Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-26
ESSEX JUNCTION..

dren of Fon Du Lac, Wis, made stop re-
Gently with their friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Hall while on an automobile tour of
the eastern States. which already covers
over 5000 miles. They carry tent. stove
cooking utensils, and camp wherever
night overtakes them in true western
style.
Mrs. u. V. Perkins, with three chill
dren, returned to her summer home in
Bridgewater, Mass. Monday. She came
here about ten days ago to join in
family reunion at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Read, at the
Elms on Silver Bow lake, where boating,
bathing, fishing. frequent lawn parties
and birthday celebrations have helped
to make joyous a month long to be re-
membered by all participating. There
have been present on different occa-
sions of this reunion all of the children
and "a grandchildren, except Read Jen-
kins and Mrs. d. C. Blanchard and four
children of Spokane, Wash. They have
| been entertained by Chester Steele and
| Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Butler at the old
| Fish farm in South Burlington. for
| merry owned by Mr. Reads grandfather,
| David Fish, and visited cousins in Shell
| burne. who are living on a part of the
| land decided to Mr.. Reads greats grand
| father, Joshua Read. by Ethan Allen
himself, and was shown the original deed.
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Chapman entertain
| ed them at The Meadows, in North Will
! liston, where the tables were set for 80,
and also at their home on Maple street.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Read of Richmond
| entertained at their home and Mr.. and
| Mrs. Teachout gave the farewell party
in honor of Master Gray Jenkins birth
! day. Mrs. Jenkins and family will
| turn to Royal Oak, Mich, Saturday.
| Mrs. Grandy will spend the summer
here. Mr. Grandy returned to East
| Orange, n. j.. Sunday.
| Excellent work was done by the vol
unteer fire company of Essex Junction
under the able leadership of Chief Floyd
Barnes in controlling the fire at the
yard of the Drury Brick &; Tile Co.. Thurs
day morning. Although the company
responded with commendable haste after
| the general alarm was sounded the fire
had assumed such Roadway that prob
| ably quarter of an acre of the large
| shed was already in flames when it ar
| rived, thus making it a fire of great mag
| nitude. Through the energy and able
! judgment of the fire department no fur
Their spread of the fire was permitted
| and the burning portion of the building
was separated from that still intact and
the flames were kept from consuming the
the plant. result regarded as practi-
caly impossible by all those who observed
| the contiagration before the arrival of
the company. The Burlington fire de-
partment, after record trip of approXi-
mately II minutes, arrived after the flames
had been brought under control. The
| loss is fully covered by insurance. The
alarm was sounded at six O'Clock, the
| flames having been discovered by the
watchers at the yard. The hose cart
was soon on the scene and the fremen
and other men put in about two hours
good work before the fire was all out.
The cause of the fire is not known, but
it is supposed to have caught in some
way from kiln which had just been
burned. The regular work is not inter-
fered with by the fire and the burnt por-
ton of the shed will be rebuilt at once.
MIR. and Mrs. l. f. Huntey have re-
turned from Fulton, Ill.,, where they were
called by the illness and death of their
cousin, DR.. Hannah n. Schnearling. Re
turning, they visited their sister-in-law
Mrs. Adelaide p. Nichols, and their niece
Mrs. Bradshaw, formerly Miss Madalin
Nichols, at Lafayette. Ind
News has been received from Mr.. and
Mrs. f. NJ. Wedgwood of their arrival at
their new home at Collerville, Tenn
where they like it very we'll.
The funeral of Joseph Albert, the IL
month old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Thomas of Chicopee, Mass, was held at
the Church of the Holy Family yester-
day afternoon, with burial in the Catho-
lie cemetery. Mrs. Thomas. who was for
merly Miss Emma Valyou, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Valyou, with the
baby came here about month ago to
visit The child was taken i'll with pneu-
| "A week
the following Monday.