Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-09
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY


Middlebury girls went this week
to teach school in other towns in Addison
county: Miss Agnes Pigeon and Miss Hope
Billings to Weybrdge, Miss Stella Tur-
ner to Ferrisburg, Miss Eletta Pease and
Miss Irene Adams to Bristol Miss
Christine Billings to New Haven. Miss
Edith Brown and Miss Elizabeth Stokes
to Shoreham and Miss Edna Kirby to
Bridgeport These Middlebury girls will
teach in the Middlebury schools out side
of the village district Miss Rena Smith at
East Middlebury. Miss Oliata Fletcher
the North street school. Miss May T.
Kirby the turnpike school, and Miss
Madeline Newton in the Seeley district.
Miss Mary Slason has returned to
Brandon after 10 days here az the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Bacon.-Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Baldwin. went Monday
to Mddlebury, Conn, where she has en-
gagged to teach.-The preliminary check
list for tho September primaries has been
posted and contains no names of women
as yet. The board Of civil authority will
hold It's last meeting for the revision Of
the check list at eight O'Clock Saturday
evening ut the Office of Town Clerk Joseph
NJ. Burke.-Dennis McHugh Is seriously
III at his home in the east part of the
and son, Allen, have returned from Bel
grade Lakes. Maine. where they have been
spending the summer.
Mrs. Dora Lambert and son, Herson,
! have arrived from Belgrade Lakes, Me,
| where they have been spending the
summer and are at the Lambert home.
Mr. and Mrs c. r. Crane and children
have gone to South Hero where they
will visit relatives, after which they
will visit the White Mountains, Port
| land. Me, and Needham, Mass and from
! there will leave for Daytona Beach,
! Fla to spend the winter.-Re gina Id
! Bedard. popular clerk at the Clayton
| NJ Hanks store. is on weeks vaca
| tion, which he will spend In Bellows
| Falls.-Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bruya of this
! village have Just received word from
their son. Brother Anthony of Wash
| ington, D. c., that he has been sum-
moned to Rome on semidiplomatic
miss ion. Brother Anthony is now en-
route on the liner Celtic. 1t is under
! stood he will visit Egypt and several
! places in the Holy Land.---Mr and Mrs.
| Oakley Jones and son have returned to
! Boston after two weeks at the home of
/ Mr. and Mrs a IT. Calhoun.-Dr. and
Mrs. l.. E. Mellen, who have spent sew
| eral weeks in town visiting their son.
Phillip f. Mellen, have gone TO White
Plains, N Y, to visit their daughter,
Mrs. Allen Nelson, before returning to
Manatee. Fla.-Nr. and Mrs. Phillip
Sparks and son, who have been in town
to visit at the home of Mr.. Sparks par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Sparks, have
! returned to Collaboration c. Ryder
is in Rutland this week, where he will
Judge the horses, all classes, also act
as marshall at the Rutland fair and
horse show.--Monday, market day. eggs
brought SIS to 5S cents; dairy butter. 50
and creamery 65.-Miss Rena O'Bryan,
who has been spending her vacation in
town with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Ransom O'Bryan, has returned to North
ampton, Mass.
Miss Kathleen Hunt by pumping water,
saved from total destruction a furniture
truck, owned by George A. Hall of Bur
lington, on the road to New Haven Fri
day afternoon. When it appeared in
front of the Hunt residence smoke began
to appear from underneath the top. In
a few minutes the top was ablaze. Miss
Hunt saw the fire and Immediately pro-
cured all the pals about the house and
barn and commenced to pump water
The two drivers of the truck carried and
threw the water upon the fire. Although
quite a bit of the furniture was burned
the truck was saved from destruc-
ton. The loss will amount to about $500
Miss Bertha Haley of Cathage, Mo, IL
in town to visit her cousin, Mrs. Elber'
3. Holmes.-The Rev. f. B. Holmes and
family returned Friday from an amtomo,
bile trip to Maine, where they have beer
spending a month The Rev. A. z. Car.
, penter, former rector of St Stephens $
who has been supplying his place, has
| ~ NJ
Mrs. Fred W. Beckwith of New York
city, former residents. are at the Addi
son House for few days.--Miss Saraf
Leach of Eas, Fairfield is visiting hel
aunt, Mrs Theodore Duckctt.-IlowarC
Bruya of Boston Is in town to visit his
> | parents Mr.. and Mrs. r. n. Bruya.-Mr
and Mrs Frank Halpin and SON. Charles
Of Leicester, Mass, are visiting Mr.. Hal
pins mother. Mrs. Michael Halpin-Ca rd,
have been received here announcing the
marriage In Lowell, Mass. of Miss Lii
liam Alice Brown to Walter j. Phillip.
of Lowell. Mass. Miss Brown s the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. y. Brown
of Court street.-Mrs. Edwin LsBrake anc
, daughter Miss Margaret LaBrake, o
Bristol, Conn, arc in town.-James Mul
, len of Boston, a resident here for A
: years, is In town with his wife. They ar,
=
{ daughter Mr.. and Mrs Arthur StaX o
, Boston, who are their wedding trip
Mrs Hattie Harris and Mrs Juli;
/ Goland Of Eastern. Pa, are here for ar
indefinite visit at the home of their par
l ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph LaRock.-Johr
W. Nugent, William Nugent and Mis-.
Bridget Nugent of Buffalo, n. Y, all ma
tives and longtime residents Of Middle
bury, and John w. Nugent. Jr., are II
this section on an automobile trip anC
will visit friends in various towns in this
= vicinity.-Mrs. Frank ]. Donahue anC
son, Francis, have returned from Barr,
after two weeks here.-Mr and Mrs
Wallace c. Foote have returned to Yer
gennes after n week In town,-Mr. anC
: Mrs. Albert III. Goss, managers of tn,
. Kurn Hattin Homes at Westminster, afte
a few days here with their daughter, Mrs
Raymond G. Goss, have returned TO thei
home.-Dr. NJ. u. Smith of New York
c who 30 years ago was a leading practi
toner in Middlebury. has been visitin,
4 in town. After leaving here DR.. Smitl
$ practiced for many years In Glens Falls
n. v. and has recently retired from
2 practice Dr. and Mrs. Smith are spend
! ing the summer at Or. Smiths ancestra
I home in Addison,-It was found Satur
, day that further examination by
doctor that Charles A. Lyman. who fel
several days ago on a plank walk at tn
home of NJ. G.. Graham, had received
! fractured rib. 1t will confine him to tn
= house for a while longer.-Mr. and Mrs
I Henry c. Percival, who have spent tw
. weeks In town, visiting Mr.. Percival'