Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
HAPPENINGS SO ,ao 4asnso ERMONT;;
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

and Mrs. Il. G. Ketchum.--James
LeMeir is visiting in Ludlow at the home
Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
LeMeir.-Earl Pelsue of the U. S. navy
and stationed at New London. Conn.
Is in town on a ten days furlough,
which he is spending with friends.-Mrs.
Guideon f. Abbey and Mrs. Ransom
Billings have gone to the Fanny Allen
hospital at Winooski for treatment
Mre Ernest Reynolds and Mrs. r. S.
Benedict have returned to their homes
In Proctor after a few days in Gown.
Miss Ruth Cam of Waterbury, Conn.
who has been visiting Miss Lucy
I. Calhoun, has gone to Brandon to
visit with friends during the rest of the
vaoation.--Mount Calvary Commandery.
No. 1, Knights Templar, met in their
hall in the Masonic hall Tuesday eve
ming and worked the temple degree.
Following the work. refreshments were
served.-Mrs. D. L. Selleck. who has
! been visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Michael Grady, for two weeks, has re-
turned TO her home in Bath. Me.
| Edward Dragon of East Middlebury. who
was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff
| Edward Higgins. on warrant charging
! him with non-support of his family, was
| in municipal court Tuesday. He pleaded
not guilty and jury trial was called for.
The case occupied the time of the court
| for the day and late in the afternoon the
jury came In with verdict of guilty of
non-support of his child. Dragon was
! ordered by the court to pay the sum Of
81 week for the support Of his child
and to pay the costs of prosecution.-The
essay department of the Women's club
held well-attended meeting Wednesday
afternoon in the college chapel, where
they were given a lecture by Prof. Myron
| r. Sanford. who took for his subject,
italian Life in Town and Country
Miss Effie Daunis has returned from
=, Castleton. where she has been on a visit
at the home Of Mr.. and Mr.. Alfred E.
Higley for a few days.-The meeting Of
the Middlebury Grange. No. sl5. will be
held Friday evening. After the regular
business session the following program
will be carried out: Music. vocal, L. r.
| Howard; roll call of officers. each re-
spending by reciting a gem of poetry or
prose; music, Mrs. A. D. Barter; Grange
| record, Paul Bristol and Marion Smith
! discussion, Uses of Discarded Clothing"
Mrs. r. G. Blinn. Mrs. E. B. Holmes and
Mrs. E. G. Hunt, Jr.; music, Gertrude
LaFleur; discussion Should Saturday
Afternoon be Holiday on the farm? :?
Why?" Affirmative. Noble Brooks and
NJ. E. Twitchell; negative. W. x. Foster
and Ernest Sargent; music, male quartet; ;
selections from Grange Monthly" Mrs
f. D. Archer; surprise committee, Mrs
w. F. Bentley and Mrs. W. N. Cady-
Miss Grace Kingsley Of Canaan, who has
been spending few days with Miss Rena
Dumas. has gone to Ludlow to visit
friends.-Miss Helen Whittimore of Pitts
ford Is here to visit her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin E. Jones-Mrs
! Jennie NJ Crosby started Wednesday on
| a round trip of visits to relatives and
| trieids IN Bennington and North Adams
| and other places In MISUNDERSTANDING
| roads between here and the country
| towns have been drying up very rapidly
during the past few days under the In
f1uence OF strong winds and warm SUM-
The road to Bridport w1s scyaped the
entire distance Tuesday and is now in
| good shape for travel while the roads to
the other neighboring country towns are
rapidly getting into passable shape.-Fred
GIoss has removed his household goods
from Florence to the Kane house on Court
street. which he recently bought and Of
which the family has now taken possess
| sion.-Mrs Maude Wissell and her infant
son are in Pittsford to visit Mrs. Wisselrs
sister. Mrs. Thomas W. Carrigan.-Miss
Minnie Mcdonald has gone to Pittsford
Niiis Tor a 10 days vacation visit with
ner sister. Mrs. Edward c. Keefe.-
Calhoun's orchestra will go to Salisbury
rruay evening to play for a masquerade
oal in the town hall and II the roads
are IN good order at the time several
couples from Middlebury will attend the
function.-Miss Percilla Wood Ia visiting
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
charles Wood, in Fair Haven.-Robert q
s. Blinn died somewhat suddenly AT his
home a mile west Of this village at about
e,Snt O'CLOCK Wednesday morning. Mr..
n'nh hao peen In i'll health for sometime,
out was not supposed to be in any SER
ious condition and his death came as a
great surprise. Mr.. Blinn was 70 vears
OF age. having been born at North E,ba
N. T.. March %. 1S47. son Of Nelson and
Julia (Bynington) Blinn and had lived in
Middlebury for about % years dur,re
whlch time he was a farmer and milk
dealer. In his early manhood he wa. a
hotel Keeper In northern and eastern New
YORK. In Middlebury, he was we'll and
favoraoiy known and was a membsr ~
the Methodist Church and belonged to The
Union Lodge OF Masons. Mr. Blinn IN srr-
Vived oy his wife; one daughter. Miss
Neilie>L. Blinn. and one son, Edgar T.
: Biinn' residents of this town; one brother
A. b. Blinn, of Westport. ~ Y, and two
sisters. Mrs. Emeine Merrill Of New
Haven and Mrs. Munson Holt of Keen.
Valley. n. Y Arrangements for the f,,-
nera! nave not Yet been completed nor