Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-30
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

The Rev. Herbert L. Howard pastor of
The Peabody Baptist Church at Peabody,
Mass, has resigned his pastorate at that
place and accepted the call recently
unanimously extended to him to become
pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church
Of Middlebury. II Is expected Mr.. Howard
will begin his administrations here Sun
day, October 3, and i'm the meantime the
parsonage at the head of Washington
street is being put In good shape for the
reception of him and his family. Mr..
Howard is a graduate of William Jewell
College and also of the Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary and comes here after
highly successful pastorates. lastly at
Peabody, and before that at Dunkirk.
n. Y, and Randolph. Mass. Mr. Howard
succeeds the Rev. Roy T.. Whittemore,
who resigned the pastoratc of the church
here month ago.
There is quite an epidemic of slight
colds running through Middlebury and
a large number of people have been at
tackled, Usually the cold is of light
character and disappears after three or
four days and there have been no fatal
or serious cases SO far.-Mrs. Ralph
Elliott has gone to South Starksboro to
visit her sister. Mrs. Robert Young
Louis Dumas. who has been making his
home in town with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Crane, since December. has gone to his
former home town in Bridport for IA stay
of some length.-Miss Edna Kirby of East
Middlebury has gone to Bridport, where
she will teach in the village schools FOR
the coming year.-Mr and Mrs. John La
vote and children, who have spent the
summer at Lake Dunmore have returned
to Pike. n. H.-NIrs. John NJ. Hoyt has
returned from West Rutland. where she
has been visiting at the home of her par
ents, DR.. and Mrs Carroll b. Ross Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Field and Mr.. and Mrs
Benjamin Field are in Rutland to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. p. T. Chatterton.-J. a
Bugor has bought farm located in Bris-
:ol from Charles Lee Of that town and
will remove there to take possession early
In October.-Mr. and Mrs p. d. Stickney
with the Misses Lena Hickok. l.. G. In
gals and Barbara Mallow have returned
70 Rutland after a lengthy stay at Lake
Dunmore.-Mr and Mrs. William ]
Wood have returned from Wallingfort
after few days with Mr.. Woods moth.
er. Mrs. Julia Wood.-Miss Emma Fuller
county home demonstrator has returned
from Springfield. Mass. where she has
been attending the big New England fair
Miss Alice Halpin has returned to West
Rutland after few days at the home
Of her mother, Mrs. Patrick Halpn.-
Mr.. and Mrs. !. w. Stevens and Mrs. I.
y. Frost have returned from Brandon
where they have been visiting Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Churchill.-Mr and Mrs
Charles ]. Bradley of Brandon are TAX
ing a. weeks outing at Lake Dunmore
Fletcher Taylor. who is attending the
Rutland high school has returned to tina
city after few days in town.-Rus
sell f. Duncan has gone to Chicago
where he will enter the University of Chi
cago and take up a course of architecture
desging and structural engineering.-Au
gustus Branchfield, who recently moved
here from Front Royal. Va. with hi.
family TO work at the United States gov
eminent farm who had been i'll for three
weeks with typhoid fever. died Tuesda!
morning at the age of IS years. He is sur
vived by wife and two children. Thu
remains we're sent to his old home il
Virginia yesterday for burial and the fun
aral services will be held there.-The re
mains Of Ora s. Gibbs. who died on Sat
urday last at the home of his sister. Mrs
Charles L. Parish, We're taken to Bird
port Tuesday, where funeral service
were held at the Congregational Church
the Rev. Hervey Gulick. pastor Of tn
church. assisted by the Rev. Henry c
Newell pastor Of the Congregations
church Of this village, officiating. Their
was large attendance of relatives an
friends and there were many flowers. TIL
bearers were Cyrus Smith. John Sunder
land, Gustavus Walker. Frank Eldredge
Fred Harris and Hebert Howe. The in