Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-18
RICHFORD.

The grade entertainment and gran
mar school graduation was held in
Morse's opera house Thursday evening.
The program was as follows: First pri-
mary, grade one. The Dairy Maids"
and The Farm Chorus second pri-
mary, grades two and three motion
song, "Jacky Frost" Smith: THE Merry
Farmers" Eldrdge; The Little Moth
crs." Eldridge; Intermediate grades four,
five, six and seven, drill, THE Sun Flow
ers;' The Indian Huntresses;' song,
.'Topsy Turvy." The play, The Little
Heroine of the Revolution" was given
by some of the graduates The cast of
the play was Little Dorothy Arlington
Helen Cass; Mr.. Arlington. Albert Bees
settle; Mrs. Arlington. Cora Gibson
Venus, a colored maid, Lorena Casavant;
Pompey, negro servant, Yale Flana-
gan; Chloe, Dorothy's black nanny,
Hilda O'Rourke: Patience Lee, Dorothy's
friend, Airline O'Rourke; Mrs. Lee Pa
tience's grandmother, Nellie Whitney;
Gen. Marion. Merrih Fife; John Airing
ton, aide to Marion, John Booth; Ameri-
can Soldier, Ross Rowley; British Gen
eral, Paul Burleson; British Soldiers,
Blynn Gross and Kenneth Freer. The
grammar school sang isle of Beau
ty,' by Whitmore and the presentation
of diplomas was made by Superintendent
e. f. Greene, The names of the grad
yates are: Albert Henry Bessette, John
Louis Booth. Paul Clark Burleson,
Lorena Teresa Casavant. Helen Jockson
Cass, Berenice Katharine Clapp, Merrill
Lee Fife. Henry Yale Flanagan, Ken
meth Howard Freer, Cora Jane Gibson,
Blynn Willard Gross, Eva Goddard
Kendall, Airline M. O'Rourke IIilda
Geraldine O'Rourke, Jessie Maud Tib-
bets and Nellie Stone Whitney,
Malcolm Patten has entered the employ
of the Richford Savings Bank and Trust
Company to learn banking.-Miss Mar
Ion b. Rustedt, who has been teaching
In Guilford College, N. c., has returned
to her home in this place.-Dr Frank l..
Miner of Abercorn, Que, who has been
spending a couple OF years in Nevada
and California, has returned to this place.
Capt o. NJ Condor, government in
spector at this port for the past year,
has beel transferred to Ansonia, Conn,
and went to his new field Tuesday. He
will be succeeded by D. NJ. Sloan, an
| inspector from Washington. d. C.-Miss
| nephew, Barnard Marvin Jr., have gone
| to Andover Mass, where they will visit
Miss Marvin's sister, Mrs w. r. Cor
| lss.--George Goodheart and Miss Marie
Louise Delse of this place were married
June by the Rev. Joseph Lavigne-
Mrs. Lucy Hamilton has returned home
| from a few weeks stay In Worcester
Mass.-Miss Florence Chaffee, who has
| been engaged as bookkeeper for G. r.
Marcy in East Berkshire for the past few
months. has returned to her home in this
place.-Mr and Mrs. r. w. Adams OF
Newport Center visited In this place over
Sunday.-The Rev. f. NJ. Fuller and C
A. Powell are attending the Northern
Baptist convention In Boston.-Flag day
| was observed at the Baptist Church Sun.
day, The subject of the sermon was
| 1.-THE Particular Significance of the Amer.
| ican Flag."-Richford Lodge of odd Eel.
lows attended a memorial service at the
Methodist Episcopal Cnurcn Sunday
morning. after which they marched tc
| Hillside cemetery and decorated tn,
graves of brothers buried there.
| Horace Il. Aver has gone to the st
| Adams hospital for treatment-Mr. nnC
Mrs C. NJ. Rounds and daughter, Laura
have gone to Potter Pond. Can. for
week,
The sT Mating exercises of the Rich
ford high school We're held In Morse,
hall Friday evening, the graduates beint
IL in number, Seated on the stage Were
the school directors, S. Carl Carpenter
DR.. r, NJ. Pelton, w, b. Locklin, als'
the speaker, DR.. Joseph L. Hills, Of Bur
lington, the Rev f, p, Holmes of st
lAnns Episcopal Church, Superintendent
IL r. Greene and the PRINCIPAL Of tn