Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-20
HAPPENINGS IN VERMOWs%a'ss' s'''o
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

| returned home.-J. NJ. Hyde of the Sol
diers' Home at Bennington returned to
that place Tuesday after a few days in
town with his cousin, George NJ. Whitney
of East Midd ebury and Commander Wal
! ter w. Martin of this village. Mr.. Hyde
is a native of East Mddlebury and dur
, ing the Civil War went out with the three
months men and also served in Company
G, 7th regiment of Vermont Volunteers.
He spent a good deal of his time in the
West and his home for about half of each
year is Delaware, Ohio.
Tuesdays presidential primary stirred
up no excitement and little interest
among the voters of this town. A pre-
siding officer and a coupiO of ballot
clerks were on duty all the afternoon in
the lower room Of the town hall, but they
had but little to do In order to take
care Of the few struggling voters who
appeared in the town hall to express their
preferences.-Dr. Robert c. Flagg is con-
fined to his home with pleurisy.- Miss
Hazel Ketchum. bookkeeper in the Evans
store on Main street. has returned and
resumed her duties after a few days
visit at the home of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. r. T. Ketchum, in Sudbury
Mrs. Basil Kodjbanoff and Daughter of
New York city are In town to visit her
parents, MT. ana MrS. L. NJ. chapman.
Sheriff George S. Farr of Bristol
has drawn the following men as petit
jurors for the June term of court
which convenes here June /: Addison,
NJ. B. HurI. Carson w. Fisher Brid-
port. ]. c. S. Hamilton and o. f. Con-
verse; Bristol, John O'Neil. +. II. Pal
mer, Edward Garrow; Cornwall. Frank
e. Foo<e, Terrisburg. Elmer H. Pres
ton and Millard F. Muzzy; Goshen. G.
T. Dutton; Granville, Daniel T. Hand
ley; Hancock, George 3. Clark Leices-
ter. Hebert Fletcher; Lincoln, ]. L.
Bean and Elmer Atkins, Middlebury
C. w. Tisdale. Walter Calhoun and
Harry Cobb: Monkton, w. H. Gee and
William Preston: New Haven, George
Palmer and Caleb Nutting; Orwell.
w. H. Horton and Victor Boulia; Pan
, ton, F. G. Hawley; Ripton, Dana G.
Murray; Salisbury, Clifford NJ. Atwood
an1 C. w. Evans; Shoreham. Alfred
Aines and R. H. Prebble: Starksboro,
w. w. Mason and A E. Clifford; Yer
gennes. William E. Lawrence and
Charles F. Cough; Waltham, william
D. Woodman; Weybridge. Carl Shaw
Whiting, Fred Rawsom.-Julian Klock
has returned from Wallingford, where
he has been on short visit at the
home Of his father, the Rev. E. j.
Klock.-The Rev. DR.. Vernon c. Har-
rington of the college preached at the
Congregational Church Sunday morn
ing in place of the Rev. Henry C.
Newell. who is still absent from town.
The weekly community service was
held Sunday evening in the same
church and the sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Z. w. Gould. the new
pastor OF the Methodist Church.-Mr.
=
ed from Florence, where they were
called by the death of Mr.. LaDrake's
grandfather, Moses Gonyea, who was
buried in Proctor Saturday.--M S $
Florence E.. Eddy has returned from
Wallingford, where she spent a few
days with her brother. Eugene l..
Eddy, after attending the State con
vention of the Ladies of the Grand
Army last week.
The Rutland Railroad company has
begun the building OF a new stretch Of
sidetrack parallel with its other side
tracks north of the station in this vii
lage.-Miss Margaret McDonough of West
Rutland is here to visit her sister. Miss
Cecilia McDonough.- Mrs. Carrie w.
Nash has returned from Brandon, where
she has been on a few days visit to Mr.
and Mrs. f. A. Manchester.-There
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Thursday evening at eight o'clock, with
work In the royal arch degree.-Monday,
market day. eggs brought 40 to As cents
and dairy butter So cents and creamery
butter 63 cents.-Editor Charles L. Crane
of the Mddlebury Register company, who
has been at the Clifton Springs sanitarium
at Clifton Springs, N. Y, for few
weeks, has returned and Is somewhat i'm
proved.-Miss Nellie Nottingham Of
Shoreham Is in town for few days
visit to her sister, Mrs. H. w. Stokes-
MIS-. Lorenzo Tucker has returned from
Oakdale. Mass, where she spent the last
winter at the home of her daughter Mrs.
William Severance-Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Stokes have gone to Schenectady.
n. Y. to visit Mr. Stokes brother Nor
ris Stokes.
The main features of the exercises
for Memorial Sunday and Memorial
day program have already been de-
cided on and arranged for. The exer-
cises for Memorial Sunday will be held
in the town hall at o'clock y. m.
Sunday. May 80, and the Rev. c. c.
Tier OF the Y. NJ. C. A. who was with
the Marines In the Chateau Thierry
drive, will be the speaker of the day
Monday, May 81. will be observed as
Memorial day proper, and the exer-
cises will be held at 2:3O o'clock p. NJ
in the town hall with the Rev. F. NJ.
Hagadorn of Bristol as the orator of
the day. There will also be the usual
accessories of music and exercises by
the children of the village schools
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Morgan Of
Cableskill, N. Y, are here on a visit
to relatives.-Ira II. LaFleur is maxi
ing extensive repairs and improve
ments on his property on Franklin
street.-Col. Charles Z. Youtt. NJ. e.
Grady and Chas. F.. Rich have gone to
Burlington to represent Lake Duns-
more Lodge of Odd Fellows at the
meetings OF Grand Lodge being held
in that city this week.-Miss Georgia
Watson has returned to East Middle ,
bury after brief visit In this village.
Madame Wicker of Boston is in town '
on visit to relatives after having
been for some time visiting Mrs. John
Caldwell in Florence.--Mr. and Mrs,
John 7 Archer have returned TO
Plattsburgh. N. Y. after a long stav
in town with relatives and friends
rhe Rutland Railroad company had
WORK train here Wednesday delivering
sand and other materials for the two |
bridges or iron and cement, which |
they are soon to build here to replace
the ancient wooden structure on Main |
street and Merchants Row. 1t Is un- |
derstood THAI the new Merchants Row
bridge VIII be two feet and the Main
street bridge IS inches higher than the
present bridges-The>m >mercury pointed
TO s2 degrees above here at 800 ID. m. |