Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-20

to have been given Friday evening, De-
cember 28, by the Busy Bees of the Ferris"
burg Congregational Church has been
cancelled.-Mrs. II. q. Howell Is Ill with
tonsilitis.- Lodge, /. o. y. Fy
held its annual meeting TUESDAY ana
elected officers as follows: Noble grand
II. L. Hallock vice-grand. Stanley b.
Bacon; secretary, II. A. Farrar; treasurer,
II. b. Slack.-Mr. and Mrs. William Benoit
of Holyoke, Mass, are visiting s. d. Miner
at the Norton House.-W. Il. Crannelly OF
MiddIebury has taken the position OF night
operator at the railroad station here.-
Mrs Clifford Patno has moved from the
Chester Barrows house to New Haven
George LeJoy has moved his family from
the @. r. McCuen house on Maple street
to the Fisher house near st. Peters ceme-
terry.
H. c. Herrick is displaying In his store
service flag with 62 stars, showing YER
gennes, offering of men In the war.-Mrs'
Harold H. Stone Of Middlebury visited her
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Il. Stone, Tuesday.-Miss Edith Middie-
brook has taken a position In the national
bank of Vergennes.-Mrs. II. B. Slack mas
presented the vergennes Methodist Epis-
copal Church with a service flag con-
tanning eight stars denoting the number
from the congregation who have enlisted
in the war-Mrs. A. F. Billiard Of Burling-
ton has been spending few days with
her daughter. Mrs. f. w. Flagg.-The
Direct Importing company, which was
driven out of its store in the Donnelly
building on Green street by the fire that
occurred several weeks ago and which since
has been occupying the basement under
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to the old quarters Saturday.-Mrs r.
d. Goodridge, who has been i'll, Is able
to walk out.-Attorney George w. Stone
has appointed w. H. Wheeler a member
of the legal advisory board of Addison
county from this place. The other men,
Der Of the board from here is Judge +. w.
next number in the YER
gennes citizens entertainment course will
be held at the Opera house Friday evening,
with Pitt Parker. the crayon wizard"
as charlottesville drafted men who left
here Tuesday for Middlebury to Join the
Addison county contingent that left yes
terday for Camp Devens, Aver, Mass,
were Fred w. Lebeau and Everitt Haw-
L. Stebbins. who for several
months has been employed in the Hickok
Insurance company. has resigned his posi-
store Of his father. ex-Mayor Charles e.
Stebbins.-R. A. Elliott of Starksboro was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Day
w. Allen has returned from
New York city. where he went last week
with carload of sheep.-Arthur W. Allen
of this place, who recently enlisted in the
aviation branch of the signal corps, has
been appointed corporal.-Miss Grace
Gordon is assisting in the store of
Chamberlain, Foote & Co.-Roy Bur-
roughs, student at Hebron Academy,
Hebron, Me-, is spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bur-
roughs.-Mrs. Leona Scranton and son,
Joseph, Jr., who have been spending sew
eral months in Washington. d. c., have
returned to her home on Maple street,
Lieutenant Samuel Swift, who recently re-
turned from the Plattsburgh training
camp and Is stopping at Gosse Point, called
on friends here yesterday.-The Sheffield
Farms. Slawton-Decker company have
commenced to harvest the first crop of ice
on their pond near the railroad station
The ice is about 10 inches thick-Robert
Mulholland. who has been visiting his
brother, the Rev. w. 8. Mulholland, has
returned to Mineville. N. Y.