Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
Orleans County
NEWPORT

Henry s. Root gave a dinner Friday
night to IS of his friends in honor of
his 8lst birthday. The out of town guests
were Fred H. Babbitt, George l. Whitney
and John f. Paddock Of Bellows Falls.
Elisha Bgelow and William Jeffries of
Lyndonville.-Harley Litchfield, employed
on the night shift at the B. G. NJ. trans
fer station. was badly bruised about the
face and considerably shaken up by a
fall between the car and the platform
Thursday night The lights were very
dim and Litchfield did not notice that his
platform was partly off the edge of the
car The weight of the truck tipped
the platform and he was thrown be-
tween the car and the station platform.
He was attended by DR.. ]. F. Blanchard.
Mrs. E. J. Manning left Monday for
Worcester. Mass, where she will enter
the City hospital for treatment-Mr. and
Mrs A. T. Rogers and Mrs. Mildred
Downey have returned from Burlington,
Mrs. Rogers being a delegate from the
local lodge of Rebekahs to the encamp-
ment-Mrs Leon Colodny and children,
Miss, Miriam and Raymond Colodny, are
spending several days in New York city.
Miss Ruth Brown Of the State library
commission was in town Thursday. Miss
Brown addressed the pupils Of the
teacher-training course at Derby Academy
in the afternoon.-R Brown has
returned from Lowell, Mass, where he
spent the winter.-Miss Gertrude Lunt,
who spent the winter In Utica, NJ Y, Is
in town and plans to spend the summer
here.-George W. Hamilton is visiting in
Kansas City.-Edmund Richard and
daughter, Miss Dorothy Richard. who
spent the winter in Rialto. Calf, arrived
home May IL for the summer. Mr..
.Richard plans to sell his home farm and
live In California, where he has many
relatives.-Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Wells OF
Clinton, Mass. have been visiting Mr..
Wells brother. Arthur Wells.
The Rev. H. B. Rankin and c. L. Drown
have gone to Burlington. where Mr.. Ran
kin attended the meeting Of the trustees
Of the Baptist State convention.-Miss
Katherine Mcmillan of Waterbury, Conn,
is helping to care for her aunt, Mrs.
Mary Lorimer.-Mrs. Jasper Cummings
and son of Coventry were recent guests of
Miss Daisy Douglass.-Herbert Perry,
Charles Cousens and Arthur Corliss have
been visiting the government experiment
station in Lennoxville,- Annie Crane
and Mrs. Elizabeth Crane were recent
guests of Mrs. Frank Thompson, en- route
from Richford to Coaticook. p. O. Miss
Crane is receiving beneficial treatment
from DR.. C. s. Acknowledgment s
quota for the Salvation Army drive was
5000. So far only about $500 has been re-
ceived but 1t is hoped by the committee
that some more may be turned in as the
drive will be Observation-Disclosures have
been received to attend the graduation Of
Miss Alma Hallenborg from the training
school for nurses Of the Flower Hos
pital Of New York city.-Mr. and Mrs
Milton Reed Of Ayers Cliff are guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gall Billings.-Miss Annie
Daniels has gone to her home in st.
Johnsbury-Wesley Rankin, student at
Lyndon Agricultural School visited his
parents, the Rev. and Mrs. II. B. Rankin
over Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs. Harlow
Drown and daughters, Dorothy and luna,
accompanied by Mrs. C. L. Drown left
Monday for their homo in Uxbridge
Mass.-Mrs. F. A. Brown has been called
to New York by the illness of her hus-
band.-Miss Bertha Pomfrey and Gordon
Mooney are spending the weekend with
the Rev and Mrs. G. II. Pomfrey in Rich
ford.-Mrs Florence Lemoine is visiting
her sister. Mrs. N. G. Stevens in Rock
Island p O.