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


The Addison county court Thursday
was reduced to divorce cases to keep at
work and was not able to keep busy all
the time Mt that. Two cnses We're heard
during the day. the f.-st of these was
the case Of Maude r. Ferry - Eugene
Il. Perry. The plaintiff lives with rala-
tives In Rip;on, where she was married
q years ago TO the defendant, who now
resides in 81. JoNnsbuty and has cnarge
nj tho Standard OIL company s. business
for that section, as he previously had had
at Bethel. Four years 3go the woman LETT
her husband and has not since been Nv
inx with 'Sn and the petition was
brought on the grounds oe intoierabe Sc
verify. Ira II. LaFiear Of Mddlebury rep
resented the petitioner and James b,
Donoway OF Middlebury looked after the
financial interest OF the husband. who
is understood TO have valuable property
and from whom the petitioner asks all
mony. There arc no children. Decision
was reserved in this case. At the after.
room session was heard the case of NJ.
ME Hill VS.. Charles IL Hi. Tney l'"e1
together man ard wife In Lincoln,
and the man. who had carried on farms
there, left the town ard State last spring
and is now supposed 10 Dc In Springfield
Mass This petition was brought on the
ground Of intolerabls severity. Allen r.
Sturtevant was the attorney for the petit
toner and there w. no appearance in
behalf Of the husband. There are no chill
| dren and nothing from which Ito get all
mony. The bill was granted after the
completion of the testimony on the ground
of intoerable severity as set up in the
petition.
German Hope, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hope of East Mid
dlebury, had the index finger of
his left hand amputated at the first
joint Sunday evening by Doctors r. w.
Prentiss and Jacob ]. Ross. The young
man was hitching a horse to a wagon and
as he attempted to hook the cockeye of
one of the tugs to the hook on the Whit
fletree the horse suddenly started, crush
ing his finger and making it necessary
to amputate italian Calhoun, who has
| been confined 10 the house for a week
! has so far recovered as to be able to be
! at his store again.-Judge and Mrs. John
e. Weeks will leave this week for Mont
| pelier. where they intend to spend the
wnter.-Mrs. Henry Pigeon has re-
| turned from a two weeks stay in Rut-
land at the home of her daughter Mrs
| Rupert Taylor.-MTiss Reba Maxfield has
gone to Brandon for a two weeks Wis
It at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Ira Fl. Maxfield.-Mr. and Mrs Ed
gar Moore of Fair Haven are spending
a few days In Middlebury on their we'd
ding trip.-The Misses Dorothy Newton
and Evelyn Houghton have gone for a
| Christmas visit at their respective homes
in Wallingford, Charles Howard has
gone to Ludlow to spend the holiday sea-
son ~ the home of his parents. Mr.. and
/ IJNu-a rd Iot
and Miss N&rv Button have gone to
Brandon TO S.JrIid the holidays at their
respective homes.-Miss Alice Halpin and
Miss Marion Bliss, department teachers
in the West Rutland high school, are at
their homes here for d two weeks vaca-
tion.-Reed Kendall and Milton L.
Barnes have gone to Pittsford TO spend
the holidays with their people-Miss Syl-
via Lyon is visiting in Manchester until
after the holidays.-Mss Frances Bolger
has gone to Fair Haven to spend Christ
mas and New Years at her home. Elk
tensive repairs are being made on the
Myrick house on Franklin street.-Miss
olive Waters has gone to West Rut-
/ lana TO spend the Christmas season at
the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
ArNe w. Waters.-Harry E Brown is in
Rutland to spend Christmas at his home
gone TO Rutland for two weeks at the
home Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W.
G. Simpson.-Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Russell
OF Bridport are here for a Christmas Wis.
( 1t at the home of her daughter. Mrs. T.
Lee Palmer.
me need of the starving children of
armenia Is to have the attention of the
protestant Sunday schools of Middlebury
on sunday evening. December &c. pro-
gram and pageant will be put on by the
four schools. The program will include
Christmas songs and recitations by indi-
viduals and groups from each of the four
! schools. Also. the pageant will celebrat 10
the tercentenary of the landing OF the
Pilgrims. and their influence on American
life Their influence on the world a.
large Is to be presented by the Coming
of the nations" by persons costumed ap-
! propriately. with expressions OF gratitude
and requests for more light. Among the
nations is Armenia. who tells of her
tragic need and appeals for America q
help. collection will be taken which
will go 10 the Near East relief treas-
nry. This Is separate from the Hoover
drive" That is to surnort the starving
, children of Central Europe; this goes to
Armenian Children.
In county court Friday morning the
divorce ease OF Christie 81. Morgan vs..
! Paul {. Morgan was taFen up. They we're
: married at East h'Adlcbury by the Rev.
/ Y. B. Holmes In October. 1917. The hus-
band soon ert.rtd the naval service of
, the Cnitei states aad mis- present uheJe-
ahouts is unknown and TIE wife has con-
tihue6 to live for the most of the time
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Jatpb
j. Ross of M.ddebury. The divorce was
Immediately granted at the conclusion of
the testimony on the ground set up in
the petition. which was adultery. There
is one child and its custody was granted
to ths mother. Charles I. Button of Mid
dlebury was the attorney for the petit
toner, The husband mad no representa-
ton. The case on the jury calender of
Arthur p. Sorrel VS.. Oliver T. Garrow
and Benjamin w. Fisher and trustee, the
National Bank of Vergennes. was en-
/ tered settled and discontinued. The case
of Emily Wyman appellant VS.. Truman
j. Newton's estate was entered contin-
ued Argument was resumed In the mo-
tion to set aside the verdict in the case
of f.. p. Emerson VS.. J. +. Moody. Allen
II. Sturtevant argued at some length In
q favor of the motion which was as
strongly opposed by Leroy C. Russell In
behalf of the plaintiff. At noon, in con-
sequence of the funeral Of John A. James
of Weybridge, the court took recess
until three O'Clock in order that all in
terested parties might have an oppor-
tunity to attend the services.
Miss Teresa Ellis, daughter of Thomas
Ellis of Seymour street, landed from
France a few days ago I'm Naw Yorlx