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

giving them the slip by changing cars
at the corner of East state and Main
streets. Mr.. and Mrs. Niles received many
handsome and useful gifts of cut glass
silver and money. The groom is son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Niles and is employed
at the Jerome market The bride mas
been a clerk at the McCuen store 1or
the past two years. Upon their return
will be at home TO their friends at "A Elm
street.
NORTHFIEID
MIR. and Mrs. John Mcnamara OF New
York city, have been spending rev Gays
in town. guests at the home OF Mis- NC
Namara's aunt. Mrs. r. X. Adams. lney
left for Portland, Me-, making the Trip oy
automobile. George Hasclton left sat
urday for Boston He is to Join his father,
James Hazelton, who has been vlsitlng
In this vicinity for a few weeks and go
to Oklahoma City, Okla. with him. His
father has been a resident OF Oklahoma
for several years-Mr and Mrs. George
w. Clark. who have recently returned
from St. Cloud, Mimi, were In town last
week. MIR. Clark was superintendent TOT
the Woodbury. Granite company in North
field for several years.-Mrs. Arthur
Baker and son of Melrose, Mass. are WIS.,
iting at the home of her sister. Mrs. }. f.
Rabidou.-Mrs. blanche Barram or BAN
gor, ". Y, who has been spending Two
weeks In town. the guest OF her cousin.
Mrs. John Croney. has returned to her
home.-Mr and Mrs. p j. Flood are the
parents of son. born Thursday.-Mr. and
Mrs. II. A. Campbell, son, Carver, ac-
cofnpaned by Miss Agnes Herlhy. lert
last week for trip to Highgate and NAL
let's Bay. They were Joined by Miss Mary
Finn Saturday and the party left Tor
trip through the Adirondack mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Perry are parents
of son born August T.
j. II. Hazelton a former resident, left
last week for Massachusetts ana Con-
necticut to visit relatives and from there
will go to Minneapolis, Mimi. to visit
his youngest son, Fred, before returning
to his home in Oklahoma city. Mr..
Hazelton has been spending the past
three weeks with relatives In Northfeld
and vicinity. He has lived in Oklahoma
for the past eight years.-Mrs. Joseph
Belmore. Mrs. John Cassidy and John
Aiken. who have been visiting at the home
of their brother, James Aiken have
gone to Montreal and go from there to
Kingston. ontario. to visit another
brother and will then return to their
home In Chicago, Ill.-Mrs J. l.. Taylor,
Miss Mary Taylor and James Taylor Jr.,
of Pittsburg. Penn. are visiting in town,
guests of Sergeant and Mrs. Fl. r.
Schucker-MissB Bertha Delisle has COM
menced work as night operator in the
office of the Mortified Telephone Com
pany Miss Mildred Rabidou is also
working in the offlce.-Miss Irene Biork-
lund, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Harold Aldrich has returned to
her home in Woodhaven. N. Y.-The n
Pelaggi Granite Company. whose plant
was recently destroyed by fire, has moved
into one Of the sheds Of the Woodbur!
Granite Company, near the station and
commenced work. Mr.. Pelaggi is to be
| congratulated on getting a plant into
running order in so short a time. Every
one In town was pleased to have him
find room.-The Northfield graded and
high school commences Monday August
30. following Is the list Of teachers: Prin
cipal John ]. Finnessy. Miss Lilliar
Petty and Miss Edith Leslie. Of last
years force in the high school, with Miss
Martha F.. Hersey of Melrose, Mass. Miss
Marion Walker of Cabot and Miss Myrtle
Rogers Of Braintree new this year. The
graded school teachers are: Eight Mrs
Inez Perkins of Northfield, seventh. Mis-
Cora Kennedy of Williamson, sixth, Mis-
Dora Brown OF Stanford; fifth, Mis-
Marion Brown Of STAFFORD, fourth, Mis-
Ruth E. Staples and Mary A. Towne o
Northfield third Miss Doris Rogers
Braintree; second, Mrs. Cornelia Porter
Mortified; first Mrs. Inez Woodbury. o
| Mortified, first A, Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Plast
| ridge and Miss Ethel l.. Shaw.
| The funeral of Fred Blake, whose dealt
occurred in Hartford Conn. was hell
| from NJ f. Chase's undertaking rooms
Monday afternoon. with burial in Noun
Hope cemetery. Elder Ora Boyce Off
ciated Death was caused from an acct
dent which happened three days before
He was working on the telephone line II
! Hartford and 35-foot pole struck hin
and felled him to the ground. fracturin
| his skull. He never regained conscious
ness. The deceased Is a former residen
of Northfield, and was IS years old an
| unmarried. He was the oldest son of MI
and Mrs. Frank A. Blake of Hartford
Conn. former residents of this town. an
is survived by them and three brothers
Edmund of Northfield, Cecil and Benjami
of Hartford: and an adopted sister, Mil
dred Foreman of Greenfield, Iowa.-Dl
1 and Mrs. William B. Mayo are the par
entS Ol d sOH, DOTIl NoHohy hiSH''-."
]. c. Donahue Is seriously Ill with pneu
monia-Willam d. Hassett, formerly G
i Northfeld, now of Washington, D. c
recently sailed with a Iarty of newspape
men for visit to the Hawaiian ISLANDS
!, Philippine Islands, China, Siberia an
Japan. They go to these countries
study the customs and onditons.-Mis
Zoe Louise Harness. daughter of Mr.. an
Mrs Philip Harness Of this town, an
, Robert B. Smelling, Y. S. c., were maj
, ried Monday morning in ST. Johns Catht
lie Church. the Rev. J. A. Lynch off1cia
ing. They were attended by Miss Vern
Bean of Montpelier. and Wilfred Cannon
!, Y. S. c. The bride wore white taffet
, with veil and carried bridal bouque
, while the bridesmaid wore pink organd
, with hat to match and carried sweet pea
/ Mr.. Smelling Is a member of the Unite
States Cavalry and Is statlonal at No
/ wich University. They will reside in tn
town.
! WATERBURY
: The Misses Ruth and Josephine Park
of Now York city are guests at the hon
of their aunt. Mrs. p. j. Chase Mi