Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT:
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
VERGENNES


ana daughter. Miss Mary left Tuesday
Tor Jacksonvi lie, Fla, where they will
spend the winter with their son and
brother. DR.. William Ross.
saturday the body Of BENJAMIN
Bailey. who died Friday at the FANNY
Allen Hospital, was brought to the un-
dertaking rooms of w E. Larrow. The
luherai services were held Sunday after
| noon at the Ferrisburg CONGREGATIONAL
/ Church, the Rev. w. s. Mulhollend Of
] ficiating. The bearers were w n Lar
row, Henry Dubuke, c. c.. Field and
! iHines sears and burial was made in the
cage cemetery About week ago. Mr..
BAILEY underwent an operation for tho
| amputation Of leg. ana apparently was
doing well, when heart failure set in and
! caused his death. He was 63 years of
age, was born and had always resided
In Ferrisburg He Is survived bv three
sons Bearly. John and william; two
daughters, Mrs. Frank Gage and Mrs
Frank Jerome and one brother. Martin
balley OF keeseville, n. Y.-Mrs. A. F.
! Hu Iard OF Burlington is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fred w. FLAGS. Snow
pesan railing about seven O'Clock Sunday
! morning and continued interim ttentlv un-
ri Monday morning when 1t was about
II loot deep on the level. Sleds and cut
ters were freely used Monday-The
i''oH THANKSGIVING services held at st,
| PauIs Church Sunday evening wero
largely attended The sermon was preach-
ed by the rector, the Rev. Frederick But
terry. choir Of about 30 selected from
! the congregational. Baptist, Episcopal
and Methodist Churches under the Lead
| ership of Supt. Charles w. Wilson of
the State Industrial School furnished ex-
cellent music. Mrs. Stella Ingham pre-
sided at the organ and DR.. Waterman as
| sisted with the violin.-The Vergennes
| Electric company has partially completed
| It's new line on the Watham road and
has already installed lights in the resi-
aences of II. w. Day. Raymond Bristol.
Edward Barrows. Howard Hallock. John
Clark and Henry Halock.-The Misses
Leah Lavaley and Marie Rivers have
returned from the Fanny Allen Hospi-
tai after recovering from an operation
for appendicitis-Mrs Kate Severance
Of keesevile y. Y, and daughter. Miss
Marion Severance of Illon. n. Y, are
visiting their sister and aunt Mrs George
w. Stone.-The cond ton of Mrs. George
Rock. who last week underwent serious
| operation at the / amy Allen Hospital,
is favorable.-N1iss Mary Palmer who
has been gone to North Ferrisburg to
spend the winter with her sister has
rented her rooms n the Franklin House
block to Mr.. and Mrs. c. S LeClair.
About q librarians attended the fall
meeting of the Shelburne district of tho
Vermont Library association at the Bixby
Memorial Free Library Thursday The
"eeting was in charge of Miss Bertha
Wood of the Middlebury College library.
An instructive program was carried out
Luncheon was served at noon by the ladies
! OF the Baptist Church in the church
Vestry. Tea was served the library dur
ing the afternoon session oy the wives
| of the trustees of the library. The shell
burne district includes the counties Of
Addison, Chittenden and Grand Isle.
Miss Fitzsimons, a teacher in the Ver-
gennes schoo, has gone to Underhil td
| spend the remainder of the week with
| her parents.-Douglass Garno, a student
at the University Of Vermont and sisters
the Misses Mary and Martha Garno Of
Burlington, are passing the holiday with
| their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John GarnO.
| Harold Daigneault left yesterday fol
| Bennington to visit his uncle, Frank
| Daigneault.-Mr. Fletcher, teacher of
the Nergennes High School. will spend
the vacation period, with his parents in
Brdport.-Mrs. Eva Sheppard has gone
to Brandon for a weeks visit to her
parents.-Albert Charbonneau of the Uni
| versity of Vermont and Fred Charbon-
| reau of the Burlington Business College,
are passing the Thanksgiving recess with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs Charbonneau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haro Stone of Middle
bury are spending the holiday with Mr..
Stones parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Stone.-Miss Alice Stevens has gone TO
| Huntington to spend the holiday vaca-
ton with her parents.-Miss Mildred Ta-
Der has recovered from her recent ILL.,
ness and resumed her duties in the post
| ottice.--Miss Marjorie Gr!nnel, n student
| at the Albany, y. Y, Business College,
is spending the Thanksgiving vacation
with her sister. Mrs. Matthew Daniels.
Mrs. Minnie b. F.feld of Isle La Note
made an offic,a visit to Otter Creek Chap
ter of the Eastern Star Tuesday evening.
A pleasant feature of the meeting was
the presentation by the chapter of pin
emblamatical of the order set in with
pearls to Miss Laura Roburds. The pre-
senation in behalf of the chapter. was
made by l.. r. Avery, who alluded to the
fact that Miss Roburds was the only
member of the local chapter to engage ac-
lively in the World War work When the
call came for nurses she offered her serv-
ices to the government to serve In any
field to which she might be sent and she
was stationed in the hospital at Newport,
r. I. The presentation was a surprise to
Miss Roburds, who accepted II with fit
ting words.-Mlss Ruth Harrington. a
student at the University of Vermont.
returns to-day to Burlington after spend-
ing the holiday with her parents, Mr., and
Mrs. ], A. Harrirngton.-Miss Grace
Leonard of Orwell. a teacher in the Ner-
gennes graded school, Is spending the
week at the home of her brother, Water
Leonard of Panton.-Miss Kate Donoway,
who has been visiting her mother Mrs.
James Donoway and her brother. Ed
ward Donowey of East Ferrisburg, has
returned 10 Montreal.-Miss Edna Tryon
of Burlington is visiting her parents, Mr..
sy,d Mrs. William Tryon of West Ferris
burg.-Howard Field, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thad Field of East Ferr.sburg is suffer-
ing from a broken collarbone, sustained
while playing football.-Truman Tyrell
and l. oyd Floyd have returned from New
York city, making the trip in Mr.. Tyrelrs
car.
ORWELL
The meeting of the District Sunday
School convention was held here last
Thursday afternoon and evening The
afternoon sermon opened with devotional
exercises and was followed by ia k by
d. l.. Wells on MY View of the Sunday
school," Mrs. F. c. Rider of Middlebury
then gave repast of the Sunday school
convention held at Saratoga, The meet.
ing was in charge of County President
the Rev. +. c, Gandel of Middlebury.
Supper was served in the ladies' room. In
the evening the Rev NJ. Buttery of Ver-
gennes gave an address on Religious