Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-08

| which were secured and the cars were
| brought TO town early Tuesday morn
I ing and taken to the garages for re-
! pairs.-Mrs. L. f. Ross has taken q
position as organst at the Method st
! Church for the summer.--Mr. and Mrs.
a. b. Smith attended a picnic party
! given by their children in Manchester
Monday. The affair was in honor Of
Mrs. Smiths 61st birthday. she was
presentel with a large birthday cake,
decorated with 81 candles.-Mr and
, Mrs w. j. Foley Of Rutland and Mrs.
Erich Barnes Of Kansas City. Mo,
were weekend guests at Mr.. and Mrs.
r. E. Ross.-Reginal Bedard has re-
turned from a business trip to Rutland
and Bellows Falls.-Mss Florence E.
Eddy has returned from Wallingfor
after a two weeks visit there at the
home of her brother. Superintendent
| Eugene L. Eddy.--Work has been re-
sumed on the Job of tearing up the road
bed of the approaches to the stone
bridge on Main street which is to be
replaced with cement road It was
found that tho plan of working with a
special plow and tractor power would
not do as the road was so strong that
IT resisted all tho force of the tractor
and pillow SO that picks and crow bars
Ernest Reynolds. who have been visit
ing a the home of Mr.. and Mrs George
Norcomb, for few days. have re-
turned to Proctor Miss Elsie Bruya of
Barre is in town to visit her grand
mother. Mrs. Napoleon La Pan.--Mr
and Mrs. Harry Nassar of Willard
street are parents of a daughter
Mr.. an Mrs. william J. Wood and
son, Frederick. accompanied by Mr.
Woods brother, Anthony Wood of
Proctor, and sister, Miss Minnie wood,
of WallinGford, have started or or 1u-
tomohile trir to Montreal for C'ey
daNs' visit with Relatively . Ter
bert, clerk at the store Of T. r. Cash
man & Son Is on a 10 days vacation.
which she will spend at different
places.-He c. walker has returned
from Proctor. where he has been on
short business trip-Charles H.
Murdick Of Detroit. Mich. is making
a short visit in town. Mr.. Muriick is a
native of Midilebury and passed his
youth hero. but has not been In town
before for Sc years. Eo finds but few
rcople here now whom he knew in his
boyhood 1rC whom he remembers
News was received Tuesday Of the sud
don death MONDAY in Minneapolis
MINI, of Mrs. Mary f. Wilson. wife
of DR.. j. T. Wilson of thai city. Mrs
Wilson was a native Of Middlchu'y and
was the eldest dauchter of tho late
Michael c. Stapleton Of this town. Be-
fore going West. she had taught school
several years in Addison and Rutland
county and had taught for a number
of years in Minneapolis previous to
her marriage. She is survived by her
husband and two children. a son and a
daughter. also by three brothers and
one sister.-Mr. and Mrs Guy NJ
Cooke have returned to Orwell after
visit Of sometime with Mrs Cooks
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred g. Brookins.
in East Middlebury. Work has been
resumed after an interval of several
days on the playground for children
in the park just west of the graded
school building and it is expected the
project will be pushed to completion
within a reasonable time. Some of the
apparatus has already arrived and 1t
VIII be set in place without unneces-
sary delay. Miss Anna Novak will
have charge of the instruction of the
children in their amusement AMI will
give up her Tuesdays and Thursdays
to that work. taking the girls in the
forenoons and the boys in the after
moons. But without reference to this
arrangement all children will be well
come to any part of the day that they
wish to come. Many plans are being
thought out for the benefit of the lit
tie folks and these will be put into
execution one by one as time and OBJ
portunity will allow.D. S. Pease, l.. H
Stalker. Robert Calhoun f r. Yates
and c. F. Rich were in Brandon Tues
day night and attended the meeting of
the I, o. o. F., when Killngton Lodge
of Rutland worked the initiatory de-
gree on a class Of candidates.
James Calhoun. who has been here to
visit his parents. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
w. Calhoun for few days. has returned
to Boston.-Miss Dorothy Henry of Utica.
\. y, is in town to visit Miss Lucy l.
Calhoun.-Mrs Harry L. Youtt and chill
dren Of New York city are in town for
the summer. which they are spending with
Col. Charles l.. Youtt.-Mr. and Mrs
John G. Farmer and Miss Constance
Farmer of Walpole. y. H.. are in town
for the summer with relatives. Harry T.
Brown has gone to Camp Maquam on the
lake shore and Swanton, where he will
o;tciate as camp counsellor through the
summer.-Mr. and Mrs Roger McGregory
have returned to Barre after several weeks
IN Middlebury and vicinity.-Arthur n
i'ioWH VIII HdS the contract Tor building
the addition to the States prison at Wind
sor' has gone TO that place with a gang
OF men and has already got work started.
Mr. and Mrs. James Condor and Miss
Elizabeth Condor have returned after a
short visit with relatives in Bennington.
Mrs. Emily Rogers has returned from
Shoreham where she has been for some
time. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs F. E.
Doislos.-Mr and Mrs. Aaron Gilings,
who have been in Middlebury and vicinity
for two months. have started on their
return home by automobile to Sandusky.
ohio,-Mr. and Mrs. Ransom S. Benedic.
nave returned to Proctor after visiting
friends here and relatives in Bridport -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Gladding have re-
turned to Malone. n. Y. after an extended
visit to friends in this scction.-Dana
Jones has returned to Ira after a weeks
visit in town with friends.
VERGENNES
Vacation privileges arc being extended
to their patrons by the Bixby Memorial
Ere" Library so that they may take eight
books out Al one time, four fiction and