Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-04
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

have gone back to the old price of Is
cents and the IL cent loaves have gone
to II cents.-,Lyman b. Whitman died
at his home In Weybridge Thursday
forenoon after a 10 days illness with
pneumonia He was born in Weybridge
May 81, 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs
Wallace Whitman. He married Miss
Macf'eil of Colchester, for five years
a successful teacher in the graded
school here. who survives him; also
four sons. his mother. Mrs. Wallace
whitman; two sisters, Mrs. Allen War
ner of Weybridge, Mrs. stephen Curtis
Of Fresno. Calf; two brothers. John
of Middlebury, and Watson of Ticon-
deroga, N Y. He was a member of
Union Lodge No. 9 r and A. NJ The
funeral was held In the Congrega-
tional Church Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock, with burial in that town.
Mrs Leon Yeaw and children
have gone tp Pittsfield, Mass, where they
; will spend some time.-Mrs. Dearborn.
who has been visiting at the home Of
Miss Jennie Sessions for a week, has re-
turned to Brandon.--Mr. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lyman and William F. Waugh left
Friday night on the sleeper for Daytona
Beach. Fla. where they will spend the
remainder Of the winter.-Clifford Hewitt
who has eben spending a week in town,
has returned to Hudson. y. Y.--G. NJ.
Hayward, who for Is years has been with
che Middlebury Creamery company.
moved Monday to Poland Springs. Me-
to manage another creamery for the Coon
Ice Cream company. His successor here
is John Lucia, Jr., who has been sec
ond In charge.-John H. Stewart. who has
been in Boston for a week, attending the
hardware mems convention session, has
returned.-Mr. and Mrs. Abner Pritchard
of Portland, Ore, formerly for short
time residents of Middlebury. are in town
for few weeks-Messrs. Fred A. Burton
and Norman Robinson have returned to
Boston after a three weeks vusiness stay
In town.--Miss Eliza f. Sessions of East
Mddlebury is working in Windsor county
in the interests of the Kurn Hattin Homes
at Westminster and Saxtons River and
for the present is located in Ludlow
The Misses Kathleen and Agnes Briefly
have rturned to Fall River. Mass, after
an extended visit in town.-Mr and Mrs
Julius Gallvan and sons, Jack and
Tommy, of Chicago. are in town for an
| extended visit.-County Road Commits
sioner Willis n. Cady has returned from
visit in Montpelier.-Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Austin have returned to Wcybridge after
having been i'll with the grip for several
| days at the home of Arthur Gains.--Mrs
Walter !. Rose is ill--Oscar Benson has
removed to town from Salisbury and will
| carry on the coming season the farm Of
Arthur W. Eddy.-Mr. and Mrs. Wilford
Bingham and daughter Miss Sally Bing-
| ham, have returned to Rochester, n. y,
! a fter a few weeks in town.--It was 30 de-
grees below zero in this village Saturday
| morning and a temperature Of IS degrees
! below was reported from some of the
surrounding towns.-Mr. and Mrs. Avery
McCallister and sister. Miss Gwendolne
! McCallister, have returned to Erie. Pa
! after three weeks here.-Miss Alice Hal
| pin, is in town to spend a few days with
| her mother, Mrs. p. l.. Halpin.--Otis
! Abbey, one of the oldest and most re-
! spected residents, is able to be down
town occasionally after having been con-
! fined to his home nearly all winter-Mrs
! Turner and Mrs. Pratt will entertain the
| East Middlebury Ladies' Aid society at
/ the Community club rooms in that hamlet
| Friday and will serve dinner.-The funeral
of Lyman b. Whitman. who died in Wey-
| bridge Thursday morning, was held at the
CONGREGATIONAL Church in Weybridge Sat-
urday afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev.
s. Is. Barnum, pastor of the church Of
! fciated. There was a good attendance Of
Masons from Union Lodge. No. ., Of this
village, of which he was a member, and
! the Masonic rites were performed by
! Robert Easton, master, and Chaplain +.
! b. Holmes. There were many beautiful
flowers. The bearers were: Elmer Wright.
Louis Droulett, Fred Roscoe, Charles
James. William McMurthry and Warren
Perkins. The interment was in the Wey-
bridge cemetery.--Mrs. r. c. Goss. a Sum
| day school teacher at the Memorial Bap-
| tist Church. was given birthday surprise
! by her Sunday school pupils in the church
parors Saturday afternoon from four
until six o'clock. The young folks gathered
| at the church and had a table finely set
with electric lights, huge birthday
cake, with the lighted candles, and good
| things to eat. Mrs. Goss was persuaded
! to go to the church ostensibly to assist in
doing some work and not knowing what
was up went there. AS she entered the
church parlors the lights were flashed on
and the assmbled party wished her a
| happy birthday. The party enjoyed a
social time until $50. when they sat down
to the well-ladcn supper table, where 20
covers were laid. The Rev. Roy f. Whitti-
more made some appropriate remarks.
| presented her with a handsome teachers
! Bible, which the youngsters has pur-
! chased. and she responded with some ap-
| propriate remarks of thanks. The affair
WAS a complete surprise.
The reports of the auditors. treasurer
| poormaster and other officers of the town
OF Middlebury for a year have Just been
| published. From the auditors report it
appears the total expense of the town has
been s32376.73. Orders drawn by the
| selectmen amounted to $22, 90. and
orders drawn by the road commissioner
were $S.122E. f. G. Brookins, manager
| of the town farm. expended s., ,754 81 MAX
ing the total expense of the poor incud-
ing $26767 interest on the surplus fund
! s. A792.94. and this less sales from the
farm of s9A.l3 leaves the net costs of the
poor for the year $3,7SsSl and the net
/ costs of the poor on the farm 1880 A.
| The liabilities of the town amount to
$25, 40. of which $12 673. 81 is in outstand-
| ing selectmen's orders; State school tax
&,9l2.50: State highway tax $26ls.53; esti-
mated for support of the poor 5000;
estimate for bridges $1,000; estimated in
terest on orders 500; salary of town off,
GERS $500. To meet this Indebtedness
| there Is cash in the treasury of $l,377.l7;
| estimated sales from poor farm 5000;
estimated dog licenses $500, in all 81, ,667 IS,
| leaving the amount to be raised by taxa
! ton, less town hall orders not due Of
t,750. sl7.s4S4S. The grand list is s23. .645 "a
and the auditors recommend a tax of rs
cents on the dollar will pay the out
| standing orders and the estimated ex-
| pense of the town. Treasurer Charles
r, Pinney reports that the receipts for
the year including a balance at the begin
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