Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-26
LAM0ILLE
STOWE.

u.dal from Proctor, where they have
visited their son. Henry Drugg MIR. and
Mrs. Henry z. Jenney and sons who
nave passed several months Ia Florida.
are on their way home.-Mrs. O. F. Gerry
has returned from two weeks visit in
Barre. Mrs. a. II. SaytOn and Mrs i.
/. Gates were in Burlington Friday
Mrs. Jane Howe OF Rutland is visiting
her sister Mrs. A. II Slayton.-C. NJ.
Watts and W. r Burt were in Burlington
Friday and attended the Tufts-Nermont
ball game. J.. Stafford and +. T. Stat
ford have been in Burlington working on
their cottage at Queen City Park
An intere sting service was held Mt tho
West Branch Church Sunday afternoon in
charge Of Mrs. Phoebe Adams, patriotic
instructor of n. n. Smith Post, Woman 4
Relief Corps II being a children's Sun
day memorial service The West Branch.
Forks and Edison hill schools vera
represented by teachers and pupils.
Special music was given by the choir With
a solo by Ernest NJ Houston. A patriotic
sermon prea ched ny the pastor the
Rev, j. q. AnEell-Wiiliam G., Burt,
a visitor In Stowe the past week, returned
TO Saranac Lake. n. Y. Monday A family
gathering IN honor of Mr. Burt at the
home Of his brother. Frank Burt, on
Sunday was attended by SPOUT 70 relatives
| whose ages ranged from two years TO So.
| the latter being the age Of their aunt.
Mrs Mary Burt Barnes.-,P d. Pike. Ira
Mum. O F. Gerry and Jackson Sargent
| OF II H. Smith Post, G. A. r.. attended
he funeral OF Carlos s. Clark in Johnson
Saturday. A. A. Pike conveyed the party
| in his automobile. Mr. Clarke was former
! ~ FOR many years a resident OF Stowe
Mr. and Mrs. Almon f. Douglass visited
| his mother. Mrs. John 6prague in Rich
mond, returning home Monday.-Mr. and
Mrs. p S. McAliister of Hyde Park visited
has parents. Mt and Mrs. @. s. McAllister.
returning Monday.-Mr. and Mrs. George
~ Fisher were called 10 Waterville Sun
day by me death of her brothers wife.
Mrs Bert Hill The funeral was held
MONDAY Harold L. Cheney Of Burlington
was In Stowe over Sundays l.. Girls
void and his force Of men from East
johnson have completed the removal OF a.
barn for j. G Benson 10 its new founda-
lions across the road and are now moving
a building for LOUIS Latouche. Mr.. Benson
will build large addition to the barn
| II. Il. Cutler. who has been q business
visitor here, has returned TO keene, n. II.
He was accompanied by his aunt, Mrs.
Wealthea Churchill who will visit there
and in Lowell Mass.-hrrs. Ernest c.
Scribner and son. Cedric. are visiting her
parents in Ira sburg. Claude Chaffee or
Rochester was here on business the FIRST
| OF the week.-Mark Chanee has returned
from Rochester.--George A Harris who
is one OF the few who recollect the visit
OF Halley's comet seventy-hve years ago.
says that its appearance was much moro
feared then than now.
At the pre- Memorial day exercises
Friday at the West Branch school,
Miss Jennie Sanborn. teacher, tho fol-
lowing pupils will take part: Lena
Tucker Ally Cevan augh, Mary Du-
chaine, Florence McManis. Abbie
Bailey. Flora Duchaine. George W.
Adams. with exercises and songs by
the entire school-The annual meeting
of the stockhoiders OF the MI. Mans
field Electric railway called for May
IL was adjourned until fall-Ths
Comet Opera company Of Waterbury
will give an entertainment at the AXE
ley memorial building Friday evening
under the auspices OF the Stowe lee
ture course committee. V.
Smith has received news that his son.
ders TO sail June for DMrope in
charge of 1000 midshipmen on board
tho United States training ship Indi-
ana. Mr.. Smiths three sons will, be
well scattered. his son Dwight being
IN Dakota and John in BraxiL--The
annual Memorial SUNDAY service will be
held May 20 in the Axelev memorial
building auditorium. Rev. A. G. Corn
well OF the Congregational Church
will preach tho sermon. The mem
bers Of the post will meet at the ban
quet hall a. 10 o'clock. The members
OF the post and old soldiers. accom-
panied by Stowe military band, will
take carriages at the Memorial build
ing on Monday morning at nine o'clock
and proceed to the West Branch GENE
tory when the usua! ceremony will be
carried out and the graves decorate 1.
Returning. the graves In the village
cemetery will he decorated. Dinner
, will be served vt noon by the Wo-
. mems Relief Corps. After dinner the
march viii he taken to River Ban x
) cemetery where the ritual service will
no carried out, after which the sddress
of tho day will be given al the AXE
ley memorial building auditorium by
, the Rev. Mr.. Learned OF ST. Adams
. The summit House on NJ. Marsfeld
{ opened for tho season Wednesday,, -
DR., and Mrs. c. D. Sampson Of Bur
llngton and Mrs. a. A. Emery OF St
, Adams, visitors At Or. II. W. Bar
rowss, made tho return trip 10 Bur
lington In pr. SIMPSONS auto in two
, hours and II minutes-Mrs, Marls
Poase of swanton Ia visiting her niece
Aiss Ada Currie, at Green Mountair
Inn.-Mrs. Kate stowe and daughters
Misses hmily and Mary, are visittns
in Swanton.-Mrs, Mason Adams will
60 the last of the week to Waitshelt
and warren IN visit friends, Mrs
! Adams is past "a but is rs active a.
most people at so,-At the meeting O