Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-29

Cora Talbot. a teacher in the school at
Pcachsn, ID spending her vacation with
her mother. Mrs.. w. O. Talbot.--The Rev
George A. Kerr will speak before the
lcpworth League at a banquet to be held
in Rutland Friday evening.
The course in telegraphy in the Bran
don high school is giving evidence OF
practical results. At present there are
| IA taking the course ana there is much en-
thusiasm In the class. The class is In
charge Of Rugo WEIGH, the local night.
operator at the railroad station. Wire
construction has been taken up by the
pupils and at present all members Of the
class, together with a number of towns
| people, are on the local telegraph line
which was constructed by the pupils them
selves. A telegraph club has been formed
with the following of'icers: Board of di-
rectors, Mr.. WEIGH. Miss Bashaw, Miss
O'Connor, Mr.. Chase and Mr.. Pollard
secretary and treasurer, Miss OConnor.
superintendent Of wire construction. Mr..
Pollard; assistants, Mr.. Kerr. Mr.. Flood
and Mr.. Mayo. The wires on this local
line are kept busy most OF the time after
school hours.-Afhs. G.. A. Guilty of Dor
chester, Mass. IL In town, called here by
the illness Of her mother, Mrs. d. r.
Goodrich.-Niiss Beatrice Backus of Hop
kins Hall, Burlington. is visiting friends
here for a few days.-E. C..
6pooner, G. NJ. Winslow and M
ID. Warner, listers for Brandon,
started Thursday TO take the census of
MI able-bodied men who would be mt for
military or other useful service to the
State or country. There IL AN epidemic Of
! measles in town. number of the smaller
children being Guaranteed p. G.
Tobin. who has been the guest Of her
sister. Mrs. w. II. Tarbie has returned
TO Detroit. Mich.
A meeting Of the Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION was held in the high school
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. F. G. Swimmer
ton OF Rutland, president Of the State
Parent-Teacher association, gave an
interesting talk. A musical program
| was carried out and refreshments were
served.-Frapk Bashaw, clerk in the
Ives clothing store. is confined to the
house with the mumps.-I'he body of
Warner H Baldwin, who died in Rut-
land. was brought here Tuesday after
noon for burial in Pine Hill cemetery.
Ray Thomas has resigned as clerk
at the Fletcher hardware store and ac-
cepted a position with the Hortonia
1 Power company.--The sophomore class
| Of the high school have organized and
! the following officers have been elect
ed: President, Allen Clifford: vice.
president, Daniel Center; secretary.
Reba Maxfield; treasurer. Erica Bis
sell.-The prayer service which is held
Thursday evenings at the Methodist
Church will be omitted this week.
Albert Goodrich of Clemens. Fla,
is In town being called here by
the illness Of his mother. Mrs. u. F..
AVfn
Rutland Monday.
On account of the epidemic of meas
! les and mumps here. it was thought
best to close the graded school for the
! remainder of the week. The schools
were to close Friday for the spring va
cation, SO there will be but three days
lost. The school will reopen Monday.
April s.-The special meeting of the
graded school district which was to
have been held Tuesday evening was
postponed until Friday evening at 1880
o'clock az the weather was very bad
and there was not q sufficient number
of voters present.-The funeral of
James Foley, who died at his home
in Leicester. was held Wednesday
morning at ST. Mary's Church. the Rev.
f. F. Cray officiating. Burial was in
st. Marys cemetery.-Mr. and Mrs
ectady. n. Y, where they have been
visiting their son. Fred Aim. for sew
eral weeks.-The speaker at the spe-
cial meeting at the Baptist Church this
evening will be the Rev. A. Aubert
Of Wallingford. These special meet
ings are being we'll attended-R. H
Everest has resigned his position al
the Hetherington store. to take effect
April !. He will enter the lumber bus
iness.-The Marble Chapter. O. T. S.
met Wednesday evening in the chap
ter rooms with members of their fam
lilies and invited guests for II social
gathering New maple sugar was
served and an enjoyable program car
ried out---The town schools closed Fri
day for the Easter vacation of two
weeks. The pupils not absent in dis
trict No. 5 were: Cora Williams and
John Mohen; absent but one day. Mar
ion Hosmer.-Miss Rose Parmlee went
Tuesday to visit relatives in Saratoga
and Albany. N. Y.-D. ]. Griffith is Sc.
riously i'll at the home of his daughter
Mrs. John Houston.-M n. Aver Is
! spending the week with his brother
+. c. Aver the member from Leicester
at Montpelier.--Mrs. Z. A. Boyle has
returned to Rutland after visiting her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parmlee
BENSON.
DR.. j. T. Newton, who was taken seri.
ousIy i'll with the grip one week ago. is
now q little better and thought to be i'm
proving.-Leonard Fish, who was at the
fittsford sanatorium during the winter
suffering with tuberculosis, Is here now
b II. Bascom Of Whitehall Of the firm
Of Bascom. Brett & Co, and his son
Benjamin. from the West, were here the
past week 10 see Miss Sarah Bascom
who IL til.--Judson and Lewis Belden OF
this village went to Ticonderoga Thurs
day to see their sister. Mrs. Laura Bes
lsette.-The ladies of the Methodist Epis
copal Church have organized society
called "Wnling Workers" with IilliaT
Walker president, Mrs. NJ. f. Wilcox
vice-president and Mrs D. F.. Beldei
secretary.-sap ran quite well on Sunday
but up to this time no good sap weather
has come--Mrs NJ. +. Wilcox went tt
lGlens Falls last Thursday to visit hel
daughter, Lauretta. who works in :
music store there.