Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-12

enlistment he was in the transport serv-
ice.
Green Mountain Chapter. d. A. r..
held its monthly meeting Monday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs S. z.
Jocelyn on Summit street. 1t was voted
to send $50, the proceeds of the Bangs
lecture, for the Vermont bed at the
! Rheims Memorial hospital. Judge Mower
gave an interesting talk on the beneficial
results of the war in regard to interna-
tional law, and his talk was much en-
joyed. The chapter will hold its annual
colonial tea at the home Of Mrs. III. r.
! Watkins on the afternoon of February
q. and the public is cordially invited.
Joseph Bacon of Burlinet ION has entered
| in Chittenden county court through his
attorneys, r. E. Hopkins and J. ].
| Enright, case to recover from Alice
T.. Corkins and Martin S. Villas the sum
of 81 200. said sum to represent the value
of diamond ring and the trouble which
Mr.. Bacon has had over the ring. 1t is
understood that the ring was pawned and
then redeemed. During the process, it
came into the possession of The defepd-
ant, who now refuses to give it 0p.
though the plaintiff claims that it is
legally his, since he has lawfully re-
deemed it.
Tuesday evening at the regular meeting
of Green Mountain lodge. I. O. O. F.,
| Carl d. Densmore of this city presented
the odd Fellows of the city with a
handsome blue marble pedestal for the
! colors. on one side was engraved
| Green Mountain Lodge No. 1. l. o.
! o. F.; on another Hamilton Lodge,
! No. a." and on the third "Encamp-
presented by Carl d. Densmore,
bore the insignia of the order. At>the
meeting last evening the second degree
| was worked on II candidates
Mr. and Mrs. f. w. Laforce of Hines
burg announce the marriage of their
/ daughter Hazel, to Sergeant Lawrence
| 7. Lauderbough of Pttsburg, Pa, who
/ is now stationed at Fort Ethan Allen. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
J. F. ellis at his home. They were at
tended by Miss Anna Laforce sister
Of the bride, and Sergeant Hendrickson
of Fort Ethan Allen. The bride was
powned in a new blue crepe de chene
dress, with a black satin hat. while the
/ bridesmaid was dantly gowned in blue.
After the ceremony the couple departed
by automobile to parts unknown.
state Auditor Benjamin Gates has conf
plctcd the audit of the books of the Bur-
linGton city court for the last quarter.
The court made. little money outside
of the salary of the judge. The bills
paid were $5s1.26 and tho amounts re-
Ceivcd in fines and costs totallcd s644.91.
These figures are small in comparison
with those of other days. There have
! been quarters when the fines and costs
amounted TO more than 5000. In 1917.
when drinking was on the decrease be-
cause SO many men were in the service
or otherwise engaged in war work. one
of the quarters totalled $3.50 in costs and
fines
The installation Of the new officers
elected by William Wells Camp No. 10,
Sons of Veterans, was held at their rooms
in Stannard Memorial hail Friday night.
The following officers were installed by
Past Division Commander Fred +, Ter
rill: Commander, y. r. Masters: senior
vice-commandcr. A.. T. Bushey: junior
vicc-commandor. j.. i. Norton; camp
council for three years. =. e. Smith
camp council for two years. ~. S. How
ard; secretary, Lucius =. Wells; treasur-
err, l.. w. Baker; guide, Benjamin Wright
At she close of the business meeting re-
freshments were served by the newly
elected members, and social hour was
enjoyed.
Forrest Palmer, the 15-year-old boy
who was found by the State board of
charities last November living with two
old men in Charlotte. was in city court
Thursday and on motion of William II.
Jeffrey, State probation officer, was sem
| fenced TO the Industrial school in YER
gennes for the remainder of his minority.
he hnN tIFh. md
his place of living was in very bad con-
dition and for a long time was treated
a. the Mary Fletcher hospital. Since his
discharge from there he has been at his
old home, not attending school or living
up 10 par in any way, and the Industrial
school was adjudged the best place for
him.
Goods from Alsace-Lorraine are now
coming to Burlington right along, and
the Burlington Rendering company is OF
the opinion that plenty of potash can
he secured for all purposes this year
Another lot is on the way and the part
of the ships cargo which will come tc
Burlington is about 200 tons, or eight cars
Strange to say, on the last shipment the
trouble was not so much in getting a shir
across the ocean as ii was in getting the
shipment from New York to Burlington
With the various delays the last part OF
the journey occupied six weeks, which
was as long as the time between leaving
Alsace- Lorraine and arrival in the United
States.
A number of punch boards, which were
seized in n cleanup of Richmond sew
oral months ago, were ordered DESTROYED
Monday by Judge Ladd in city court
The boards have been in the custody o.
the authorities for several months ant
nobody claims them. At the time tn,
boards were seized gambling had de
veloped to an alarming extent in Rich
! mond, especially among the younger set
and Deputy Sheriff Murphy went through
the entire town, taking about a dozel
boards with him. The boards were prett,
well cleaned of prizes when they wer,
seized, but about Sli was left in currency
/ among the prizes The authorities hay,
not yet disposed of this
DR., c. w. Nancy, district health officer
said Monday evening that there was M
spread of influenza to any alarming eXten
. in either Chittenden or Grand Isle county
The spread of the disease is remarka bl,
) slow. Several weeks ago there wer,
about 30 cases of influenza in Alburg ant
since that time the disease has spreat
so that there have been about 80 add
tional cases in the territory right arounC
there. Most Of these are in the town o
Grand Isle Most of the early cases haV
been cleared up. DR.. Nancy also has tn
town of Waterbury, and down there jus
D one case was reported. That has Sine
al. ti,,o