Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-10

sistant librarian, Miss Eta Albee; Choir.
lister, Miss Eta Albee.
Camp Tracy, Sons of Veterans, elected
the following officers Friday night
Captain, Charles f. Rich; first %lieuten-
ant, ROllin Mayhem; second lieutenant,
Fred Taylor; camp council, Fred Taylor
first, Rollin Mayhem second, and Phillip
Mayhem third; delegate to the State
encampment, Fred Taylor; alternate
delegate, Rollin MAYHEM; delegate-at-
large, Clarence +. Taylor; alternate del
egate, Charles f. Rich; advisory com
rick Mulligan, William l.. Cady, Charles
f. Youtt, Aaron A. Youtt, DR.. f. p.
Russell. The installation is set for Fri
day evening, the 18th inst.
Cold weather came with a vengeance
last Saturday. Our weather report
shows how low the thermometer got, but
it doesn't tell the whole story. \ wind
that was almost a gale added to the sor.
rows of those who had to be out and to
the difficulty of heating houses. Anchor
ice began to form in the river on Friday
and continued to form till Wednesday.
The fumes were full of it, and it was only
by the most strenuous efforts on the part
of those having charge of them that the
electric light works and the pumps at the
water station were kept going. The
streets lights had to be discontinued two
OF three nights and the incandescents
were dim. The water-works pumps were
at a stand-still for only brief periods.
Yesterday morning it was much warmer
and snow fell slowly Ill day.
The Baptist Christian Endeavor society
has elected these officers for the
next period of six months: President.
! Miss Champion; vice president, James
Lobban secretary and treasurer. Miss
Crane; corresponding secretary. Robert
Mills, and these committees: Lookout,
Harry Lake (chairman), Mrs. Parrow,
Robert Mills. Miss Champion, Jerry
Bicknell prayer meeting, Miss Whitney
lchairman). B. b. Brown, Miss Crane,
G.. G.. Lamson, Mrs. j. O. Benedict
social. Mrs. b. b. Brown (chairman)
Miss Albee. K. 5. Benedict, james
Moore, James Goodman; missionary,
Miss Pollard (chairman), Mrs. II. 5.
Colby music, Albert Wales (%chairman)
bee, Marcus Whitney. The subject tor
the Endeavor meeting next Sunday
night will be, "The peril and the power
of ambition = references, Luke, SOP, and
Deut. S:ll-20; leader, Miss Champion.
The annual meeting of the COngrega.
tiOnal society was held in the lecture
room at , o'clock Monday afternoon.
The report of the treasurer showed that
the outstanding debts amounted to about
Sll00 ana the assets to about Sl00, leav-
ing the net Indebtedness something less
than 500. These officers were elected
Moderator, F. A. Bond; clerk, J. +.
Crane; prudential committee, Prof,
Eaton, NJ. a. Munroe, +. c.. Seeley. c.
w. Matthews, DIR. Mellen; committee on
singing, John w. Stewart, NJ. \. Nun
roe, n. Il. Barbour, W. III. Sheldon
ushers, Theodore and Charles Munroe.
Il. Wainwright, Jr., and lIermon Smith
substitutes, Arthur Bryant and Ernest
Bird. The officers are in the main those
of the preceding year. Prof. Eaton
succeeds +. \. Bond on the prudential
committee. Mr.. Bond, who was re-
elected, %resigning and insisting that his
resignation be accepted on the ground
that he had held the place long enough.