Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-17

lind out where guns can be procured and
then provide the money for the purchase.
The Baxter Brothers. through their local
representative, have offered the free use
Of the canning plant grounds for drilling.
Drills will probably take place on Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday evenings of
each week. although this matter was not
fully decided. Another meeting of the
home guard will doubtless be held this
week and the first drill is expected to take
place Saturday evening.
Lawrence Martin, n student at the
Polytechnic school at Troy, N. Y, has
Joined the engineer branch Of the United
states army and will sail for Europe
with the first corps to be sent. He was
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Irving T.. Gilbert
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sinclair of Mober-
ly, Mo-, have arrived for the summer and
are occupying their house on Pleasant
street.
About SO enthusiastic women met in
the W.. r. c. hall yesterday afternoon
and pledged themselves to work on
Red Cross supplies. Mrs. d. M. john
son, who has just taken the course for
making the Red Cross surgical Dress
ings outlined the plan OF the work and
the women were divided into groups.
from two to Ave o'clock, the second
group Wednesday morning from nine
to II o'clock and the third group We'd
nesday afternoon from two to FIVE
o'clock. Tho work will be done in the
w. r. G. hall. At these rooms will
also be given out the hospital garments
to be taken home and made. These
garments will be given out only on
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Charles
Metcalf will have charge Of this de-
partment. Mrs johnson will be at tho
high school this morning to instruct
the girls Of the three higher classes.
The work will be done in the domes-
tic science class room.
demonstration will be held at the
Oak hill school in Williston Friday
afternoon. Four schools will be
brought together for this demonstra-
ton. Muddy brook. Lake Iroquois. South
Williston and Oak hill. The ladies are
invited. The teachers are requested to
close their schools at noon and bring
their older pupils with them.
HINESBURG.
Garlic Bostwick and daughter Mary
went to North Hero last Friday and
brought back two thoroughbred Holsteins,
turned from his trip to Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire.-Miss Hunt spent
Saturday and Sunday at her home in
Essex Junction.--George Blanchard has
rented the Peck house recently occupied
by DR.. Burdick and will move there soon.
The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Miles was
held at her late home Saturday and was
largely attended. There were many
beautiful floral offerings.-Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Bushnell have returned home after
spending the winter with their son, Mark
Bushnell, in Thompsonville Conn.-Dr.
Frank Finney of Burke. N. Y. was in
town Monday
Plans are going forward for a big July
celebration. The ladies of the town will
serve dinner in the town hall for the
benefit Of the band.-Mrs F. w. Hemen-
way has gone with her mother to their
old home in Indiana for a short visit
Mrs. Ann Post Of Albany. N. Y, is Wis
iting her daughter. Mrs. H. w. RUSSELL
Chester Bromley has enlisted in the navy.
Little Catherine Abair after taking part
on the Mothers day program went home.
got fall and broke her arm and was
taken to a hospital.-T. J. Mckenzie has
let the high school an acre of land for
potatoes and beans. About half the high
school boys have been excused by Su-
perintendent Hartin to go home and help
put in the crops.-Dr Burdick has leased
the Beecher meadow and is putting in
some crops.-Mothers' day at Bessie
Wead's school Friday was we'll attended.
A pleasant program was rendered and the
children served tea and cake.
After a short illness with pericarditis,
Ruth Coleman Miles, widow Of Noble
Miles, in her 18th year, died early Thurs
day morning. Mrs. Miles was the daugh-
ter Of Selah and Phoebe Russell Cole
man, and one of family Of six children
One brother, Jerome Coleman of Shell
burne, survives her. also several nieces
and nephews "Aunt Ruth" as she was
Familiarity known. spent her whole life
in Hinesburg. where she was loved and
respected by all. In early life she united
with the Methodist Church and during all
her long life was a conscientious and con-
sistent member. ever ready with help
ing hand to assist and help all in dis
tress and her kindly presence will be
greatly missed. Funeral services were
held at her late home Saturday at two
O'Clock. with burial in tho family lot In
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