Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
VERGENNES.

The commencement honors of the
class of 1916, Vergennes high
school, are as follows: Helen y.
Tun, first valedictorian; Helen L.
Clark, salutatorian; Catherine o. Riv-
ers, third. Everett Hawkins, fourth
News has been received of the
charlotte (Smitm Willard. widow
of the late Prof L. G. VIII
lard. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Smith Of Addison.
After closing her cottage at the lake
last fall she spent several months with
her brother, s. Ezra Smith, who, with
his wife, went to Stamford to attend the
funeral.
The funeral of Miss Pauline Dubuke.
the 1l-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Dubuke of Ferrisburg, who died
/ Thursday from spinal meningitis, follow
ing typhoid fever, was held at st, Peters s
/ Church Saturday morning. The Rev. l..
A. Nezina offciated and the bearers were
/ Alfred blair, Robert Stone, George
/ Evarts. Jr., and Howard l.arrow. Burial
was in St. Peters cemetery. Among those
present from away was Mrs Lawrence
Norris of Rutland.-Daniel O'Bren and
son. Patrick of South Burlington, called
on friends here SaturdaY.-Judg Frank
\. Fish is making Improvements on the
| grounds at his residence on Main street -
Merritt h. Hurd left Saturday to visit
friends in Troy, y. Y, and before his re-
turn will attend the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church now in
session at Saratoga, y. Y.-The Nergennes
Gun club have installed n new Leggett
trap at the grounds near the Sheffield
Farms -Slawson- Decker company's milk
plant and will use it for the first time at
their shoot Friday afternoon, May 10
Charles NJ. Swift, who has been spending
the winter in the South has arrived AT
the swift summer home at Crosse Pointc,
Lake Champlain.-Mr Mr.. and Mrs II. s
Stone and Miss Dalton of New Haven
Mills were in town Saturday.-Max Fish
man visited his brother-in-aw, Harry
Lazoravitz, of Middebury Friday
The girls of the Nergennes high schoo
gave the boys of the high school n mas
uuerade party in the school building Fri
day evening Games We're played and re-
freshments served Miss May Hart OF
Addison is the guest of Mrs, +. w. Coe
Robert, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Mot
/. of this city, who went n few weeks age
to Athol, Mass, where he has a position
is recovering from bronchial pneumonia
t at a hospital in that place and as soon a!
able to travel, viii return to the home o
his parents.
Harvey +. Beach attended tn,
7 stewards meeting of Burlington dis
trict at the Methodist Episcopa
/ Church at burlington Monday
Frank Bacon has gone to Lebanon, \, II.
: to visit her daughter, Mrs, Rohcr, Bruce
Mss Martha Thorn has returned from
two weeks visit to Mr.. and Mrs. III
Palmer of Shelburno,-pay Director II
) q. Colby. L, $. NJ, has returned from
spending the winter in Boston and Noy
Q York. Judge T.. w. Tuttle went Monda,
. tc Bristol where he held session O
=. the probate court-Mr. and Mrs Myro
| l'ishman Of Bristol visited his sister
= Mrs Abraham Cohen, SundaY-Henr
4 l'rooks, William Austin, the Misses NJ
. \. Cross, Bessie Fortier, Herrika Roc
t and Lila Monettc attended dance II
8 Aliens hall, North Ferrisburg Monda
y evening,-A son, Donald Bacon, was re
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