Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

MIDDLEBURY
| The last thing done in Addison coun-
" court just before the final adjour-
men Thursday was the handing down
| by Judge Fish of decisions in all the
divorces cases heard during the term.
In all nine divorce petitions were heard
and in every case the petitioner was
given a bill, as follows: Vida c. Kel-
logg VS.. Lewis A. Kellogg. for deser-
| ton. petitioner given right to resume
her maiden name; Julius T., Cameron
| vs. Frederick Cameron, bill granted
| for adultery Lillian NJ. st. Peters vs..
Walter f. ST. Peters. intolerable sew
erty; 1mogene Il. Sbley VS.. Torrey w.
Sibley, refusal to support and the pc
| titioner permitted to resume her mai
den name; Margaret p. Lille, deser-
tion and the petitionee to pay the pc
| .itioner 500 alimony: George G. Shaw
VS.. Flora M. Shaw, desertion; Gather
| inc Il. Beaudry vs. Robert Beaudry,
refusal to support and the husband to
pay the petitioner $25 suit money and
| 81 per week alimony until further Or
| ders; Susan A. Daniels VS.. Evert j.
Daniels;' desertion and the petitioner
| given permission to resume her NAL
| den name: Steven Dumas VS.. Ida NJ.
| Dumas, adultery. The last case con-
sidered on testimony by the court was
the petition of Mary G. Goulett VS..
Fred Goulett of New Haven and Mid
dlebury, a petition to have the ALI
| mony order changed and after hearing
it was ordered the support money of
SO per week granted by former or
der of the court should be changed
! to the sum of IS per week.
! Three speakers presented the OBJ
jects and plans of the federal food
| administration at conference of the
| county workers in the high school as
sembly rooms here Monday. There
was fairly good attendance from the
surrounding towns. Frank II. Brooks
of st. Johnsbury, federal food admin
istrator for Vermont, Miss Bertha Ter
rll. home economic teacher. and James
p. Taylor, director of campaign acti-
vities of Burlington presented the var
ious phases of the subject. The con-
ference was extremely practical in its
application and no time was lost in
| long addresses and unnecessary words.
| The speakers were introduced by Coun-
ty Chairman John A. Fletcher. Mr..
| Brooks who gave a long talk on what
| we should do and what was required
to be done by all loyal citizens. Dis
| cussing the wheat situation, Mr..
Brooks laid stress upon the untold
value of this product. as absolutely
necessary to the life of the world. II
the food ships should stop going over
for three days our soldiers would face
starvation. The substitute game has
come to stay, said the administrator.
Speaking OH the meat situation. he
made the startling statement that the
country has just three days beef ahead
of present supply. We have plenty of
pork and other meats. Milk, eggs and
vegetables must be used as they are
plentiful. At the afternoon session
there WIS another good attendarc CO
and the time was taken up with group
conferences, which were in charge of
different members of the staff of the
food administration.--Mon market
iday, eggs brought 3S cents and butter
42.--Mrs. S. Hill has returned from a
weeks visit in Burlington, she was ac-
companied by her son. who is stu
dent in a school in that city and who
will spend his summer vacation with
his parents here.--The Middlebury
Grange is making preparations to hold
it's annual children's night at its regu-
lar meeting Friday evening.--Mr. and
Mrs. E. II. Crane and daughters, Eliza
beth and Mary, who have been visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Il. Crane, have returned to Brattle-
boro--The plans for holding chau-
tauuua week here this summer have
been perfected. and dates have been
fixed as Monday, July Is, up to Friday
July 49, The exercises will be held
in the big brown tent: Monday, Lib
crty day; Tuesday National Service
day; Wednesday, inspirational day
Thursday, community musical day; and
Friday, all American day.-President
John NJ Thomas of the college went
ss.e~ =
dressed an audience Of Brandon bus
mess men in the assembly room of the
Brandon Inn.-Many farmers in this
section whose fields of corn and beans
were destroyed by the heavy frosts
Thursday and Friday mornings, have
begun to rcplant their ground with
buckweat and other crops for which
there is time. In a considerable mum
Der of cases the corn and beans which
were damaged were not actually killed
and are reviving under the Influence
, Of the heavy rains coming since ths
, frosts.-William X. Foster had barr
raising at his home Saturday. at which
II of his neighbors and friends as
sisted. large barn. so by 35 feet
was raised and brought nearly to thu
point Of completion with only three
!, timbers to be set In place when th'
, men were driven off by the heav,
rain, having worked in a lighter rair
nearly all of the day.-Mrs. James
Mulligan has returned from Burling
ton, where she has been for some TIM
; with her three-year-old daughter
, Alice, who has been under treatInen
for adenolds, at the Mary Fletcher hos
. pital---Prof. Raymond Mcfarland ha
/ returned from Orwell, where Frida.
night he delivered an address on thu
3 War Savings Stamp campaign Mrs
Peter Duguid and daughter. Ellen, wh'
have ben visiting with Mrs. Duguid'
l parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Calhoun
$ for a few weeks, have returned t
Washington, .. G. They were accom-
panied by Miss Letitia Burtt of Oswe
go, n. Y.--Mrs. Leonard c. Monahal
y and daughter, Helen, who have bee
. visiting for the past month with Mrs
= Monahans parents, DR.. and Mrs A.
a Barter, have returned to Hartland, Me
considerable number of farmers u
this section, who had scarcely got thei
Z planting finished have been compelled I
start In haying on account of the condi
ton of the grass, (which was beginnin
to lodge In some of the fields. Hay cam
along very rapidly In May and the mrs
4 part Of June on account of the frequen
rains aad by the first of next week tn
work of cutting will be started by tn
q wholesale. In most parts Of this count.
i, the crop Is more than usually heavy an
!, the quality Of great excellence.-Fran
:, l.. Brandon and sister. Miss lclizabet
Brandon. OF Stamford, Conn, are visitin
In Middlebury and vicinity.-Mrs. job