Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-26
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

1T two O'Clock at the Congregational
Church under the auspices of Mount Yer
non Lodge +. q a. M. The bearers were
Maurice G. Greene. Tobius l.. George,
Fred G. Goodrich and c. Porter Greene
FELLOW employees at the Morrisville
Foundry company The Rev. George r.
Goodliffe offciated at brief service, his
subject being THE Kings Highway" in
which he briefly attested to the high
esteem in which Mr. Dodge was held,
also speaking words of comfort and
encouragement to the bereaved family.
There were about 40 Masons present and
the impressive Masonic burial service
was exemplifcd by past master,
Andrew C. Suham. About % members
of the local commandry were also present
In uniform and preceded the Masons in
ffhe line of march from the hall to the
. Dodge residence, where they escorted the
1 body to the church. There was an I'M
usually large and beautiful display of
flowers, from the relatives and several
organization, of which he was a member.
also from the Unity Glass of the Con-
.gregational Church of which Mrs Dodge
IL member, Harold II. Dodge was
born on the Dodge farm In Morristown,
90 years ago. Hc received his education
lin the rural, schools and at Peoples
Electrical Trade school al New York city.
where he completed the course. After
! graduating from this school he held
! responsible positions at Cambridge and
Palmer, Mass. He also held a position as
. travelling salesman for some time, before
, returning to the home of his parents
2 here on account of the poor health of his
) father. He remained on the farm until
the buildings burned and then moved to
, The village. where he has since been
engaged in the moving picture business
and as bookkeeper for the Morrsvlle
Foundry company Three years ago last
August. he was united in marriage to
Miss Pauline Kent, daughter of Mrs.
casper r. Kent of Burlington. who with
enc son, Kent, survives. He is also
survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs.
= Harrison Dodge, a sister Mrs. =. c.
dodge. A brother. Kenneth. was drowned
three years ago at Greensboro. The death
of Harold Dodge seems particularly sad, it
being u distinct loss TO the community
as well as a great bereavement to the
family and friends He was young
man of exceptional business abilities and
put his whole life into his work. this hav-
ing been marked trait of his character
from his early boyhood. In his social
life, he was popular and in his home life
Z devoted and loving son, husband and
father.-Mrs. l.. c. Jones. who has been
very Ill with bronchitis. is getting along
nicely.-Miss Doris Graves spent Sunday
with friends in Stowe.-Mr and Mrs. w.
p. Mould of Mineville, n. Y, were guests
from Friday night until Monday of the
latter's mother, Mrs. Frances Greene.
and the formers father w. f.. Mould.
Mrs. Mould is at present teaching art in
frlaltn SlD ,itnl ha
vacancy caused by the illness of the art
teacher-H. C. Dewey Smith of the Co.
operative creamery, was a business
visitor in Boston several days last week.
Miss Susan Downer, spent Sunday with
relatives in Stowe.-Mrs. T. f. Schutt,
who has been i'll the past week, is much
improved.-Miss Nora Greene. of the
Secretary of States office. Montpelier
spent Sunday at her home here.-Miss
Mary Mould is i'll with mumps. Warren
Farnham. who has been very i'll with
influenza and mumps, is improving.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs Albert
Godfrey. who is very i'll with pneumonia.
and appendicitis. was taken Monday to
the Fanny Allen hospital. Winooski
Tuesday. reports from the hospital
stated that he was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
has been received here of the death at
=.
Giles Greenough. Mr.. Greenough work.
cd in the Small neighborhood for eight or
nine years and made many friends. who
regret to learn of his loss.-School open-
ed Monday in the Small neighborhood
after being closed "A week on account of
the Illness of the teacher, Mrs Carl
Jarvis. Mrs. +. T. Churcill, who has been
quite i'll, is recovering.-Mrs. Fred NJ
Small went Monday to Barre for a few
days stay.-William Meacham of Mid
diebury College is visiting at the home
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs +. &. Meac-
ham,. F. Roy of Holyoke Mass, is
spending a few days at his home here
~George Putnam Wolcutt died at his
home on the Gilmore Mountain Road Sun
day at 2:3o a. m. after an illness of about
five hours, the cause of his death being
a shock. Several years ago, Mr.. VOL
ontt suffered a shock. but for several
weeks his health had seemed as good as
usual and on Sunday afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Wolcutt went to the home of j
". Wakefield TO spend the afternoon
On their return home in the evening he
complained of feeling i'll and died short =
~ after. Mr.. Wolcutt born in VOL
colt GO years ago and spent his younger
days there Six years ago he moved to
the farm where he died. Besides his
wife. he is survived by sister. Mrs,
George Gould and two brothers,
Luther and Charles Wolcutt. of Gilmore.
The funeral was held from his late home
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock the Rev.
George fortier of the Universalist
Church officiating. The bearers were f.
T. Cutler of Barre, George Gould Luther
Wolcutt Charles Wocutt. Those pres
ent from out of town to attend the flu
neral were Mr.. and Mrs f. r. Cutler
and Mrs. A. II. Smith of Barre, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. E. Williams of Craftsbury
and Charles Gates of Wolcutt.--D 4.
Sanders Is convalescent after an attack
iof mumps.-Nlr. and Mrs. A. A. jenkins
spent Sunday in Stowe-Dr, ]. NJ Canty
has been in the Small district the past
week testing herds. Only two cows and
two heifers out of 100 head were con-
d. demned.
nv JEFFERSONVHL