Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-08
ESSEX JUNCTION

| If seeing snakes means anything to the
supersttious person. or to the one who
| has had EN-" surely 1t was not so with
| Theophile O'Connor, who last week saw
| and killed four reptiles in the course of
| an hour while choppng in the lumber
woods near Colchester pond and to make
his story bear him out he hailed his
| companions nearby to come examine
the yellow striped specimens he had laid
away. All agreed that the early appear
ance in the spring forecast unusual
| advancement of springtime. Frogs for
the past few days have made known
their whereabouts. These with other
| signs make sure that Easter fineries will
not be out Of place with the festival at an
earlier date than for some years past.
son was born Thursday morning to
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Goyette at the Mary
| Fletcher hospital.
Miss Anna st. Amour from the Center.
who has been very Ill, threatened with
pneumonia. is able to be out.
Mrs. Frank F.. ZuilI died Thursday at
| Essex Center after a short Illness with
pleuro pneumonia. She was 81 years of
age. Besides her husband she Is survived
by one sister residing in Brooklyn. N. Y.
and a brother at Ogdensburg. n. Y. The
funeral was held Monday morning at
| ~ . CIOth from lHe 1nuTCH Oh lHe f1Oly
Family.
Max Drury has resigned his position
with the Stearling Trust company at
Johnson and returned home.
| Mrs. c. B. Tyler returned Friday from
| Newark. n. j., where she was called by
| the Illness and death of her brother,
| Clarence Wright
Easter Sunday in the Congregational
Church will long be remembered as a
! day of joy and inspiration at the early
morning service, which was conducted by
| the Rev. r. II. Rouse. there We're GO in
attendance. At the largely attended fore
noon service the pastor preached an in
spring sermon. Appropriate music was
rendered by the choir. At this service the
announcement was made that Chester
Stanley son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Stanley. had sent an Easter gift of 800
to the church society. At the close of the
sermon. the ordinance of the Lord s
supper was observed and sixteen were
| received into membership Of the church
At Il O'Clock a short session of the Bible
school was held and a short missionary
program consisting of the singing of mis-
sionary hymns and brief address by
the superintendent of missions. Mrs. Har-
| riet Carpenter. was given and an Easter
| offering for missions received. At four
o'clock the cantata. THE Easter King"
| was presented to "A large and apprecia-
tive audience. This cantata Is impress
| sive and with the Scripture readings by
Professor Preston. interspersed among
the varied musical numbers. combined to
| make a beautiful service Each of the
ten numbers depicted some event in the
life of Christ. Especially effective were
| the solos, The King in the Temple ="
by Mrs. Philbert. "The King in Darkness -
by Mr.. Hawkins. The Kings Trial" by
Mesdames Sharpley and Phibert. The
Kings Sacrifice" by Mrs. Wiley. THE
Kings Victory" by Mr.. Thomas. The
Kings Ascension" by MIR. West and
THE Kings Final Glory" by Mr. Put
nam. These with a chorus of nearly 30
voices proved a vertable musical treat
Mrs. Arkley accompanied in her usual
pleasing manner. Great credit is due to
IS r. Goodnough under whose efficient
direction the cantata was given Much
credit also is due to Miss Paddock and
her assistants for the procuring and ar
ranging of the beautiful floral decorations.
At seven O'Clock the Christian Endeayor
meeting was held. the subject being "An
Endless Life: leader. Walter Osbourne.
At this meeting Chaplain Head of Fort
Ethan Allen gave an interesting talk and
Mr. Head rendered solo in a very pleas
ing manner.
Carlton. the E-year-old son of SerCt.
and Mrs. George Spicer died at his home
on Lower Pearl street Monday evening
about $50 after an illness Of five weeks
with scarlet fever followed by nephritis.
Besides his parents he is survived by
Two brothers, George and Alden The
iuheral winch was private was held
yesterday morning. Mr.. and Mrs Spicer
came here from Panama and have been
occupying the VIII Baker house, which
they purchased last fall
The Misses Margaret and Geneyieve
Stinehour, neces of Mrs. Floyd Barnes.
came from Detroit, Mich, Saturday and
will make their home with Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Barnes on Pearl street They are
daughters OF Hugh Stinehour. brother of
Mrs Barnes. whose wife died recently
OF pneumonia. The young misses made
the trip alone. having to change trains
four times during the journey.
The Easter service at the Methodist
Church was very impressive and ~ were
received into the church membership.
| This makes total of % received into
the church since the beginning Of the
evangelistic campaign, being two in excess
of the quota which Essex has to furnish
toward the million new members which
Methodism seeks to reach by June. 1920
At the annual meeting of BETHANY
u Chapter q. u. S. Tuesday evening Of
ficers were elected as follows: w. NJ,