Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-10
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

The members of bethany Church voted
unanimously Thursday evening TO in
struct the pastoral supply committee to
extend a call to the Rev. Stanley +,
Bloomfield of Woodbury., Conn. to be pas
tor of that church. At n meeting OF the
First Congregational society. held last
evening this action was endorsed.
Il. NJ. Griffin of Blue Hills, Me. has
been engaged as teacher of Latin anil
Greek at Montpelier Seminary. to sue
coed r. f. MCGOWAN, who goes to COL
gate Academy. Hamilton. y. Y. For the
past year Mr.. Griffin has been at the
head of the George Stevens Academy at
Blue Kills,
The annual banquet Of the Young AL
umn association of Montpelier Seminary
will be held in the seminary boarding hall
Monday evening. September "a. Attorney
NJ, NJ. Gordon of Barre VIII be toastmas-
ter and the Hon. Joseph a. DeBoer. a
trustee Of that institution, will be one
Of the speakers. Harry Bruce OF More
town. now In the Harvard Law school, Is
president of the association.
At the first meeting of the Club for the
season. held Saturday evening at the
home of tho Hon Joseph A. DeEoer. the
president. officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President ]. a.
DeBoer: vice president. A. ]. Sibley:
secretary and treasurer. c. a. G. Jack
son; committee on program J. b. Estee,
G.. W. Wing Fred blanchard; entertain
ment committee, r. G. Howers. DR.. f.
+. teele G. -. Mather. The program
FOR every Saturday evening until June l.
1903 barring a holiday recess OF three
weeks. was presented and discussed.
From the waiting list two new members
will be elected Saturday evening, at the
meeting to be held at the home of
Clarence H. Sentcr. To I'll vaCanies caused
by the resignation Of the Rev, l.. +.
Reed and A. G, Eaton. Following the
business Of the opening meeting Satur-
day night President De Roer read a
scholarly paper on Virgil" with copious
TRANSACTIONS.
George c. Bailey. who was called t0
Chicago by the fatal illness with cam
Ger Of his mother, Mrs. Z. w, Bailey,
did not reach there until after her death
which occurred Saturday afternoon. Mrs,
Bailey was n daughter Of the late Capt,
G. H. Carter Of this city The body was
brought to Montpelier, arriving Tues
day morning, for burial In Green Mount
cemetery.
Deeds for the transfer Of several
valuable pieces of real estate We're nled
Saturday In the ouice of the city clerk.
one transfers the Riverside property
from s. A. Moss to Calvin | Parmenter
consideration s1o,Ho The y. c, Tabor
farm at Barre transfer passes from Mrs
G. II. Stackpole to Harry s. Tabor for
5000, and for s.. Ooo Clifton NJ, Heaton
sells to ]. w. Brock, administrator OF
the estate Of Homer w. Heaton, his
fine residence on Baldwin street Mr..
Heaton is soon to go to Topeka, Kans TO
reside.
The Order Of Nasa. n Swedish society
| held its annual district meeting In Mont
pelier o Saturday and Sunday, A bust
| ness session was held Saturday afternoon
| Saturday evening a banquet was given
| the visiting delegates. and Sunday they
| were given dinner Mt the Pavilion
| Hotel. The closing session was held sun
| day evening. at which an address was
given by Harry Hanson of Boston
supreme secretary. Nearly all the
| Swedish residents of this city and Barre
| attended the convention. the proceedings
| OF which were carried ON in N" native
tongue.
Several Montpelier people were inter
estcd In the FIRST dividend of seven per