Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-09


mass In the morning. and boatr1de in
the afternoon. II is the intention Of the
societies to make this an annual event.
and to extend It as a national custom.
A. n. Duhamel Is chairman of a com
mittce of is. consisting of three members
of each society which will have charge
Of the arrangements. u Gravel is secre-
tary of the committee and Jules Simays
IS treasurer.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
branch Of the Woman's Alliance was held
in the parlors of the Unitarian Church
Friday afternoon at ?:3o o'clock fol-
lowing luncheon served for the members
at one o'clock There was an attendance
of about 20. Officers were chosen for the
coming year as follows: President. Mrs
lsora Conger, vice-prcsident, Mrs. Ed
ward Wells; secretary, Mrs. Aware Ad-
sit; treasurer, Mrs. W. G. Wears; men,
bers of the executive committee, Mrs.
Howard Shufelt and Mrs. Eugene F.
Moore.
The annual meeting of tho Ladies' Aid
society of the Methodist Church was held
Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors.
Reports from the committees were
presented. and officers for the coming
year were elected as follows: President,
Mrs. G. A. Churchill: first vice-president.
Mrs. +. s. Collins; second vice-president,
Mrs L. c. Mahan; third vice-president,
Mrs j. Lndley Hall; secretary, Mrs J.
X. Lockwood; treasurer Mrs T. p. Howe.
4 al fol
ments We're served, the committee in
charge of these consisting of Mrs. G.. G. F..
Tobey Mrs. F. L. Meiss and Mrs. c. G..
McGaffev.
The annual meeting of the vestry of
St. Pauls Church was held Monday
morning at $50 o'clock in the parish hall.
The attendance was very large, much
larger than usual. The vestrymen elected
for the year are: A. +. Clement, a. q.
Kingsland. Dr. Lyman Allen. II. II.
Wheeler +. C. Harrington. Professor G.
Il. stetson, NJ. d. Chttenden. j. r.
Stearns and DIR. J. D. Tanner. Col. II. w.
Allen was reelected. but asked to he
relieved The new vestry elected A. Il.
Clement treasurer and II. H. Wheeler
secretary. The election of wardens was
postponed until the arrival of Dr. George
y. Bliss in about two weeks.
The Misses Marjory and Ruth Hender-
son gave Il tea Monday afternoon. about
50 being present. The residence was
handsomely decorated with flowers. and
music was furnished by Romeo's or
chestra. The Misses Henderson were as
sisted by the Misses Alice Harrington
lar oil In, ba Ji,;, 40
room Mrs. Frank D. Spauldng poured,
and those serving were Miss Harrington,
Miss Presbrey. Miss Mary Tanner Miss
Mary Parkhill, Miss Marion Carkson,
Miss Lucy Mcl<illip. Miss Marjory
Perry, Miss May Forcier. Miss Madeleine
Burgess and Miss Mae Brigham Miss
Janice Taggart also assisted, presiding
at the door.
George l.. Pease bought the Murray
farm In South Burlington. which was
sold at auction by Thomas Reeves Mon
day, his bid being 1870 The farm
contains &c acres of land so that the
price was not far from hundred dollars
per acre. There are about 100 apple trees
on the farm. mostly greetings and Bald
wins. The farm will be conducted as a
trust farm by Mr.. Pease and DR.. H. G.
I1nkhan in partnership. and Judging
from the success they won in making
the ila6ley farm in South burlington a
profitable investment. they are likely to
make the new project a paying venture
especially as they can operate the two
places together
NcXt Tuesday evening. May A. will be
ned 4. al Of ba
commandery, Military order of the Loyal
Legion. There will he a business meeting
IN the Grand Army quarters in Stannard
Memorial hall at seven o'clock followed
by "a reception in the parors of the Van
Ness House at eight o'clock, and ban
quet in the hotel dining room at $50 The
death OF the national commander, Rear
Admiral George w Melville during the
past YEAR will be made the occasion OF
| a lifting tribute to his memory at this
Time, and a feature Of the after dinner
speaking will be an address by the Hon
charies H. Darling Of this city, formerly
assistant secretary OF the United States
navy who through his intimate ac-
duaintance with the admiral. is especially
qualified to speak OF his life and char.
acter.
The annual meeting Of tae Woman's
Auxiliary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. was hel
Monday afternoon at the association
building at $3.50 o'clock. There was q
large attendance Secretary E. X. AL
len spoke OF the work of the associa-
tion and Boys Director Cumming
spoke of tho boys department work
At the regular meeting reports Of COM
mittees were given and showed tae
work OF the auxiliary had been very
successful this past winter The board
of managers elected is as follows
First Church. Mrs. C. l.. Beebe an1
Mrs. l.. ]. Morgan; Methodist Church
Mrs j. l. Hall and Mrs. ]. S. Heflon
College street Church, Mrs. N. w
| Warner and Mrs. r. Fl. Mather; Bap
4 list Church, Mrs. G.. ID. Jarvis an Mrs
! W S. Phelps; st. Paul's Church, Mrs
H. A. Waterman and Mrs r. II, Gran
dan: Unitarian Church. Mrs. A. n
| Waterhouse and Mrs f. - Howe. Thu
board will meet next Mon lay to cleo
officers and appoint committees FOL
the next years work. The meetini
Monday was presided over by Mis-
H. NJ. Wood, the president of the aux
Hilary,