Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29
CITY NEWS

Charles McCuen was a business visitor
In South Hero Monday and reports a
strenuous return trip to this city, the
highways being so drftcd with snow
that travel was next to impossible.
The md-winter meeting of the Vermont
Press association will be held in this
city on Friday, February 10, at the Uni
versty of Vermont, thus repeating a most
successful meeting of a few years ago.
The Burlington lodge Of Ell<s present ed
nm excellent minstrel show at The Strong
thoatre on Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day evenings, for their permanent home
fund. the net proceeds being in the
noighborhood of $3.50.
Dr.. c. X. johnson of this city. formerly
Instructor in diseases Of children in the
college of medicine of the University has
been promoted to succeed DR.. c. Il. pisek
of New York, resigned, as professor of
the diseases of children.
On account of the heavy freight bus
mess. the Central Vermont has borrow
ed a couple of engines from the Rutland,
which has suffciency, with some stor-
ed away now. The Central has for some
time been using some Maine central en-
gincs.
MI. ana MTS NJ. d Levin announce llf
engagement of their daughter, Rose to
Or. Morris r. Mechanic of this city. Miss
Levin Is a graduate of the University of
Vermont, class of 1918. and DR. Machanic
was graduated from Tufts Dental col
lege in 1919.
From present indications Burlington
Post No. 2, American Legion will net
about 1855 clear on the lecture by Chap
lain Francis A. Kelley for their benefit
In this city. This money will be used by
the ex-servce men in furnishing club
room for their use.
Miss Jessie F. Grandy. who was for
merly employed in the State office of the
Vermont Anti-Saloon League. is now in
charge of the office of the Vermont Chi
dren's Aid society in the medical build
ing when the field secretary. Miss lose
phne Webster, is absent.
At a meeting Of lay members of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church. held in the
| church parlors Monday evening. J. l.. Hall
| was elected a delegate to attend the
lay electoral conference at Saratoga
Springs, n. Y, in April and a. NJ A2ei-
tine was elected as the reserve
In city court Monday Mrs. Cora Lounge
| of Westford pleaded guilty to burglary
and was placed on probation by Judge
]. P. Ladd. She is an elderly woman and
is without a court record, except for this
| crime The sentence of the court was no,
less than six nor more than l. months
Imprisonment.
In probate court Monday. realty IL
| cense was granted in the estate of Eler
e. Barber, late of Jericho. The will OF
| 3. l.. Mylkes, late of Essex, was proved
There were settlements and DEGREES in
the estates of Andrew McGaffey. and
William j. Laprese, both late of this
city.
Word has reached Burlington OF the en-.
| gagement of State Treasurer Walter F
Scott of Brandon to Mrs. Lucretia Ballard
| of Brandon. Mrs. Ballard is the widow
| of Harold Fl. Ballard. a former clerk il
| the Old Bee Hive in this city. who died
during the influenza epidemic here about
| year ago.
Mrs. Katherine Dow, the Albany post.
mistress who was recently found guilty
in United States court of embezzlement
of government funds, and who was SEN
fenced by Judge Harland 3. Howe to a
year and day in federal prison will
be taken to-day to the federal prison foI
women at jefferson City, Mo.
At a dinner Saturday evening given r
honor of Merritt A. Edison, first lieu
tenant. U. s. Marine Corps, Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Robbins announced the engage
mont of their daughter Ethel Winnfred
to Mr.. Edson who has recently returned
from overseas and is at present stationed
at Marine Barracks, Quantico. Va.
The winters cold weather record was
again broken Monday morning with ar
official temperature of % degrees below
No. IL tA11
est place on the map with temperature
| a blizzard Monday evening and rapidly
rising temperature, with rain on Tues
day.
The adjourned meeting of the board o
aldermen, which was called expressly fo
the purpose of considering proposition
in settlement of the cty's claims of take.
against the Central Vermont and RUTLAND
railroads. was adjourned Monday evening
without doing any business for the Reason
| hat some of the attorneys were 'unabl,
10 be present.
n. f. Pierce is in New York and tn,
bituminous and anthracite coal regions
looking up the matter of supply of coal
| There is still a big scarcity of coal in tn,
rural districts of the state and while n,
real suffering has been reported, tn,
cod wave has made such demands on tn,
| supply that there has been some fear o
shortage before the winter is over
The Rev. Francis A. Kelley of Troy
y. y, national chaplain of the Ameri
can Legion, gave lecture on "Amcrican
ism at the Majectc theatre Sunda,
afternoon. In the course of his leCtur
Father Kelley scored the depart
ment for the kindly treatment OF ICON
Tsta hp lln
"vpers hiding within the folds of tn
flag"
There are plenty of fishermen in Bur
lington bay but very few fish. At lcas
80 shanties have been placed in close t
the shore and outside the breakwatAl
but the fish everywhere are taking hol
of the line slowly. Even the perch ar
failing. AT Malletts Bay and everywher
else the fishing is reported excellent an
the poor fishing in Burlington bay is har
to explain.
The Rev, C,J Staples was in Montpe
Ter Friday night and took part in an in
stalation service by which the Re,
William s. Nichols was made pastor o
the Church of the Messiah. At the sam
time a tablet in memory of the Rev .
Edward Wright, for many years paste
of the church and another commemora
tive of the 5Oth anniversary of the churc
were unveiled.
Two laborers filed petitions in bank
n pf he al,