Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19

Charles Hutchins, bass viol and Robert
Leroy. clarinet. The initial public APP
pearunce Of the new organization was at
gathering of Masonic bodies in West
Lebanon the evening OF the 18th. followed
by q second appearance at the Woodmen's
maple sugar social In Hartford village on
Friday evening. George r. Beyerle, for
many years active in the business inter-
ests Of the community, died at his West
Lebanon residence Friday evening from
heart disease. He IL survivd by his wife
and three daughters.--Mrs C. G. Lawrence
has returned from her Easter season va
cation, passed at the home OF her mother
in Sherbrooke, p. Q.-The high school
baseball season will open Saturday, when
the local high school nine will journey to
Randolph and play the opening game with
the high school nine Of that town.-A To-
cal Of the international Brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers has been formed In
White River junction with q members.
Albert Sault is president. t. A. Glow,
vice-president, William Jennings, financial
secretary and treasurer, and d. o. How
land, recording secretary.-The Rev.
George II. Sisson, d. D., pastor
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
has returned from the sanitarium in Ran
dolph, where he was a patient for 10 days
Of the grip.
A local event of exceptional interest
and Significance was a meeting Of the
public school teachers Of the town Of
Hartford Saturday to listen to addresses
by n. J. Whitehill. superintendent Of
schools. and James A. Stacey, member
of the State committee of safety, on
the single topic Of teaching school boys
and girls the need and wisdom of hav-
Ing a vegetable garden in the present
season. Mr.. Stacey spoke Of the plans
as suggested by the State committee OF
safety and Superintendent Whitehll
gave in detail plans for the proposed work
in the Hartford town schools. A second
meeting Of the teachers to consider the
same topic will be held in the high school
building Saturday afternoon at AS to
further the same proposed work and to
talk on various garden and farm topics.
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock there will
be held in Gates opera house a public
meeting in the interest Of n general mill
tary preparedness and with James A.
Stacey Of the State safety committee
presiding. Formal addresses will be made
by F. A. Rowland OF Montpelier and State
Commissioner Of Education Hillegas.
At q special meeting of the fire precinct,
1t was voted to install a new fire alarm
system Of the automatic compressed air
type. The sum of 1900 was appropriated.
and it Is expected that the installation
will be completed by the middle OF July.
Wallace K. Harding. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM H. Harding. and Dartmouth
College sophomore. has enlisted in the
United States navy. and. with some 40
other Dartmouth students IL now station
ed at Newport, r. 1.-The comedy. 1.-The
Colonel's Maid" will be presented Fri
day evening in the assembly hall of the
high school building. the proceeds for
the benefit Of the Hartford high baseball
team The cast includes nine Of the
schools boys and girls-Miss Angela
Burns student in the Bay Path College.
Springfield. Mass, IL at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Burns,
Maple street. for a five days vacation
George W. Smith. elder son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert E Smith, and graduate of
Williams College, "A, is at the Mary
Hitchcock hospital, Hanover. N. H.,
where on Sunday last he underwent an
operation for appendicitis. He IL re-
ported as gradually gaining.-LAwyer
Raymond Trainor attended the session OF
the Orleans county court, Newport. Wed.
| nesday.