Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-07
llMOIlIE COUNTY
MORRISvILLE,

| "A~ ~AAo. ID ID. a De ana Mro, Saran
G. Rowland Of Orleans. Mass, Mrs. l.. b.
Perry and Mrs. W. II. Bowdee of Saga
more. Mass. are late arrivals at the Ran
dali, where they expect to remain until
October.-Mrs l.. G. Tillotson and Miss
Ronona Barrows spent Saturday and
sunday at Cambridge. guests of Mr.. and
MRS. w. p. Smilie.-A. H. Grant and son
versal spent Friday and Saturday at the
Grant cottage at Greensboro. Miss Doris
stone spent Saturday in Cambridge. a
guest OF Mr. and Mrs. G. Il. Melendy.-
Thirty-seven thousand small fry of trout
arrived here Saturday morning and were
distriouted, 1000 In the Terrill brook. 1000
In the Carpenter brook and the remainder
in brooks leading into Gilmore brook and
Lamoille river toward Wolcott--The con-
dition Of Defoe Croft was not as favor
able Friday and Saturday. his father. d.
II. Croft or Boston, arriving Saturday
morning. called on account Of the seri-
Gus condition Of Defoe.-Miss Matte Wood
or Burlington came Saturday for a stay
of several weeks at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Il. II. vancor.-Frank b.
Morse returned Saturday evening from a
trip OF several weeks through the West.
The Morrisville Red Cross branch has
reached Its quota Of 3O0.-Walter A. Gil
bert OF Montpelier was a recent guest at
ed his mother. Mrs. Kate Smith, and sis
ter. Mrs. II. u. Small-Miss Sadie Parks
OF st. Regis Falls. N. Y, is visiting at
the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. w. w. Ross.-Mr. and Mrs Ernest
Cross have moved from the NJ. II. Board
man house on the Randolph road to the
tenement at the rear OF the Wilson block
Mrs. Eric Wright and Mrs. Charles
Cheaver OF Wakefield. Mass, who have
visited their grandmother. Mrs. Ida Has
kins. left Monday on their return home
The condition of Herbert Smith. who Is
seriously Ill at the home of J. p. Roys-
ton. is somewhat improved.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Farnham are
passing week with Mr.. Farnham's par
ents at Shoreha m.-George C. Cole is han
ing a modern eight-foot veranda built to
replace the old one at his residence on
| Union street. Rosco Herrick IL doing the
work.-D. w. Durgan has sold to Fred L.
Stewart his shoe repairing business To-
| Gated at the rear of the Drown block.
Mr.. Durgan will remain with Mr.. Stewart
| for few weeks.-Lyman a. Hunt of
Champlain. n. Y, who has been engag ed
| as principal OF Peoples Academy. has
rented Glenn A. Wilkins's house, recently
purchased Of ii. J. Fisher. on Summer
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt will move here
In July.-Harmony Pomona Grange will
| meet at Waterbury Wednesday, June -.
The Duxbury degree team will be pres
| ent. a farce will be given by the Water
| bury Grange and the others are expected
| to furnish an interesting program.
One hundred and ninety eight regis
| tered in Morrisville Tuesday. SO claim
ing exemptions. Among those register
Ing were several Canadian born, one
| from Africa. while Russia and Italy
were we'll represented. Several men,
| bers of the Morrisville boy scouts
acted as aids to the registration COM
| mittee. The polls were opened with
prayer by the Rev. w. T. Best. The
registration officers were F. G. Fleet
wood. M. =. Maurice, l. NJ. Munson and
| J. NJ. Kelley. A. A. Niles acting as
clerk. Eight men registered in Nor
risville the first hour. There were IS
, registrations by card here and the
first one to register was Maurice KEEL
ley son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Kelley.
as his card happened to be the first
Hon. F. G. Fleetwood and j. M. Kelley,
who recently applied to Governor
Graham for authority to organize a
company of home guards have
been notified that the matter has
been referred to the proper authori-
| ties and that action will be taken
soon. Although the company would be
raised from various towns In the
county. headquarters would be in
Morrisville and the general sentiment
seems to favor l.. NJ. Munson for cap
ltain.-Among the Morrisville boys to
be added to the list Of enlisted men
this week are Earle Morrill,. Harold
Battye. Clarence Taylor and Aaron
Morrill,.
Mrs. w. r. Ainsworth has been called
to Jersey City. N. j.. on account Of the
illness of her nephew. Hamilton Hamil-
ton.-Miss Jean Pinney. who for a num-
Der of years has held responsible posi-
ton in the Office Of the Warren Lumber
company. has concluded her work there
to accept q position in New York city.
Miss Pinney will spend a several weeks
vacation In this vicinity before going to
her new work-Nr. and Mrs. II. A. Stay
ton have returned from a seven weeks
trip, which included visits to Atlanta.
Ga. Chattanooga. Tenn, Oberlin, Ohio,
with their daughter. Miss Lillian Stay
ton. and with their son and wife. Mr..
and Mrs. G. Noyes Slayton. In New Jer-
sey.-Mrs. liza Niles jackson and Mrs.
A. w. Waite go to Montpelier to-day.
where they will be guests until Saturday
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Spaulding. while
attending the annual Choral Union festi-
val. held In that city.-William Shaw will
complete his work for l.. r. Page this
week. having accepted q position on the
H. r. c. Watson farm. and will move
his family to Brandon soon-Niiss Alma
f. Wheelock of this town was among a
class OF II nurses who graduated from the
Mary Fletcher hospital Friday-Miss
Sadie Parks Of st. Regis Falls, N. y,
who has visited her uncle and aunt. Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Ross. left Wednesday
for visit at points In massachusetts,
before returning home.-The Rev. w.
Stanley Post of Biddeford, Me-, will
preach at the Congregational Church next
Sunday.
WATERVJLLE.
There was a Red Cross branch organ.
ICED here Saturday with A members
Mr.. and Mrs. George Currier visited in
Cambridge over Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Silver and daughter of Greensboro
visited her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. r..
Ttllotson. recently--Mrs. Arthur Lang
dell has returned from the hospital
Or. kinion OF Colchester and Mr.. Prior
OF Wiillston visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Beard the first Of the week-Arthur Man
chester has moved into one Of Mr. Lara
ways tenements.-Mrs. George Hin Is at
the Fanny Allen hospital for an opera
ton.
HYDE PARK.
l.. G. A. commencement exercises take
place next week with the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday evening: prize speaking
"wednesday evening aud urod,,atlrg ~