Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

! or IOur inches OF new snow were added
to the several inches already on the
ground and in case 1t should freeze up in
the meanwhile there will be fine sleighing
| for Thanksgiving.-Miss Susan B. Par
ker has gone to Castleton to spend
Thanksgiving and some further time as
guest of Mrs. Alfred T. Higley. former
resident of this town.-Mrs. William Edg-
erton has closed her home on South street
and gone to Fair Haven, where she will
spend the winter at the home of her
daughter, Mrs L. Il. Clift.-Mr. and Mrs.
John NJ. Sherman of Schenectady, n. Y,
are in town to spend Thanksgiving
Mrs. Janet Townley and daughter. Miss
Margaret, of Fort Edward. n. y, are
in town for two weeks.-Miss Angeline
Simpson has gone to Rutland for a week
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James w
Morse.-Messrs. Henry Jennings and AL
bert Comstock have returned to Mon
treal after a month in Middlebury and
neighborng towns.-Mrs Anna Bou-
tel @ has returned % East Middle
bury after three weeks in Sudbury with
| Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Damon.-The
| Film entertainment which was to have
been given in the Town hall Monday eve
ming had to he postponed on account of
the failure of the showmen and artists
to arrive. 1t will be given next Monday
| evening. The entertainment is for the
! benefit Of st. Mary's Catholic Church.
There will be a special convocat'on of
Potter Chapter, No. -. r. A. NJ, Friday
afternoon commencing at four oc ock
when the p. NJ. anG NJ. e. NJ. degrees
will be conferred. Supper will be served
at six o'clock. with work in the r. A..
degree in the evening
Snow began falling here Saturday
, night and continued to come down all
| through the day Sunday, through Sunday
night and most all day Monday. There
! Is now a depth of from 10 to IA inches
Of snow on the ground. 1t is level every
where as there was no wind to drift il
around. Automobiles and wagons have
! largely disappeared from the roads and
seghs have for the most part taken
| their place. The snow is heavy with
| moisture and gives indications of an
early departure.-Large quantities of
| Thanksgiving birds have been shpped
from this district to the city markets
and as presents to personal friends in
every direction. The local markets are
well supplied with the Thanksgiving
birds and one can get almost anything
one wants if willing to pay the price
Retail prices here run at 50 cents a pound
for turkeys, so cents a pound for geese
and chickens and - cents pound for
! fowls.-Mr. and Mrs. Watson Wilber-
| ham OF Stonington. Conn, with their two
young children, arrived Monday for a
Thanksgiving visit with friends-There
was large attendan' c upon the weekly
community service at the Memorial Bap-
tist Church Sunday evening. The ad-
dress was given by the Rev. Rockwell
| Harmon Potter. d. D., pastor of the
Center Congregational Church at Hart
ford, Conn.,. who also delivered the five
o'clock sermon in the Mead Memorial
chapel at the college.-Mr and
Mrs Louis Brousseau are parents
of son.-Willlam J. Ford of North
street. who has been i'll for ten days.
has so far recovered as to be able to
be out.-Miss Harriette Harris of Spring.
field, Mass, has arrived to take up the
work on the comedy, Scenes in Union
station to be given with local cast
December 3 and G.-Reginald Hod-
son has returned from Rutland,
where he has been making a visit at the
home of his parents. DR.. and Mrs. W. G.
Hodson.-Dr. A. d. Barter has returned
to Rutland.-Miss Dorothy Brewster.
who has been in town for few weeks
at the home of her mother, Mrs William
, II. Brewster, has gone to New York
city, where she has a position.-Mrs.
Thomas Buckley and daughter. Martha,
left Tuesday for jamestown, y. Y,
where they will spend the winter with
relatives.-Monday, market day, dairy
butter brought 80 cents and eggs so
cents.-Work on the new railroad bridge
on Main street which has been going
on for some weeks, had to he suspended
Monday because of the snowstorm. 1t
Is expected the bridge will be completed
before winter finally sets in to stay
Mr. and Mrs. Garry Trumbul and
daughter Miss Eloise Trumbul, of Brook
( lyn, N. Y, are in town for two weeks.
THANKSGIVING will pass off in town to-
day much in the usual fashion there will
be customary union services of the Bap-
tist, Congregational and Method st
churches at the Memorial Baptist Church
at l0:45 o'clock. The banks will be closed
all day, as will the public library and
the postof1ice will on'y be open from 1880
until 1000 a. m. The night mails for all
directions will close at six O'clock. There
! will be one delivery of mail in the morn
ing throughout the village. but the car
riers on the rural routes will make no
! trips for the day.-Henry Walker left
/ Wednesday for New York After a few
days there, he intends to proceed for
| Florida, where he will spend the remain
der of the winter.-Irving Brewster has
returned TO Newton, Mass, after two
weeks with friends in this place-Miss
Cecilia McDonough has gone to West
| Rutland for a weeks stay at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
Donough.-John l.. Jones has returned to
Poultney after two weeks in Mddlebury
and Shoreham.-Mrs Arthur w. Eddy,
who has been in a hospital at Albany,
y Y, for few weeks, under treatment,
has returned and is somewhat improved.
Wilbur Atkins has gone to Bristol after
few days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton NJ, Hanks, where he will make
a further visit before his return to Spring
field.-Mr. and Mrs. Allan Calhoun are
in Albany. n. Y. where they will visit
at the home of their daughter. Mrs. Ar
chic Mattison.-Mrs. Lorenzo Tucker has
gone to Oakdale, Mass. where she will
spend the winter at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. William Severance,
and Mrs. Henry O. Walker are In Proctor
spending Thanksgiving at the home of
their daughter. Mrs. Wilbur j. Minkler
C. II. Sheltus has returned from Bur-
lIngton. where he went a few days ago
after his wife, who several weeks ago
underwent an operation at the Mary
Fletcher hospital. She Is greatly i'm
proved.-Word has been received from Jo-
seph Calvi that he has arrived safely in
Genoa, Itay.-Miss Frances Smith has
returned from Fair Haven, where she
has been spending a week at the home
| of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. w Smith
| After spending couple of weeks in
| this vicinity, ], NJ Hyde of Delaware,
/ Ohio, has gone to Bennington to pass
the winter at the Soldiers home-P