Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29
Rutland County
BRANDON

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The committee Of the Business Mems
association which had in charge the
plans for a celebration for the home
coming soldiers has decided that it
would be best 70 wait for awhile longer
until a larger number of the Brandon
BOYS returned before the further plans
ever. Brandon will have the right kind
of a celebration.
A barr on the property of Lewis Baird
in Goshen was struck by lightning Fri
day evening and burned.-By the re-
quest of Commander o. A. Durgey and
the members Of c.. j. Ormsbee, Post. G..
A.. r., an. invitation is extended to all
returned soldievs who enlisted from this
town. F'oresdale or Goshen to be the
guests of the Post at a dinner to be
given Memorial Day at Il O'Clock 100
in Grand Army hall and to act as es-
cort to the veterans during the parade
n exercises at the town hall.
Fl. H. Osborn. Abbot Goodrich. A. w.
Hendry. c. A. June. c. !. Marsh and
w. c. Gipson spent last Sunday at Camp
Brandon in Rochester.-Mrs. J. B.
Partlow entertained a number of her
lady friends Friday afternoon at her
home on ona OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
have been received Of the marriage In
Los Angeles, Cal. Of Edward l.. Kenney.
a former resident here, to Miss Frances
Jones on May Z. Mr.. Kenney was for
a number OF years employed in the F. B.
Sumner store here. At the annual meet
ing of the Pansy Circle OF the Kings
Daughters these officers We're elected for
one year: Leader. Mrs. F.. A. Thomas;
vice leader. Mrs. e. A.. Griswold; sec
rotary. Mrs. A. W. Hendry: treasurer.
Mrs. w. g. King. The next meeting will
be held with Mrs. Thomas at her home
on Franklin street.-The local Red Cross
headquarters have been closed for the
summer. All work will be taken In and
given out at the home of the presi-
dent, MS. C.. J. Braley Of Carver street.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles w. Goodwin have
gone to Hubbardton where they will
manage Eagle cottage this summer.
The pre-memorial Sunday service
were held Sunday at st. Thomas
Episcopal Church. The Rev W.
7. Weston, the rector. preaching the SER
mon. c. J. Ormsbee Post, No. 1s, G.. A.
r., the Sons Of Veterans and the sons
Of Veterans Auxiliary attending the
services in a body.-Poormaster Charles
Churchill of Seminary Hill. who under
went an operation at the Mary Fletcher
hospital two weeks ago, has returned ia
his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brockway went
Monday to Antrim, n. H.. where they will
be employed by F.. H. Bissell at Gray
Stone Lodge Hotel during the summer.-F
II. Harrington has returned from White
Sulphur Springs. w. Va, where he repre-
scented the banks Of Vermont and New
Hampshire at the annual meeting Of the
executive council of the American Ban
ers' association. Mrs. harrington. who
has been visiting her son, Frank Earring
ton in New York city, returned with Mr..
Farrington.-C. II. Prime has let the con-
tract for rebuilding the Prime block and
Walker block, which was burned in the
recent hre. to B. A. Carton account Of
| Memorial day being on Friday the
stores here will remain open on Thurs
day afternoon and will be closed all day
Friday.-James r. Leonard, assistant
! cashier at the Brandon National bank,
, has resumed his duties after a weeks va
cation.-Mr. and Mrs. f. H.. Bissell went
Monday to Antrim, N. H., where they will
open Gray Stone Lodge, which Mr.. Bis
sell will manage this summer.
c.. J. Ormsbee Post. No. Is, G. A. r.,
will observe Memorial day, Friday, May
20. in the usual manner. All places of
business will be closed all day. At 1:3C
O'Clock in the afternoon the parade will
be- formed in front Of the postoffice on
Center street headed by the Brandon
Concert band, A. w. Hendry leader
Company G, ". v. NJ, Capt. John S.
Buttles commanding: world war veterans.
Camp Davenport, Sons of Veterans, and
c. J.. Ormsbee Post, G.. A.. r., o. A. Dur
gey commanding. The line of march will
be through Conant square and return to
the town hall. where the Memorial day
exercises will be held at two o'clock. The
Rev. George Cotton Wordsworth of
| Albany, N. Y, will deliver the address of
tho day. There will be Instrumental and
vocal music. After the exercises in the
hall the parade will BIZ reformed and will
march to tine monument, where the
Grand Army Memorial exercises will be
conducted by C. ]. Ormsbee Post. The
| pa rade will then march to the starting
point and disband, the Hon. f.. ]. Orms-
bee is president of the day and Fred l.,
Patnode Is chief marshal. The commit
tee which has in charge the sending out
Of invitations to the world war veterans
| wishes 1t understood that il any man
who has been in the service either army
or navy from the towns of Brandon,
Forestdale. Goshen and Leicester, has
not received an invitation to he the guests
of c. J. Ormsbee Post at the dinner which
will be served at noon Friday they are
urged to he present. AS the time was
short II was possible that the committee
did not get the name of every man who
! had been In service, but every man is in