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The Burlington Free Press from Burlington, Vermont • Page 8

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Montpelier Council Refuses To Sell Piece Of City Parking Lot to MONTPELIER-The mously refused Wednesday by 60-foot piece of the City the need of the local The negative vote had predicted last week by several aldermen who felt the sale would represent poor planning. Montpelier promoter, Harry Sheridan, who had sought to buy the city land to lease to the store for expansion, appeared at the Council meeting Wednesday and voiced his regret at the decision. He said that the store would lease its land through him and that he would hate to see it left to Montpelier. When pressed on the point by Mayor Manuel Canas Sheridan denied that he would seek land for the store outside the city. Neighborhood' Angered Another complaint at Wednesday's meeting was Harold McIntyre, 4 Peck Palce, who objected to a Montpelier planning commission designation; of Franklin Street as a "trashy neighborhood." McIntyre gave the City Council a letter signed by 22 residents of the Franklin Street North Franklin area.

The letter said the "trashy neighborhood" label "is indeed an insult to those of us who are residents or property owners there." Slap at Irving The Burlington Free Press THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 1965 City Council here unaninight to part with a 50 Hall parking lot to meet Store. area was in the North lin North Street area but our 'beloved' city manager ed that the major area was on Franklin Street." The letter noted that there are other neighborhoods in the city that can stand at least as much improvement as Franklin Street. The letter also cited recent improvements that. have been made on Peck Place and Franklin Street.

McIntyre says that he owns two properties in the Franklin Street area valued at $14,000. Refuse Billboard License The City Council refused Wednesday a license application for a billboard to be erected on city land at the corner of Northdale Street and Memorial Drive by Eastern Advertising, of New Hampshire, Mayor Canas said that no advertising signs should be erected on city land until a billboard ordinance is developed to regulate such signs. City Manager Irving announced that three government loans extended to the city in the 1940's will not have to be repaid. The loans for $200, $1,400 and $2,900 were made for the city to adopt plans for improvement of the In a slap at Montpelier plan- Berlin Dam water system, The ning consultant, John Burdis, of plans were never adopted and Albany, N.Y., and City Man- Irving received word from the ager Ralph Irving, the letter Federal government this week stated "Burdis Associates in- that the loans won't have to be dicated that the only blighted repaid. Deaths and Funerals MRS.

ETHEL THOMAS ADDISON Mrs. Ethel Smith Thomas, 77, died late Wednesday evening in a St. Albans nursing home after a long illness. She was born in Monkton, Sept. 10, 1887, the daughter of Ira and Carrie Smith.

She was a member of the Addison Baptist Church and a former member of the Rhoda Farand Chapter DAR and the Ladies Society of the church. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Almary Ringer of Vergennes and Miss Ellen Thomas of Addison; one grandson, Bradley Ringer of Vergennes; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Clement, Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Fannie Collins of Burlington; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be aheld on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Addison Baptist Church. Friends may call at the Larrow Funeral Home on Friday from 3-4 and 7-9. Interment will be in Grandview Cemetery in Addison, Larrow Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. ANDREW WILLIAM HOOD NICOLET, Que.

Andrew William Hood, 56, formerly a Burlington, resident, died Wednesday in a Nicolet hospital. He was born in Burlington, Feb. 2, 1909, the son of J. Nelson Hood and Gertrude (Hall) Hood. He attended Burlington schools, Cushing Academy, and New York University.

He had been president of the Burlington Gun Club and was active in the early days of aviation in the area. He was a World War II veteran, having served two years as an officer pilot in the Air Transport mand. Mr. Hood leaves a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Coon of New Paltz, Express Your Sympathies in a delicate fashion with Flowers from BOOTHMAN'S 28 Church St.

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-Gov. Hoff urged New England governors here Wednesday to implement a regional executive development program for state government personnel as early as possible. Before leaving for the New England Governor's Conference, the Vermont governor had said he would press for early action on the program developed at his request. The program is scheduled to begin late this fall with a twoweek conference for state officials, to be financed by the W. K.

Kellogg Foundation. Content of the conference, as well as staffing, will be provided by the Brookings Institute. On Wednesday, Gov. Hoff asked the governors to assign four top administrative persons from each state to participate in the self-improvement conference. conference, which is expected to be held at the University of New Hampshire, was recommended by a subcommittee of the New England governors headed by Vermont Director of Personnel Miss Lesley Bell.

Frank L. Jenne, Former Newport Mayor, Dies NEWPORT Former Newport Mayor Frank L. Jenne, 72, died Wednesday in Burlington. Mr. Jenne was born in Sutton, Jan.

20, 1893, the son of Lewis and Olive (Reid) Jenne. He was a member of United Church of Newport, past president of the Orleans County Memorial Hospital, member of the Newport Rotary Club and Memphremagog Lodge 65. AM. He was also president of the American Maple Products Corporation of Newport and was well known in the maple sugar industry. He leaves his widow, Mabel (Bothwell) Jenne; one daughter, Mrs.

E. S. Doubleday, Newport; two granddaughters of Newport; and a sister, Mrs. Douglas (Mable) Taylor, of Montreal. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

at the United Church of Newport with the Rev. Scudder M. Parker officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Sutton, Que. Friends may call at the Converse Funeral Home in Newport Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Should friends desire, contributions may be made to the Orleans County Memorial Hospital. Converse Funeral Service in charge of arrangements. Rutland Youth, Shot by Police, Shows Improvement RUTLAND Robert B. Coates 18, shot by police during, an alleged burglary, re- at mained condition Rutland "Hospital Wednesday, but was reported slightly improved. Victor J.

Pisanelli said the improvement was steady. Authorities said Coates was shot by Patrolman James Piggrem early Tuesday while the youth and a companion, Edward Stapleton, 18, were running away from a store which had just been burglarized. Coates was hit with a .38 slug that ripped through his pancreas, stomach, liver, right diaphragm and right lung and broke a rib. City Atty. Arthur E.

Crowley Jr. said he believed Piggrem was performing his duty when he fired the shot. Vital Statistics BIRTHS DeGOESBRIAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BILLINGS, Ernest Jr. and Jacqueline (Moody), 85 Archibald a son, Sept. 8.

CROSS, Thomas and Kathleen (Boucher), Jericho, a son, Sept. 8. HOPE, Guy Sr. and Theresa (Provost), 8 Logwood South Burlington, a daughter, Sept. LABOMBARD, A Edward and Susan (Brown), 335 S.

Union a son, Sept. 8. MARY FLETCHER HOSPITAL HEATH, William and Dolores (Salin), Colchester, son, Sept. 8. SCHOOLCRAFT, Philip and Kathleen (Phelps), Star Route, Essex Junction, a daughter, Sept.

8. WILLIAMS, Larry and Jeannette (Ringer) 100 S. Maple Vergennes, daughter, Sept. 8. KERBS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL St.

Albans CHAPLIN, Ronald and Maureen, (Miller), Fairfield, a son, 8. GROSS, Leopold and Alma (Hffmyer), St. Albans, a daughter, Sept. 8. HOSPITAL CENTER East Orange, N.J.

HODGSON, Richard and Nancy (January), East Orange, N.J. a son, Aug. 30. Maternal grandmother Is Mrs. Bessie January of Colchester.

DEATHS HOOD, Andrew William Nicolet, Sept. 8, age 56. JENNE, Frank L. Newport, Sept. age 72.

PELKEY, Eleazer St. Albans, Sept. 8, age 85. THOMAS, Mrs. Ethel $.

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3300 N.Y.; also several nieces and nephews. Private committal services will be held in Green Mount Cemetery at 10 a.m. Saturday. Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 71 S. Union is in charge of arrangements.

ELEAZER J. PELKEY ST. ALBANS Eleazer Joseph Pelkey, 85, died Wednesday morning at a St. Albans nursing home after a long illness. He was a' retired employe of the Missisquoi Pulp and Paper Co.

of Sheldon. He was born in Franklin, Oct. 14, 1879, the son of McGuire and Philomene (Bolio) Pelkey. He leaves his wife, Edna; one daughter, Mrs. Clifford (Doris) Casavant; both of St.

Albans; five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Heald Funeral Home, 87 S. Main Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., where funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the family lot in Sheldon Village Cemetery. Heald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

MRS. BERNICE SNEDEN OGDENSBURG, N.Y.--M s. Bernice Sneden, 79, died in 0g- densburg Thursday, Sept. 2. Her husband, Don E.

Sneden, who died in 1956, was a native of the Vergennes, area and they were one time residents of Barnard, Vt. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Grace Lessor, formerly of Burlington, now residing in wood, N.J.; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Daisy Davis of Bristol, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday in Hermon, N.

Y. Committal services were held at 2 p.m. at Weybridge, Hill Cemetery. Funerals Held MIDDLEBURY DONAHUE. Frank retired Middlebury Postmaster, funeral held Wednesday at 10.

a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. J. Peter Mahoney singing a requiem high Mass; members of the Knights of Columbus and directors of the Middlebury Coop Savings and Loan Association attended; bearers, George Huban, Eric Flanagan, Parnell Moore, Roger Rheaume, Leo Whitman and Ralph Elliott; interment in family lot in St.

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