Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-02
VERGENNES.

The annual report of the Nerrennes
graded school district shows that tie to.
tai amount of orders drawn by tn pru-
dental committee is $lo,23i.70 as against
sS,70o62 last year. ono national bank out
standing order of $500 and n temporary
loan OF $500 were also paid, making the
total amount paid out during the year
81 $40. The treasurer's report shows
that sl,52,75 was received for tuition, Sc
40 for taxes $26.7O for Glebe rents, $,lS2. -
from State school tax and public funds,
! s371 90 for Superintendent w. H. Doug
lass. salary, with balance left on hand Of
k31.H. The present liabilities are 5000
and those estimated for year endinr June
| 80, 1915 are S,S52. making a total of SIS.
$50 with estimate assets of si,272 -. leaV-
| ing $9,559.4l to be provided by tax. There
| is now due from State school funds $3.50
| rebate on the salary of Mrs, Bertha Bur-
rage, 500 on salary of Superintendent W.
| II. Douglass, and 500 on salary of Vice
| Principal NJ. VI. Morrison. The report Of
| Superintendent Douglass is very encour-
a ging to the supporters of good schools.
I showing az it does some of the things ac-
complished during the year. real advance
ment having been made along many lines.
| The school census has been completed by
District Clerk :. ID. Miner and is as fol-
lows: Number of children between five
and eight years of age, II; eight and IL,
39l; l6 and IL, "A; number of boys between
! FIVE and IS $50 number Of girls between
five and u.s. 40. Included in the above are
the children of the State industrial
school, boys ll6, girls Co. total lS2.
State Senator r. W. McCuen, who is
secretary of the MacdonouEh commission
has received a telegram from Howard
D. Hadley Of Plattsburgh, n. v, one of
the New York State Macdonough commits
sion, that the sundry civil bill had passed
in Congress This bill contains the Mac
donough appropriation measure and II il
is ratified by the United States Senate
the Vermont Macdonough commission
will receive $4,000 for the celebration
here In September-At a session of the
probate court Friday Eliza Bowman was
appointed Administrative of the estate OF
the late Ann Eliza Huntington and set
Elements and DEGREES were rendered OF
the estates of Stephen w. Gregory anC
Mary f. Seegar.Mrs. Henry +. Fisher
left Saturday for New York city, where
she will Join her daughter, Miss Rutl
Fisher, Tuesday. Mrs Fisher and daugh
ter will sail on the s. S, Hamburg o
the American line for Genoa, Italy Afte
tour through Italy, they will visi
Switzerland, make a trip up the Rhine
= through Germany visit France and Eng
land, returning home by way of Liver
f. pool on the s. s. Empress of Britail
about September Mr. and Mrs. Georg
Mees of Randolph are making week
visit to his father, q. Meigs The month
~ meeting of the Gage Cemetery societ
will be held with Mrs b. ], Larrow Jun
30. Mrs. Morgan and daughter, Mis-
i Mildred Morgan, have returned to Brs
toll after visit to their daughter an
3 sister, Mrs. Frank NJ. Rogers-Mis
Frances Hobart spent Sunday with Mrs
q j. O. Walker Of Ferrisburg The Ilor
7 John II. Donnelly, member OF the Stat
u Macdonough commission, went Friday I
g Washington, ID. C., to appear before tn
q Senate appropriation committee in tn
interest of the Macdonough appropria
0 ton measure,-Mr. and Mrs, a, f, Simr
3 son of Southbridge, Mass, arrived Sat
urday and will spend a week with Mr.!
y Simpsons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
NJ. Grandey, Victor Renaud who RI
r. Gently was graduated from Albany q
" Business College, has taken a pos
= ton with the Arthur t. Pratt compan
j. of Albany. N. Y.-Miss Mildred Croft c