Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-17
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY


the Y. NJ. c. a. in Russia for three years,
under the auspices Of Middlebury College,
drew out n good crowd in spite of the
severe rain storm.-The Middlebury
Grange, No. 315. at their regular meeting
which was held in their hall Saturday
evening worked the first and second de-
grees on a large class of candidates.
William Smith. who was called here by
the death of his brother-in-law, Eugene
Shambo. has returned to Saratoga
Springs, ~. Y.-The Ladies' Aid society
of the Methodist Church met Tues
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs. S. B.
Aines.-Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Boutwell,
| and daughters. Luela and Jennie Both
! weel of Waterbury. Conn, are visiting
| in town.-.Iudee and Mrs. Abram w.
| Foote and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. Foote
| have gone to Washington, u. c., as dele
| gates to the national meeting of the
| Daughters of the American Revolution.
And Mr.. and Mrs. r. f. Foote while
| there will visit Mrs. Foote'S sister, Miss
| Beulah Sanford.-News has been received
\ of the death in Ferrisburg of Leroy NJ.
! Pierce, at the age of so years Mr.. Pierce
was formerly resident of this town and
for several years was the mail stage
, driver between Middlebury and Ripton.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Freeman have moved
| to town from Proctor and are to have
| charge of the boarding house at the plant
| at the Middlebury Marble company
and Mrs. Henry G. Walker of Proctor are
IN town.-Mss Rena O'Bryan of
Northampton, Mass. Is in town on a few
| days visit to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ransom r. O'Bryan.-Mrs. Grace A.
Brown has entered the employ of At
| torney L. c. Russell In his law Office
Miss Genevieve Elmer, teacher in the
high school in Wakefield, Mass. is spend
Ing few days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Elmer.-The Middlebury
Farmers club will meet with Miss Mary
Cady Tuesday evening, April 81. The an
nual election of officers will take place
at this meeting.-Frank Shackett, Jr., Ia
ill.-Mrs. Ramson Billings. who has been
at the Fanny Allen hospital at Winooski
for few weeks and at which institution
she under went an operation. has re-
| turned home.-George Mead Of Case
street, who has been i'll for some time
at his home. was taken to the Mary Flet-
cher hospital Saturday. accompanied by
DR.. S. s. Eddy and his daughter, Mabel
Mead. Just what Is the trouble with him
| Is not known
| The regular meeting Of Lake Dunmore
| Lodge. No. II. I. o. o. F., was held
| wednesday evening.-Mr. and Mrs Ran
| son s. Benedict of Proctor are here
packing up their household goods with a
view of shipping them to Proctor, where
they have lived for some months and
which they expect to make their future
home.-Miss Lucy Stearns has returned
from Pittsford. where she has been for
several days as the guest Of Mrs. H. A.
Noyes.-Judge Charles I. Button has re-
| turned from Brandon after a brief visit
to his mother. Mrs. Laura Button-Mr.
| and Mrs. j. C. Brace have returned to
Boston after spending several weeks in
| town.-John l.. Marvin of Goldsboro,
N c., has come to town to spend several
months and probably will locate here
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Elmore and daugh-
| ter, Miss Jane Elmore. have returned
| to Sandusky, Ohio, after a ten days stay
| in town.-Miss Naneete Billings of Rich l.
ford is visiting in town.-Monday, mar
ket day, eggs brought So to 38 cents and
dairy butter 62 cents and creamery but
ter SO cents.-Mrs. Joseph Caron has gone
to Burlington for few days visit to
relatives and friends.-Mrs Horace Fer
ris has returned from Fitchburg, Mass,
where she has spent a few weeks
Arthur Gotta, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Gotta, who enlisted at Fort Ethan Allen
in June. 1917 and who was sent to a
training camp at Niantick. Conn. being
! sent overseas in November the same
year. is in town on a short furlough with
| his parents. He arrived from overseas
last week, but will return to Camp
| Devens in n few days. He expects to be
discharged about the first of the month
An old storage building standing near
otter creek and the railroad. and back
Of the Battell block. was three stories
| high Monday, but is not now. That
afternoon Judge A. W. Dickens had a
dozen or so of the Boy Scouts at work in
the building tearing the covers from a
large number of old books which Judge
Charles A. Chapman of Ferrisburg had
recently presented to the Red Cross
society. During Monday night the upper
floor Of the building fell upon the floor
below. which In turn gave way and the
two together then went down and lodged
upon the ground floor. The roof did not
fall in and the side walls are still
standing. II the accident had happened
a few hours before some of the Boy
Scouts would certainly have been killed.
Mr.. and Mrs Adolph Blusster Of Brook
| lyn. N. Y. are in town for a stay of
several weeks.-The mumps and measles
which have had a short but limited run
in town seem to have almost entirely dis
appeared. What cases there were were
kept well isolated and there are no new
cases Of mumps reported.-The Misses
Grace and Helen Stoddard of Jamaica
Plains. Mass, are in town for short
visit.
Charles j. Woodbury. of California - i'll
deliver two addresses this week in the
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