Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-23


sandwiches. The affair Is being arrang-
ed as surprise for the guests of honor
and all their friends are cordially in
vited.-Christmas exercises and a Christ
mas tree will be held Friday evening at
the West Branch Church by the West
Branch Sunday school and day school,
All are invited.--Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Hunter and children, Rosamund and
Billie OF Swanton, are guests for Christ
mas week at ]. NJ. Ruiter's. Douglass
hunter will Join them Friday.-Orlo x.
Jenncy Of the University of Vermont Is
clerkIng through tho holidays at Miles
Mcmahon e. Sons Notwithstanding De-
cember a. the first northbound car on
the Mt. Mansfield Electric Railway will
leave Waterbury at $40 a. M, until fur
Their notice and will be due at Moscow at
s:@ and at Stowe at $40 a. m.-Wilbur
the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. w.
A. Parks of Benton, Ark, is very i'll with
double pneumonia and typhoid. Mrs.
Parks was formerly Miss Josepha Blod-
gett Of Stowe and is a niece Of Mrs. Car
re f.. Straw.-Mrs. Wallace Levanway
sustained slight injuries on the head
when she was thrown from her sleigh
near Bert Newcity's on the Stowe Hol-
low road Monday. The horse ran when
the sleigh struck It's heels, and after
throwing Mrs. Levanway out continued
to run to the village. where II stopped
at the Community Church horse, sheds
The public library will not open Christ
mas day or everfng.-Mrs j. L. Houston
has been Ill for some time.-On her re-
cent first appearance at church, little
Beatrice Smith was heard to tell one Of
her elders who had bowed her head at
prayer time: There, don't 20 to sleep. :"
beatrice's elders included her mother.
Mrs Esther Smith, her grandmother.
MIS-. Lew Lawrence, and great-grand-
father. Samuel Laroe, four generations
In one pew.
ABOUT 40 members of Mansfield Noun
eain orange. j.. OF H.. visited Lamoille
orange ut Morrisville Tuesday evening
ana carried out parts Of the programs
given in the recent contest between the
men and women in which the men won.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Wheeler. who have
peen for some time in Bristol, Conn, have
returned to Stowe. Mr.. Wheeler has pur-
chased of his father, c. f. Wheeler, the
Fred Harris farm and will take possession
the first OF March. Alton Wheeler. who
now occupies the Fred Harris farm, has
recovered from the injuries received in
the automobile accident in which Earl
Douglass was killed and is able to work
as usual.--Mrs. James f.. Houston, who
mas been III for some time, remains about
the same.-Thc Community Sunday school
has sent contribution Of "a to the Post
santa. Mr.. and Mrs. s. r. Asouitt were
IN Burlington Tuesday and Wednesday,
Elmer l.. Barrows has been n business
visitor in St. Johnsbury this week. Mrs.
Burrows has visited Mrs. c. c. Abbott in
Waterbury.-The stores in the village are
close at noon Saturday.-Niiss lane Tom
Hnson goes Thursday to pass Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. W. r. Alger In North l.
hold.--Mrs. .. II. Smith is with her daugh-
Ter, Mrs. w. IL. Perry. in Medford, Mass.
Tho Bridge Street Community club met
with Mrs. s. II. Nutting Saturday. The
;iext meeting Will be held with Mrs. s. A.
Stebbins-Thero will be q special meeting
Tor initiation of the II. II. Smith Relief
Corps Tuesday eveniug.-The meeting of
Mansfield Mountain Grange will be held
on the evening OF tho 9th. The third and
fourth degrees will be worked.-The an
nual meeting of the Congregational So
ciety will be held at the church December
3o.-Mrs Abbie Warren. who is at the
home of her brother. w. r. Bigelow. 6a
Highland avenue. Salem. Mass. and who
is In very poor health has been gaining
slowly for Il few days.-Mrs. Julia Jones
went Wednesday to Portland, Me-. to pass
tho Christmas holidays with her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Pinkham.-Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Royce were
In Morrisville Wednesday, Ruth
Mcmahon of the Wright Oral School,
New York city, came Wednesday to pass
tho holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L.. McMahon.-Ray Foster Of the
L. s. S. North Dakota and friend, Tom
Hemmlng. of Holyokc, Mass, are guests
at /. a. Fosters for few days.-Mrs.
+. NJ. Small was in Barre Wednesday
and Thurs day.-Mrs. Amanda Clark and
daughter of Burlington are visiting
fr!ends.-Mrs. Lola Billings Douglass,
who has passed three months with her
brother and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. S.
Billings, in st. Louis. Mo-, goes the first
of the week TO visit her aunt. Mrs. Robert
Woodward, where she will remain for
about six weeks before going to visit
friends in California.