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


Sunday night and the former is again
in her accustomed place in tho store of
II. a. Leonard and the latter at the
! Half Century storc.-A special meeting
Of the Eastern star is called this week
Thursday evening to install appointiNc
officers and elect and install sccrc-
tary.-Mss Hazel llodgkins, who has
been in Montpelier through the winter,
came April 10 to visit her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hodgkins and
Monday went to Rochester to visit her
sister. Mrs LOWS Curtis.-Mrs. c. C..
Southworth came from South Royalton
Monday morning to pass two days with
her husband, who is at the sanitarium
recovering from an operation Miss
| Minnie Davis of Norwich, n visitor OF
| Mrs. T.. T. Salisbury over Sunday, left
for her home Monday
The Christian Brotherhood held its
regular meeting Monday evening at the
parish house with n small attendance.
The Rev. w. T. Sparhawk, who was to
have been the speaker, was absent on
account of illness and the Hon. V. /.
Spear addressed the meeting on the pro-
posed amendments to the village charter.
Last May Mr.. Spear, j. II. Dubois and
NJ. NJ. Wilson were appointed - commit
tee to revise the village bylaws and it
was upon these changes that Mr.. Spear
spoke Monday night The water board,
of which y. T.. lass Is chairman and
the village trustees, of which T.. a.
Brisgs is at the head. are now separate,
but do not work together. and 1t is pro T.
posed to combine the two in one board
change in the time of the meeting is
also recommended. SO as to have the new
board elected before the work of tho
spring opens. 1t is also proposed to have
the trustees elected so as have one or
more retire each year. whereas now they
may all go out toEcther--W G. Hodgkns
has purchased of Mrs. Fannie Lewis her
property on Forest street. which consists
of n dwelling house of two tcnemonts and
four acres of land, NJ. Hodgkins viii
take possession May I, moving from tho
house of Mrs. l.. G. Cushman on Central
stroet-Alrs. Nellie Avery. sister of Mrs
{. j. Rumrill. went to the sanitnrium
Tuesday morning for surgical treatment.
Mr.. ana Mrs. G. :. Booth returned
Monday from an oVcr-Sunday stay in
Newport, y. IT,. where they have been
visiting Mr.. Booths father William
Booth, and other rclatives.-The funeral
OF Miss Theresa Moore was held at the
Episcopal Church Monday. the Rev.
Homer White officiating. The bearers were
David Frazier, Charles Holman, T.. w.
TeWksbury and Ernest Hatch Anon.
those present from out of town for the
funeral were Mrs. q. l.. Gattman of
Asbury Park, y. j.. Miss Libbo Moore
Of Mlbank. Dakota. and Miss Myrtle
Moore, niece, Of Newport, y. H.--NIiss
Evelyn Sault who is now at work in a
millinery store in Burlington after pass
ing Sunday with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Sault left Monday to resume
her work.-AIrs. Ellen Huntington, who
came from Newport this spring to re-
main here through the summer, is con-
to one limb last winter, and is obliged to
Morse has been i'll for several days
Mrs. Myrtle Moore. who was called here
last week by the death of her aunt, Miss
Theresa Moore left for her home We'd
nesday, leaving Mrs. Gattman and Miss
Moore sisters Of the deceased, for a long.
er stay.-The Rev. and Mrs. w d. Fow-
Ter, who have been passing the winter
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Bowen went
and Mrs Bowen will move from the
Spear house May to the house of Eu-
gene Abbott on the iighlands.-Silver
Cross Circle of the Kings Daughters met
with Mrs. NJ. NJ. Wilson Tuesday The
report from the recent sale was that Si5
was rcaliZod.-Niss Bertha Morse. who
has been confined for few DAYS by i'll
ness. is somewhat better and she is able
TO 20 over tOWn.-,MisS Winnfred Rich
mond was taken suddenly and violently i'll
Tuesday morning and before noon her
was critical. The ambulance
took her to the Sanitarium, where an OBJ
Grafton was performed for the bursting of
Il blood vessel. She was very low all
night and great anxiety was felt about
her. but last reports We're that she was
seemingly more comfortable.-A petition
has been put into the warming of the
village meeting which is to be held Tues
day night at the high school building for
the privilege OF building 81 passa on the
side of the Randolph Inn. At present
there are no accommodations of the kind
on the inn. The meeting is called for
Tuesday night May Rex Fulam. a
former student of the high school here,
and graduate of the same. was in town
Wednesday. and expects soon to 20 to
Syracuse, y. y, TO work through the
summer.