Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
VERGENNES.

tomohle accident in California in which
the Rev. Noble l.. Ball Of Ferrisburg
and a prominent Nermonter lost his life,
Mr. Ball left Long Beach the evening of
April in company with about ~ other
members of The Mems Team Of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Long Beach to motor to Garden Grove,
where they We're to conduct a meeting
III the Methodist Episcopal Church Of
that place When about six miles out of |
Long Beach, an auto travelling just in |
front OF the machine in which MIR. Ball |
riding collidtd with another ma |
chine coming from Garden Grove. In or
der to avoid crashing into the wreck the !
driver turned from the road and struck |
an embankment. throwing the occupants |
TO the ground Six or seven persons We're |
more or less injured and all We're hur- !
ried to the hospital at Long Beach, |
whore it was found that while the others
were suffering from minor injuries. Mr..
Ball was seriously injured. tie soon lost
consciousness and remained in that con-
diton till the end came at 200 ". m.
the following day, April 10. Mr.. Ball was
born in I'errushurg February 10, 1858, the
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Ball.
He married October ), 1889. Miss Fife
I.uclla Field, daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. stephen Field OF rerrisburg.
M. Ball was by occupa ton a farmer
and with the exception of one year his
life was spent in his native town. He
member of the F'errisburg Netho-
dist Episcopal Church, with which he
was prominently identified for many
years, holding the Offices of steward,
class leader and eXhorter, During three
years he rendered efficient service at re-
vival meetings in Burlington district and
acted as supply to churches whose pas
tors We're away. For several years he
was president of tho Spring Grove Camp
Meeting association of Burlington dis
tWct, an office he held at the time OF
| his death. In the year I@ll-l2 he served
! MS pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal
| Church of Arlington and Sangatc. In the
| winter of l1l3-li he went with his family
! 10 Long Beach, Cal. where his children
entered school. In the summer Of 1914
Mr. Ball returned TO Ferrisburg, his fam
| lily remaining at Long Beach, where he
ioinod them early last fall. Besides his
wife he is survived by one daughter.
l.uella one son. Foster, two brothers.
Homer y. Ball of Ferrisburg and Fred
erick T. Ball OF Randolph; and one sis
ter. Miss Evaline Ball. of Benton. Md.
The body, accompanied by the family,
left Long Beach "Wednesday and wae
| brought to Ferrisburg for burial.
The board OF trade held its annual
meeting Friday evening and elected Of
| ncers as follows: President. Arthur w.
| Norton; first vice-president. John II.
| Donnoliy; second, Charles II. Strong:
| secretary, w. ". Wheeler; treasurer, II.
e. Herrick.-Thc funeral OF the Rev.
! pan hall ba Met
| dist Episcopal Church, Fe,risburg, Tues
| day afternoon al 1:30,-Mrs. J, H. Scran-
ton and son, Joseph. Jr,, have returned
from visit to relatives In Washington,
| ID. C.---H. W. Haskns. captain of the
| Middlcbury College baseball team. was
| a Weekend guest of j. l.. Slater
| Jeffrey Field died Friday at the home
| OF his father. Felix Field, from tuber-
| culosis, aged IS Besides his father lie
| leaves one sister Mrs, Leffingwell OF
Syracuse, n. Y.-John James. janitor at
the American international College,
Springfield. Mass, is spending a two
weeks vacation with his son, Frank,
and daughter, Miss Edna James-Alr and
Mrs. H. J. Carpenter have returned from
a visit to their daughter, Mrs. J. A.
Williams Of Burlington.--The c. G. C.'s
met Friday evening In the parlors OF the
| congregational Church, where they were
entertained by the Misses Anna Bristol
and Martha Aarston. Refreshments were
served.-Thc Nergennes Grange presented
Uncle Josiah" at the town hall in
Feriisburg Friday evening under the
auspices Of the Gage Cemetery associa-
ton. The entertainment netted the So
ciety about $25-In the wholesale market
here Saturday eggs sold for 20 cents per
dozen.
Miss Sarah foss of Boston is visiting
! her father, +. II. Foss. and her sisters,
, Mrs. w. X. Warner and Mrs. George w.
, Stone.-fl, T.. Goodere of F'itchburg, Mass,
, is visiting his wife at the home of her
2 mother, Mrs, Charles d. Ingham. Judge
Frank J.. Fish spent the weekend with
. his famly.-Mss Marjorie Phelps is
E spending few days with her mother
Mrs. +. G. Phelps. in Burlington.-Th
, body Of the Rev. y. l.. Ball arrived here
Sunday night from Long Beach. Cal.
( where he died April 10 from injuries re.
(; ceived in an automobile collision. ana wa
. taken to his home In Ferrsburg Mrs
r Ball, son, Foster, and daughter, Miss
r Luella. and Mrs. George Porter accom-,
/. panied the body.-The condition OF f. NJ
. F3arro%s, who has been i'll for a month
. is inlproved.-Mis Nellie A. Hoyt OF New
= York is visiting her sitar Mrs George H.