Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-30
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ton building Thursday evening at eight
o'clock. 1t Is expected that State Dep
uty T. B. Wright Of Burlington will be
present as speaker of the evening.-Prof
L. ]. Hathaway and L. I. Bonney are con
Quoting tryouts Of material for a College
glee club this year. About 30 men are
candidates and It IL hoped to have a club
on a par with some Of those which have
made very successful tours in other
years.-Mrs. Harry Anderson of New
York city is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Tabor for a few days.-There will
be no morning service at st. Stephens
Church Sunday. The Sunday school will
meet as usual at II o'clock. In the eve
ming there will be a special service COM
memorative of the 25th anniversary of
the bishops conservation. when the rec
tor will deliver an historical address.
treating Of the history Of the Episcopal
Church In Vermont. The rector will go
to Shoreham Friday to remain until Sun
day afternoon.-Mrs. Henry McMaster
and two daughters, who have been i'll
| for two weeks, are slowly recovering
| Harry Cobb, a travelling salesman is in
! town for a few days with his family
Frank A. Nisum and William p. Casey of
| Bridport have returned and gone to their
I homes after a weeks visit in Boston and
|
| some horses for their own private use in
| the big horse sale at Aver, but did not
| fnd anything that they wanted at the
| prices asked.-Miss Helen E.
| Clarke. who has been passing short
vacation in Vergennes at the home of her
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Clark,
| has returned to town.-Mrs. Edna Hop
| per and son, Kenneth Hopper, are visit
| ing in Fair Haven.-Miss Isabel Hebert
| has gone to the Pittsford sanatorium.
where she will undergo treatment.-Let-
ters have been received this week from
| Dr. and First. Lieut.. Harry Williams
| Burns, who has been with the expedition
ary forces in Europe for the last year
and half stating that after a hard
| months march his command on the 18th
day of December arrived at Runie, Rhein-
J fels. The German letter press on one of
| the letter heads describes this place as a
splendid castle at or near st. Goar, built
in 1245. and destroyed by the French in
1797.-The fifth in the series of Baptist
nights was held in the parlors of the
Memorial Baptist Church Monday eve-
ming and there was an unusually large
| gathering. DIR. and Mrs. w. A. Dawson
| OF Burlington were the guests of the
church. Dr. Dawson gave an address on
What the Baptists Stand for" after
which a fine program Of readings, music.
both instrumental and vocal. was carried
out Ice cream and cake were served
| The Federated Fair association will hold
a meeting at the home of Mrs. H. B.
| Hagar Friday afternoon at three o'clock
to transact unfinished business of the
annual meeting. All women interested
are invited.
, There are on exhibition in the store
window of Ives & Shambo on Main
street several war relics, consisting of
a camoufaged German helmet, a leath-
er cartridge case, a gas mask and
carrying case and an extra can OF
chemical for use in gas mask. The
articles were sent home by Napoleon
j. Des5adon, who is serving with the
3O2nd light artillery in France.-The
annual meeting of the Century depart
ment of the Woman's club was held
at the home of Mrs. Raymond McFar-
land Tuesday evening. There was a
good attendance and reports showed
that the society was in good condi-
ton. The following officers were elect
ed: Chairman, Mrs, d. L. Robinson;
vice chairmen, Mrs. A. H. Robinson,
Mrs. Homer Balm and Mrs. w. S. Hunt
ley; secretary. Mrs. A. w. Eddy: treas
urer. Miss Lena Woods. social hour
Mrs. Colby. who has been III for a
few days, is slowly recovering-Miss
Olive Barter left Wednesday night for
Hartland, Me-, where she will spend
several months at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Grace Monahan.-Mrs A.
w. Foote, who has been visiting at the
home OF her son. William Foote, and
family in Pawlet for Il few weeks, has
returned home.-Owing to the non-ar-
rival of State Commander c. T. S.
Pierce of Vergennes of the Grand
Army, the joint installation of the
William p. Russell Post No. So G. A.
H. and w. p. Russell Circle No. 5,
Ladies of the c. A. r.. did not come
on IN full but past State president of
the circle, Mrs. Carrie Nash, assisted
by Miss Minnie Mcdonald. conductor,
and Miss Jennie Eddy, guard. all of
TINS village. proceeded with the in
tallation OF the officers Of the circle,
VINO are: President, Mrs Edna Grady;
Is. " r.. Mrs Walter NJ. Martin; J. ".
p, Mrs L. M. Morrison; chaplain. Mrs.
e. E. Jones; secretary, Mrs Guideon E.
Abbey; treasurer. Mrs. Alice Seymour
guard, Mrs. Robert A. Calhoun; as
sistant guard, Mrs Willis N Cady:
conductor. Mrs, Carrie Nash: assistant
conductor. Mrs. Sarah holland. There
was good attendance of the circle
members and a fair one of the most
members, but Col. Charles E. Youtt.
who was to have been installed into tn
office of the commander of the Post
for the 18th time was not present on
account of illness. The past officer
Twill be installed at a later date.
banquet was served at six o'clock and
was one of the ladies' usual flne
spreads.-Mr. and Mrs. Phelix Liberty
entertained about 100 friends at their
home Tuesday evening and the time
was enjoyed with dancing. card play
ing, etc. four-piece orchestra fur
ntshed the music and refreshments
were served.-Mrs. Charles Bristol
and daughter of Vergennes are in town
for few days at the home of her
mother, Mrs Peter Shack ett.-The Boy
Scouts held well-attended meeting
In the vestry of the Congregational
Church Wednesday evening.-Dr. A. ID.
Barter is attending an Institute of the
IOptmetrists of Champlain Valley at the
Bardwell House in Rutland.-Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Goss will remove here from
Florence this week and Mr.. Goss aft
erwards will be employed as skilled
cutter in the finishing shops of the To-
cal branch of the Vermont Marble
-company.-Mrs. John Tigue and Miss
Catherine McGinnis have returned to
Rutland after several days here with
Mrs. Tigues sister. Mrs Thomas F.
burns.-Mrs. Charles II. Westall. Sr..
has gone to Chicopee Falls Mass. to
visit the family OF hef son, James