Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-06-19

Champlain Valley Grange, Patrons of
| Husbandry. worked the first and second
degrees on a class of % candidates in
their hall Saturday night. The follow
ing program was given Readings by
f. w. Crannell from the national paper
of the Grange readings by c. II. Har-
rington; vocal selections by Mrs. I, 1.
Potter. and an address by the Rev. ]. S.
Braker on After the War, What?" On
Saturday evening June 2s, the third and
fourth degrees will be worked on a class
of 40 candidates. The work will be done
by ladies' degree team, and will be
preceded by supper
The annual meeting Of the Wabaunakee
Golf club was held yesterday afternoon
at the club house. Reports of the off,
GERS for the last year were read and
approved. The present membership of
the club is $50. an increase of 30 over
last year. At the meeting yesterday
Benjamin d. Bartlett, Major II. Nelson
jackson and Warren r. Austin were
elected to the governing board of the
club for a term of three years. This
afternoon officers for the ensuing year
will be, elected. George f. Whitney is
now president, Frank II. Parker vice.
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and treasurer.
First Lieut.. Thomas Lawrence Hills,
sanitary corps, who landed at Hoboken,
N. j.. from overseas June TO- arrived
in town Friday with his wife. on a
two weeks leave. He has been en-
gagged in archaeological research for
many months in the central medical
department laboratory at Dion,
France. On the expiration of his
leave he is ordered to report to the
army medical school at Washington to
continue his work. which has to do
with interrelatonshps of the various
typhoid and dysenteric organisms.
Both Lieut.. and Mrs Hills are grad
yates of the University of Vermont and
expect to attend commencement.
Mount ST. Mary's Alumnae association
held its annual meeting at Mount ST.
Mary's Academy Monday night and elect
ed the following officers for three-year
terms: Honorary president. Mother
Alphonsus; president. Mrs. E. o. Miti-
| guy; ce-president Mrs. p. j. Dono-
van; treasurer, Mother Magdalene: cor
responding secretary, Miss Molly Burns;
recording secretary, Mrs. p F. Roddy
| Miss Rose Mckenzie was elected chair
man of the hospitality committee and
| Mrs. B. o. Foster chairman of the en-
| tertainment committee. Following the
meeting the sisters served refreshments
of ice cream, cakes and fancy cookies
Colonel Lawrence s. Miller, who has
been in France for the last year. is in
the city a short leave while await
ing his discharge from the national
army at Camp Meade, Md, and his
re-assignment to the coast artillery
branch of the regular army, to which
! he was attached prior to the war.
colonel Miller was for two years a
member of the class of 1894 at the
| University of Vermont, leaving to enter
the United States Military Academy,
and returning to the university in
1903 for a three years detail as pro-
fessor of military science and tactics.
He is a guest at General and Mrs. C.
p. Miller's. where his mother and sis
ter also are visiting.
case filed in In Chittenden county
court Tuesday is concerned with the use
OF certain label on cans containing COM
bination of cane and maple sugar, these
| labels being used by two different firms
in different parts of the country. The
case is that of the Vernon Maple Syrup
company, Inc, against F. n. johnson and
the F. \. johnson Maple Syrup company
of Bellefontaine, Ohio. and L. NJ. DeVore
of this city. The chief office of the Yer
mont Maple Syrup company. Inc, is in
Essex junction, and it operates through
out the New England States and New
York and Pennsylvania. The F. N. john
son Maple Syrup company operates most
ly in the middle western States.
A school for district health officers
was opened Monday at the University
of Vermont Medical College, and will
continue through the week. All the re-
Gently appointed district health officers
who are to take Office July are in at
| tendance at the school. During the
| morning sessions, different phases Of the
| law governing the work of the district
health officers will be taken up. so that
it will be thoroughly understood by all
! the new officers. The afternoon sessions
will be given over to laboratory work.
While the new health officers are in this
city. they will have frequent confer
| ences with the State Board Of Health in
order to arrange for uniform system
of handling all health conditions through
out the State.
Two prizes are offered to the alumni
| classes of the University Of Vermont
| for the commencement season. One
prize is large cup offered by. the class
of 1889 to that class among the alumni
| appearing at commencement in the most
effective costumes. The other prize is
the Mccullough cup, presented each
year to the alumni class having the larg-
est percentage of its living members
present at the commencement exercises.
1t is expected that there will be con-
siderable contest this year for the pos
session of these two cups. The class
Of SO has always made a strong bid for
the honors in this direction, and the fact
that this is its Both anniversary and
that the members are making unusual
efforts to get a large number out for
next week. will undoubtedly bring all of
this class that can possibly get here.
The class of 1917. celebrating its second
anniversary, also will make a strong
bid for the attendance cup.
Lieut., II. w. Batchelder, U. v. NJ. II,
spent Monday visiting friends in this
city. He went Tuesday to his home
in Hardwick. Lieutenant Batchelder en-
tered the first Plattsburgh camp directly
after graduation from college and re-
ceived his commission. He went over
seas early In 1918, and saw considerable
active service During a hot engage
nent, he volunteered to carry mes
sage over a very dangerous bit OF
ground. and while carrying out this pro-
ject. he received a bad wound in the
foot, which put him out Of active service
, for the remainder OF the war. He was
, invaded home and WAS Obliped to re-