Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-25
Windsor County.
BETHEL

BETHEL
Timothy Mcoueeny aged 65 years. died
Thursday and his funeral was held at
st. Anthony's Church Saturday morn
ing with interment at Holy Cross teme-
terry Brooklyn, N. Y, the home Of his
only son, John McQueeny. who arrived
the day before his fathers death. Tho
deceased was employed ten years at the
cutting plant of the Woodbury. Granite
company, being stone cutter of "A years'
experience mainly in Concord, n. H..
Barre, Montpelier and Bethel lie was
born In County Leitrim, Ireland.-Hariey,
the young son of Fred c. Olmstead, last
Friday caught rainbow trout which
weighed three and three-fourths pounds
In a small brook which flows through his
fathers farm in the southwest part of
the town.-A service flag bearing az stars
was dedicated with appropriate exercises
on the Whitcomb high school campus
Friday afternoon. Chairman John j.
Wilson of the school board, in accept
ing the flag, said the school had en-
phasized athletics when some schools
thought 1t patriotic to discourage them.
OF all times he thought the present
the time when body and mind should re-
ceive the unquestional benefit of athletic
exercises. The Hon. A. Lee Cady, the
speaker Of the day, contrasted the school
systems Of America and Germany and
in other ways showed the absolutism Of
German rule Music by the orchestra
and singing by the high school chorus
the presentation by Max Barrows and
the raising Of the flag while the national
anthem was sung. were other features
Mrs. J. Wesley Miller. representing the
Mrs. o. b. Wells Of Rochester the Rev.
F. w. Enzel of Gaysvile and the Rev.
Percival Hewitt of Pittsf1eld went Tues
day morning to st. Johnsbury to attend
the annual conference.-Miss Ruth l..
Ranger. language teacher at Whitcomb
high school, is spending the week at
her home in Somerville, Mass.-The Rev.
Fred Alden of West Hartford preached
last Sunday at the Congregational Church
in exchange with the Rev. Frederick r.
Dixon.-A daughter was born April 16
at Albany, n. Y, to Mr.. and Mrs. H. X.
Casavant. The mother was Sophia
Dubois of Barnard. a graduate of Whit
comb high school.
White River Lodge, No. 80. F. and
A. NJ last Monday evening held it's an
nual election and installation. Past Mas
ter A. Lee Cady installing the new Off
GERS, who are as follows: Worshipful
master. Burns l.. Osgood; senior war
den. John Noble; junior warden, NJ. E.
Gaskell; secretary, John H. Beckwith;
treasurer, A. Lee Cady; senior deacon,
c. N. Arnold; Junior deacon. ]. F. Pease;
senior steward, C. L. Sleeper; junior
steward Fred r. West; chaplain the
Rev. w. C. Harvey; marshal. w. r.
Briggs.-A. o. Minner of Gowanda, n. Y,
a foreman until last year at the tan
merry, was in town Tuesday.-Private Will
liam c. Daniels from Westfeld. Mass,
is at his home in Observation-Disclosures
Morale and Rix NJ. Williams are Bethel
men who are called to the coors this
month.-Clyde Southworth, who was
called to the colors. has been given a
farmers furlough by the local board
o. n. Barrows Is III and his work on
rural route three is being done this week
by Substitute Edgar Owen.-Mrs. Cora
Bradley. who is patient at the SAM
tarium was given a card shower on her
birthday Wednesday.-E. f. Cushman and
Or. o. d. Greene are in poor health this
spring.-The Bethel players who pre-
sented the comedy drama, "A Couple of
Million" recently as Red Cross benefit.
| delighting large audience, are to repeat
the performance at Chelsea this evening"
also as a Red Cross benefit.-The baseball
team of the Vermont School of Agricul-
| ture at Randolph Center will play a re-
turn game with Whitcomb high school in
Bethel next Saturday. The score at the
| former game, played at Randolph, was,
w. II. S. 8. V. S. A. 4.-The Hon. e. A.
| Davis. chairman of the local Liberty
Loan committee, reports sales in the dis
| trict of which the National White River
| bank is the center, of $4,000 worth Of
| bonds, 5000 more than the combined
quota for these towns. The trustees of
public money in Stockbridge have in
vested $4,000 in the bonds.-Mrs. George
Phelps and her two daughters have re-
turned to Milton after visiting at A. f.
| Reynolds.