Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-17
VERGENNES

The attendance at the spelling conte.t .t
for the cham pionship IN the Addison
northwest district, held here. was hs-
tween 400 and 500 The towns of Addi.
son, Ferrisburg, Monkton. Panton, Ner-
sennes and Waltham were represented
by the winners of the local contest of no
schools of each town. The championship
was won by Della Martin daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Martin, a pupil Of
the Greenbrush district school. Donald
Townsend of the Vergonnes Junior High
School ranking second. There were four
contestants standing when the 80 words
in the pamphlet were exhausted, Della
Martin. Donald Townsend. Margaret Sears
and Barbara Jackson. Words from tho
spelling book were then given out. all
but the winner going down on the first
word given them. The three words from
the spelling book which were msspeled
by the three contestants were chiffonier,
culender and sieve.-Supt. w. l.. Cog
gins held an examination of pupils for
free instruction at the school building
Saturday.-The members of the Nature
club enjoyed an outing Saturday and Sup-
day at Grandview Mountain.-Mr. and
Mrs. l.. F. Gibbs of Huntington Falls.
Mass, on an auto trip. are making fow
days visit TO Mrs. Gibbs parents Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Danyow, at their home
on Maple street.-George D. Middlebrook
sustained slight shock on his right side
Friday evening.-The Community Chau-
tauqua opens here July and closes five
days later. Committees in charge of The
advertising and sale of tickets are set.
ting active and all indications point to a
big success-Mrs. Hobart Potter Of
Newark. n. J., is visiting her parcnts.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Ezra Smth.-Ralph Ncw-
ton has moved his family to the G r.
McCuen house on Maple street. which he
recently purchased The executive board
of the Ferrisburg Driving associa ion
held meeting Saturday evening and
completed arrangements for the building
of large horse barn on the assoca tfon
grounds They plan to have the barn.
ready for use by July and Oliver Da uyxs
has contracted to furnish the lum ber-
The association plans for big celebra-
ton July t. which 1t will observe Monday.
July 5-Miss Anna Kingman, who haa
been teaching in Pennsylvania the last
year, is at her home on Greene street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Glidden have moved
from the Merrill farm in West Addison
to the Roy Yattaw tenement on East
School street
Home project clubs among the pupils
of Nergennes schools are again being N.
Sanized and the activities of the boys and
girls will be directed along profitable lines
during the coming vacation weeks. The
enrolment by clubs in the first six grades
are aS follows: Garden project 100 pupils;
sewing Is; poultry IL; cooking eight; can-
ming six; pigs four; calf three; lamb one.
High School girls are enrolled for differ
ont projects.-Walter w, Bristol.
Albert a, Larrow and Joseph Danyow
have been appointed commissioners of the
estate of Peter Larrow and will hold their
first meeting at the residence of W. w.
Bristol in Ncrgennes on July 10 from
two o'clock until four o'clock in the a tter.
noon.-Howard Grandey of Southbridge,
Mass, is passing a week with his uncle
and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Grandey.
Ernest Little has returned from a week's
visit to his aunt, Mrs. William Sorreu
of Shelburne,-- Nergennes High school
nine defeated the Shelburne High on the
home grounds of the latter Saturday by
a score of to 5.-Mrs. John Dolan of
Woodbridge is a guest of Mrs. w. J.
Thompson.-The Misses Florida Better
and Katherine Ramsay, who have been
taking course in stenography at the
Burlington BUSINESS College, have secured
positions, respectively, in the Preston
jewelry store and II. Il. Clarkson's, Bur.
visiting her brothers. j. w. and d. E
Ryan.-Mrs. Chrysler of Kansas City has
arrived at her summer home, Ravens
nest.-Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 7. Donnelly