Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-08-12

| party at her home Friday afternoon. lea
cream and cake were served Her littls
friends left her many presonts.-The pyo,
gram for the meeting of Mansfield Noun.
tain Grange Saturday afternoon will be
IN charge of the Flora Mrs. Nina Nuttine.
| ana VIII be appropriate to Floras day
The children are asked to bring Wild
howers.-The quilt made for the August
sale by the Triangle club has been placed
In Mrs. Cheneys office in the Akeley Me-
mortal building All interested In the sue
cess OF the sale should ask Mrs Cheney
as to its disposal.-Clfford Pfaff Of Grand
Haven Mich, has Joined his family at
the home Of his cousin. Mrs. H. E. Shaw
where they have passed the summer Mr.
Pfaf's mother was formerly Miss Emma
Gale of Stowe.-Miss Marie Dahman Miss
/ Evelyn Olsen and Miss Helen Gleason Of
New Haven. Conn, are guests at Angus
H. Gales. Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Smith Of
Central Falls who are building bun.
galow on the F. NJ Sears farm are at Mr..
Gales for two weeks.-Col. and Mrs F. 3.
Thomas and daughter, Hazel. OF Mont
pelier. passed the weekend with the
colonel's cousins. Mr. and Mrs. s. H.
Nutting and Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Sears
meeting has been called for three
o'clock Friday afternoon on the Unity
Church lawn to which all are invited who
are interested in organizing a Young
America" club as proposed by Miss Ed
ington at the Radcliffe Chautauaua ses-
sons Tuesday afternoon and evening
children between six and IS and their
parents are especially urged to come. The
officers will be chosen from the children
between 10 and IL. 1t is planned to teach
the children storytelling, folk dances,
manua training and drills II Is planned
u work for the equipment OF a play.
ground. The new pastor and principal
the Rev G. F.. Hayward and c. ]. Strand,
VINO have been doing such work in North
Troy have promised to aid in so doing
nere.-The Rev and Mrs. NJ. z. Bacon
are now with their daughter Mrs. Clair
Poulson, and family in Castlewood. S. D.
Mr. Bacon has been i'll since arriving in
South Dakota, but is recovering -Miss
Ruth McMahons dancing class at Wa
terbury Center will close with public
on the evening of the 18th. There will be
special music and all are invited. One Of
the Chautauqua lecturers created much
interest when he said that he had found
no one here who knew how Mt Mansfield
received its name. which. he said. was
given TO the mountain in honor of Lord
Mansfield of England who az cnref
justice handed down the decision that the
moment slave breathed the air or touch.
ed the soil of England he became free.
The lecturer, however. before leaving
town. admitted that he had reasoned out
tine theory himself and it still remains the
fact that the mountain was called Mans
1eld Mountain from the township Of
Mansfield. chartered in 1863 In which ter
ritory the mountain lay The township,
which was divided and annexed to Stowe
and Cnderhil in 1s4s was. # /. supposed
named for the Massachusetts town Of
Mansfield from which some Of the early
settlers came.
Miss Mary Bigelow Peterson of Mill
waukee. Wis. who is visitor here. has
with her a copy of a teachers certifcte
received by her mother. the late Mrs.
Martha Bigelow Peterson. in 1s43. from
Sylvester Edison. emitting her to teach
for one year in the town of Mansheld.--
The Rev. and Mrs. George F.. Beecher
and daughters Of Woonsocket, r. l., are
visiting Mrs. Beecher's mother, Mrs.
Rosamond Macutchan. and other Stows
frends.-Mrs. G.. w. Jacko and guests.
Mrs. A. G. Atherton and daughter Of
Springfield. Mass, are visiting relatives
in Wiliamstown.-Nrs. B. A. Brickey
and son, Earl, of Worcester. Mass. but
formerly Of Stowe, who have visited her
Sohs' buS anu r''elett' are passing ms
rest of the month with them at the farm
they have purchased in Waterbury.-Miss
Harriet Adams is passing the summer
at Beaver Dam, Rangeley Lakes, Me-.
where she Is caring for some children az
trained nurse. Her sister. Miss Jessie
Adams, has recently completed a course
of training at a hospital in Wellesley.
Mass.-A. r. Straw, master of Harmony
Pomona Grange. F. of H. attended the
meeting of the Grange at Duxbury Wed.