Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-21
WASHINGTON COUNTY
WATERBURY,.

well filed Sunday evening when the bac-
calaureate sermon was preached by the
Rev. William l.. Bocourt. the subject,
Final Examinations" The music by
the choir under the leadership of T.. L.
Houston was well rendered. The Rev.
Verne l.. Smith had charge of the service,
assisted by the Rev. Il. A. Bishop, ID. d.,
Of Murphy College, Tenn.-"Prncess
Chrysanthemum" was given to fun
house Friday evening under the direction
of Miss Lena Wallace. The operetta will
be repeated in the near future for the
benefit of the Red Cross fund.-Bertel T.
Perry, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. ii. b.
Perry of this place, has just received as
promotion the position of chief chemist
over the laboratory in the Schenectady Of
fees of the American Locomotive com
pany-The Waterbury high school
Alumni association will give a reception to
the seniors Saturday evening in the
knights of Pythias hall. There will be
music.-The memorial service of the odd
Fellows and isebekah lodges will be held
Sunday afternoon.-Mss Reta Fisk of
Hancock is n guest of Miss Marion Will
kins.-Mrs. b. j. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. f.
l.. Eaton and Mrs. Squires were in Waits
field Sunday afternoon to attend the bur
ial Of Carey Palmer. On reaching the
cemetery they found they We're not al
lowed to remain there as "A special permit
from the State board of health allowed
members of the family to accompany the
remains to the cemetery, provided others
were kept away.-Miss Marjorie Luce.
teacher in the Watsfield schools, and
Theodore Berry, student there, are un-
der quarantine at their homes here.-No-
tees of the Duxbury taxes are post
ed, the tine limit for paying them
to the treasurer being September r.
To-day, the annual picnic Of the Aid So
ciety of the Methodist Church will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. v.
At bridge party given Monday
! by Mrs. John Burleigh the en-
gagement of Miss Ollie Amsden Nichols
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Moody,
| to Robert Bennett Perry. son of Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. II. b. Perry. was announced
| Miss Mary Wyman of Starksboro is a
| commencement guest of the Misses Les
tina and Pauline Bidwell.-Mr. and Mrs
| r. j. Chase have returned from Platts
| burgh, where they went to see theil
sons. who are working there for the pres
| ent as walters in the officers camp
| Paul Swasey has gone to Machias. Me.
| for the technical camp for military train
| ing connected with the Institute of Tech
| noogy.-An enthusiastic meeting of thu
|
opera house Monday afternoon, the presi
| dent, Mrs. Watson l.. WATSON, presiding
Mrs. WATSON made strong plea for thu
work and introduced Mrs. n. l.. Vas
| sar, who told of the work room plans
Beginning with Thursday the work room
will be open Mondays and Thursdays
| Mrs. Il. r. Campbell as chairman of TIL
special committee of the Red Cross cam
paign spoke in behalf of the work. Mrs
II. l.. Cochran of Montreal. who wa
present. in a pleasant manner told of tn
work of the patriotic fund and the Re
Cross in Canada. The report of the sec
rotary was very encouraging, the mem
bership now being 40. Saturday after
noon and evening tea will be served a
the Red Cross rooms.--The Rev. Lewis +
Johnson OF Patchouge, X. l.. was a week
end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilkin.
| The funeral of Daniel Fordham WI,
held at the Congregational chapel Frda
morning at II o'clock with burial in tn
village cemetery Mr.. Fordham was
assist in unfurling the flag June
but was i'll at the time and steadil
failed, suffering with pleuro-pneumoni
Edwin Dillingham; Post. G. A. r., ha
, charge of the burial Mr.. Fordhal
being a member of the ll8th New Yor
, having enlisted from Plattsburgh. /
was born in Peru, N. Y, February
1886 and 81 years ago married Miss Emf
Snow. who passed away five years ag
. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sara
| Hill of Montpelier. and two sons, Charl
Fordham of this town and William For'
: ham of Barre, and two daughters, Mr.
!, Emma Fisher of this town and Mrs. Ali
. | Thayer of Concord, y. H.; also 70
q grandchildren.
| no ~, tt,,u Of a
!, bury grammar school will be held in Z
: Methodist Episcopal Church this evenir
, Il. Huntley Palmer. a member of the elias
- graduates without ever having had an a
- sent or tardy mark since he entered scho
J. a period of seven years. Two others ha
: not had any marks this past year, Hare
E. Lease and Beatrice LedouX. The progra
. for this evening Is as follows; March;
=, vocation, the Rev. William L. Boicou
~ THE Pilot" chorus; essay Henry
~ Longfellow." f. Dustin Cooley; recitatit
1.-The Wreck of the Hesperus," Beatri
NJ. Ledoux; Dance of the Fairies" cir
"a chorus; defamation, THE Ladder of
"a Augustine" Lucus ii. Bassett; essi
=, 1.-The Song of Hiawatha." Ruth !. Mood
>. defamation. Paul Reveres Ride" Gle
ard NJ. Turner: Anvil Chorus; recitatit
9 The Legend Beautiful" Hazel l. Cha
/
=. Illustrated reading from "Courtship
~ Miles Standsh," Iris IL. Marshall; mus
-, Mandolin club presentation of diploma
- benediction by the Rev. V. L. Smith.
!, class roll has these names: Leant
- Lance Bassett. Lucius Hiram Basss
-, Delta Josephine Billings. Leslie Chaun'
>" Burnett. Louise Della Burnett, Hazel l
~, belle Chase, Walter Edwin Chesley, A
~, gail Burdett Child. Francis Dustin Cool
y" Sheldon William Crossett. William JIG
-. Devine George William Donovan. En-
~, Mae Fuller, Ruth Burnell Gibbs. Cecil
~ Goodheart. Curtis Harrington Gou
w., James elias Greene. William Edw;
W Greene, Fred Royal Lavelle, IIar
Boardman Lease. Beatrice Mae Ledo
-, Geraldine Maude Lyon, Iris Eldora nj
o. shall, Ethel Marjory Martin, Ruth |
''' Moody, Gilbert Thomas Nutbrown /
W ton Francis O'Brien, h,ber liuntlsy
oo' mer, Carrie Lillian Pierce, Helen lr
10 Porter. Reed A. Prescott. lieadley A
- ley Randall clair William Rogers, Fl
"e erick Wilbur Shattuck. Alice Viola CT
es, ent Smith. Corrnne Fullerton Somerv
Dol Louis Don Sulle. Richard Lowell Swa
'ss Ruth Browning Stanley Helen
r!' Towne, Ruth Pauline Towne. Glen
NE Mark Turner, Mary Della Wilson.
iss ushers are Evelyn Ayers, Thelma u
VI Coin Haskins and Edwin Henderson.
err class marshall IL Doris Houston.--A
err was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy w.
vel merritt early yesterday morning.
mother and son are doing we'll. The &
is the grandson of Senator and Mrs. -
Demeritt of this town and of Edison