Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-03
Addison County
M1DDLEBURY

mary Agnes steele, oldest daughter or
Mr.. and Mrs. George Steele was united
In marriage to Jose Gonzalez Menendez.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
f. B. Holmes. The bride was given in
marriage by her father. Mr.. and Mrs.
Menendez left for a short honeymoon,
after which they will reside in town.
The young lady is we'll known in this viii
lage and the groom has made many
friends since his arrival in town from
| Spain five months ago. During his stay
| here. he has been in the employ Of the
| Hortonia Power company.--Dr. and Mrs.
| Phillip f. Mellen and son, Richard. ar
| rived from Manatee Fla, Saturday after
| noon. where they have been spending a
month with DR.. Melen's parents, DR..
and Mrs. l.. E. Mellen. Mrs. Melen
stopped at Deerfield, Mass. to spend a
| few days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dexter Hager.-Walter Simons
| who recently returned from overseas,
has entered the employe of William Glib
| son In his barber shop.-The Tulley prop
erty on Pleasant street was sold at
auction Monday afternoon by Milo X.
Moore. There were several bidders present
and the property was sold to w. f.. Bent
| ley for S2,S20.-There will be evening serv-
ices at East Middlebury Thursday eve
|
Quoted by the Rev. T.. B. Holmes This
will be in place Of the Tuesday service
which has been announced.-John Lowell,
who | As been i'll for several weeks. has
so far recovered that he has resumed
| his duties in drawing the mail back and
forth to the station.-Guideon f. Abbey
has returned from the Fanny Allen hos
pital. where he visited his wife Sun
day.-Monday. market day, eggs brought
81 to 3S cents and dairy butter 80
to 55 and creamery butter 62.-Ramson
II. O'Bryan. who has been confined to
the house for a week has so far recovered
| as to be able to be out again.--Mr and
Mrs. Frank c. Gulley are moving from
South street to w. r. Clements house
on North Pleasant street-Mrs. p. L. Dill
lon has returned from Florence,
where she has been spending a few
days at the home OF her daughter.
Mrs. Benjamin Wmmett-Ewin Smith
a former resident. will remove his fam
lily to town from Proctor this week and
Mr.. Smith will take a position in the
finishing shops of the Vermont Marble
company.-The spring term Of the town
and graded and high schools began Mon
day. Some of the departments had less
than half their complement of pupils as
but few of the country students were
able to get into town.-Miss Marlso1i
Emerson has returned from West Rut
land. where she has been staying for two
weeks at he home of her parents. tht
Rev. and Mrs j. r. Carlson.-Franl
Shackett, Jr., who has been confined tc
the house for several weeks following ar
operation for hernia at the Fanny
Allen hospital, is much improved and 1:
able to be at his place of business nov
for a part of the time.-Ralph Belding
a former resident, who has been EN-
ployed in Montgomery for severa
months. arrived in town Monday ant
went along to Ripton to visit relatives
Mrs. Joseph Blaize is Ill.
A pretty and quiet home wedding oc
Cured at tho home of Mr.. and Mrs
Wallace Hathorne at their home jus
north Of New Haven street in New Haver
Wednesday evening of last week wher
their only daughter, Miss Clyda Ma,
Hathorne. was united in marriage L
Lawrence Parker Abbey, only son o
George Z. Abbey Of Mddlebury. TIL,
ceremony was performed by the Rev. +,
Vernon Young, pastor OF the Congrega
tional Church of New Haven street. Th
bride was gowned in blue silk and car
unattended. They were married in th
parlor of the house which was trimmed
with plants and flowers. Only member
of the immediate families were present
They received a number Of presents. Th
young couple are both well known il
their respective homes and very popular
Refreshments were served after the cere
mony. Mr.. and Mrs. Abbey after n shor
honeymoon will make their home for
, while in New Haven. Among those wh
. attended the function from out OF tn
, town were George f. Abbey of Middle
bury. father of the groom. Miss Ann,
Abbey of Burlington. sister. and Mr.
, and Mrs. C. F. Rich. William Taber ant
Milton Brown of Mddlebury -Adolphu
!, King. aged about 65 years, son of the lat
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis King of Mddlebury
, died after having been i'll for a considera
. BILE time with complication of trouble
Wednesday March 26 at the home o
Charles j. Matthews. Mr.. King had live
for about % years with Deacon Edwar
. j. Matthews. who died year ago las
winter and has since made his home wit
, the son of Deacon Matthews His onl
known relative is a sister. Mrs. Charlie
Conant Of Salisbury. The funeral wa
held at the house OF Charles ]. Matthew
at two o'clock Friday afternoon and tn
Rev. Henry C. Newell Of the Congrega
tional Church of this village officiated
. In his will Deacon Matthews had pro
vded for the care of the deceased dur
ing the remainder of his life and had ais
left n sufficient fund to provide for hi
funeral expenses in consequence of hi
long and faithful service with the famil,
Letters received Saturday from Dr
Harry w. Burns, writing from Mayer
Germany, to his parents here, Mr. an
Mrs. John Ii. Burns. announce that H.
was notified by the war department a
Washington by cablegram March IA tina
he had been promoted to captainc
and commissioned a captain as of tina
date. This promotion for Captai
Burns carries with il unusual honor, 70
the reason that he is two or thre
years under the regulation age, at whic
captains are usually eligible for ap
pointment. Several months ago. Capital
Burns also was presented with tn
French war cross for conspicuous brav
cry in the battle of the Marne. Cap
tain Burns writes with regret that h
does not expect that his command, tn
20th Infantry, will be sent home befor
D.. late in the summer if even then.
Nelson Gallipeau went Saturday I
Florence to spend few days with hi
family there and intends to remove hi
family to Middlebury within shor
>. time,-Mrs. f. r. Garvey has returned t.
: Bristol after several weeks in .5w
g assisting in caring for her father, Pete
n LaRoque, who has been very i'll. but