Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-03
Rutland County
BRANDON

nutlG1lu NOVAlVy
BRANDON
The Rev w. T. Weston. rector of St.
Thomas Church. preached his farewell
sermon Sunday morning. Silver Lake
Lodge, knights of Pythias attended the
service in Il body and there was a large
congregation present Mr.. and Mrs. Wes-
ton and children left on the afternoon
flyer for New York city for few days
with relatives before going to Cleveland,
O., where they viii! make their home
Mr. and Mrs. David Davis and daughter.
Viola. of Bristol Mr. and Mrs. Grif Lloyd,
Miss Nettie Curtis, Verna and Doris Jones
of Granville. n. Y. visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chandler Sun
lday-Memoral Day was observed in
Brandon in the usual manner Monday by
iC. j Ormsbee Post, No. IL. G. A. r., and
tho citizens and Soldiers Association.
The parade formed at 100 O'Clock
by Marshal r. L. Patnode and his aids
headed by the Brandon Concert Band and
marched through Conant square to the
Town Hall where Commodore A. V. Wad-
dams delivered an interesting address.
There was vocal and instrumental music.
After the exercises at the hall the parade
reformed and marched to the monument,
where the Grand Army Memorial >erv-
! ice was held by G. J. Ormsbec Post.
marching from the monument to Grand
! Army hall. where the parade was dismiss
ed The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary serv-
ed dinner at noon to members of c. j.
! Ornsb bee Post, Davenport Camp. Sons of
Veterans. World War veterans and their
families In the evening the Brandon Con-
cert Band gave an enjoyable concert in
70 hn
! The engagement of the Rev. w.
| V. Berg to Miss Ella Lindsey of Phila-
/ delphia is announced. The Rev. Mr..
Berg was formerly pastor of the Con-
| gregational Church here and has a
summer camp in Goshen. He is now
pastor of a Congregational Church in
Philadelphia. -Workmen commenced
Tuesday on the First National Bank
which will he entirely remodeled
making some of the finest banking
/ rooms in the State.-O. A. Myatt is
moving from the Williams & Ray tene-
/ ment on Center street to Proctor where
! he is employed by the Vermont Marble
| company.--Miss Alice st. Pierre and
i Miss Lucy Stearns have returned to
! Mddlebury College after visiting at
| he homo of Mr.. and Mrs. Flavious st.
! Pierre--At a special meeting of fire
| district No. Monday evening in the
| basement of the town hall the pruden-
| tial committee was instructed to
furnish water free to the selectmen
! for the purpose of sprnklinG the
street. It was also voted to permit
residents of the district, where the
sprinkler did not go to lay the dust
in front of their homes with a hose
with no extra charge for the water
I for that purposc-There was an auto
| mobile collision on the Leicester road
| Monday night just north of Leicester
Corners, car belonging and driven
by Prof. Raymond Mcfarland of Mid
dlebury and a car owned and driven
by Charles l.. Clifford of this town
came together A special from Mid
| dlebury printed in another paper
states clifford ran into Mcfarland.
Mr. Clifford states he did not run into
Mcfarland and his car plainly shows
that it was not head-on collision a.
ALL but that McFarland's car must
have hit the Clifford car back Of the
| front wheel Oh the left hand side. None
| of the passengers were injured. but
the clifford car was somewhat dam
i aged--Frank w. Williams, B. ]. VII
liams. Mr.. and Mrs. b. w. Johnson
spent Sunday and Monday on an auto
mobile trip to Long Lake and the
| Adirondacks.
Floyd f. Thomas, only son of Mrs
Alice NJ. Thomas, died at his home al
II o'clock Tuesday morning after ar
illness of five months. Mr.. Thomas was
born in the town of Rutland May 2S
1899. but lived the greater part of hi.
life in Brandon with the exception oi
four years spent in the employ of the
General Electric company at Schenec
tady. N. Y. He is survived by hi.
mother and three sisters. Mrs. James
H. Hilton of Schenectady, N. Y, Mrs
Charles f. CARRIER and Mrs. Fred ]
Ladam of Brandon. The funeral viii
be held at the house Friday afternoon
at two O'Clock. Burial will be in Pitts
ford cemetery.-Dr and Mrs. Georg,
Edes have returned to Newport, N n
after visiting at the home of DR.. ant
Mrs. George T. Norton.--There will b,
special meeting of Silver Lake Lodg,
knights of Pythas. this evening a
eight O'Clock. The rank of knight viii
be conferred on a class Of candidates
after which refreshments will b,
served--Mr. and Mrs. George Kenne,
of Rutland are spending some tim
here at the home of Mrs. Kenney!
mother, Mrs, Matte Benoit-Mr. an,
|
from Albany, N. Y, where they spen
week-Between rs and 80 person
attended the supper given by the ladie
or the Congre gational Church Tues
day evening at the Harry A. Collin
cottage at Lake Dunmore-Miss Gen
: eva Pollard returned Wednesday I,
chester after visiting Mrs. s. w. Jones
BENSON
James A. Goodrich. who works at tn
Mountain View Stock farm. W. r. Bush
Z proprietor, had narrow escape fror
=. serious injury Saturday. He runs tn
tractor and had 1t ready to start whe
. IN getting into 1t the wind blew his Goa
. against the fly wheel. 1t caught but by
j tremendous effort he extrcated himself
his right hand and arm were seriousl
. lacerated. He was a attended by a surgeon
v s--Tha Rev oP