Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-03
IN VT;
NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.


MIDDLEBURY.
The funeral of Mrs. l.. c. Beane will
be held at the Methodist Church Thursday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Burial will
| be in the Prospect cemetery.-Charles
, Westall, Sr, reached the 31st anniversary
of his birth on Monday. Mr.. Westall
| Is one Of the two oldest business men
| of Middlebury. He Is still so vigorous
| that he attends to his business every
day.--Trank J. Donahue has returned
from n few days stay in Proctor. Mr..
| Donahue IL soon to go to North Carolina
| as a land surveyor in the interest of the
United States government.-Patrick J.
Cook of the 3O2nd artillery at Camp Dev-
| ems is having a ten days furlough in
| Bridport at the home of his parents Mr..
| and Mrs. Stephen Cook. Young Cook
has been very i'll in the camp hospital
! with tonsilitis and other troubles. and
his unusually long furough was allowed
on that account. He expects to return
to the hospital to recuperate before re-
suming active duty.-Monday. market
day. eggs brought so cents and butter
40 to 45 cents.-Mr. and Mrs. James Con-
way have gone to Orwell for few days.
Edward King has returned from Rut-
| land, where he has been to visit his par
ents.-George Wheat has gone to Burling
ton.-Owing to the conflict with the serv-
| ices of the week Of prayer. the hour of
the general meeting of the Woman's club
| Monday has been changed from eight
o'clock to $3.50 Wednesday night.-The
Middlebury Suffrage Study club meets
Friday at 2:3O y. m. at the home of Mrs.
Luther Bonney to do Red Cross work for
the suffrage Y NJ. c. A. fund. All
members and friends are cordially invited
to come with their work and ten cents
for the fund.
Mitchell Bugoir of weybriidge was taken
to the Mary Fletcher hospital on the noon
train Dec. 26. accompanied by DR.. r.
w. Prentiss of this village. He underwent
an operation Immediately upon his arrival
there, but died about eleven O'Clock in
the evening He is survived by his wife
and three children. He was 28 years Of
age. The remains were brought here
Thursday night and taken to his home
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thatcher and daugh-
ters. Lucille and Marion. have returned
to Ogdensburg, n. Y. after a two weeks
stay in Middlebury.-There was a good
attendance at the regular meeting of Lake
Dunmore Lodge, No II, I. o. o. F., at
their meeting Wednesday Dec. % held in
their hall and the following officers were
elected: N. G., f. r. Yates: " G., Will
liam F. Bentley; secretary. Melvin f..
Damon: treasurer Guideon f. Abbey The
installation will take place some time dur
ing January.-Mr. and Mrs. Henry f..
Percival and son, Leo Percival, who came
here Dec "a. with the remains of Mrs.
Percivars brother, John c. Wilson, have
returned to New York.-Frank F. Foote
has returned from New York. where~he
spent week on business. While he was
in the store of r. y Ror cyo
street, the telephone bell rang and the re-
ceiver took an order for a barrel of apples
for President Wilson. The shipping clerl:
picked out n barrel Of Northern Spies
packed by Lee Hemenway of Bridport
so part of the apple crop of Addison
county is used in the White House,
Word has been received of the
marriage of Miss Rachel Murdock and
! Frank L. Kennedy of Warren at the par
sonage of the First Congregational
Charch at Newport, r. I. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. A. Fl. Adams.
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
that city. Mr.. Kennedy Is yeoman in
the United States navy and Miss Muir
=, dock is well known in Middlebury, being
sister of j. Wesley Murdock. After
short wedding trip Mr.. Kennedy will
return to the naval station and Mrs
. Kennedy will reside in Middlebury.
: Mrs. Leonard c. Bean. who had been
: i'll for some time died at II o'clock Sun
, day morning. aged SO years. She is
! survived in her family by her husband
and three sons. Harley b. Of Newport.
r. l.. Theodore and Carlson of Decatur.
H.: a sister. Mrs A. w. Billings of
Middlebury; and a brother. Henry King of
Granville. N. Y. Mrs. Bean was
the daughter of DR.. and Mrs. II. C.
Powers, her mothers maiden name hav-
ing been Esther King.-Questionnaires
were sent out Saturday by the local
board of Addison county to all the regis
, trants whose numbers are from 842 Ia
9O5. inclusive. 1t might be noted that
a large number of the registrants in this
, section who have previously received
questionnaires seem to be confused as tc
how to answer them.-Miss Rena Mack
( and Miss Grace Mack are in Whiting
o to visit their mother. Mrs. Phenner Vail
a Bernard Forest of Cambridge, y. Y.
a former resident. is here to visit rela
= tives especially his son. John Forest. who
= is due to go out with the next contingent
! on this conscript service. Mr.. Fores
y is accompanied by his daughter and hel
d husband. Mr.. and Mrs. William Muller
of Cambridge. e.-Miss Dorothy +. Whitne!
n has returned from Boston. where she ha
9 spent ten days.-Miss Catherine Calhoun
who has been to visit her parents. Mr.
n and Mrs. Robert A. Calhoun. for a few
i days. has returned to Chicopee Falls
Mass.-F. w. Beckwth has closed hi
manufacturing business here and gone t
New York city to join his family.
New Years passed off in the old
q fashioned way in this town with prac
tically all places of business close
during the entire day and nothing do
ing at the bank ana the public librar
II and with only short hours at the post
n office.--It was the first day that tn
"a mercury rose above zero at any tim
y during the day since last Friday
is Lake Dunmore Lodge. No. II, l. o. q. +
n will hold an important business meet
10 ing in their hall this evening.
y. VERGENNES.
Alderman Levi II. Brown has recovere
,r from his illness with diphtheria and tn
D quarantine has been removed from h
v. residence.--Miss Edith Chamberlain, libr:
x ran at tho BiXby Memorial Free librar.
I'd was called Monday to Bennington b
T.. the serious illness of her mother.-Arl
r Alden, who has been making "A few day
= visit TO his father John NJ. Alden, r,
n turned Monday to New York city. Fl
sister, Miss Mary II. Alden, accompanie
t him for an indefinite visit at his home.
IT, The Rev. w. a. Dawson. ID. d., of Bul