Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-25

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VERGENNES
| Thursday morning the mercury regis
tered the lowest this season. Thermomc-
tiers in various sections registered from
| "A to 20 degrees below zero.-Mrs. Adeline
Jarvis. widow of Cyrus Jarvis. died
| Thursday morning from general breaking
down of the system, aged 60 years. She
was born i'm Farnham, Canada. and came
A years ago to Vergennes. where she
/ had since resided. She is survived by
three sons, George. Cornelius and Charles
of Vergennes; four daughters Mrs.
| Moses Garrow and Mrs. Jennie Miller OF
Nergennes, Mrs. George Danyow of
Shoreham and Mrs. James Casey of Bris-
tol. The funeral was held at St.
Peters Church Saturday morning.
| The Vergennes schools closed Fri
day for the usual two weeks holi-
day vacation to reopen on January 5.
There will be slight Encouragement
of the teaching force at the beginning
of the next term Miss Grace Fitzpa-
trick, who has ben teaching grade six.
has resigned to take position in
Thomaston, Conn. at much larger
>.
The school board was reluctant to ac-
cept Miss Fitzpatrick's resignation as
her work has been of the very best.
Miss Fitzpatrick has resided at the
Norton House and made many friends
who will regret her departure. Another
change in the teaching force will he
made necessary by the separation of
the first and second grades. These
gra s have been in charge of Miss
Grace Fitzsimonds. but the class Is So
LARGO that II Is impossible for one
teacher to Cd the work satisfactorily
Miss Fitzsimonds will continue to teach
the first grade. Both of these vacan-
cies will undoubtedly be filled by the
opening of the next term, although the
board does not know yet definitely
who ii will employ. having several APP
plications for each position.
Miss Helen Clark of Middlebury
College and William Clark OF the Cniver-
sity Vermont are passing the holiday
vacation with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Clark.-Louis Hall has
moved his family from East Ferrisburg
to the Dubuque tenement on Water street
Attorney and Mrs George w. Stone
are passing week in Middlebury.-Al-
bert and Richard Cole and John Norton
Christmas recess with their parents,.-
Mrs. Briggs of Forestdae is visiting hei
daughter. Mrs. John vi. Cause.-The Rev
w. s. Mulholand of the Vergennes
Methodist Episcopal Church. was in West
Addison last week in attendance Of the
cottage prayer meetings. Thursday he
preached at the third quarterly confer.
ence of the West Addison Methods,
Episcopal Church and Friday presided a
the third quarterly conference of the Pan
ton Methodist Episcopal Church.-Tht
kindergarten teacher. Miss Irene Mosier
Of Burlington has closed the school aftel
a six weeks session The attendance a
the school has been very good throughout
with the exception of the last weel
when many were out because Of illness
one or two cases of whoopng cough hav
ing developed. On closing day, the littl,
ones enjoyed n bag of candy and pol
corn. Santa Claus. chains and litt
Christmas trees were used for the decorat
ing.-Miss Ruth Harrington of the Uni
versity Of Vermont is at the home Of he
parents. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Harring
ton, for the holidays.
e One of the most notable events il
$ musical circles In Vergennes for man
years was the community sing at tn
n d
- Church Sunday evening. The church wa
G beautifully decorated with greens an
e flowers under the direction of H. c. Her
v rick. chorus of So voices under tn
q direction of Supt Charles w. Wilson G
t the State Industrial school with Mis-
:. Ruth Clark as organist presented tn
-. cantata. THE Word FULFILLED" and ais
q sang old English Christmas carols. tn
: solos in the oantata were pleasingly reT
= dered by Superintendent Wilson and Mis-
+ Prudence Fish. There was very lare
"a attendance. every seat in the lars
= Auditorium OF the church being filled an
l. chairs were brought in to help out til
h seating capacity of the room.-Over a yea
l. ago Mrs. William J. Cook purchased frol
one of the local stores one dozen of egg
l. From these eggs 10 hens and one roostt
r. We're Matched. In the past year frol
l. December II to December IT. inclusiv
id these hens laid 1900 eggs. The hens al
N of no particular breed among them beir
ia one Plymouth Rock one Wyandotte ar
is the rest common barn yard fowls.-Ma
r. Fishman and Abraham Cohen have r
A. turned from Burlington, where they a
v. tended the funeral of Mr. Fishman
II father-in-law. Solomon Walk.-Mrs. Jof
Of Seldom of Bristol and Maurice Lee of Mi
" dlebury College are passing the holidf
he vacation with their parents, Mr.. and Mr.
IN f. A. Lee.-A great deal of enthusiasts
I'd was shown over the contest which W;
in held at Vergennes high school Fridi
is evening. Each class was requested
IS stage an entertainment to last not ov
,h 20 minutes. The program was as follow
an Talk to students. w. II. Carter. principe
ne farce, advertising for IA Wife" ella
SIS three; pantomime and song class on
g. recitation, song and stunt. 1T
nd Mechanical Kitchen" class four far
a and song. class five. Class three W
as awarded first prize, while class four 7
rt ceived second prize. The winning tea
to will have the custody of the V. III.
es banner until the next contest of this kiI
RS Glasses six and two did not enter t
u.s. competition. but all Of the entertainer
nd given showed hard work and good spi
IN. on the part of teachers and pupils. 7
en- contest was a great success. The judg
tn were Superintendent Coggns, John
zee Barley and DR.. John NJ. Caisse.-Mrs.
oh &C. Herrick and the Misses Ada and Jeni
as Bristol left Tuesday for Cohasset. Mas
tie to spend the Christmas holidays w
Die their brother, Or. Bert M, Bristol
YER Herrick joined them Wednesday.-M
lao Florence Middlebrook of the Johns
ha | NormaI school ia pasSinp the hold