Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-21
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hAPPtNIMGS IN HRmUNI
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moved his family to the Powers farm
which he will occupy the coming year.
The Forestdale schools closed Friday 10,
two weeks. Miss Helen Manley has re-
turned to Fair Haven and Miss Addie L
Foss to Hyde Park. The schools will re-
open April l with the same teachers.-Per
ley c. Stone of Claremont. N. H., has
leased the Braley tenement and will bt
employed on the Watson farm.-M. A
Sturtevant superintendent of schools ha,
leased the Field house on Marble stree,
and will move there.-Miss Cora Talbot Il
spending her vacation at her home here
from her duties as Instructor at Brad.
ford.-The funeral of Mrs. Katherine
Dolan, who died at her home in Sudbur,
Thursday. was held at st. Mary's Church
at ten o'clock Monday morning. The Rev
E. F. Cray officiated. Burial was in st
Mary's cemetery. The bearers were John
and Mike Mulcahee, Burnine Martin, Els
worth Griffin, Charles Tennien, Sr., and
Charles Tennien, Jr. She Is survived BY
two sons, Martin and John Dolan of Sub
bury, and two daughters, Mary Dolan of
Sudbury and Mrs. Charles Tennien, ST..
of this town. She was 70 years of age.-B.
w. johnson, who has been confined to the
house for several days by lameness, is able
to be at his store again.-Mrs. Roy w.
Brown went Monday to Baltimore Md,
where she will spend ten days.-The Sons
Of Veterans Auxiliary held meeting
Ing Wednesday evening in Grand Army
hall.-Mrs. Hannah Bump of Park street
Dc 0nH f1Ssa
Mccarthy. who have been visiting at Will
liam Ladam's, have returned to Hartford,
Conn.-The Pansy Circle of the King
Daughters will meet Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Alice Thomas.-The fourth
quarterly conference of the Brandon
Methodist Church will be held Thursday
evening at 1880 o'clock. The Rev. H. A.
Durfee. d. D., of Salem, N. Y, will pre-
side. Reports of the various departments
OF the church will be made for the year.
The Rev. and Mrs. George A. Kerr enter
tanned the Methodist choir Saturday eve
ming. Refreshments were served.-Charles
Smith is confined to his home by stroke
Of paralysis.
Charles Smith Of Carver street. who
suffered shock Of paralysis at his
home Saturday evening. died Tuesday
night at nine o'clock. He was rs years
old and besides his wife is survived by
one sister; Mrs. Addie Merriam of Pitts
Held, Mass. Mr.. Smith was retired
farmer and man highly respected in
this community. The funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock at the house. Mr.. Smith was
Mason and st. Pauls Lodge, No. %,
F. and A. NJ, will have charge Of the
funeral. Burial will be in Pine Hill
cometarv hfon1horS nf
are requested to meet at the lodge rooms
at 1:45 o'clock to attend the funeral
James H. Weldon left Thursday noon for
Springfield, Mass, where he will attend
meeting of the New England Coal
Dealers association.-Miss Dottie Kid
der has received a letter from her sister,
Miss Hazel Kidder, who is trained
nurse. stating that she has been accepted
as an army nurse and expects to be
sent "somewhere' soon to serve-The
many friends of Clyde A. Selleck, son
OF Mrs., Jennie A. Selieck. formerly of
this town, but now residing in Rutland
will be pleased to know that he has re-
Gently received an appointment as major
Major Selleck was graduated from West
Point Military Academy in 1910 and had
reached the rank Of captain. He has
seen several years service in Honolulu
and also has been instructor in chemis-
try at West Point. At present he ia
with the 10Th Artillery at Fort Macarthur.
Waco, Texas.-The dental Office of DR..
George T. Norton will be closed until
Saturday. He is attending the State dem
tai meeting at Burlington.-Seward
French of the University of Vermont Is
visiting his brother. Sherwin French.
BENSON.
W. F. Cummings had his mare, Bessie
g. on Lake Bomoseen Tuesday and she
went in 2:2S easy.-W. R. Busfs Of the
Mountain View Stock farm has secured
the services of Newton Owens of Poult-
ney as bookkeeper to succeed the late T.
9. Bacon.-Leslie Walker, who came here
from Alburg few weeks ago and Joined
with Clayton Williamson Of Swanton in
buying out r. r. Walkers hardware
store has been called to the colors and
Daniel King has bought his interest in the
store.-Charles Coates Of Hortonville, who
had not been here in good many years,
was In the village Thursday.-Mrs. Lucy
Kellogg has been appointed postmistress
in the place OF Postmaster r. r. Walker,
Mrs. Kellogg, who has been
school trustee, comes to the office we'll
equipped.-Delbert Bishop of Orwell has
moved to the farm on Peters bay, Lake
Champlain, owned by Hiram Offensend.-l
patriotic sociable will be held in the
vestry of the Methodist Church Friday
night 1t will be a picturesque affair
with melo-dramatc features interspersed
throughout. Letters from soldiers will be
read and everything done to make It at
tractive.-E. j. Bishop of Adamsville, N.
T., mas been here on business the past
week.-News has reached here that How
ard Cady, son of the Rev. Herbert Cady. |
FORMER Methodist Episcopal pastor here.
was wounde1 in action in France. and had
lost an eye.-John Wheeler has moved
from James Perry's house in Bangall to
the Judson Goodrich house on the rocks.
FORESTDALE.
Mrs. Honora Purcell, formerly of
orwell, died at he home of her daueh-
ter Mrs Edward Sullivan, Wednesday
after weeks ilness with
pneumonia. She was 81 years old. She
is survived by two sons, Thomas and
James of Orwell. ana three daughters.
Mrs. 0. b. Root Of Hubbardton. Mrs
Edward Sullivan and Miss Nora Purcell
Of Forestdale. Funeral ARRANGEMENTS
nave not been made.-Mrs. E. j. Brown
and daughter. Alice. are passing a few
weeks In Baltimore Md.-C. N. Reed and
family have returned from Rochester.
where they passed the winter.-Andrew
rrombly has moved to Sudbury.-Schools
closed last Friday for two weeks yaca-
fion.-Mr. and Mrs. William Friar of
schenectady. NJ Y, visited Mrs. Celia
Thomas recently.-The Ladies' Guild of
|trApa Church M f xl,it AEu.