Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-15
BOSTON VERMON7ERS COMING
Tickets Selling Fast and a Good Party
Ii Expected-WiIl Have Vermont
Dinnrr at South Hero.

| mere looks bright for the coming Old
| Home Week trip of the Vermont assoc
| citation of Boston to Burlington and other
| points. At present the associations tick
cts are moving fast and a least fifty with
| a possible one hundred Is the estimate
strength of the party from Boston
Charles n. Bradley. chairman Of the
| entertainment committee has returned
from Burlington. He expresses himself as
| satisfied with his trip. That a large num-
| Der OF Nermonters will Join their Bay
! State friends at Burlington and attend the
reception and make the Journey on August
I 16 aboard the steamer Chateaugay is as
, sured. Mr.. Bradley is the engineer Of the
| trip.
The association will leave Boston on
| August Is IN special cars reserved for tn =
| association over the Fitchhurg division
Of the Boston & Maine railroad at IL a.
| m. The party arrives in Burlington at
$50 p. m. The price Of the trip is sil.50
and includes ten day stop over IN Yer
mont The parties or individuals return
Via OF Bellows Falls and Rutland The
tickets include railroad fare. parlor car.
luncheon to burlington and the trip on
the lake, with dinner at South Hero.
The reception will he rendered
the association and their friends at the
! Ethan Allen club. the dinner at South
| Hero Is to be n feature.
! At the reception Governor and Mrs
| Proctor, with Mayor Bigeow and others
! will receive the guests.
! Among the prominent Vermont officials
| who will accompany the association on
their Old Home Week trip are Governor
| Proctor, Lieutenant Governor Prouty,
Congressman d. ]. Foster and Kittredge
| Haskins.
The headquarters OF the ma jorty of the
members OF the association while in Bur
! lington will he at the Van Ncss House
The Daughters of Vermont are to join
the association on their "Trip. This will
assist In energing the personnel of the
| party. Sherman's band of Burling
will make the trip on the axe with the
association and their friends.
The real Vermont dinner at South Hero
| is 10 be served by the Ladies Aid socie-
| " Of that place In connection with this
| dinner II is worthy of note to say that
Arthur l.. Robinson, president of the
| Vermont Assoc,a ton OF Boston will be
| there. His Vermont home Is at South
Hero. II is planned that 1t will be at
| rs birthplace the meal will he served.
Mr.. Robinson has engaged nine tickets
for the trip. He looks forward with a
| great pleasure IN coming back to South
| Hero with an Old Home Week brigade.
Mr.. Robinson IL one Of the most promin-
ent members of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce.
Among others who have positively
sienificd their intentions of taking the
trip and who have purchased two Or
more tickets are the following: Hair
vey Kana. 222 Summer street. Boston,
! formerly of Northfeld. George O.
Proctor OF Somerville formerly OF
Rockingham Edgar Potter Of South
birmingham, formerly of Waterville.
Attorney william Mutt. cx-Massachu-
setts legislator Of Natick and Boston.
formerly OF Topsham. John c. Bost-
lex. one of the most prominent of Bay
Staters residing at - Richmond
street Dorchester. formerly Of Hines
burg s. NJ. Banners and daughter OF
29a Riverside avenue, Medford, for
merly of Chelsea. DR.. Edmond a,
Rurnham. treasurer of the Vermont
association of Boston, l54 Huntington
avenue. Boston. formerly of Putney.
| Colonel Albert Clarke. secretary OF tho
board Of trade OF Boston formerly Of
Granville. Attorney Wade Reyes. Ire
mont building, Boston. formerly Of
Reading Attorney Curtis II. Burt OF
| Boston, formerly OF Berkshire.
Charles II. Bradley. superintendent OF
the Farm school Boston. formerly OF
Johnson.
The entertainment committee, who
with Mr.. Bradley are in charge Of
the trip are General Charles X. Dari-
ing, formerly of Corinth: General
James A. Frye and William Craig,
formerly OF East Corinth.