Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-30
Orange County.
RANDOLPH

RANDOLPH
About 80 people went by auto Tues
day to Chelsea, to assist in organizing |
n Red Cross society Among these |
were the officers Of the local society, |
and many others who Joined them In |
the trip.-Mrs. Eugene Carrigan left |
Tuesday morning for ct. Adams, hav- |
ing been appointed a delegate from |
the Home Missionary society of Beth |
any Church to attend the State meet |
ing now in session in that city.-Cyril |
Angel now in training at Camp Devens |
who has been with his mother, since |
Sunday left Tuesday.-Mrs. Bertha |
Seymour after two weeks stay In
Montpelier and Mortified returned |
Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. H. E. |
Pope, who came for few days.-Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Hubbard and Mr.. and
Mrs. william Gay Of Granville were |
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. |
j. E. French Sunday. making the trip |
here by utomobile-The latest re-
turns from the Red Cross fund indi-
Gated an amount which would exceed
$500 from this town. The final re-
| turns are expected soon.--Mrs. Edwin
Morgan and daughter after a several
days stay with Mrs. Morgan's sister,
Mrs. Ray Ordway. left Tuesday.-Mss
Eleanor ]. Clark, teacher in the train
ing department, was in South Royal
ton Tuesday to ascertain II there were
pupils there for the class of next year.
The Memorial day services will be held
at Randolph Center Thursday. Mem
| bers of the post and Relief corps will
go up from here.-Mrs ]. b. Adams.
who has been at her home for several
days. has been gaining steadily since
her return and is now able to be up
a part of the day.
On account of increased freight rates
a new schedule of coal prices has been
declared. as follows: Jeddo. all sizes,
$10s5: Lackawanna, o. c. Lehigh and
p. & r., all sizes, $10.35. The extra de-
livery charges are the same as noted
last week.-Allen McMurphy has been
promoted to corporal Of the Third Com
pany. 101st Ammunition Train.-It has
been learned that Conrad Hazen. brother
| law Of the Rev. Fraser Metzger, who
| was killed as the result Of an accident
| by aeroplane while under instruction in
France. received his injury at 800 a. m.
| and died at 800 .. m. at the base hos
pital, No. Q. The burial was at a ceme-
| terry at Chateau Roux, near the French
! coast. and the grave was marked for
| identification.
| News of the death Of John Herrick
came as a shock to many Monday morn
| ing. as 1t was understood he was improv-
| ing. Mr.. Herrick had been i'll seven
weeks. apparently with a general decline,
as there seemed to be no disease but
| he had been more comfortable for a time,
| death coming suddenly at last. Mr.. Her
rick was one of seven children born in
Wlllamstown to John and Sally (Wate)
Herrick. 81 years ago the last day OF
next July. For at least the last so years
ha n d., g.
at the home OF his sister, Mrs. Emily
Burroughs. where his death occurred
He is survived by one sister only of all
his large family, and he had also one
| nephew, Charles Pratt, living, besides
| several cousins in town. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon at two
O'Clock at the home and interment was
| in the Moulton cemetery just south
of the town, where his relatives are all
inferred. Mr.. Herrick was for many
years member of the Methodist Church
| and was active and interested as long as
his health permitted him to attend the
services.-The property on Randolph ave-
nue. for many years owned by d. f. God
| Ing of Wollaston. Mass. being sold to
George Allen and possession having been
given, the rooms occupied by the Christian
| Science society are to be vacated soon.
| Notice has been given the society and
| they are preparing to move, although
| they have not yet secured desirable mar
| ters-C. d. Gibbs, who has been In
Portsmouth, n. H., engaged in the shin
building department OF the navy yard.
Is at nome Tor a short stay with his
iamily while attending to business mat
| ters but expects to return at once
Mrs. John Nancy went to Boston Sat
| urday with II, A. Skinner, who was here
with his car Mrs. Nancy expects to
visit her daughter, Miss Bertha Mannev
LOT snort time and return home be-
tore memorial day.-The latest reports
| Indicate sum very close to $500 for
the Red Cross.-Miss Maud Johnston
VINO was in Montpelier over Saturday
mas returned.-'rhe memorial Sunday
service was held at Bethany Church
SUNDAY evening with large audience
present me service was union of the
pe."a"S' Metnodlst and Baptist Churches
and the combined choirs gave the music
The service was conducted nv tho Ro,,
H. H. Moore Baptist minister. Offering
prayer and the Rev. Fraser Metzper giv-
ing the address. Veterans OF the Civi,
war occupied 'front.' seats in the church
ne ranks are diminishing rapidly. only
a Few being at the service. The w p. G.
was present at the service and came in
n body to the church.
| -"'S' EuWin morgan of Lebanon ia
passing several days here with her sister.
Mrs. Ray ordway.-Martin Scott and
raul Husslow from Windsor were In town
saturday night with their parents.-Mr.
and Mrs. w. C. Emerson and Mrs. Marion
Humrlil AFTER two weeks trim to
Massachusetts and Littleton, N. H., have
returned home,-The proceeds of the
senior CLASS day, given in Chandler Music
man, amounted to s205H of which s25
was given to the Red Cross.-The annual
graduation ball will be held in the Sails
bury warehouse, with CAROLS orchestra
on the evening Of Friday, June "A. The
entire proceeds will be for the benefit of
the Red Cross.-N. ~ Morse & Sons.
who own and operate the old Sanford
MILL nave purchased and will install
this summer all the necessary cleaning,
grinding and packing machinery for a
modern Monarch ball-bearing electric
driven flour mill. This industry Is n great
advantage to the farmers as a good roller
flour mill will increase the valuation of
the agricultural lands in the vicinity. A