Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-09
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

OF this town, who enlisted AS yeoHan i"
the United States naval service IN feo-
ruary, has been made chief yeoman
| and sailed in that capacity for the other
side on the U. S. S. Ceeber.-Miss Rose
LaPan, after a short illness with pncu-
| monia, died at about eight O'Clock Mon
| day evening at he age of 8; years. she
| Is survived by sister, Mrs. M"lssa
Manor, and a brother. Napoleon LaPan,
! of this village and number of nieces
and nephews The funeral was held at
| st. Mary's Catholic Church yesterday
| at nine o'clock.-Charles j. Cady has sold
his farm in the east part of the town
| to Noble j. Brooks, who will take possess
| sion at once.
| The annual graduation exercises OF
| Middlebury high school will be held IN
the town hall Friday evening. class OF
Al members participating. This is SIX
| weeks earlier than usual and is being
| held at this time so that those who want
can go to work The class is somewhat
| larger than usual, but only nine of the
class are boys. The teacher training
course proved the most popular, with ii
| enrolled, all of whom are girls, while the
| English course was second, with II en-
rolled six boys and six girls. The COM
| mercial course has four girls and two
| boys and the classical course eight girls
| and one boy. The graduation exercises
will be practically as in the past, with
| music by Vittums orchestra and the fol-
| lowing essays and orations Madeline
| c. Wood, salutatory and essay. Uncle
Sans Helpers;" Rena c. Dumas, "Al-
sace-Lorraine;' John H. Wright. "The
Bagdad Railway" Madeline b. Newton.
THE Playground Movement; Hazel A.
Billings. Thrift and Patriotism" Kath-
crime Burrage. valedictory and essay.
| Our American Women in France" After
| this the presentation of certificates and
diplomas will be carried out. The grad
uates in the Latin course are: Eileen a.
Barron. Katherine Burrage, Beatrice
Dumas and Rena c. Dumas of Middle
| bury: Lillian II. Fletcher of Bridport,
Janet j. Reach of Salisbury, Lena NJ.
Shaw of Weybridge, Isabelle A. Tulley
of Cornwall and John Fl. Wright of Shore
ham, English course; Oliver Barter, Cush
man G. Delpha, Katherine Hammond
Harold T. Seeley, Charlotte E Taylor, Of
Middlebury; Hazel A. Billings of Ripton,
Herbert j. Dudley of Shoreham. Truman
r.. Hutchison, Guy A. st. George and Wade
A. Walker of Bridport; Elizabeth w.
Wells of Whiting and Doris r. Whitney
of Salisbury: commercial course. Flora
NJ. Boothe of Ferrisburg, John d. Giard
OF Bridport, Ellen =. Moore. Madeline c.
Wood and Clara Wissel of Middlebury
and Olyn T.. Shaw Of weybridge; teacher
training course. Irene NJ. Coursey and
Mildred Weston of New Haven. Mabel
T.. Durrant. Emma d. Mayhem. Gladys
Il. Mayhew, Christine C. Plue and Mary
r. Waterhouse Of Salisbury; Alice NJ.
Goodro of Ripton, Eva L. Merrill. Made
line B. Newton, Maude +. Reynolds,
Catherine c. Smith and Stella NJ. Smith
of Middlebury; Mildred St. John Of Brid-
port.
Oscar Porter Chaplin died at his
home at East Middlebury Monday. He
is survived in his family by his wife and
one grandson and several nieces. He was
GA years and nine months old. He was
born in Manitowoc, Wis, the son of the
late Charles Chaplin and Eliza Arnold
Chaplin. The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at two O'Clock at the Methodist
Church in East Middlebury.
A heavy thunder and lightning storm,
accompanied by lively rain. struck
these parts early Wednesday morning.
The lightning struck and demolished a
large willow tree in front of the resi-
dence of T.. H. Thomas Oh The mas
street, which frightened the inmates of
the Thomas house, as well as others in
that vicinity, who We're promptly on the
streets to investigate their surroundings.
The funeral of Oscar Porter Champlin
was held in the Methodist Church al
East Middlebury Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clock, the Rev. Robert l.. Taylor
/ officiating. There was a large attend
, ance and n great profusion of flowers
, The bearers were William and Clinton
, Tisdale, ]. A. Douglas, Roy Sessions
, Clarence Russell and Ernest Dewey The
burial was in the Prospect cemetery
Z Frederick L. Jones is passing some time
in Rutland.-Rolland C. Hier has return.
ed to Castleton, where he is in the EN-.
q ploy of the Staso Milling Co., after
= spending ten days In this vicinity.-Mr
, and Mrs Joel NJ. Ashley of Hanover
N H., are visiting In this vicinity aftel
an absence of many years. They wer,
accompanied by their only daughter
Mrs. james NJ. Ward.-Word has bee,
received from Lieut.. Robert C. Ryder
who Is fighting with the American forces
on the western front, that he Is we'll
-Thomas F. Burns, End, has enrolled hi
name as a member of the United State
" Signal Corps and will Join the squad O
that service at Burlington May 16-
= Adams Stron, who has been IN within,
for several months, has returned an,
taken n position with the Middlebur,
= Marble Co.-Mlss Gertrude Burditt ha
Q entirely recovered from her long fines
y and will spend the summer at the hom
9 of her parents In Pittsiord.-Mrs, Loui
e Rrousscau returned Wednesday from IN
f Mary FLETCHER hospital. where she ha
e heen under treotmcnt for 1onr week,
f folIowing an oneration for ar,nepdiciti,
: She had made good start toward recov
n cru hut haa . scyaro aath,cL or1 20 No,