Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23

was held in the vestry of the Bethany
Church Monday afternoon, the Rev.
Fraser Metzger officiating. owing to
| some defect in the heating system of the
church II was impossible to occupy the
auditorium Hazen Wood was taken
suddenly i'll last Thursday with pncu-
| monia, with which he is now seriously
| III. His son, John Wood and wife of
| Lebanon, N H., are with him.-Mrs.
! j. H. Williams, who has been in New
| Haven, Conn, and IIolyokc. Mass, with
her sons. Frank and John, returned sun
| day night.-W. S. S. Buck is confined to
| the bed by an attack of innammatory
rheumatism. The schools close this
week for a two weeks vacation and
on April the class will start for Wash
mgton, y. G.. for weeks trip. Up
wards of 30 will he in the party, who
| will he accompanied by two of the teach
crs and the Rev. j. IT, Thompson. who
| will look after the party in the absence
of Prin. f.. G.. Ham, who takes the Naca-
ton for a rest-Mr. and Mrs. John
| Ford were in East Braintrce sunday
| G.. T.. Root, who has been i'll for 10 days,
| is now at his place of business.
Miss Alyce Buck, daughter Of Mr. ana
| Mrs. w. s. $. Buck of this place ana
| Cedric Challis Clarke, son OF MI ana
, Mrs. Walter Clarke Of st Alhans. were
! married in Essex Junction Sunday morn
| ing Mt the Congrega tional parsonage by
| the Rev. T.. O. Foster. They at once re-
| turned here. where the groom is en-
| poyed temporarily at the station, but oN-
poets to he transferred to Richford TINS
week.-The death of Mss Mary Evans,
| sister of Bishop Evans of this place oc-
| Cured at her home in Randolph center
| Tuesday morning, after long perlod ol
| III health Miss Evans was in school mere
| and was graduated from the teacher train
| ing course She was thought to have tuoer-
cular trouble but for the last few months
| suffered from heart troublc.-Dr II. I.
Noble came from Boston sunday To see
his aunt, Mrs. j. j. Trerise who has been
! i'll for several days. and Monday morning
she was taken to the sanitarium Tor an
operat ion for gall stones and ADMISSIONS,
beside the removal of the appendix. Mrs.
Trerise rallied from the ether and is doing
as well as could be expected. Mrs. Scott,
her daughter of Barre. is here.-The
general science class, which numbers
about 20, held contest and social on
Monday evening at the school building,
| when each girl produced bread and rolls
of her own make for competition. Miss
| Bertha Eddy took first prize in bread
making and Florence Noble took second.
Miss Dorothy Spooner stood first in roll
making and Olive Rix second. The bread
and rolls were sold and the proceeds
went to the junior and senior classes
Mrs. G. w. Dukette went to Bethel Tues
day to visit Mrs. Martha Cushing.-Miss
I.,I i,I,
her mother has been here FOR the winter
with Mrs. Thomas Elliott. a sister. died
Tuesday forenoon Of tubcrcular trouble -
w. :, 5. Buck is i'll with inflammatoly
rheumatism.
John Gorham. who had been i'll for
two weeks, died at $50 Wednesday
morning of neuralgia Of the heart at
his home ON Central street. John
Alpheus Gorham was born i'm Canada
| July ~ 1Si9 He married Emma Par
| ish of Mortified January 10. 1sS2. Since
that time they have lived in Randolph
| for many years Mr.. Gorham was a
cabinet maker and machinist Last De-
cember while at work in Rrattleboro he
was injured in "A fall and since that
time had suffered with one leg. which
was injured at that time. Besides his
wife. he Is survived by two sisters one
living in Worcester. Mass. and another
! in Broome. Cam, and two brothers in
| Wisconsin. The funeral will be held in
the Methodist Church Saturday after
noon at one o'clock and interment will
! be in the River Bank cemetery in Stove,
Mr.. Gorham was Mason and an odd
| Fellow and was also a member of the
old Christian church in this town.-Mrs.
Nur l.. al in, al cd La
-Thirty-three of the leading business
! men of this place met at the rest room
on Tuesday evening and formed an or
! caniza ton to be known as the Randolph
| Community Chautauqua. whose object Is
to observe week III which there will be
first class entertainments, The orsanl-
! cation elected the Rev Fraser MetZSer
| president. l., E. Johnson and DR.. +. G.
! Angel vice-presidents. |. c. Dodge sec
rotary and j. w. Raymond treasurer.
G. j. Stockwel was chosen chairman
Of the ticket committee. T.. r. Salisbury
chairman of the advertising committee
and the Rev. j. II. Thompson chair
| man OF the grounds committee, An eff
! fort will be made to have the entertain
| ments some time in August and If pos
sible to inaugurate "old home week
nearly the same Announcements
Of the marriage Of Cedric Challis Clarke
and Miss AlyCe Nadine Buck have been
! received, the ceremony having been per-
formed in Essex Junction Sunday morn
| ing-S s Whitcomb. who had one lcs
amputatcd several weeks ago. is improv-
ing and has been able this week to be
dressed and be about the house. Mary
! Goodell of Roxbury was in town We'd
ncsday.-Mrs. II. V. Fletcher went to
Randolph Center Wednesday to the home
of Mrs. Evans. whose daughter, Miss
| Mary Evans. died Tuesday Miss Evans
, was Il years old She is survived by
her mother. one brother. Bishop Evans
of this place. and Il sister. Miss Lettic
| Evans. Miss Evans was a graduate of
the Randolph normal school, instead Of
the high school here, as before stated.
Mrs. Albert Sherburne came Monday
with her son and daughter from North
pomfret and went to the Sanltarlunl
with the children. Both had tonsils and
adenoids removed and Wednesday they
returned to their homes,
0R|EANc C0NNTY