Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-20
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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m accompanied her.-Miss Althea Luce
Is very iii from a stroke OF apopieAy.
which she suffered "Wednesday night AT
the home of her niece and HUSBAND MI
and Mrs. Frank N. Clair. Miss Luce's SIS
ter. Mrs. Rhuhamah Warren, has been
called here from Middlesex by her illness.
Miss Luce Is about " years OF age ana
has been in poor health.-Violet Brush,
who has suffered from the effects OF IN
fantile paralysis since October Is not SO
well.-Mrs. w. J. Churchill of Morristown
has passed two weeks here with her
daughter, Mrs. s. A. Stebbins.-Mrs. Lewis
Culver's brother, Elroy Culver, at the
this week at the Fanny Allen hospital In
winooski, where he is receiving treatment
for blood poisoning. She also visited Mr..
Culver's broher, Elroy Culver, at the
Mary Fletcher hospital where he has been
for about nine weeks, following serious
operation for appendctis.-LeslieG G. Bar
rows Is in poor health at the home Of Mrs.
Barrow's father, Earl b. Lincoln, on Ed
son hill. Mr.. Barrows has never recover
ed from the effects Of an illness from
measles in July.-First Lieut.. Il. A. Straw
left Friday on his return to Fort Omaha,
Neb., after few days at his home In
Etowe--A foot and half more snow
came Thursday night and Friday fore.
noon making an unusual amount of snow
for this season. Four inches Of snow fell
in an hour during the morning. Cars on
the Mt. Mansfield electric railway were
unable to run during the forenoon but the
motor made a trip out to Waterbury and
Tho funeral Of Violet ]. Brush, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. George t. Brush. who died
at their home Friday in the 18th year Of
her age, was held at the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at one o'clock Tuesday after
noon. The Rev. l.. l.. Goddard Of Fairfax.
until recently pastor of the church, was
assisted in the service by the Rev. II. w.
Cummings Of the Congregational Church.
/ Selections were sung by Mrs. H. w. Bar
rows, Mr.. Goddard and the Misses Flor
cnce Ayers and Mildred Holden. Miss
Holden presiding at the organ. The bear
ers were: Arthur C. Morrill,, Arthur X
Wiley, Leo II. Straw and Adm Brush
There was profusion of beautiful flowers
including carnations, roses, violets, callas
ferns, contributions from the Stowe high
and graded schools. and also the sixth
grade, the Sunday school and friends The
burial was in the River Bank cemetery.
There was u large attendance. including
the sixth grade, which was Violet's class
in Stowe graded school, and their teach
ers and members Of the church and Sum
present were: Mrs. Belle Kenfleld Boards
ley Of Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Wiley
and Mrs. William Nye Smith Of Mont
pelier, Mrs. Mary Ellingwood and Adm
Brush Of Cambridge, Mrs. Clarence Brush
of Bolton and Miss O'Brien of Waterbury.
"A remarkable display of northern lights
was seen by early risers here about six
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The entire
northern horizon from Mansfield in the
west to Worcester in the east was in
volved From an arc of blush white light
rays Of changing colors extended beyond
the zenith, so deep were the pink rays at
times as to tinge the snow with that
( color.-At a meeting Of the Red Cross
held ut the Akeley Memorial building Mon
day evening plans were made for further
ing the work. Thirty-seven Christmas bags
/ in addition to the number first sent have
been contributed for the soldiers, Is being
the number asked for.-An interesting
| feature of the program of the entertain
ment to be given by Professor Dawson of
Aliddlebury College for the benefit Of the
Red Cross at the Akeley Memorial build.
ing Friday evening will be a regular meet
ing Of the boy scouts and also an exhibit.
ton Of semaphore signalling. This will bs
the FIRST opportunity Of seeing this worl
LOT the scouts by the public. The schoo
children are selling tickets for the enter
tainment.-Mrs. b. l.. Brown, who ha
passed several months at NJ. L. Poor's
and her infant daughter, Jean Marjorie
returned Saturday to New York city. Mr.
Brown is Il member of the American en-
gineer corps in France.
There will be a Christmas party for the
Sunday school at the Unity Church par.
Tor at two o'clock Monday afternoon
Thomas Matamore of the U. S. s. Maumet
aoined Edmund w. McGibbon, secont
class electrician on the Maumee here
Tuesday Both men have had 10 days
leave on account of repairs being made
on the vessel They will return to New
York Thursday.-The price of milk ha.
been raised to nine cents a quart.-Misl
Harriet Adams is at home from Welles
ley, Mass, where she has completed
course of training in Il sanitarium.-wil
liam Hilliker OF the La Porte road re
turned Wednesday from Burlington, wher,
!, he had treatment.-A collection O.
pictures and views made by o. c. Barnes
and hung in the Mt. Mansfield Hotel abou
I 1885 has been loaned by M. G. Loye1o,
2 and hung in the Memorial hall Of the AXE
h ley Memorial building. There are IS view
Of Stowe and vicinity. 10 group photo
graphs and many of the others are photo
) graphs Of people who have passed ava.
y or reside In other places. Among the frs
are w. H. H. Bingham, Dr. L. NJ. Bling
ham. Noah Butts. DR.. +. B. Smith, MI
( and Mrs. Warren Sloan. Among thos
X now living in other places are DIR. an,
Mrs. Scion r. Lowe in Omaha, Neb., Mrs
4 Helen Savage Bell and Mrs. Harriet Saw
age in Westfield.-Mrs. Charles II. Stone
who has been here from Swanton a few
B days, left Wednesday for MINNEAPOLIS
Nfinn.. where she will pass the winter
Christmas services at the Congregations
Church next Sunday will be as follows
Preaching service. with special music a
a0.45 a. m, a service Of story and song
III JEFFERSONVILLE.
The Rev. Fl. C. Howard and Mrs. Mario
n Hriswold are still confined to their home
by effects Of the grip.-Lewis Wood
visitinA his daughter IN Burlington.
N McN