Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29

Middlebury Village Improvement So
ciety.-William Pinney of Seymour
street, who was recently reported as
somewhat better, is now in Il serious
condition.-Miss Helene LaPan has re-
turned from Rutland, where she has
been visiting for a few days.-Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Balm have returned from a
short visit in Bristol with his father,
Charles Hain.-Ralph Brown. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G.. Brown, who was
operated upon at the Mary Fletcher hos
pttal at burlington two weeks ago for
appendicitis. has so far recovered as
to be able to return home.-Raymon
a. Hruya has gone to Springfield, Mass,
whore he will visit for 10 days.-The
annual meeting of the Prospect Gene
terry association will be held in the
school house at East Middlebury Mon
day evening at 1880 o'clock.-Michael
J. Higgans, who has been in Me-
Gainesville. n. Y. for n week, has re-
turned home.-At the Thursday evening
service in the vestrY of the ConEreEa-
tional Church the pastor, the Rev. a. A..
Lancaster, will deliver an illustrated
lecture on Mexico with observations on
the people and present conditions in
the country. No admission fee will be
charged. but n small collection will be
taken up to defray the expenses of get
ting the slides here.-Leonard Seeman,
who came here from Holland a year
ago. and has since learned to read and
write the English language, has re-
turned from Florida. where he has
spent six months.-John NJ. Bolton and
his brother-in-law. Howard Henderson.
of Washington, d. G., are in town for
two weeks.
William c. Pinney of Seymour street,
a lifelong resident of this village. who
had been in i'll health for a month. died
about $50 Tuesday afternoon OF an
~abscess of the lung, at the age Of SO
years. He is survived by a wife. one
daughter. Mrs. Harry Cobb. and II son,
John Pinney, both of this village. The
funeral will be held at st. Mary's Cath
Ollie Church Friday morning at nine
O'Clock and the burial will be in the
family lot in the Catholic cemetery. Mr..
Pinney was a highly respected citizen.
Miss Katherine McHugh is ill.-Col.
John II. Sargent, who recently took pos
session of the Middlebury Inn, has
the property.-The Ladies' Aid society
- "Ah Aiolo u
food sale i'll Mr.. Clements store on
Main street Saturday afternoon from
two to six o~'clock.-Judson A. Wright,
who spent the winter in Daytona, Fla,
has returned home for the summer.-A
pretty wedding took place at st. Mary's
Catholic Church Tuesday morning, when
Miss Eta Costello of Cornwall and
Nicholas Sullivan of Westport, n. Y,
were united in marriage by Father
Leonard. pastor of the church. The
wedding party returned to the home
of the bride. where a breakfast was
served, after which Mr.. and Mrs. Sui
livan left for 81 wedding trip.-The
Ladies' Missionary society of the Mem
orial Baptist Church held Il we'll attend
ed meeting in the church parlors We'd
nesday evening.-The Village Improve
ment society will hold its annual en-
tertainIncnt in the town hall for two
evenings. this evening and tomorrow
evening.-Mrs. O'Donnell and son of
Worcester. Mass, former residents, are
in town for II few days.-William p.
Russell Circle, No. 5, Ladies Of the G.
A. r.. will hold a baked bean supper
Monday evening in the hall in the Dyer
block from five to eight o'clock.-Mr.
and Mrs. Albert a. Longstreet and Miss
Eva Longstreet returned to Schenec-
tady, n. Y. Wednesday after a three
weeks visit in town.-The Hartford
Evening Post prints a picture OF Tan
mis- c. Tredeau, a former M~iddlebury
boy. who left here over go years ago
and has since made his mark rs archi-
tect and builder in Hartford. Mr.. Ire
Il - lao, a,t n,~t.l - O J..-a
on Goodwin terrace in hat city and he
has a large number of contracts for
bungalows and other buildings ahead
William Porter has returned from YER
gennes, where he was called on account
of the death Of a relative, Mrs. Frank
LaJoy.-The local troup of boy scouts,
with the assistance of Manager Bent
ley of the opera house, presented the
five real drama, The Adventures of a
Boy Scout in the town hall Tuesday
night, TO a large audience. a good
proportion of the net receipts go to
the local troup and the balance to the
national headquarters of the boy scouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Swain, who have
been here to visit Mrs. Swain's mother,
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Crosby, returned TO
pittsburg, Mass, Wednesday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Hocchi and children Of Mills
street, who have lived in this village
for Il number of years, have moved to
Proctor, where Mr.. Rocchi has IA posi-
tion.-Mrs. G. D.. Perry of Barre is IN
town.-Mr. and Mrs. f. c. Brown ana
SON.. Ralph, will go to Moosalamoo park
Lake to-day, where they Will
get their summer resort ready for bust
ness for the coming season.