Gregory Smith, Z. T. Bradley OF Swan
ton, Bruce II. Corlss and Curtis Il.
Smith.
/ Inc Il11dilCldl statement OF Tie st.
! Adams city schools for the year enning
December 81. 1919, shows u balance OF
$isl7o3 ir the treasury. There was a
balance of sS32.3o On hand january I,
1919. and receipts were made up as fol-
loU's; Fifty-iive por cent OF the grand list.
SIG 7i0.Sl; 10 per cent cf grand list. an
extra TAX voted for school purposes.
IS. sil.93; from State school fund. $.ssodt;
t"!t!oo9. $3.902.50; grammar sc,cci land
rSrt si3S; insurance adjustment S1S cuul'
, trpcG,ttcrs sold, $3.50: paper a;c books
sold. .l6..e2: t3tal S37,c7S Is. Total en-.
penditureg of $:3s'.261 20 were divided as fol-
lows Administration. s232s C3 teachers,
s212I.59: teat books $9oy 49, supplies ST.
$3.50: furniture, s23i.25; repairs. $,d15 u (;
/ lights, s23G2t; fuel IS. 80 05: innitors ana
supplies, i',o0S.s9; Insurance. sj693:
printing, 5000; school nurse. $50; mis-.
cellareous si2l9i.
Mar: Virginia. the il days old dAvgh-
tel OF Kenneth ". and tIortcnsr Char
:on? bartlett, died Thursday MORNING at
hcr h"na on Lower Newton .trce; Thc
remains were placed in the vault d, MI
Calvary cemetery in tho afternoon
! y. J. Powers OF Cenccr street, died
Thursday afternoon at the ST. Adams
hospital, ~fi6re he was taken two weeks
ago fox trcatmont. lie was Il ycar3 old
Thc remains were taken by ". y. Nc
Lehman 10 the Mccorney undertaking;
iF'iiors, which ho is occupying tenn
pora:iiy, ard where the funera. services
| OK pia-e.
! AZ the meeting Of American legion
| Post at the arnory Monday evening q
constitution und bylaws were adopted
and il was voted that the naming Of the
post should take place at the first meet
ing - July. y resolution was adopted
condcmnng Jack Dempsey, claimant OF
the heavyweight boxing and e-trht-
ing championship of tho United States.
rs a Stacker and stating that his claims
should be made void because Dempsey
claimed the championship upon ring sue
ccsses won, while 100000 other Ancr-
cans were IN the military forces Of the
United States and, therefore, were eX-
cluded from participating in the series.
II is expected tho post will elect officers
In two weeks
AT the meeting of the city council Mon
day evening city Attorney Roswell NJ.
Austin reported that the appraisers in
the Fonda tax case, so-callcd. had MADE
n finding adverse to the city and on Mr..
.\ustin's recommendation it was voted to
take the case to the Supreme Court of
Vermont II was voted to accept the
proposition Of r.. a. Marshall to deed to
the city Il tract of land to extend Diamond
street if tho city would open and main
tain the road. A letter was read from
e. J. St. Clair, manager of the Franklin
County Telephone company, commenting
the judgment of Fire Chief F. ]. Guerin
and the good work of the department in
the recent fire, which. stated Mr.. ST.
Clair saved the company thousands of
dollars and is worthy of the highest praise
and communication" On petition of Chief
of Police j. T.. Mahoney and Patroman
Patrlck Fitzgerald for Il raise in salary.
it was voted to grant each an increase oc
$40 month from January l to April |.
IT was voted to accept the proposition
Of L. \. Chittenden. chairman of the
trustees of the Bellows Free Academy
fund, to sell the city 5000 worth of city
of st. Adams four per cent bonds due in
1893 at par and accrued interest, the
council having the samount of the bonds
put away rs safety fund when the bonds
should become due. A petition that a
room in the City Hall should be used as
Il rest room, presented by the business
men of the city. was left to the COM
nittec on city property to investigate
Calls have been issued by the repub-
lican and democratic city committees
for the annual caucuses to be held at the
city Hall Wednesday evening. February
II. at 1880 O'Clock to place In nomination
the necessary officers to he voted for at
the coming local city election to be held
March !"
Dr. and Mrs. c. A. Lofts have returned
to this city after an absence of fifteen
months ard DR.. Lcftis will open his Of
flee at IL North Main street and resume
his medical practice. Or. Lofts has naen
coptain Since last Npr. he has sheen sta
toned a.t re general hospital 1T S.. Louis.
No.
4 Word has been rccoiSed OF the death
u. Charles Il. COLES OF Worcester, Mass.
ii native OK st. Adams, which occurred
JANUARY 90 after II lingering illness with
briShts disease. He was A %ear& old lasr
august and was q prominent newsparcr
man. A. the time OF his death he WAC
advertising manager OF the Worcester
Post. He is survived b. his mother, two
brothers and three sisters.
| George II. Topper severed his connec-
ton with the st. Anan? Plumbing ~
/ Heating company February / and with
Mrs. Tuppor left Tuesday for u week )
visit 10 Pittsburg, Pa, with his daugh"
ter. Mrs. Hcber T. Shaw. and son, Frank
H. Tupper.
Dr.. Grace Sherwood. who has been
! spending about four months in Pasadena
and Los Angeles. Cal. returned home
Tuesday. DE-. Sherwood motored to Cali
fornia with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. For,