Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-27
RUTLAND COUNTY
BRANDON.

There was memorial service at
the Baptist Church Saturday at twelve
O'Clock for the late James Peabody
| The young ladies of st. Thomass Church
held sale OF fancy homemade candies
and served tea Saturday afternoon and
evening in the store recently vacated by
Ray d Co. on Park street.-The Direct
| Importing company opened a store in the
Wheeler block on Center street Satur-
day.-Thomas Redian of Florence was in
Brandon Saturday on business.-Mrs
Alice SpraGue returned Friday evening
from New York city, where She has been
several days with her daughter, Miss
Ruth Spraguc.
The funeral of DR.. Charles William
Peck. who died at his home on Grove
street Friday morning was largely at
I, tended at the house Monday afternoon
at 2:D O'Clock, the Rev. Walter Thorpe
officiating. The bearers were DR.. ]. s.
Eastwood. Frank =. Johnson, r. w
johnson, DR.. j. ". Estabrook, C.. l..
Clifford and T.. II. Button. st. Paul's
Lodge of Masons attended in a body
and the Masonic burial service was given
at the grave. There We're many beautiful
floral offerings. Among those present
Al y.
S. l.. Peck of Ira, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Parsons of Hartford Conn, and John
Stone of Bethlehem, Pa-Jennie. the
young daughter of Mr., and Mrs Charles
Needham of Pearl street. stuck a pair
of scissors into her right eve Saturday
evening and was taken to the Mary Flet
cher hospital, Burlington, Sunday morn
ing. 1t is thought that the sight NAV NOT
,a nj irnl
Mrs. Mary b. Green, who died at Benson
pfluaF' was held ri the Forestdale
Church Sunday afternoon ar $50 o'clock.
the rev. waiter Thorpe officiating. Burial
was in Forestdale ccmetery.-Hortla
Baker OF Troy. n. Y, is visiting his
parents III ana Mrs, O. C., Baker
MI and Mrs +. II, Walker of Troy.
~ y, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. i. Z.
Chandler over Easter.-Bernard Bush
went saturday to Bridgeport, Conn
where he VIII remain week with rela.
tlVes'-Mrs. cynthia Colburn, who has
been visiting Mr., and Mrs ". ID. Nut
ting, went sunday to Burlington to visit
her daughter few days before returning
to her home in Littleton, ~ H.-Roy
Cole Is moving from the Alden tenement
on Grove street to the Fisk farm in
Leicester.-Ea Wright of Rutland spent
Easter with his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
w. II. Wright.
Fred Ferris was taken suddenly i'll in
the store or c. L. Clifford Tuesday
noon DR.. Estabrook was called and
he was removed to his home in a seri-
Gus condition. Mr.. Ferris has been in
poor health for some time.
The senior class of the high school
VIII present the thrce-act comedy, THE
Arrival Of Kitty" at the town hail
"Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
May and 4. The following will parti- !
cipate' Donald Rolf, John Dram,
Stewart Eastwood. Donald Miner RoInb
Mills Miss Thorpe, Miss Crockett. Miss ,
Needham' Miss skrcc, Vittum's orches-
ira VIII play and there Will bc dancing
the second evening after tho plav-Tbc !
Rev j. NJ Kennedy of Hardwick visit |
cd the Key Il, i, Cray tho first of the
week Both went Tuesday TO Fair
Haven, where they conducted the forty
hours devotion services.-E LLOYD |
sprague OF New York is visiting his |
mother Mrs, Alice sprague. for n few
days'-Mrs, Vona Briggs has moved to
Mrs w. H. Flints house ON seminary