Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-05
Windsor County
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.
| The Memorial day services opened In
Gates's opera house Friday morning at
$50 preceded by a concert by Hough'e
| band on the Junction House plaza The
preceding officer in the opera house pro-
ceedings was William 8. Pingree of the
executive committee of the Hartford Me.
mortal association. and with him on the
platform were p. f. Adams and the Rev.
II. l.. Thornton. associate members Of
the committee. The invocation was by
the Rev. Robert Heseltine and the adj
dress by Professor Leonard o. White,
of Dartmouth College Following the ad-
dress there were selections by the band
and. following, the audience went to the
street. where a procession for march
to the Hartford cemetery was formed.
The march to the cemetery was led by
the band and succeeding were the chill
4 dren of the public schools and members
/ of the Loyal club acting as escort to the
G. A. r. veterans in automobiles. The
veterans present we're former Governor
Samuel E. Pingree. Capt. Joseph Aikens.
Captain Horace French. G. w. Rey-
nolds, John Nc Cue. j. B. Tracy George
+. KILLING, George w. Davis, A. F.. Shep-
ard, Riley Watson. A. c. Rollins. David
H. Morse. On arrival at the cemetery
= the soldiers graves we're decorated. fol-
lowed by the open-air annual meeting OF
. the Hartford Memorial association. The
omcers chosen for the ensuing year
= are w. s. Pingree, son of Governor Pin
gree. president Pacde f. Adams, vice.
president; Robert NJ. Stevens. secretary:
the Rev. II. L. Thornton. treasurer; the
Rev. Robert Heseltne, Roland f. Stevens.
: and B. F. Adams, executive committee.
A meeting Of the board Of commits
|, sioners of the Vermont State fair as
A ISOLATION was held Monday. On Thurs
4 day. the fifth, the board of commits
, sioners will assemble in Montpelier for
a conference with the State board Of
. control-At the recent annual meeting
e of the Hartford cemetery association the
. following members we're named as
board Of trustees Alfred f. Watson,
. Horace c. Pease, Byron L. Boyle, Fred
$ B. Huse, and Fred A. Barrett. At a
= subsequent meeting Of the board Of
k trustees. Alfred E. WATSON was chosen
Y president of the association; Fred A.
= Darrell, vice-president; Horace G. Pease,
= clerk and treasurer; B. L. Boyle, audi
e tor, and F. B. Huse superintendent OF
n cemetery. It was voted as the purpose
- of the board to implore the various
r make other mprovements.-On Monday
S there was held in the office of Alfred E.
- Watson a special meeting of the Hart
o ford town board of education, Of which
r Mr.. Watson is chairman. to inspect and
J., CONSIDER the plans of various architects
y for the proposed new school building in
:. Quechee village. The final action Of the
d meeting was it's postponement tin Mon
: day afternoon the ninth.-Mrs. Horace
lie. Pease is on trip to Boston.-Miss
Alice Gilbert, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund C. Gilbert, and Miss Blanche
Il Green, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs F. l..
t Green. were graduates of the Mary
n Fletcher hospital school of nurses in
= Burlington on Saturday last. Visiting
o friends of Miss Gilbert at the graduation
n exercises we're her sister, Miss Josie
e Gilbert . and Miss Ella Brickey.-Mss
a Nora Daley Of Keene, N H., was a
:. Sunday visitor at the home of Mr.. and
e Mrs. E. c. Gibert.-Mrs Henry NJ. Lar
= son, left Monday for New York city to
s. meet her husband. Captain Henry NJ.
Il Larson Of the overseas army medical
corps. who arrived at Newport News.
Virginia, Saturday from France.-Next
Sunday will be Children's day in the
g Methodist Episcopal Church and the
II entire morning service will be set apart
lOF tne OCCdSlOI An especially COrfIue-
II hensive program has been prepared and
e there will be baptisms and christenings
h Of infant children.-Miss Stella Hutchins
,. of Boston is the guest of her cousin.
6 Mrs. Walter NJ. Wright and family.
<. and Mrs. Ernest Burke were Friday
e guests Of his parents in South Royalton.
e SHARON
n Herbert Slater of the United States
3. navy is on furlough visit to his
n brothers, Robert and George-George
y NJ Cohen of Linden, Ind. John NJ.
q Moberg and Andrew Nelson of Perth
II Amboy, n. j., are in town pros
o pective farm buyers-The Sharon
l. Creamery association is doing a rec
e ord breaking business. Its patrons
ia to-day number 1870 Of the local and
n nearby farmers. A recent shipment 10
l. a Boston customer was an allotment
of 1900 pounds In half-pound pack
lie ages The president of the association
=. is william p. Heath and general man
IL ager Wells c. Porter. A larger plan,
IN Is needed.-Mrs. Nellie Noyes, widow OF
:. Eugene Noyes. and a lifelong resi-.
"A dent Of Sharon. was married in Chey-
}. enne. wyo., May 2e to NJ. George
10 and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs
NJ. G. Howe. The groom is tho brothe,
" of Mrs. NJ. c. Noyes and Mrs. George
D. browne. Mr.. and Mrs. Howe will
>, make their home in Grin. Wyo.-The
- Ladies Aid Society Of the Congrega.
tional Church will serve a strawberry
: supper In Steele Chapel Wedn sda y
y evening. the 11th.-The Memorial day
y. program opened at 1880 p. m. on the
10 village common, where was formed 4
DC procession led by the Sharon Corne'
r band, G. A. Chillson leader. In the
n procession were the children of the
lie public schools. acting as escort to the
n. G. A. r. veterans three in number
of George w. Smith, Jesse NJ. Cook and
- Nelson Snow. In the procession wert
r world war soldiers and sons of vet
er Grams. The march was to Pine Tree
~ cemetery and following the service thu
he return was made to the Congregations
is Church. where an address was made
s. by the Rev. Willis T, Sparhawk o.
~ Randolph. with A. H. Badger presid
NJ ing. The church service included
he speaking and singing by school chill
II. dren. n
Of SOUTH ROYALTON
Honor scholarships have been received
Vi from the University of Vermont 70,
no George W. Osborne and Doris A. Heath
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