Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-13
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT:
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

time and the machinery has again been
started up.-Mr. and Mrs. +. c. Gulley,
who recently sold their place on south
street, arc moving to rooms in the w. H..
Clement house on Pleasant street.-Under
the auspices of St Mary's parish, tine
Transgressor," a nine act drama, Will be
presented in the town hall Monday eve
ming, March 17-George NJ. Ray of Bur-
| lngton, who has been visiting at the
home of his sister Mrs. X. i. Pinney,
has returned to his home. Editor Charles
Il. Crane of the Middlebury Register has
returned from Montpelier.-At the meet
| ing of the Addison County Cooperative
Dairy company held Saturday. II. f..
| Pinncy was elected one of the directors
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Buttolph and
| family have moved to Shoreham, where
they will look after their farm interests
in that town.-Mr. and Mrs. Thayer
Townsend of quincy, Mass, who have
been in town for few days seeing the
moving of their household goods
which have been i'm storage here for
a few months, have returned to their
home-Miss Thressa Wooster, who has
been i'll for two weeks, has so far re-
covered as to be able to resume her
duties at the Middlebury Supply store
Mrs. May Is. Taylor left Monday for
Washington, ID. c., where she has ac-
cepted a position as clerk in the bureau
of War Risk nsurance.-Monday, market
day, eggs brought IS cents and butter
10 to GO cents.
Mrs. Jane Norton, who about three
weeks while doing her work at her
home on the Weybridge road, fell
and broke her left hip joint. and who
had been gradually failing since that
time, died about midnight Monday night.
at the age of II years. She is survived
by several nieces and nephews. Thomas
Boyce of this village is her guardian and
has the funeral in charge.-Wlliam Sim
ons of this village received telegram
from his brother Walter +. Simons. who
arrived in Boston Monday from overseas,
stating that he had arrived safely in this
courtry after an absence in the national
army in France of nearly two years.
Young Simons was a member of the 1O2nd
Machine Gun battalion Company Il, 26th
division. June II he was wounded and
| for some time was in hospital. He
, was transferred as n member of the head
quarters company, after which he was
transferred to the 81 Casualty company,
which landed in this country Monday He
| is now at Camp Devens.-The Fortnightly
club met with Mrs, A. w. Dickens
at her home on Court street yesterday
at $3.50 o'clock.-News has been received
of the death at New Haven Conn. from
influenza, of Dr. Thomas b. Wright of the
English department of Sheffield Scientific
school. DR. Wright was last year the
head of the English department of the
Middlebury College summer school
The Middlebury Study club will meet
home of Mrs. Dora L. Lambert. The
program will consist of a talk. "Vot'
ling in California" by Mrs. v c. Har
rington: a paper on Child Labor Law
by Miss Lena Wood, and current event!
by Mrs. A. T. Calhoun.-The mid-weel
union services of the Congregational
Baptist and Methodist Churches will b'
held in the Congregational Church
this evening. The leader will be Prof
Raymond Mcfarland, who will taxi
for his subject Jesus and the Phari
sees "-Arrowanna Rebekah Lodge No
Is. l. o.. o. F., will work the initiator,
degree on large class of candidates
at the meeting next Tuesday evening"
Floyd Reese has purchased the j.
Dewey lot on Chapman hill, which con
tains about 70 acres.-John Higgin
has returned from Arlington, where h
ter. Mrs Ellen Higgins which was hell
IN that place Wednesday morning.
Word has been received htat Franl
Shackett, Jr., who was operated upol
at the Fanny Allen hospital 10 day
lago, that he is doing nicely and expect
to return home soon.-The ladies of tn
East Middlebury Relief Circle sent tn
following garments for the Frencl
refugees to the New England branch
American fund for French wounded. a
Boston, Monday: Five ladies' dres
skirts, 7 ladies' shirt waists. girl
dress skirt, girls jumper waist.
child's coat, child's dress, ! child
sweater, / child's hat, children
union suits, 3 boys blouses, boy
cap, pairs of bed slippers, pairs o
infants hooteeS, pairs of infants
socks, infants bonnets. bibs. Tn
circle also has received a consignment
of work from Boston, consisting o
dresses, aprons and slips.-The edu
cational department of the Women
club will meet in the high school build
ing Friday afternoon at three O'Clock
-NIiddlebury Grange No. 315 will hol
, meeting Friday evening and afte
, business the following program will
be carried out: Music, Grange choir; dis
cussion, what Is the Trouble with tn
Man or Woman who Naver Finds Tim
for Anything but Work" H. NJ. Bair
G.. T.. Haynes, Gordon McQuivey, Mr.:
| Noble Fem, Mrs j. w Hammond
paper, Farm Accounts" |, n. Bartlett
music, Miss Rena Dumas; debate, IRE
solved, that one-half OF mans prop
erty should be. in his wife's name,
affirmative, Mrs, Florence Hooker, Mr.!
t Erwin Crane; negative, ID. Fl. McHugl
= y. -. Barter; recitation, Miss Mildre
( Cady; music Mrs. Gordon McQuivey
surprise committee, Mrs. Fl. l.. Hun
, Miss Mildred Hunt.-The Boy Scout
held wen attended meeting in tn
; vestry of the Congregational Churc
/, Wednesday evening.--There will be
meeting of the Salisbury Farmers clu
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbel
= Morgan this evening. full house
= desired and refreshments will b
:, served.
= a nine-act drama. "The Transgressor
!, will be presented in the town hall MOI
. day evening, March H. under the auspic'
!. of st. Mary's parish-Miss Ada Bristo
@ who has been here to visit her siste
Miss Jennie Bristol, has returned
n Nergennes.-C Agent l. n. Bartle
Il has returned from Vergennes. where
z has been for few days on business.
y The Mddlebury high school basketba
. team will go to Rutland Friday evenr
N To play return game with the RutlaT
high school team.-Mrs Caron ar
daughter have returned from Brando
where they have been for a few days.
Mrs. Henry T. Ellison and daughter, Mi
:. Florence Ellison, and sister. Mrs Jam