Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
CONTINUED from pnge one.)

Westall, Sr., have gone to Whiting to Wis
1t their daughter, Mrs Eugene Baker, for
a short time after which they will go to
Chicopee Falls. Mass, to spend the re-
mainder of the winter with their son, |
James Westall-Mrs Patrick Mcmahon
is in Rutland on n visit to her daughter,
Mrs. James Farrell, who is il.-Prof. w. |
s. Burrage went to Fair Haven Monday
and in the evening delivered an address
at the home Of Mrs. George A. Vail be-
fore the members of the Art club and the
Monday club and their husbands, in cases
where they had any.-The mercury mark
ed three degrees below zero Sunday
morning and five below on Monday morn
ing. which is the first time it went under
the mark since December s, when it was
four below here and reported 10 below in
SBrdport.-Miss Mabe Mead, who has
been i'll at her home here for several
weeks, has recovered and returned to
Proctor, where she is employed in the
Vermont Marble companys store.-Wil-
liam W. Hope, of Rutland. came to town
Sunday for a short stay with his daugh
ter. Miss Cathryn Hope, who has been
making two weeks visit here with rel
atives, and on Monday returned to the
convent schools in st. Albans.-Mr. and
Mrs. E. j. Fuller of Milton. who have
atives, have returned home to that town.
The Sunday evening union service of
the various churches was held in the
Methodist Church and the address was de-
livered by the Rev. c. II. Hamlin, ID. D.,
of Amherst Mass. There was the Gus
tomary large attendance.-Mrs. Robert
McCuen has returned to Vergennes after
a 10 days visit here with Mrs. Robert
F. Pinney.-Willis n. Cady former mas
ter of the State Grange, will go to Sud-
bury Thursday night of this week and
conduct the exercises of the local Grange
at which there will be limitations and a
banquet-Fred Fassett who has been in
the United States service with the re-
cruits at Camp Upton most of the time
since last August and who was recently
discharged has secured his former posi-
ton as chef at the Hotel Logan.-The va
rious meetings of societies committees
and so forth connected with the Con-
gregational Church, which were to have
been held during the present week, have
been called off for the present as a pre-
cautionary measure in consequence of the
prevalence Of influenza and pneumonia in
other sections of the State.-The meet
ing Of the d. A. r., which was to have
been held with Mrs. John II. Stewart on
Friday evening, has been postponed.
Influenza, with it's concomittant trou-
bles. apparently is dying out in this Sec
tion, no new cases having been reported
for a number of days and the old ones
hanging over appear to be of a very mild
character.-There was a large delegation
from here at the Paris Symphony con-
cert given Monday evening at the uni
versity gymnasium at Burlington,-Ben-
jaIn1n Hayes and family Of Munroe street
are ill.-Frank ]. Hubbard has submitted
his report as treasurer of the pruden-
tial committee Of the Religious Congrega-
tional society of Middlebury for the year
1918. with a cash balance on hand at the
beginning of the year of 5000. The total
receipts for the year were $3,18O.4, of
which the largest items were for sub
scriptions and pew rents, s2,1O2.OS; and
for interests on investments, S432.50; while
there was paid on accounts of former
years, $111.6S. The disbursements for the
year were $2.959.S2, of which the largest
items. aside from the pastors salary
were insurance, s22S.66; fuel, s14l90; or
gan,st, $178; sexton, $132; printing, Sis So
leaving balance on hand at the begin
ming of the year Of $500. 92.-Mr and Mrs.
Hiram Winch and their children, Ralph
and Elsie, have returned to Roundout,
N. Y, after a three weeks visit with rel
atives in Middlebury and adjoining towns.
Noble j. Sanford, deputy sheriff and
custodian of the county jail. is able to
be around the house again after a few
days illness and Mrs. Sanford and daugh-
ter. Pauline. also are recoverng.-Miss
Ida Dragon has returned to Rutland
after passing the holiday season here and
in East Middlebury and Ripton.-John C.
Stokes has returned to Addison after two
weeks here with his mother. Mrs. Thomas
StOkes.-The supper and installation of
officers of the Middlebury Grange which
were to have been held Friday evening,
! have been postponed for at least two
weeks. The business session of the order
Twill be held just the same.-The Mid
dlebury Suffrage Study club. which was
to have met with Mrs. Homer Balm
Thursday afternoon, has been postponed
I-Pearl H. Eaton of Hancock has leased
1.-THE Brewster store on Main street and
Twill open second hand store there
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