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I TlBlllllMlllBllllali.'.,t?aNlMl ' . , 'tll- ‘ - T named after her grandfather) Ear, 44% - "lei. 44m "Ill-ll. "lilll F Edward West Burgess, is still a a, “hug”? ' . - a " . . - ' ' 'ae . Me.',?.?.))":?;';?.':):":':.:'. "rijrij')"'fiii'iyiijj'riiyf::iif/ ‘=:'~:'z.::sfe:e=;=a=s-lz:zfziséziéw q ' IiillilllEii:?:sh' P 3'1‘i=31i55§73-"1V"VVVVVVVVVVVVVV‘V’VV " MMl8":ji'ii?:jii.:l::r:R% - 4 member of the 131nm shet 4,. " ",‘°‘,;°§;? f' -' 4, 7 .4» helped form more than 50 Years Vy4/I‘ . lllltli..i,iMir.l, "'g me4< g o. ' V ." . ago. l; ”2 ”WW BF. 4-4-5331: 36”., TW, /¢>;””’”“ a . . , _' 'X . .rifi'f:ii'f?i') .-,:';.212?-x;5?:f:?:,&::4'5:::g;.;:5-2:-",135:-"“1333:' MP. ':‘;i'tg-J'a 5 is 'lEEiE?.i':jt: li Mt ' 'it 'egM8ligltgigi'Wt'ei' “1"" V-" S'?aBtgW'iii;'iet:'t, Vi; 1’: VV‘VVVVVV fj:'8, . She lures m the ‘sam. _ e white V” MK,1,r'i'ii:ii";iijm I‘V M2,,«34z ‘VV I 3”" house in Thieh she was' $44 'iiti'jiiiiiii'iBj:):t. % «444/ J 0444.. . ./, 24 2 i'id'"g'iijii.iiiiiiiiE Elit1i?iiliiil smmfi ( Besides bping the first tele- 4% a}; Katl Iaiii'aEElE VWfiWWVW’v 5 phone operator ‘here in 1906, W4 " ttt W ' . V I U F . V V V V l Miss Burgess has been active Fit " ‘.'=VVVVVVVVV V V tt ' V . ' ' - V - I ' V I V r V V l - l in almost every community en- .l.Eiki'ii'iii's"ii's:'?"a'" ' . V V t ' - " tlt V I V " , V V I' It V f deavor during her lifetime. She EQQVV £6, L", u . " ' V " V -=:§‘.,'::-.-::.,:- ;.E}"34"':'7'ZEI'.I"."3:VV???V Mllr.tMllill8 I h ', recalls how she operated the Illtgll, l:.i'N:vS,'. _,liif,l,% . - . t tE «4444*«4; , 4 switchboard by herseltwhen the Illlllaltsh,N s)" 3*- " 45" , 4,4, _ telephone was still in infancy. Mll8il. "fl'ti,iaEi'"3jisallll . . . - 44* g*4§: , ' . .--4 5 ' q a @K- . . “ " 'e:'::?:..,-'?;:':.":.':':,'":,':,'-:':.:': (sfiijjiijjji'jjj,'iski't7! r' . : Tq ';i':iW:ft?,?,?j.if'ii:ja%t '88F.:crk, '-.-$‘-u:~:¥:‘:-.":‘.¢:"1:¢.’-:'1:'5.2‘:.-53’I-321253‘-"-""'"5"”’V I Her grandfather was born l IM *é’vxms?“ '?jjj':jj.,'titi:':ijji:; 'ii;itj:ifj, F _ (fig «,4: l near Burgessville In 1821 and - E8iityit8l - Itil-ii"""""';':'."'.""".,?:'.,))"" ct/j:':,":?))':),':))':;::?::, '.iiifii'lijiji/dc: VVVfi’Vfi‘é<vw?3gV V . operated a blaclrsrnithing and = I 9V0 (ri;rS;.i:f,ial Illllrilllll8lllllllBlllr:r:ji:ii_'",-'r 'fr'f:2r.ij' 443V§43V§%:W3V’442¢«VV f carriage _ making business in 1l1ll lil!.,, " wiéfgw 'llllllilBl" 5.4%.; .' My» 1844. He was the Village's first 'llll lll'fsrtiiii[ilia - " I" 1253.335313.‘wafiwfi‘zgfigVE‘V?<VV::V:VVV’V P0stmaster and Ema! 30 Years 'lilllllllllr4'g%iN I Ad" . ' g "V‘V - 4 m 4444.4 capacity, itaheren as 18 Ilttlllt t .4; $4:2sif=éiééizéziiezjfziif‘;42:254%!»"i}:;1135:2-:es-=.. 'tE"a"'id' - . . _ Ir t ll Il' ' il " - " as station agent. '. ix - .9 rs , “’9 , V - t " . ' '. ' - " ‘ V . _ _ - ' no: 3a4.4:2;;252i?z-22:35::35523::afies?12%;gs;£3?E§§§=¥jieiié=ief§s§4u. ., ' - . - e , ' V V . The 1,riu1t.retofe1t.5E known tt « ..~.o44%"°‘°%*44h t8 I . " ' ' as Synder’s Comersy'm‘a later ,i...-:~:: "V , -- .. " ,3: . - " " 4O .. . _ 4 changed by popular vote to IllllllllllllgillillllllillllllilllllBllliB,t'liii'ii. Billat , - IE')"::'"'--..?,,-,.;,,.,;.,,': Mtiiglililli IlIlillllll.iiiiQ mi . ' " Burgessville and ityi5.rporated in " ItNltililtlilIiglllllllllrllillliitlll..r:ji: " - 4 n , ’4“?ng 1876. . 'lllllllNlllllltllililiMiiilll" 1.Wi:g'i"'i" liiirtii"i 4 P. 4,, , . ItB, . Ir:s:.)tl:r,s:% 434%”; . - 4:...459. . . " . . - I . my ~ F,.?ifvaMrlM. B8 iri:iri":jialMWW,:T:i. IlllBE::jifi7jir%BllmEtm. Miss Burgess' favorite hobby. ~ . 22-4 I " 33%? . " - 'gal 4 ‘ is collecting salt dishes used in - , Pl " , 499%“ - ”5'53. 'E Mg, . " 1Eijis?: I2lllltB1F,ii'ig :Wxié‘hg‘: . V " , _ . 4 - ' . . «o, '.hrii',t, SN. 'irtiit?4 b)Pcfi','gil'c'vF,a, Bg.'ial" RWtgt"i - Dimmer days, She las more smé’m? i'liiriitai'it1 :42? .iiiiii;i:isisis5).le.'tis'.t',i,: ,'if.ssi'l'?gi::3r, fi‘fiww ", 6%,,4 man 100 .9! the small " glass i'iriaErtiiSiaii5i, trig s5',i.'r:iii5itiii'i?ii" 224 “b F dishes, many ot them.fptHeately ' 44/ . 13> a5/i' 4"? Ei'?, rt'lt)'tio?i'rr, ‘9 T Li'es21 ”Q , cut, V .\ 44., h' 4% Am 'agM, as" 'iaEt"rs.3s 'ittli'iii' m. 'E 44.4%. "iititift'ttlll'illlllEl: “H" Discussing tbdaY's-young peo- . ' -- .. 4,. .44., our . = ' ‘- 18' " ' ' 4 ple, she said they age much the . --Free Press Wood same as they were in her, youth. BURGESSVILLE NAMESAKE - Miss Rossie Burgess 82 of BuSVOCk .B.yreay 4. There were delinquendr.prob- granddaughter of the late Edward West Burgess aftzlar wi'lro th r.qessvillts, IS e "l _ lent! long In just I; there was named. Here Miss B . I m e village of 200 , _ T ' urgess exomln es one of h m “5..., ' er more than 100 salt di h god", .. she collects as a hobby. IS as ' n V f