Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-03

! Into the house vacated by Mr.. and Mrs
| Douglass and which Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
| have purchased. The spring term of high
| and graded schools opened Tuesday after
| two weeks Nacation.-A II. Cheney is
confined to the house by illness.-AIrs
! +. T. Houston and daughter, Doris have
returned to Waterbury after weeks
! visit with Mr.. and Mrs. James e.
| lIouston.-Mrs. Marcella Andrus visited
/ her cousins, MIR. and Mrs H. b. Faunce,
! on her way from Morristown to her
! home in Williamstown.-Mls Minnie
| Ayers VINO was called hero by the death
! or her grandmother, Mrs. r. A. Clair
returned to Woodsvlle, n. H., Tuesday.
Mrs. Phoebe Adams Is recovering from
| hronchtis.-There will be no services at
! the Methodist Episcopal Church April
IL and April 10, the latter being
conference Sunday and the sixth having
! been given to the retired pastor the Rev
| w n. Roberts, for "A vacation.-Thc Con-
/ Sregationa Missionary society will meet
! at 23O Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Anna NJ kimball-A heavy thunder
shower Monday afternoon washed the
roads on Edison hill so th;A in some
places they are impassablc.-Mr c. y.
Morse of Bakersfield is visiting her sis
ter Mrs. Alice \. RaYmond.-Miss Ruby
collins is assisting in the postoffice
| The Rev. w. n. Roberts closed a two
! years pastoratc of the Methodist Epis-
copal and West Branch Churches Sunday
and left Monday afternoon for Williams
| town, where he will reside on his farm.
He was joined at Williamstown by his
sons, Earl and Neal, who left stowe 10
days ago to visit their brother in Chelsea.
Mrs. Roberts left Monday morning for
| Thetford to attend the funeral of niece
| Mr.. Robertss sermon Sunday was also
the close of IS years of active work in the
ministry, during which he has preached
| at Wlliamstown. Moretown, Pittsfield,
Stockbrdgc, Union Village, Proctorsville,
Rochester Randolph. Bethel Gilead,
| Groton, Barton Landing, Bloomington,
Highgate, Georgia. North Fairfax, West
| Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, Sheldon and
| Isle La Motto. Mr.. Roberts has been
especially successful in making improve
ments on the churches and other build
ings at many of his charges During his
pastorate in stowe the church and par
sonage have been extensively improved
and electric lighting put ina union
service of the Epworth League and Chris
ton Endeavor societies was held at the
CONGREGATIONAL Church Sunday evening,
led by G. W. Chapin-Philip Belknap of
South Royalton is visiting his aunt Mrs
f. T.. Bamforth.-Miss Marjorie Watts
went Monday to Waterbury, where she
= has employment in DR.. II. II. Fullerton's
oftce.-Edwin l.. Bigeow returned Mon
day to Middebury College after 10 days
vacation.-Miss Addle Bigelow returned
Monday to Franklin Falls. y. H.. after
i,,
EHakim Bigelow.
An alarm OF fire was sent in for blaze
caused by a burning chimney at w A.
Slaytons on the main road to Waterbury
a little before noon Wednesday. The
fire company FASTENED to the scene by a
special car on the Mt. Mansfield electric
railway and load OF men from the G. f.
& f. @. Burt Lumber companys mill also
went, but the fire was put out before they
, ved,-Willam Town of Morrisvle is
building a chimney at F. S Dow's.-Mr.
and Mrs. G. S Marshall have rented
rooms in f. S. Dow's house and will move
there In about two weeks from the Mrs
Ellen Smith house on Bridge street,
whore they have lived for several years.
f. q. Stafford, the owner of the Smith
house, will occupy it after repairs and
| improvements nave uttll CbHlllcttl.--A
"miscelaneous shower was given
Miss Louise Chaplin at the home OF Miss
Barbara Burt Wednesday afternoon.
Many pretty and useful gifts were left by
, her friends The event was in honor of
, Miss Chapin's approaching marriage 10
, Stafford NJ Boardman of Winooslti. -
Henry Gunhaus IS seriously III at the
, home Of his daughter, Mrs W. NJ Ad-
| n Fila in h.
. Wednesday for the first time after sew
eral weeks illness.-Mr. and Mrs f. c.
Mills returned Tuesday 10 Essex June
ton after several days with his sister,
Mrs. Elenora Wilkins. whose condition
remains about the same.-Mrs \. II.
/ slayton. who has been III for several
weeks. has improved a ltttle,--The ladies
Of Unity Church will serve dinner at the
vestry Thursday Peerless orchestra
will give a social dance at the Akeley
= Memorial building Friday evening. Mrs.
Eunce Pottle has returned from Water
bury, where she passed the winter with
, her daughter. Mrs S. G.. Wheeler-Miles
Mcmahon & co. are shipping consider
able quantities OF maple sugar and syrup.
Farmers secured n good run last week.
The sugar Is of poorer quality than usual
AT the annual meeting OF Mystic Lodge
f. and y. NJ. Tuesday evening the fol-
- loving officers were elected Master,
Eliot G, Stafford; senior warden, Francis
NJ, Clair; junior warden. Paul :, Kaiser
treasurer. Frank T.. Stafford; secretary,
Asa c. Cakes; senior deacon, Charles A,
Riley; junior deacon. George S Marshall;
= senior steward, Harry q. Smith: junior
steward, Harry S, Slayton; chaplain, AL
;. bert II. Cheney; tyler, Eugene Bailey;
-. marshal, H. w. Barrows; musical dlrec-
s tor, Harry w. Burnham; pianist r. G.
h Reynolds; finance committee, j. L. stat
t ford, II. f. Shaw and ]. c. Morgan. The
. officers will be installed by DR.. j. c. Nor.
S gan at a special meeting Tuesday even
( ing, April S.-The rural schools will open
g April I with the following teachers
: Fucker street, Miss Marie Wells; Browns.
vile, Miss Wilder of Morrisvine Yves,
i hill, Miss Ellen z. Stearns; Edison hill
= Miss Laura Wright; Stowe Forks, Miss
a Mary Stebbins West Branch Miss Ruth
A Collins: Luce hill. Miss Dora Cleveland
= North Hollow, Miss Mabel Bailey: South
= Hollow Miss Maude Slayton; Mills. Miss
y Ruby Collins Moscow. Miss Carrie
: Brown The interior OF the Moscow
i schoolhouse has been repaired and lew
@ desks have been ordered which have MOI
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