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

Ice harvesting that has been i'm opera
ton for more than a month by the local
ice dealer, A. +. Parsons. has come to ,
close. Besides that packed for his ice
business, Mr.. Parsons has cut something !
moro than 200 tons for the William r. 4
Johnson e. Sons creamery cold storage, /
a similar amount for the cold storage
of A. y. Tandow's market and over 100
tons has been packed in W. S. Flotchor's
ice house, besides numerous small ice
houses have been filled to their capacity.
Approximately 81 200 tons of ice have been
harvested on the river this season, which
amount Is ample to meet all requirements
even with an extraordinary warm sum
mer Tls prices for the product. 1t Is
reported will be slightly increased from
that % last year because of the greater
cost Of harvesting and handling.
The meeting Of tho fourth quarterly con-
ference of tho Methodist Church was held
at the parsonage Thursday. Tho district
superintendent, the Rev. Walter Il.
Davenport presided. There were reports
by the pastor; T.. 4. Mills, superint endent
of Sunday school; trustees. president of
Ladies Home Circle, Mrs. O. r.. cox, and
president of Epworth League. all of
which gave evidence of the excellent
condition Of tho church. The following
(.
Stewards, Mrs. Il. II. Place and o. L.
Cox: district stewards p. A. Mills L. l..
| Howard, Mrs. Charles Mathcrson, Mrs.
Nina Peck, Mrs. Eta stowe and Mrs,
Clara Smith Mrs Frank Smith was APP
pointed communion steward and Mrs.
w. a. Thompson, recording steward Tho
trustees are: h. i. Smith, chairman; w.
y. Thompson. treasurer; Charles Mather-
son and Mrs. o. Il. Cox; chairman of
finance committee, Charles Matherson;
church records. T.. i. Smith, auditing ac-
counts. b. \. Mills church music. Mrs.
VIVA Peck. r. \. Mills and Melvia Barnes;
tricr of appeals, w Il. Place: apportioned
bcnevolences, q. T.. cox r. \. Mills and
T.. J.. Howard It was voted unanimously
to return the pastor for the coming year
The annual village meeting was held in
| Lincoln hall Saturday evening. Not as
| large a number of voters turned out as
was expected, doubtless because of the
| extreme cold weather. Tho village presi-
dent. y. E. Yandow, called the meeting
to order and the warning for the village
meeting was read by the clerk. Allen
! Martin Til" reports of tho different Off
| GERS of the village was the first business
! acted upon and each was accepted as
! rendered. When article No. &. To sec il
the village will vote to authorize the water
commissioners to construct a pipe line
of four-inch pipe or larger from Indian
| river. so-called. northerly 10 the village
| line on Main street, was reached. it was
! voted TO leave the matter entirely with
! the water commissioners to act for the
best interest of the village. Article I.
ITO see if the village will vote and APP
| propriate a sum of money not exceeding
| five per cent of it's grand list to be APP
] f,a.
tertainment within said village to be- fur
nished by the Essex Junction band" it
was voted to give this organization three
per cent of the grand list, said amount
| to be used to buy uniforms for the band
which are to remain the property of = .
! village. Article No. g. "A tax of 40 per
! cent OH the dollar of the grand list of
the year ensuing, the avals thcrefrom to
| be used for village purposes. ten per
| cent to be used to pay a portion of the
| present indebtedness, ten per cent to he
used for permanent street work, five per
| cent TO be used for sidewalks. total s.
per cent, was voted as recommended by
the trustees. The following officers were
elected President. a, b. Yandow clerk.
Allen Martin; treasurer, |. +. Hunter;
trustee, f.. a. Martin. w B. Nichols was
reelected water commissioner for a term
n.
ed water commissioner for one year. to
fill the vacancy caused by II. G.. Gates
declining to accept the office after serv-
ing the village several years in that
capacity.
Sixteen Of the sons, daughters and
grandchildren of Henry T. Barnes
gathered at his home Sunday afternoon
and evening TO remind him of the END
anniversary of his birth. The 70 lighted
tapers placed on a pyramid shaped cake
briliently Illuminated the room causing
a most pleasing spectacle. Refreshments
Of sandwiches. coffee ice cream and cake
were served. Mr.. Barnes is the youngest
in his family and has sister Mrs. James
Bryant, of Willston. who is past rs years
of age and brother, Hezilliah, who. re-
sides in Oregon who will be S. years old
Thursday.
Highways that have been nearly i'm
passabe in the north part of the town
because of the shifting winds that
kept them continuously filled with
snow during the past week We're re-
ported to be in better condition Tues
day. Road Commissioner A. c. Moo
nan has endeavored to keep snow road
opened and has succeeded successfully
but with much hard work on his part
as well as to those who assisted him.
The road to Westford over which the
mail is carried was given first atteu-
ton much to the satisfaction of the
patrons. Mail Carrier r. IA. HALEY re-
turned on near schedule time Tues
day. on his Monday trip he was obliged
to take his horse from the sleigh. be-
ing overturned and nearly buried in
the snow after reaching the Westford
town line. He finally managed to
cover the route after the hardest days
| work OF the winter