Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-21
RUTLAND COUNTY
BRANDON.

The heating and piumone tontract
for tho new high school which is being
erected hero has been let to tho G.. S.
Hlodgett company Of burlington. James
T. Harris has leased u portion of the
W G. Fletcher store and will conduct
IN electrical business there. -Scshobe
Grange hold Il largely attended boz
social IN their rooms In tho Briggs block
Saturday evening-W. H. Flint is err
iousiy Ill at his home on Seminary hill
with bronchial pneumonia. Judge Charles
I. Button Of Middebury visited his
brother. T. H. Button. Saturday Thomas
Moroncy. freight agent at the local
station. is ill. Truman Riley is taking his
place. and Irving Jenncy is taking Mr..
Rileys place on the express tearn.-Arthur
l., Buttles Is moving from Mrs. Taft's
house to the Knowlton place on Cham
plain street. which he recently purchased.
Mrs. knowlton is moving into tho Man
chester tenement on Conant square
Arthur Pond has leased the Douglas
House near the Depot and will conduct a
boarding house thcrc--Mrs. W. II. Dyer
OF Salisbury visited Mrs. n. NJ. Gipson
Saturday.
| Mrs r. w. Holmes mother Of Mrs.
Laura Chase. suffered a broken left wrist,
severe scalp wound, and was badly
! shaken up by IL fall down a fight OF
| stairs at the home Of Mrs. Chase Thurs
| day evening. Prank Carrigan, who has
been superintendent ut the Vermont
! Marble conpany's High street quarry
here for q number of years. has resigned
his position and will take position with
the Meadowbrook Marble company's PLAN
here Mr.. Carrigan takes the position
| which is vacated by Charles Ternan and
| will superintend the quarry and mill nj
the Meadowbrpok company.
Last Sunday was "evcry-member Sun
day canvass day at the Congregations
Church. The canvsssers met with success
in securing pladges for 81 $50 towards tho
budget for next year. 1t is expected thai
there will be additional pledges which
will bring tho amount up to sl,sn.-A
daughter was born Sunday to Mr.. ant
Mrs. T.. G. Ellsworth of Franklin. Mrs
Minnie Atwood, Mrs. Elsworth's mother
went there Manday.Thc Sons Of Vet
Grams Auxiliary held meeting Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 O'Clock in Crane
Army hall.--The arnua! meeting of IN
Congregational Sunday school was hclt
last Sunday and these officers were elect
cd: Superintendent, Bennett, G. Douglass
assistant superintendent. the Rev. Wal
ter Thorpe: secretary. Carlton Flood
pianist, Misc Imogene Miner.--An alarm
Monday morning about three O'Clock wa
for a fire in the home of Irving JENNIE,
on Franklin street The blaze wa
started when a mattress. LETT drying b.
a stove, fell on to the stove. The dam
age was slight. Mr.. Jenncy burned hi
hands pulling the mattress from tn
house.-W. ]. Powers. who has bee
spending several days here, has rcturne
to his home in Clarcmont. ~. t-Mrs
A. +. Kingsley is confined to the be
by severe attack of acute indigestion
Through the kindness of Mrs. -A'ic
Spraguc the young folks of the town wi
have n chance TO skate ON manufao
turcd leo rink this winter. Mrs. Sprngu
has donated her large meadow which
back of Briggs shop and a fine ice rim
will be madc.--W. c. Scott left Monde.
for St. Augustine, Fla, where he vi
remain lurngn the winter,
At the annual meeting and election c
officers of Brandon Lodge. l. q. O. +
Tuesday evening following officers ~er
elected: Noble grand. George W. jun
= vice-grand Charles Mallory; recordin
and financial secretary. George II. Brown
treasurer. Arthur Perry: :he appointiy
officers will DO named later.-Don Rolp
and Stewart Eastwood are at the homt
of their parents here from Norwich Tn
versity. for a two weeks vacation