Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-29
ORLEANS COUNTY
NORTH TROY.

NORTH TROY.
A. A. Macomber has sold to the Blair
Veneer Co. more than 225 acres of timber
land located in towns Of Jay and West
field. Mr.. Macomber has also purchased
Of II. g. Hadlock the so.called Orison
Hadlock residence In this village.-The
bell to be placed in the toiwer Of the new
Catholic Church has been received, and
will soon be raised to position.-Dana
Fuller has gone South for the winter.
He will reach Orlando, Florida, shortly,
where he will remain most Of the time
Mrs. w. II. Warner went Saturday to re-
| main for time with her daughter, Mrs.
Ray Shaw of Orleans, who is quite ILL.,
Miss Irvie G. Hildreth and Arthur ].
Bates Of Morgan were married Monday
| evening at the home Of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Hildreth. on Pleas
| ant street The Rev. j. w. Burgin of
Lyndon officiated. They will reside in
Sheffield upon returning from a wedding
trip.-Mrs. George Allen and children have
/ returned from visit Of several weeks
to Boston and other places, and Mr..
Allen has rented one of w. w. Wake
| fields tenements on Highland Avenue
The Rev. William Millar. pastor Of the
Congregational Church, preached Sunday
| evening at a Union Service in the Baptist
| Church on The Weakness of the Modern
| Church" John o. Baxendale. former
principal OF the North Troy High School.
| now Of Burlington, was in town on bust
ness two days last week.-Albern NJ. Ma
comber has gone to Camp Devens. Mass.
in response to call to join the other
eight necessary from this county. to make
up its quota-A. S. Larabee. having sold
at auction his livery stable property, will
| engage in some other enterprise, and
NJ. Fl. Smith having leased the Frontier
House stable, formerly occupied by Mr..
| IAarabee, will run that in connection with
his stable or Main street.-Fred McGinnis
in letter just received. states that he il
at the front. somewhere in France. He
| also says he has not yet seen his brother
in-law, Graham Lucier. who is over there
and hopes he will not be sent to the firinA
front where McGmnis now is very soon
| The latter is in the heavy artillery
George Page, who recently enlisted in the
navy. 10 recovering from the measles ir
the Norfolk, Va. navy yard hospital
! He Is a bugler. Water Wright. who went
| at the same time, has been transferred
to war vessel at jamestown. Virginia.
WESTNELD.
| The Rev William G. MacFarlane
|
| day. Next Sunday communion service
will be celebrated in the Congregational
| Church at the close Of the regular serv-
ice. Miss Orcelia Atwood has presented
! a letter from the South Weymouth. Mass.
| church. The last missionary collection
| Of the year will be taken. 1t is hoped
| the appropriation will be met.-The
| Misses Chela and Ella Grace Miller and
| Master Ralph Miller went to Hartford,
| Conn., Monday to spend the week with
relatives.-Louis Bell was at West Burke
| for the week -end.--Saturday evening, ten
Of the young lady friends Of Miss Ethel
| Bailey gave her surprise party pre-
senting her with table cloth and a
| dozen napkins.-Last Sunday. Guy
| George and Miss Ethel Bailey went to
| Mansonville, Can. for the day with his
| parents.-Nllton Bell is expected home
from St. Johnsbury Academy. Lee Mil
Ter from Lyndon Agricultural Institute
| and several other teachers and pupils
| from their various schools for the
Thanksgiving recess.-Mr. and Mrs. John
| Watkins and daughter. Airline of Bar
| ton spent the weekend with Mrs w. B.
Gilpin-Sunday and Monday the Their
mometers registered four and II degrees
below zero each morning. respectively.
There are several inches of snow on the
| ground.-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert
| went to Lyndonville to see their son.
Dr. d. j. Sheehan. who left Saturday for
| the South. where he is enlisted as sur
geon. Mrs. Sheehan NEE Alice Gilbert
| IL teaching in Burke for the year The
doctor expected to be called for duty
| much earlier.-The hour Of the evening
service has been changed from 1880 to
700 for the winter. Also. the weekly
Thursday evening prayer-meetings are
"A nd T{cS
| Ducharme were married at St. Ignatius
Church. Lowell. last week Monday.-Mr.
Goulette has moved into the residence
Of the late Rev. NJ w. Farman.-Edward
Ostrout expects to move to his farm,
vacated by Mr. Goulette, soon.
DERRY.
The Y. NJ. G. A. committee, under the
leadership Of George p. Cofran has An
| ished its work of soliciting with pledges
amounting to s737.12. This. added to $l.l0C
from Derby Line makes S1.S37.12 from the
town of Derby, not including West Derby.
which has recently become a part of the
city of Newport The members of the So
Letting committee were George p. Cofran,
Albert A. Silver. Jr.. Wesley A. Kelley.
Harold Taylor. and w. T. Kilborn. Mr..
Cofran gave full report OF the COM
mittee's work Sunday evening at the
uhioh soTNtce' whicn was fohoWed Dy u
patriotic address by Albert A. Silver, Jr.
The three churches of the village are
already making plans for a union Christ
mas entertainment to be held on Christ
mas eve, probably in the Academy hall.
1t 10 desired to make Christmas this year
giving and not a getting" Christ
mas. The three churches should be con-
graduated for wanting to come together
In this way.
CRAFTSBURY.
DIR. C. w. Dustin. aged 20 years. died
at his home Wednesday night Monday
he stumbled and fell over his sleigh thills
In his barn. the fall resulting In his death
three days later.