Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-07
IN w.;
NEWS BY COUNTIES
Mrs. John r. Allen and daughter, Miss
Susan Allen, Of Colchester are visiting in
town and vicinity.

Mrs. J0hn X. Allen ana daugntef, MISS
Susan Allen. Of Colchester are visiting in
town and vicinity.
The following young men. before the
Addison county examination board for
physical examination Tuesday. passed:
Nathan A. Morrill,, Starksboro; Vernon
H. Hill, Bristol; William Z. Yattaw, Ver-
gennes; George A. Parrow. North Orwell;
Randall Conant, Salisbury; Phelx w.
Roche, Burlington; Ernest Goss. Middle
bury; Stanley q. witherall. Littleton.
N. H.; Leon B. Bingham. Bristol; Forrest
q. Myrick, Middlebury; Charles Forest,
Middlebury; Zahareas Scutakes. Middle
bury; Phillip d. Lawrence. Bristol; Meader
Devoid. North Ferrsburg; George A.
Smith. Salisbury. James c. Norton of
Bristol was transferred to the advisory
board: Byron Kinney transferred to
Rutland; Harry w. Fitzgerald was sent
TO Burlington, and the following were
exempted: Norman ]. Philon, ORWELL Paul
A. kidder. Middlebury; Raymond Nick.
Parker. Starksboro; Charles A. Moore.
vergennes; Lewis J. Tatro, South Hadley
Falls, Mass; Harry s. Benham, Salisbury;
Donald ]. Wilson, Bristol; Roy G. Phelps,
Orwell; Wallace J. Mason, Shoreham;
Harold F. Mathew, Middlebury; Ellsworth
]. Benton, North Ferrisburg.
The funeral Of Archie Herman Austin
was held in the Congregational Church at
Shoreham Wednesday afternoon at one
o'clock and there was an unusually large
attendance. with a profusion Of flowers
The Rev. Barclay Simons officiated. Burial
was in the Lake View cemetery. Mr..
Austin left Middlebury October with
the second squad of the Addison county
contingent. was sent to Syracuse. and
later ordered to Charlotte. He was q
years Of age and is survived by his father
and three sisters. Mrs. Rollin Manley Of
Middlebury, Mrs. Leon Slater of Salisbury
and Mrs. Frank Phenning of Rutland. Mr..
Austin was born in Shoreham September
Is. 1897. the son Of Herman and Rosa
(Donah) Austin. His body arrived here
late Monday evening and was taken to the
undertaking parlors Of A. ]. Blackmer
and later to Shoreham.
Prof. e. A. Collins has returned from
Boston, where he has been attending the
Red Cross meeting In session in that city
for a few days.-Mrs. Joseph Carroll and
daughter have gone to Springfield. Mass.
for a few days.-Miss Fuller. county DEM
onstrator, will address the educational
department Of the Women's club Friday
at 400 p. m. in the high school assembly
room on Boys and Girls Clubs' All
ladies interested in boys and girls are
urged to attend.-The Middlebury Suffrage
Study club will hold their monthly meet
ing with Mrs. Leroy Russell on Friday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The subject
Of town meetings will be studied.-Robert
Calhoun has gone to Newark, N. j.,
for a few days visit to his MOTHER
There will be a meeting of William p.
Russell Circle. No. s. Ladies' Of the Grand
| Army Tuesday afternoon next at 2:30
o'clock. At this meeting. program will
be prepared for the observance. OF Wash.
ington's birthday.-Charles Shackett
awarded the contract for the repairing
Of the schoolhouse in district No. Z ir
Cornwall. which was badly damaged By
IRE few weeks ago. has completed his
contract.-At a meeting Of the volunteer.
Of SS Hose company held Tuesday eve.
ming, Fred LaPan. who has been the fore.
man Of the company for few years
resigned to take the, appointment Of as.
sistant chief Of the fire department. Al
the same meeting the following officers
were elected: Foreman, Mark Turner
( assistant. John Zero: secretary and treas.
urer. e. ]. Perkins.
A team Of horses belonging to Mr.
Cook which became frightened at &
passing train at the freight station
started on a wild run toward the vii
lage and when in front Of the T. ELI.
store on Seymour street, collided will
an electric light pole. The electric
light pole was snapped off. dropping
the wires to the street. The team
and sleds were uninjured and also the
driver. who chung to the reins.-Th'
union mid-week prayer meeting thii
evening will be held at the Memoria
Baptist Church. At the close Of the
prayer meeting. Secretary Boyd of thu
Vermont Sunday School association
will give tho third Of his series of hi
lectures on "Bible School Administra
tion."-BenJamin Davineau has re
turned to Bridport to spend a week ant
i will then return to town for the res
of the winter.-Winfeld Huntley hal
enlisted in the medical corps. U. s. A.
and left Wednesday night for For
Oglethorpe. Ga.-Bishop Edwin H
Hughes Of the Methodist Church who's,
residence is in Boston and whose resi-
Dental area is New England. will be il
Middlebury next Sunday to address th'
college students at their chapel serv
: ice at five o'clock in the afternoon an,
union service in the Methods
Church at 1880 o'clock in the evening
Bishop Hughes is one of the mos
popular speakesr among the Methods
bishops, and the people of Middle
bury are to be congratulated in hav
ing this opportunity of hearing him.
Two talks in the U. s. Governmen
four minute series will be given thi
week at the movies at Middlebury Oper
House. This evening Judge Charles
Button will explain war savings stamp
. and Saturday evening Major Raymon
Mcfarland will speak on "Our Creates
Need. Shipbuilders."
William H. Stokes has gone to Sudbur
to visit her sister. Mrs. E. c. Farnham
. Frank Rowe has gone to Daytona
Fla, to spend the remainder of the winter
The first basketball game in the colleg
league here will be played in the colleg
. gymnasium Saturday evening between
the teams representing Norwich Univer
sity and Middlebury College.-Owing t
the extreme severity of the weather tn
works Of the Middlebury Marble com
, pany's plant have been shut down TO
period Of two weeks. during whic
, time It is expected that some alteration
n and improvements will be made abou
. the plant. The superintendent, Georg
< w. Lee, went Tuesday to Granville, n
K Y, for a visit of some length.
' VERGENNES.
The body of Philip e. 0oodere. . prl
y vate in the 18th company. 1b4th depc
;. brigade, ". 8. A.. who died January
. at Fort Meade, Nd, from spinal menin
= sitia arrived here Monday morning an