Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
RUTLAND COUNTY
BRANDON

ants L. w. Ray and John s. Buttles went
Tuesday to Montpelier where they will
attend the officers school for the LIST YER
mont volunteer militia.-H. j. Prediger,
chef or the Brandon Inn, and william
Carryl returned Monday from Pittsfield,
Mass, where they have been visiting Mr..
Prediger's parents for several days.-Miss
Merila French has returned from Card
ner, Mass. where she has been for two
weeks, visiting Mrs. w. w. Perry.-At a
meeting of the Monday club Monday even
ing at the home Of Mrs. q. r. Kelley,
Judge c. I. Button Of Middlebury gave an
interesting talk on current events.-The
condition of Mrs. Marcus Rowe, who has
been Ill for several days at the home Of
her FATHER, A. j. Evans, Is somewhat i'm
proved.-There will be n meeting of the
Brandon branch Of the New England Milk
Producers association Friday evening in
Grand Army hall-A whist party will be
held at the Brandon Inn next Monday
evening for the benefit of the Free library,
which has had to borrow funds recently
to meet current bills. The receipts from
the card party will be used towards pay
ing this debt-Mr. and Mrs. c. ID. Dodge
have returned from Pittsford, where they
visited Mrs. II. A. Noyes.-Alrs. c. f..
Knolton has closed her house on Carver
street and has gone to Sudbury to re-
main some time with the family of E. A.
Mallory.-Henry Dodge, who has been
i'll with pneumonia, Is improving slowly.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will
give a dance Thursday evening in Grand
Army hall.-Bennett c. Douglass was In
town Tuesday shipping his goods to Mont
pelier, where he will make his home.
The Monday club met Monday with
Mrs. George H. Kelley.-Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Mayo have received a letter from
their son. Roy. announcing his rival in
France.-Clarence NJ. Carpenter returned
home Saturday from Rochester. N. Y.
where he spent a week on business.-The
free library will be closed until further
notice on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
being open Tuesday afternoon from two
to six o'clock. Thursday evening, FRI
day afternoon and evening. and Saturday
evenings.-The Newton e. Thompson
Manufacturing company Of Forestdale
will continue to operate their plant, be-
ing exempt from closing on account of
using the waste from their factory, and
waterpower to operate their plant.-The
grocery stores and markets closed at noon
yesterday and the other stores closed all
day.-Loren Bugbee. travelling engineer
of the Emergency Fleet corporation of
Washington, ID. c., spent Saturday and
Sunday here with his family. Mr.. Bug
bee has been ordered to Beaumont Texas,
to look after work being done there
Mrs. Arthur Bird returned last Saturday
from Hortonville, where she spent several
days visiting relatives.-Miss Marion C.
Goodrich of this town, and Earl C. Arson
Of Wadhams. N. Y. were married last
Saturday morning at the Methodist par
sonage by the Rev. George A Kerr.
A jury trial was held here in Armory hall
Thursday afternoon before Judge Leo E.
Pratt Of Fair Haven. The suit was brought
by Henry M. Jones against Leo Fletcher
OF Leicester to recover damages for a
horse and wagon claimed to have been
Injured last November when driven by a
son Of Mr.. Jones. being run into by an
automobile owned and driven by Mr.. Flet-
cher. The trial took up all the afternoon
as there were several witnesses fer each
side. The jury brought in verdict for the
plaintiff with damages Of 500 for the
wagon.
Miss Laura Wilcott of Rutland is visit
ing Mrs. Cola June for few days.-The
order Of the federal fuel administrator for
the closing Of all business places was
obeyed in Brandon. The grocery stores
and meat markets were closed at noon.
All other stores were closed all day, ex-
cept the drug stores.-The Women's Aux
iliary of st. Thomas Church met Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. f. w. Will
liams.-The newly-elected officers of Nes-
hobe Grange were installed Saturday eve
ming by Mr.. and Mrs. Emery w. Parent
of Sudbury. After the installation re-
freshments were served