Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-13
VERGENNES

Major George Whiteside, who was
a business manager of the Red Cross
military hospitals in France, has been
appointed business manager of the
bureau of administrators of Red Cross
hospitals in France Major Whiteside
is a former Vergennes boy. the son of
the late John ID. Whiteside, for many
years superintendent of the Haviland
Shade Roller plant of Vergennes. His
mother, Mrs. Mary Whlteside, resides
in New Rochelle, N. Y. spending her
summers the the Whiteside cottage,
at Mile Point. Major Whiteside went
over to France last April and built
and run hospital No. at Auteul, Paris.
The hospital was equipped and in rum
ming order in 25 days making record
1t received the first gassed man, and
has handled 10000 wounded Major
Whiteside was at Dunkirk. Belgium,
when armistice was signed and saw the
last of the fighting, when it began and
ended He was asked to go to Serbia
and in the Balkans, but his chief would
not release him. He was gassed as
Scissors. He has also been appointed
adjutant to the director of the medical
and surgical department
Mrs. Ralph Hots has returned from a
few days visit to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
entered the employ of the Norton House.
Mrs. Anna French of Rutland passed
the week end with her brother, William
Barnard, and sister. Miss Matte Bar
nard.--Mrs. Edward Irons and daughter
have returned to Belmont after visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Kim
ball.-Mrs. Laura Goodridge and son.
Harold Goodridge, of Burlington visited
their son and brother. r. d. Goodridge,
Sunday.-Miss Catherine Rivers Is i'll
with influenza.-Mrs. Bertha Brooks Of
Worcester. Mass, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs r. d. Goodridge, has
gone to Rutland to visit her mother.
Mrs. Page.-Miss Eunice Aunchman of
| the teacher-training class at the Mid
dlebury high school passed the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. David Il. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Haines # Bennington
| are visiting Mrs. Hanes' parents, Mr..
| and Mrs. Frank Gee.-Leonard Tadelese
| has returned from ten months stay
at Winsted, Conn, and resumed his
work at the Green Mountain Lime COM
pany's plant.-Mrs. Henry st. Peters has
returned from visit to relatives in
Providence, Il. |.
The funeral of Mrs. Robert Moorby
who died Saturday at her home in West
Addison, was held Monday afternoon al
the house, the Rev. w. S. Mulholland
pastor of the .Nergennes Methodist Epis-
copal Church. officiating. The bearers
We're Michael Hart, Charles w. Fisher
Oliver Pratt and Ira Herbert. and burial
was made in Lake View cemetery. Mrs
Moorby was the daughter of the late
Rollin n. Morrill, and was born in West
Addison September IS. 1892. In July. 1903
she was married to Robert Moorby, WIN
survives her with four children, Fred
erck, Kenneth, Helen and Mary, the
latter only two weeks old. She also
leaves her mother. Mrs. Robert Mulhol
land of Mnevile, N Y; four sister. Mrs
Ira Herbert of Rutland. the Mise!
Marion. Susan and Ruth Merrill of Yer
gennes; two brothers, Walter Merrill Of
Cornwall ~ Y. and George Merrill o.
Vergennes. The cause of death was In
luenza, followed by pneumonia
Mrs. II. b. Lee has CLOSED
her millinery store for time and hal
gone to Canton. Potsdam and Stockholm
y. Y, to visit relatives. Ferris
burg branch of the Red Cross will hole
an all day meeting Thursday with Mrs
Bert Aines.-Mrs. A. A. Oliver Of West
port, N. Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs