Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BUPTONI NNT College Dunng the followlng summer ln company 'YVl'h a frxend she op erated a tea room ln East Dorset After the optnmg of the college year ln Mlddlebury Mlss Ellot m company wlth a cla smmte opened a tea room on Mlddlebuly campus Here they plan to run a ye ll round tea room Agnes M Burton wxdow of the late Theodore S.v1ft and '1 student at Burr and Burton 111 her glrlhood passed away at her home 1n Manchester ne t to the Semmary property on April 21st ln her 85th ye r Mlss Carrxe Spauldxng of Bennlngton another of tae students at the Sem mary years ago dled ln Bennmgton on Aprxl 25 1922 She was a natlve of Manchester and attended the Semmary ln the early 70 s A son was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth D Talbell on May 4 1902 The mother IS the former Mxss Carollne Grlflith of the class of 1920 Walter R Hard 1900 and presldent of the Alunlnl Assoclatlon celebrated his 50th blrthday on May 3rd Mr Hard contlnues ln the role of a poet and durlng the past year he has lead many of h1s wr tmgs at numerous group meetlngs where he was the guest of the day Mxss Eleanor Way 1931 has been pursulng a secretarlal course at Albany Busmess College durxng the year past Spafford Frank Holley a. student at Burr and Burton about 1878 dxed suddenly at his home m Dorset on Aprxl 24th Mr and Mrs Harry H McGufIin both of the class of 1915 who have charge of the new telephone exchange Wh1Ch opened ln that town on May 25 Mrs McGuflln was formrly MISS Alleen Bradford Mlss Clara May Hemenway 1930 who IS Just completmg her sophomore year at Mlddlebury College has been qulte actlve m the Womens Athletlc ASSOCl8tlOD and has recently been elected Cl1StOdl3I1 for the assoclatlon The Mxsses Marlon L and Jessle Jean Bennett classes of 1914 and 1917 enyoyed an extended Southern trxp durmg the latter part of the wmter They went as far south as Valparlso Clnle and spent a greater part of thelr tlme ln Bogota Columbla Mxss Hazel Larkxn class of 1931 has been pursumg a course of study at Albany Busxness College MISS Ruth Holt 1924 who last year held a posltlon at the Semlnary has been ln Brandon for a part of thls year domg secretarxal work Mlss Katherlne Clayton of the 1931 graduatlng class entered the nurses tramlng' school at the Samarxtan Hospltal ln Troy N Y last fall for the three year tramlng course Mary Campbell wlfe of F C Wllhams of New York Clty a natlve of Manchester and for many years a resxdent here dled at the home of her sxster Mrs Harry Rawlxns on Aprll 2nd 1932 followmg a short lllness Mrs Wnl hams was 57 years old and a former student at B B S Mr and Mrs John B Grlffith fEd1th M Thompson! both members of the Class of 1930 are the parents of a daughter Ellzabeth Carolyn born to them on Apnl 11 1932 at the Putnam Memorxal Hospxtal ln Bennmgton C Clark Kelley 1917 and Mrs Kelley have another chlld a daughter born to them thxs sprmg Mlss Grace Payne 1929 who took a teacher s trammg course at Johnson Normal school lS thls year teachmg a rural school ln East Corlnth Mr and Mrs Wllllam Nlchols, both 1929 have a son born to them ln Rut W l. i- 1 . . . , . 1 A .L . ' - , - 1 A x 1 ' ' ' , - ' ' , ' ' 5' l 1 , . ' ' . 1 f 'L '- l . . , U ' l , 4 . . . . y A 1 I A - 1 v L - ' 4 t . 'I . . . 1 , ... . . . , , v . 1 . 1 , , ! I 1 . . . 1 . , , :been living in Malden, Mass. for some years, have moved to Dorset, and are in . . . . , . , y 1 . . . I - , , X . y . , L X . . . Y . ' I Y ' . I , . . . Y X K . 1 . . n . . . , W 1 N . . . , D W ' Y V . ' . . . v . b 4 . Y Y . . 0 D . - . . . l , . . I I ' I X . 1 I . . . D ' Y I ' A Y 7 . y I , . . , . . A l . . . I , A . -

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THE BUPTONIAN ALUMNI NEWS ANNUAL MEETING OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION About elghty members of the Alumnl Assocxatlon wlth the members of the Semor Class as thelr guests and w1th other guests gathered at the Orvls Inn on Tuesday evemng June 16th to fittmgly close the celebratxon of the n1nety exghth Commencement of the school wlth the annual banquet and the IDUSIDESS meetmg Thxs IS the Hrst of the Alumnl meet1ngs to be held at the Orv1s Inn and a most dehghtful banquet was served by the management and durmg the meal many old acquaxntances were renewed and new frlends were met Among the guests was the speaker of the day Rev Robbms Barstow and Mrs Barstow After d1nner Walter R Hard presxdenf of the assoclatlon presxded and mtroduced Mr Barstow for a second txme durmg the day and he spoke mformally of hls Joy at being once more among the scenes of h1s earher day and hxs frlends of that tlme Mrs Loveland Munson was next called upon to pay trnbute to Mr Rlch s work at the Semxnary to wh1ch Mr R1ch approprxately responded On behalf of the assoclatlon Mr Hard presented to Mr and Mrs R1cl1 a large week end case w1th the admon1t1on that It should be used just as often 1n returmng to Manchester as lt was ln leavmg At the busmess meetlng the reports of the secretary and treasurer were gwen and showed the assoclatlon to be m good condxtlon It also developed years ago by A Phelps Wyman had been completed and thought now turns to what next can be done by the assocxatlon 1n the way of betterxng the school The nommatxng commlttee composed of Mlss Lucy D Vxall Mxss Mxldred I Dooley and Wm A Grlflith brought ln the followlng 11st of nominations and the report was unammously accepted Presldent Walter R Hard Hrst v1ce pres1dent A J Hxcks second v1ce presxdent Mrs Sarah B Parker secretary treasurer Mrs Mxldred B fSwxft assxstant secretary, Mlss Anna B Buck audltor Earl E H Storrs ALUMNI NOTES Mr and Mrs Gerard W Knoop are the parents of a on born to them on June 25 1931 Mrs Knoop IS the former Addxe Benson class of 1923 Mlss Cather1ne A Hosley 1927 and daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Hosley of Manchester Depot was a member of the 1931 graduatxng class at Mlddlebury College Thls year Mlss Hosley IS one of the teachers at Burr and Burton Roger B Hurley 1922 and his w1fe formerly Mxss Helen M Adams of the class of 1925 are the proud parents of a second chlld a son Roger Gordon born to them June 16 1931 Mxss Harrlet W El1ot 1927 graduated ln June 1931 from Mlddlebury 48 -t M that the greater part of the work laid out in the campus plan drawn up some

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THD BURTONIAN land on March 26 1932 Mrs Nxchols was before her marr1age M1ss Mary Batchelder of Manchester Center M1ss Ruth Hard 1928 daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter R Hard has been announced as one of the sen1o1s at Sm1th College ellgxble for general honors Senlors may become el1g1ble for general honors on the b3SlS of the1r cumulatxve average for seven semesters Under th1s system a general exam1nat1on 1S taken 1n May 1n the major subject and d1plomas are awarded w1th cum laude, magna cum laude and .Summa cum laude to those who pass thxs exam1nat1on are exempt at the d1scret1on of the department from the regular flnal exam1nat1ons 1n June 1n thexr major subject M1ss Hard IS to be graduated on June 20th E Roger WIICOX 1926 and Mrs WIICOX are the parent., of a son Bruce Ne1l born to them at the Putnam Memor1al Hospltal 1n Benn1ngton on March 21st 1932 George L Markey 1920 wl1o has been local agent for the Metropolntan Insurance Company for some years past has severed h1s connectlon w1th that company and IS now assocxated w1th P H Kent of Rutland agent for the Connectlcut General L1fe Insurance Co Emma L Sykes Edgerton who vsas born 1n Dorset January 15 1856 and who attended Burr and Burton 1n her younger days passed away thxs sprmg followxng a long xllness Theodore H Harwood 1928 1S to be graduated thxs month from Ham 1lton College Cl1nton N Y Durmff h1s four years at Hamllton Harwood has been a member of the college cho1r s1ng1ng 1n the hrst tenor sectlon Ralph F Flemmg 1913 who IS a clerk 1n the store of Leon E Wlley 1909 suffered a broken wr1st dur1ng the past wlnter vvhlle cranklng an automobxle M1ss Murxel RlCh3FdSOH 1926 underwent an operat1on for the removal of her append1x at the Putnam Memor1al Hospltal 1n Bennmgton a few months ago M1ss Margaret Amy Wade daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Wade of East Dorset was unlted 1n marr1age on January 24 1932 to Walter Sherman Hrtchccock 1928 son of Mr and Mrs W1ll1am M H1tchcock also of East Dorset Mr Hltchcock has gone 1nto the poultry bus1ness extenslvely and the couple expect to l1ve ln East Dorset Mrs H1tchcock IS a former student at the Semmary and 1S a graduate of Bay Path Inst1tute Sprxngfield Mass Mrs Loveland Munson 1880 who has been 1n Boston Mass for the greater pa1t of the w1nter underwent an operatlon for cataracts durmg the spr1ng Mrs Munson returned to her home the last of May C Clark Kelley 1917 was m New York C1ty for a part of the wlnter where he took a specxal course 1n radlo repa1r work He has recently sev ered h s connect1on w1th the store of E H Hemenway where he has worked for some years and IS now operatmg a repa1r shop of h1S own Howard M W1lson 1920 who for some years has been connected w1th the Nat1onal Steel Fabr1c Company of Pxttsburg Pa 1n the1r New York terrxtory has been transferred to the Chxcago Ill sect1on, where he has been appomted dlstrxct manager Mr and Mrs Carl A H111 are the parents of a daughter born to them on December 30 1931 Mrs H111 was before her marr1age MISS Dons Bourn 1925 M1ss Elxzabeth Lockvxood 1925 daughter of Mr and Mrs Ryland L 50 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . . . F - 1 1 - 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 . . , Y . - 1 1 1 . 04 . . 1 - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' - O , . ' 1 1 ' - 1 1 I v . . . , . 1 1 ' or , . . . . 1 , , . . . , 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 , . Y . . . - 1 1 1 . . , 1 . . . . V , . ' 1 1 ' - 1 -1 1 1 -1 1 ' ' 1 1 . . Y , , . . .