Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-20
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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Christian Endeavor society Of the Addi-
son Baptist Church with an organ
David 8. Roberts Of Malone. Il former
resident. II spending few days in town
ON business connected with the local plant
Of the Sheffield Farms Slawson Decker
company.
The tenant house in Addison known as
the Oliver Gordon house, owned by the
town Of Addison and occupied by William
II. Morcombe. was destroyed by fire be-
tween eight and nine o'clock Saturday
evening. Mrs. Morcombe and three chill
dren we're at the district schoolhouse
attending an entertainment, Mr.. Nor
oombe being left alone in care of an
infant child. When he discovered the
nre he ran to the schoolhouse to obtain
help, but the fire had gained such head
way that 1t was impossible with the means
at hand to save the building However,
most Of the household goods on the
lower floor were saved. The children's
clothes were lost, and all Of the potatoes
and vegetables in the cellar. A hog which
Mr.. Morcombe had recently butchered and
sailed down In the cellar also was burned.
The origin of the fire is reported to be
due to q defective fiue-Lake Cham
plain for some distance north of Basin
harbor IL frozen over. This is unusually
be closed by ice and as near as can be
ascertained has not occurred but once
before In about 100 years. Sunday morn
Ing at seven o'clock thermometers regis
tered from "a to 80 degrees below zero
ana at ten o'clock in the morning 1t was
10 below.-Postmaster John II. Donnelly
and sister. Mrs. +. L. Grandey, left Sun
DAY evening for Keeseville, N. Y, where
they were called by the death Of their
cousin, Mrs. r. d. Arbuckle.-Mrs. Napo-
leon Roy Of Springfield. a former resi-
dent, and her daughter Mrs. C. Z. Hay
ward OF Winooski spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. John F.. Bartley.-
The net receipts Of the box social Friday
evening at the Vergennes school building
Tor tho benent of the Vergennes School
Athletic association were nearly s13.-
William Noonan has returned from a
business trip to Boston.-Louis Dean has
purchased the Daniel Collins farm in
Terrisburg from ]. A. Merril.-The
perch fishing through the ice
IN Otter creek below the falls has
commenced and one fisherman reports a
catch Of 100 one day last week.-Wyman
Bristol of New York spent the week.
end with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
ton d. Bristol.
The 9Srd annual meeting of the Ferris
burg Congregational Church was held
December II. in the vestry of the Church
with dinner. Reports received showed
that services had been held continuously
Tor the third year, that one member was
removed by death. while one was re-
ceived into the church relation, thus re-
tanning the numerical strength of the
membership. 1t was voted to revise the
membership list and to have a residence
ana an absentee list. In the year 1911 the
receipts and expenditures of the church
were $217 while the past fiscal year the re-
ceipts $1,3H leaving a balance of cash on
hand OF $173.S0. An expression of graft
tude for services rendered in an official
position, for the past II years was ten
dered Deacon Henry ]. Carpenter, who
desired to be relieved from further re-
sponsibility. The officers elected are
az follows: Clerk and auditor Ernest DE
Vine; collector. Mrs. Edward Collins; pru-
Dental committee. Edward Collins, L. e.
Avery Mrs. William Nichols; treasurer,
Miss Helen Collins; trustees, b. w. Col
Inns. L. e. Avery and e. B. Collins.
Monday the first money was sent from
here through the American Express com.
pany to Grodno. Russia. under the new
ruling Of the war board permitting money
to be sent to needy people In the portions
OF Russia occupied by the central powers
Tho Women's Home Missionary society
OF the Vergennes Methodist Episcopal
Church met yesterday. at the home
OF Mrs. Charles Grandey.-Willian
Laramy has enlisted In the United States
navy.-Miss Edith Middlebrook has
finished her work at the Bixby Memorial
Free library and Miss Ruth Clark has
taken her place.-Charles Taber is con.
hned to the house by illness-On account
OF food and fuel conservation the sociable