Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-13

Sunday.
There was a meeting of the retiring
United Church executive committee at
Tao o'clock Wednesday evening Mt the
Vestry OF the Congregational Church. The
choir will meet for rehearsal Thursday
evening with Mrs. II. w. Barrows.-At
the meeting of Mansfield Mountain
orange Saturday evening the first and
second degrees were worked by the ladies'
degree team upon four candidates. 1t
was voted to work the same degrees at
the next regular meeting and to invite
the degree team of the Lamoile Grange
OF Morrisvlle to work the third and fourth
degrees at special meeting early in
.Iunc.-The Sunday school classes of Mrs.
Agnes Jenney ad Mrs. Lola Douglass will
conduct drive this week for the Saliva
ton Army fund. Mrs. Alice Loveioy will
be in charge Of the work of Mrs
Douglass class. as Mrs. Douglass cannot
attend to it.-A family dinner party at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dow II. Smith
Sunday was In honor of Mr.. Smiths
doth birthday and was arranged as a sur
prise for him. There were is present. in
Guiding Mr.. Smiths mother, Mrs. Alma
Smith. Mrs. II. T.. Jenny, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. s. Macutchan and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w. Burnham. Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. c. Lovetoy. Mr.. and Mrs: r. L. Recor
and Mr. and Mrs. +. r. Downer of Hard
wick Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Luce were callers
in the afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Luce re-
turneds FROM Burlington Sunday. Mrs.
Luce called on Mrs. Abbie Warren and
Miss Martha Curry at the Mary Fletcher
hospital Sunday morning. finding both
gaining.-H. L. Jenney. Jr. of Morris
VILE called on friends in stowe Sunday
evening.
The Mt Mansfield Creamery and Grain
association has begua work on it's now
granary and warehouse which will be
situated on the line of railroad south Of
the freight depot. The site has been pur-
chased of the c. Y. and f. o. Burt COM
pany and will enable the handling of
more grain at cheaper figure as IL will
allow accommodations for the installat ion
of grinding and mixing apparatus and
elevator for unloading cars of bulk grain.
which under the old arrangement was
TOO expensive to attempt on the scale de
manded by the business. The building
will be "a feet by 100 with 90 feet posts.
The storehouse at the creamery will be
turned over into supply depot for
creamery manufacturing supplies. The
work is being done by l.. d. Hiliker of
Morristown.-There was a meeting Mon
day afternoon of the Relief Corps COM
mittee appointed to provide a suitable
memorial for the unknown dead of the
army and navy. +. l.. Howe of Northfeld
met the committee and a tablet was Sc
lected and arrangements are being made
to provide n boulder to bear the tablet
which will be suitably nscribed.-William
II. Culver reports that he has made %
pounds of fine sugar from one tree this
spring, thus beating all records known
here, except that of his own of two years
ago, when he made 50 pounds from the
same tree The tree which grows in MIR.
Culver's dooryard has a short trunk and
heavy limbs. Two buckets and four spouts
were used. One good run of SAP 'vus lost
by buckets running over. Last var the
yield was ten pounds.
Forrest f. wilkins claims the record
for the amount of sugar from an orchard
having So pounds of sugar to 60t
buckets on his farm on West Branch
formerly owned by Eliakim Blgelow.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Pike and three
daughters of Kicker mountain visited Mr.
and Mrs. Roswell Russell Tuesday.-Mrs
Alice Martin of East Brookfeld is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Athcr.-
Mrs. Carroll Bedell and Mrs. Franl,
Bedell were in Waterbury Tuesday.-Mrs
p. r. Gale. who has been i'll for two
weeks. is recovering.-Mrs. Helen a
wilkins. who had an i'll turn Sunday
night, was more comfortable Monday
The Misses Jessie Southland, Hazel Cakes
Pauline Harris. Pearl Taylor and Beatrice
returned Monday from Burlington. where
they attended the Older Girls conference
iof the Y. w. c. A.-Mrs. Mary Sherbut
Returned Monday from Granville. y. Y.
where she has been with her son. Ralph
Sherbut. and family.s The daughter OF
Mr.. and MIS-. Ralph Sherbut. who has
been very i'll with acute bright's disease
Is moro comfort able.-Mrs. Mary Sherbut
Will have employment at Lake Mans
field during the summer-AIr. and Mrs
Myron Prescott of Waterbury were visi-
tors at Mrs. Rose Reeds Neutrality-suspicious.
Belts and two children and Miss Grace
,'Ploof. who motored here from Lebanon
IN. H., Monday, were accompanied home
by Mrs. Belts, who has been visiting
Tier parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ploof.-
Miss Alice Cole has returned to Norris,
town after visiting her sister. Mrs. o. A
Barrows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert f. Bruce Of New
York. who We're guests at tho Greer
Mountain Inn Tuesday. also visited Mr.
Bruces uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Il. c. Russell, while here. Mr.. Bruce, who
represents the Educational Film Corpora
ton Of New York secured photograph or
scenery in several localities in town. bu
found it too early in the season for favor
able pictures. Mr.. and Mrs, Bruce lef
Wednesday for the White Mountains
William Loomis. representing the White
Entertainment Bureau, was guest n
the Green Mountain Inn Tuesday night
4 canning Notornttrv
where he booked a course of entertain
ment.-The senior class OF Stowe hgl
school will present three-act comedy
IAN Early Bird" at the Akeley Memoria
building Friday evening.-SiXteen mem
bers of the Donald Nj. Mcmahon Post
American Legion went Tuesday evenin,
to Jeffersonville where they attended
meeting and dinner given by tho Jeffer
sonvilie Post. Messrs. f.. w. NICHOLSON
/ r. r. McMahon. Irving Sweet and Gal
II. Shaw furnished transportation 70
the party-Miss Julia l.. Hind, State su
perVisor OF domestic economy and Mis-
Mary r. PIesnahan, State supervisor o
Latin and French, visited Stowe hig
school Tuesday and were registered
the Green Mountain Inn.-W. j. New
comb of Springfield was a guest at III
Inn Tuesday.-The Stowe high and grad
led school session, Wednesday morning
was called off, some trouble with waite
pipes making it impossible to start tn
fire for heating.-Mr and Mrs. IL. {
Fuller and children. Theodore and HID
and Mrs. Clara Downer went Wednesda
to Burlington, where Hilda was take
to see a physican.-Mr. and Mrs. siia
A. Stebbns went Tuesday to Winoosl
whers Mrs Stebbins expects to nave
operation for appendicitis at the ram
Allen hospital. Mr. and Mrs. c. b. Bui
motored to Montpelier Tuesday