Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21

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parsonage by about 40 people Friday
evening. Guessing contests and am g
were features of the ovenng.--A teachers
meeting at the Methodist Episcopal
Church vestry Friday evening was in
charge of the superintendent, w r.
Collins. Plans for the work Of the school
and for a maple sugar social were dis
cussed. John Peppin took his three
year-old son, who was one Of the suf-
fercrs In the late epidemic Of infantile
paralysis, to Montpelier to consult with
the specialist who was expected there
Saturday. the nineteen months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs r. r.
Brink. is Ill with valvular heart trouble
Mrs. Miner of Barre came Friday to the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Brnk.--At
the regular meeting of Mansfield Camp
Modern Woodmen of America, at the
Akeley Memorial building, the following
officers were installed by f. J. Billings,
head counselor, assisted by s. ]. Dana
head escort: Counselor, Louis Ploof:
banker. II. II. Downer; advisor, Earl
Mayo; clerk, ). r. Wells; Waterman.
Ward Chaffee; trustee, r. L. Recor:
sentinel Fred Ploof escort. DIN San
born; chief forester. F. p. Billings;
camp physician, Or. n. w. Barrows.
banquet was served, about % being
present, among them Major Jones and
A. H. Bentley of the Morrisville camp.
Howard r. Shaw has closed the sale
Of the Eddy and Macutchan bankrupt
stock, purchased by him in the fall and
has moved the remaining stock to the
store in the Simmons block, formerly
occupied by J. r. Wells. Mr.. Shaw re-
GENTLY purchased Mr.. Wells stock and
VIII carry on dry goods business IN
connection with his grocery and sport
ing goods business in the same block.
Tine Wells store Is being rohtted for the
new business.--Mr. and Mrs. r. e.
Wallace. who have conducted the sale
of the Eddy and lhcutchan stock, re-
turned to Waterbury Saturday.-Arthur
G. Morrill, has purchased George A. San
borns blacksmith shop and the accom-
panying tenement and barn with the in
tention of putting in p wood working
business some time in the future.-Mrs.
NJ. c, LoveioY has returned from Bur
lington and Montpelier. Her husband.
Representative NJ. C. Loveioy, accom-
panied her home.--M q. Evans OF Water
bury was in stowe SATURDAY.
Danied W. Hodge, formerly OF this vii
lage died Saturday at birmingham.
Mass. where he had lived for 30 years.
The funeral was Tuesday afternoon
at 1.-Two O'Clock at the ConGregationa
Church-The death of Lyman Davis oc-
CURED Saturday at the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington. Tho funeral was
held Tuesday.
The funeral Of Daniel w Hodge n
mt Of Wi n
his home in birmingham, Mass was
held Mt the Congregational Church here
Tuesday afternoon. The sorSce was con-
Quoted by the pastor the Rev. Lemuel
Davis The burial was in the River
Bank cemetery by the side Of Mrs
Hodge, who was formerly Miss Clara
Delano Of stowe Mr.. Hodges adopted
daughter Miss Hattie Mower Hodge,
who has cared for him during his de-
Ginning years, and who IS the only sur
vivor of the family, accompanied the
remains to stowe. Mr.. Hodge was so
ly well-known family Of Charles and
Caroline Watts Hodge. He was in early
life a farmer and afterward for some
years was IN the mercantile business here
in the firm OF Atkins e. Hodge Tor 20
ingham, Mass. Miss Hodge was accom-
Of Brattleboro, They will remain in the
vicinity n week or so visiting their Sis
ter, Mrs. II. l.. Delano Of Moiristown.
and other friends. The bearers were: A.
n. Cheney. G. w Chaplin. A. \. Pike
town were; Mrs. A. y. Camp of Norris
~ T,nla
Norristown, Mrs. Eunice Pottle and Mrs
S. G.. Wheeler of Waterbury,. Tho fu-
neral OF Lyman Davis. who died at the
Mary Fletcher hospital in burlington Sat
urday was held Tuesday morning at the
home Of his nephew. Richard Davis
where ne resided. The service was con-
Quoted by the Rev. Lemuel Davis and
the burial was in the River Bank Gene
terry whore Mrs. Davis is buried The
bearers We're: Mr. Davis's brothers
AlonZo Davis of Canada and Joseph
Davis Of New HAMPSHIRE, his brother-in-
law. William Gibbs of Morrisvlle. and
cousin. John Davis Mr. Davis was 81
years of age and native of Cana IA.
lie had lived In Stowe for many years
He is survived by his brothers above
mentioned and his sister, Mrs William
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neral.-Mr. and Mrs. Benoir of Cam
bridge Junction who drove to Stowe
Monday on wheels came through Snug
glers Notch, where they found good
wheeling, a very unusual condition for
the middle Of January ice cron at
Lake Mansfield, about 1000 cakes. has
been secured and stored in the ice house
for the use of the Lake Mansfield Trout
club the coming season A daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. George +. Sanborr
or stowe Forks Monday night-A son
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. William Rus
sell OF Nebraska Tuesday morning
There was good attendance at the ex.
cellent concert given in the high school
entertainment course at the Akeley Ne
mortal building by the ROYAL ma,e
quartet Monday evening The Stowe
high school basketball team will play
the burlington high school team at the
town hail Friday evening.
The topic Of the sermon at Unity
church Sunday morning was "Relie-
ious Liberty."-The Ladies' Aid of
nifty Church met a. the parson-
age at two o'clock Wednesday altar
noon to plan work for the coming
year,-Edgar Pratt returned Monday
to Hyde Park after passing SUNDAY
with Mr. and Mrs. O. w. Edison. Mt
Lake Mansasld.-The condition of Mrs
George RaNsoir of Harlow Hill. who
had been very i'll since the birth of n
daughter Friday night. was considered
more hopeful Neutrality-suspicious. AZ or
her friends gave Miss Grace Russou =,