Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-25

held at city hail and the fireworks and
pageants will be repeated in the basin.
Among tho speakers invited for the diff
ferent exercises are President Wilson,
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels, Rodney
Macdonough, Senator Dillingham;, Con-
eressman Greene, Governor Fletcher and
Francis Lynde Stetson. chairman Of the
New York State commission. At the ban
uuet besides the above distinguished gem
tlemen, other speakers include Senator
Page, Lieut. Gov Howe, DR.. John M.
Thomas and the Hon. ]. A. DeBoer. The
commission voted to hire three bands of
music for the celebration. a committee
was appointed to confer with the officers
of the local organization, consisting of
the Rev. L. A. Vezina. Senator r. w Nc
Cuen and the Hon. j. H. Donnelly, and
other committees were selected to carry
out other plans and details As soon as
the report comes from Washington of the
passage of the bill giving the state com
mission $1,000 no time or expense will be
spared to make this event the greatest
in the history of the Champlain valley.
The condition of Perley Slagg. who was
taken suddenly III Sunday evening, is
improving Miss Nellie Aunchman Of Or
we'll is visiting her sister, Mrs. David F..
Ryan.-O. NJ. Donaldson of Oak Park, ILL.,,
is visiting his sister. Mrs. William J.
Strong. Miss Jane Tatro closed her
school in Waltham Friday To-day she
will go to the Fanny Allen hospital to be
opera ted upon for appendicitis, Miss
Caroline Beach. who has been teaching
school in Middlebury the past year. is
spending her vacation at the Lodge
Basin Harbor, with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey F. Beach.-Mrs. Louis Mil
leur of Bristol is visiting her aunt Mrs
Louis Renaud.-E. Fl. Davis left yester-
day on a business trip to Worcester
! Mass.-Mr. and Mrs George Perkins re-
| turned yesterday from carriage trip anc
visit to Charles Sunderland of Bridport
Mrs. L. G.. Willard and family have
opened their cottage at Kimballs dock
| Lake Champlain.-Mis Ruth Clark ha!
returned from the Hawthorne Music
| school at Potsdam, y. y, and will spenf
the vacation with her parents, Mr. ant
Mrs. Walter Clark. II. Donnclly at
| tended a meeting of the boards of trade y
| Middlebury Bristol, Rutland, Brandon
poultney and Fair Haven at Brando,
Monday-Nr. and Mrs. q. J. Main. DR.
and Mrs Farnsworth of Rutland were il
town Sunday and made a trip to the lax
in Mr.. Mains houseboat, the Dede-
George Putnam of Potsdam is a guest o
the Norton House-Dr. J. l.. Welsh AM
family of Proctor were guests of the Rev
l.. A. Nezlna Sunday and Monday.-Th
Ball reunion will be held to-day at tn
Webb cottage, Long Point.-The Ladies
Aid society of the Methodist Episcopa
Church will meet Friday afternoon wit
Mrs Ezra NJ. Ball-Mrs. II. G. Herrc
attended the commencement exercises a
Middlebury College last evening.
Thomas Smith Thorne who was grad
uated last week from the Vergcnnes hig
school, went Sunday to Annapoli
Naval Academy. whore he passed tn
physical examination Tuesday and is no.
a midshinman of the fourth class
Woodbum Harris, principal OF the Pitts
ford high school, has been visiting rela
tives.-H. II. Walk of Rutland is visitin
his mother, Mrs. s. Walk, of Burlins
ton the home of his sister Mrs. Ma
Tishman. Miss Ruth Dickerson Of Fon
du lac. Wis. who has been teachin
school al White plains, y. Y, is spent
ing the summer with her aunt, Mrs FL
gene W Norton.-The condition of Wa
ter. son of Mr. and Mrs f. G. Scot
who was taken suddenly i'll Tuesday,
improved