Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25
HAPPENINGS
IN YER NJ 0 N 7
Local Items of Interest from
All Parts of the Green
Mountain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake to
the Passumpsic. Along Ot-
ter Creek and Shores
of White River.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.

| Thursday was the closing day of the
12ith annual convention Of the Episcopal
| diocese and it is said by those In at.
| tendance to have been one of the most
! successful ever held. The convention
| was called to order by Bishop a. G. Hall
| of Burlington as ceebrant at nine
| O'Clock and after short session to close
| up few unfinished affairs that had been
left open the convention adjourned with
| out date. The next meeting will he held
at Burlington in June next. Most of the
| clergymen and delegates left on the noon
| trains for their respective homes
At the town hall Friday evening We're
held the graduating exercises of the
| Middlebury high school, with the follow
| Ing program: March, orchestra; prayer,
| tho Rev. A. y. Lancaster; salutatory and
essay, Henry Hamlin Chapman; essay,
"A School Teachers Ideals Bessie
| Edna Wright; orator, Athletics of
Long Ago. Stanley Victor Wright;
essay, The American Girls Inheritance"
| Hazel Grace Doody; essay, "A Hospital
for Middlebury." Alice Catherine Halpn:
essay and valedi"tory, Bertha Elizabeth
| Farrell; presentation of diplomas Prof.
| f.. u. Collins awarding of prizes, $l2. IS
ana s.. given by the Hon. and Mrs. John
+. Weeks. The graduates are: Latin
course, Pauline Beatrice Aines, Dorothy
| Elizabeth brewster. Henry Hamblin
Chapman, Hazel Grace DoodY Marion
Grace Elmer, Bertha Elizabeth Farrell,
Alice Catherine Halpin, Ruth Elizabeth
Russell, Harold John TAYLOR, Christine
Jane Webster, Frank carl Whitney and
Stanley Victor Wright; English course
Kenneth Gorham, lIomor Blakoly Harris
and Francis Patrick Moehan; commercial
course, Ruth Jeannettc Benedict, Milton
George Brown. Viola Madeline Merrill
Stanley Duncan Rose. Albert Mont
Eomery Russell Isabelle Grace TAYLOR
and Ovette Wright; teacher training. to
receive certificates and diplomas, Rieta
Dolly Campbell. Thelma Catherine Moore.
Margaret Della Waterhouse and Bessie
Edna Wright: ost-Craduatcs, ten cher
training, to receive certificates, Mar
ion Elizabeth Carr, Eleanor Emma
Graham, Elizabeth Cecilia MacNula,
Agnes Regina MacNulla and Leona
May Wright
Mr. and Mrs. NJ r. Burt and daughter
of Oswego, n. Y, are in town for a few
days visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Calhoun They were former resi-
dents of this village and Mr.. Burt was
at one time a prominent merchant.
Mrs o. T. Larkn and son, Hanford, of
Pattsburgh, who have been visiting at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Charles
Hooker, for week, have returned to
their home.-Miss Grace Buttolph left
Friday night for Montreal, where She
sailed on Saturday for Berlin, Germany,
where she will be for the next year-
NrS " n G
, i'll. is slowly recoverng.-Mrs. Isaac Ellis
} is i'll at her home on North Pleasant
s,reet.-Mr and Mrs. James c. Westal
of Chicopee Falls, Mass, are visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. {. w. Westall-
Mrs. Lucy Smith and daughter Mrs
Scott Gooding, of Rutland are IN town
, for a few days.-Mrs. John Avery OF
Montpelier is in town to visit at thc
home of Mrs Mary Foote.-Mrs. Arthur
Freegard of Whiting, who recently
underwent an operation at Burlington
hospital has so far recovered as to re.
r turn TO Middlehury. whore she is visiting
r her mother--Mrs Leon j. Yeaw and
t children OF Rutland are in town to visit
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]
= Cady-D II. Brown has gone TO Collins
Vile, Conn. where he will spend tn,
week with friends,-Wayne Con9tantin.
has gone to Maranacook. Ne, where h,
4ll spend his summer vacation-Roy r
, Sears has gone to LUDLOW for few
weeks.-Mrs. Grace Brown has gone OF
a three weeks visit to relatives anC
friends In Granville y. Y.-Mrs. Edit.
1 | Robertson and daughter and Miss Dewc,
J, have gone TO Lake Dunmore, where the,
h will spend two weels-Miss Grac,
Sheldon has completed her duties al
teacher in New York city for this yea
: and has returned to town. She will
| spend her vacation with her parents. Mr.
d and Mrs, George Sheldon.-R. T. Wood
= ward of WarrensburE, ~ Y, is visitin,
ut the home of Mr. and Mrs j. T
Williamson.-Mrs Caroline Hyde ha
gone to Ticonderoga, y. Y, on accoun
,. OF the Illness of her son, John Hyde
Mr., and Mrs, Joseph LaPine have re
: turned from Rutland where they hav
been visiting for a few days.-Harle
Lane has returned from Burlington
where ne went to visit his sister. Mis-
v Irma Lane, who is in that city under
n going treatment Charles McCue. VIII
o has been in Canada for sometime, ha
q returned for few weeks.-Thoma
= LaNake, who has beer visiting hi
daughter, Mrs II. A. Peck, has returne
!, to Niagara Falls, y, Y.-Lyman Eldredg
of North Adams, Mass is in town.
" Walter " Wright Of Cambridge. n. Y
!. former resident, is visiting his daugh
s. ter. I,eona Wrght-Mrs Frank Shacke,
and Mrs s. LaPine have returned fror
: Notwithstanding annual picnic of tn
t. Sunday school Of the St Stephens Epis
N copal Church was held at Lake Dunmor
= Saturday and there was a good attend
t, anCe.
TT Miss Mabel Mead daughter of Mr., an
D, Mrs. George Mead, was taken Sunda
a. TO the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlnl
r. ton by Or, S. F. Eddy for an operatio
~ for appendicitis.
y The graduating exercises of the MID
D dlebury high school We're held in III
= town hall Friday and there was
. large attendance, the hall being file
to its capacity. The stage and hail wer
"a tastefully trimmed with the class color
u gold and dark red. and with evergreen
- and peonies and banners. The exercise
= commenced at eight o'clock, with a pro
Of gram as published yesterday. The prize
given by the Hon. and Mrs. Johl !
| daI Pol