Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-15
Rutland County
BRANDON


with his parents in 1915 and for a time was
employed at the Brandon Publishing COM
pany and at the johnson Print shop. He
enlisted in the army at Fort Ethan Allen
July 8, 1916, and was sent to Fort Slocum.
He was transferred to the ambulance
company, medical department and went
to Texas and went to France with Am
bulance company. No. 3d. LIST division.
At the intcrscholastic prize speaking
contest, held at West Rutland Friday
evening Brandon. Fair Haven, Proc
tor and West Rutland high schools par
ticpating, Frank Button of the Bran
don high school won first prize of $500
for the boys. The first prize for girls
was won by the Fair Haven high school
and the second prize for boys and girls
by the West Rutland high school The
judges were II. o. Hutchinson, State
supervisor of senior and junior high
schools, c. l.. Leonard. principal of the
Troy Conference Academy, and +. C.
Phillips, principal of Rutland high school,
State Supervisor of Junior and Senior
High Schools II. o. Hutchinson of Bur-
lington. Superintendent of Schools OAR
ling. Principal Bodin and the prudential
committee Of Ludlow and Mr.. Wincheon
of Syracuse, n. Y. were visitors at the
local high school Friday. The commit
tee from Ludlow was looking over the
local school in connection with starting
a senior and junior high school in Lud-
low.-Nrs. c. II. Kelley, who has been
spending the winter in New York city
has returned to Brandon for the summer
Mrs. c. a. Brush has gone to Sara
toga, n. Y. where she will visit rela-
tives for a few days.-The teacher-tran-
ing class of the Rutland high school
visited the high and graded schools here
Friday.-Arthur Bowker of West Rutland,
who has just recently been discharged
from the army after having been several
months overseas, is visiting here for a
few days.-1tobert Scllick of Rutland, who
has just received his discharge from the
army after service overseas, is visiting
here.--Henry Zelenko of New York city,
who recently purchased the Bresee prop
erty at Lake Dunmore, is in town. Mr..
Zelenko is building a number of bunga-
lows and large dining hall and labora .
tory which will be used for the housing
of the members Of the boys camp, to be
located at Lake Dunmore during the sum-
mer months.-Mrs. S. w. Hilton and
daughter, Evelyn, have gone to Ayers
Cliff, Can, to visit Mrs. Hilton's mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ingalls-Poormaster
Charles Churchill was taken Friday to
the Mary Fletcher hospital. where he
will undergo an operation.-Mrs. Joseph
Beauregard was taken Friday to hos
pital in Burlington to undergo an opera
tion.-N1iss Maud Crowfoot of Rutland
spent Saturday and Sunday at the home
of f. C. Spooner.
f. H. Harrington left Tuesday
for New York city to attend the
annual meeting of the Guernsey
Cattle association and from there will go
to White sulphur Springs, w. Va, to at
tend meeting of the executive council of
the American Bankers assumption Mr.
harrington represents the banks of both
Vermont and New Hampshire.-E. II.
Walker of Troy, n. V, spent Sunday in
town.-Herbcrt a. Durgey of Rutland
spent Sunday here at the home of his ia
Their. o. a. Durgey.-W. II. Tarble has
bought the old Tarble farm in North Chit
tenden of Herbert Spraguc.-MIiss Eta
Grover of this town and Robert Browning
of Wakefield, r.. |. Were married March
25 at Daytona. Fla, by the Rev. James Il.
Lewis. pastor of the First Congregational
Church. Mrs. Browning, who has been
here for short time, will leave Wednes-
day for Wakefield. where she will reside.
-Reginald Ray, son of r. w. Ray who
has been spending a few days with his "a
Their here, has returned to Camp Mills. n.
Y, where he expects to be in service for
a few weeks longer. He has just recently
returned from France where he has been
for several months.
C. II. Robinson, whose hardware stock
was destroyed by fire Friday has rented
the basement of the Hortonia Power COM
pany's block on Center street and will
conduct his business there for the pres
ent-A letter has been received by n. Sis
tiers, whose son. Private Earl e. Sisters,
died in Coblenz, Germany, on April q,
from the chaplain of the regiment of
which Private Sisters was member. He
stating that Private Sisters was buried
with full military honors at ten O'Clock on
"a Thursday morning in the American
| cemetery at Coblenz. Germany, large
number of his comrades attended the flu
neral. The floral tributes were many and
beautiful. Private Sisters died after n
short illness with pulmonary tuberculosis
! The St. Mary's baseball team was de-
feated by St. Mary's team from Middle
bury last Saturday on WinsIow field, the
score being 33 to l-Oliver A. Wyatt, who
recently resigned his position as manager
Of the Direct Importing company's store
| has accepted position in the bakery OF
w. r. Collins.-There will be baseball
game Saturday afternoon at three O'Clock
on Winslow's field between the local high
school and the Mddlebury high school,
Mrs James II. Cross of Greenfield. Mass.
is sending "A few days in town.-The local
! high school baseball team Will go this
afternoon to Pittsford where 1t Will play
the Pittsford high school team.-ln-
surance adjusters are here adjusting the
fire losses of the fire last week. Thus far
the settlements have been very satisfac-
tory and are as follows c. Il. Prime $1,000
on block. full amount insured; l.. a. Sc
very SO, 600 on block. full amount OF insur-
ance allowed; C. H. Robinson on stock of
hardware Sc, 800 on the stock in the burned
store. These are all the settlements that
have been made at TINS time.
! There will be special meeting of
silver Lake Lodge, No. Az, Is. of T., this
evening at eight o'clock. The rank OF
ESQUIRE and knight will be conferred on
a class of candidates, after which refresh
ments will be served.-Word has been
received from Frank Bashaw that he is
now i'm Philadelphia. He recently returned
from overseas where he has been for
ovar a year He has been wounded and
been in some of the hardest hghting-
Forty members of St Pauls Lodge, II.
A NJ went Tuesday evening to Orwell
where they were guests or independence
| I,odge of that place. Ihe thifd degree was
conferred and banauet served'-A tele-
nbone has been instaiieo III the chapter
house of Lake Dunmore Chapter, ID. a. r.
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