Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17

in the primary department Of the village
school.-The l.. A. s. met yesterday with
Mrs. Dayton Harding-Damp snow ana
wind made Saturday one of the worst
days ever known. To run the snow rollers
Sunday six horses were put on to finish
the village and the south neighborhood
section which four horses usually do easi-
ly in one day.--Josheph Gouillet and son
have returned from few weeks stay IN
Canada.-At the Church service Sunday
II Need Thee Every Hour" was sung IN
memory Of Mrs. Annie s. Hawks, VINO
recently died in Bennington.
NEWPORT.
During the remainder Of the winter the
members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the First Baptist Church
will unite with the Congregational So
ciety for services which will be held In
the Congregational Church.-The quar-
ters Of the local chapter OF the Red cross
have been transferred from Armory naii
to one of the rooms in the county court
house and will be open on Tuesdays as
usual for work.-Miss Beatrice skinner
has been spending week In MONTREAL. the
guest of Miss Lucy Colby.-Mr and Mrs.
Cecil b. Towne of Pittsburg, Pa, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Davis this
past week.-Mrs.. L. A. Edwards Is visit
ing her son, Harry Edwards In Detroit.
Mich.-Mrs. John Cross has returned from
Brightlook hospital, where she has been
for some weeks,-Miss Elsie Tredeau has
entered a business college In Lowell.
Mass.-Miss Winsome Jones has been
spending a week in Montreal.-At the an
nual meeting of the Newport board of
trade, w. w. True was reelected pres
ident: J.P. Gardner, vice-president; L. B.
Wellman, secretary and treasurer.-J. M.
circuit, for several years cashier at the
b. & M. freight office, has been assigned
to the position of travelling auditor.-Miss
Lillian Leavitt and Alfred Elslnger spent
Tuesday in Lyndonville.-Sidney Slice,
who has been in New York since August
in charge Of the redecorating of the Hotel
Royalton. has returned to his home.-Miss
Harriet Willard of East Angus, Can, was
weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Vim
cent Jones.-Fred Woodruff spent Sunday
at his home in West Burke.-Mrs. Edward
Murphy of New York city is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John A. Prouty.-Miss
Annie Crane is spending Il few weeks
Their home in Coaticooke.-They ounges,
son of DR.. II. Sherman Peabody is IL
| with diphtberia.-Mrs. Leon Curtice and
son. Raymond of Lyndonville, have beer
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Leavitt.-Mrs. J. NJ. Cunningham has re-
| turned from a three weeks trip to Man
chester, N. H.-Mrs. J. f. McCarten en-
tertained the Ladies' Social Union OF
Thursday.-At the annual meeting of thu
! st. Marks Ladies' Guild Mrs. Ralph II
| Sisco was elected president, and Mrs. Her
bert Weeks was reelected as director o
the Woman's Auxiliary.-The heating
plant and basement of the Methods
Episcopal Church was badly damaged b,
the bursting of the boiler during the re
cent cold snap. The damage is estimates
at approximately $4O0.-Mr. and Mrs. L. G
Cummings and son, Harold. leave on tn
18th for Los Angeles, Cal. where the
| will remain for the winter and possibl
locate permanently.-Mrs. l.. H. Melve
has returned from a visit to her home II
Plymouth.-Mrs. Louis L. Bouton O
Stamford, Conn.,, who has been the CUES
| Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Richards, High
land avenue, returned to her home on Sat
urday.