Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-01
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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Marguerite, were in Burlington Saturday
to be present at the ordination of the Rev
Raymond Blais at the Cathedral. Sunday
they guests of the Rev. and Mrs. C. Hay
ward of Winooski.-Miss Marceine Laush-
way of the University of Vermont spent
the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Agan.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Danyow announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Harriet Stella, to Frank Francis
Of Burlington.-Mrs. Frank Sullivan of
Burlington is visiting Miss Mary T. Alden.
"A benefit dance for the Vergennes
branch of the Red Cross will be held Fri
day evening at the city hall. Gorham's
orchestra will furnish music.-Mrs Cyrus
Horsford of Charlotte spent Sunday with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Crosby.
Miss Martha Garno has returned to Bur-
lington after visit to her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Garno.-Dr. and Mrs
Frank M. Rogers and Mr.. and Mrs. II. w.
Day have returned from an auto trip
through the Adrondacks.
Second Lieutenant Howard Willard
Adams. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Adams
Of Vergennes. and Miss Estella, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Peter st. Clair of Thomp-
sons Point. Charlotte. were married
Thursday evening at a cathedral in Bos-
ton. 1t was military wedding, the
brother officers Of the groom, who are
stationed at Camp Devens. Aver, Mass,
attending. The groom attended the Ver-
gennes high school and afterward took a
business course in the Albany, n. Y. BUSH
ness College. At the session of the Legisla-
ture at Montpelier in 1909 he served as a
clerk In the office of the sergeant-at-arms
and at the session four years later in the
library. He received his commission this
year at the training camp at Pittsburgh,
". T., and is now connected with the
commissary department at Camp Devens.
Previous to his entering the training camp
at Plattsburgh he was associated with his
father in the hardware business in this
city. The bride was educated at Mt. st.
Mary Academy at Burlington and after
wards took business course at the Bur-
iington Business College.-The ladies of
the Vergennes branch of the Red Cross
VINO have been using the lodge room of
Pierpotnt Lodge, Knights Of Pythias, for
work room, will meet for work during
the winter In the rest room at the Bixby
Memorial Free Library. The first room to
the right at the main entrance to the
library Ii now used as rest ROOM
Frederick Fish has been ordered to
Cornell for ground school training in avia-
ton instead of Mineola. Long Island, as
reported reccntly.-Stephen Noonan has
returned from trip to Virginia. where
he went to purchase apples for, northern
shipment.-Allen p. Beach of Burlington
visited his father. Harvey F. Beach, Sat
urday.-Lowell Hammond visited friends
In Proctor Saturday.-Miss Ruby Sauiers
has returned to Rutland after a visit to
Mrs. Rose Holcomb and family Maurice
Lee of Middlebury College spent the
weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs
f.. A. Lee.-Mrs. w. A. Knight who has
been visiting her husband at New Haven
Conn.,. has returned to the home of her
parents, Judge and Mrs. Frank l.. Fish
-Miss Martha Thorn spent Saturday al
her farm In Waltham.-Miss Harriet
Myers Of Orleans. who is the guest of Mrs
Frank l.. Fish, attended the teachers
convention at st. Adams last week. =
On account of high water at the
falls. the work of repairs on the city
pumping station of the city water
plant has been put over until another
year. The blasting work is nearly An
fshed. but the heavy rains of the past
few days have swollen the creek so that
II the work was continued the expense
would be largely increased-Julius
Kingsley. who is employed at Spring
neid. Mass, has been spending a few
days at his home on Comfort Hill
Tho unprecedented rainy weather of
this month has seriously interferred
with work on the farms Reports are