Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-03-07
RIPTON.

The Fourth Quarterly conference for
the NJ. E. church was held at the par
sonage on the Goth inst. The Rev. Dr.
Coleman, district superintendent, in the
chair, Miss Agnes Billings secretary.
After routine business H. r. Noble,
Eunice Noble, f. K. Damon. Diana
Damon. D. p. Mills. Agnes Billings.
Adah Billings, Lucy Hale. j. S. Chand-
Ter, Amanda Whittemore, Abtie Goodro
and Timothy Billings were elected stew
ards; Agnes Billings. recording steward !;
j. S. Chandler, district steward; T. Bill
ings, j. S. Chandler. j. f. GoOdro,
trustees Julia Mills, Addie Cook, Hazel
Billings. committee on church extension;
Abbie Goodro, Hope Billings, Alice
Goodro. committee on missions; II. II
Noble. Lucy Hale. I. Billings, commit
tee on Sunday schools; j. S. Chandler,
committee on church records; Agnes
Billings, Adah Billings, Diana Damon,
committee on parsonage furniture; j. s.
Chandler, exhorter; ID. Mills, trier of
appeals; Ii. Noble, Abbie Goodro, Eunice
Noble, committee on temperance; Ethel
Billings, Eunice Noble, L. Billings, COM
mittee on education; Sarah Fisher, Jen-
ME Bean. Diana Damon. committee on
freedmen's aid Eunice Noble, T. Billings,
.
Billings, E. E Damon. committee on
conference claimants. The finances were
reported to be in good condition. 1t was
voted to grant the pastor a furlough of
two weeks to begin March 9th. Voted
unanimously to request the district SUI
perintendent to use his influence for the
return of Rev. G. S. Coulter the coming
year. The election of Sunday school
officers was confirmed.
c. P. Boynton was so unfortunate as
to have a valuable COW slip on the ice
and break leg.
John Orvis of Bristol was in town on a
surveying job on the 2Sth inst.
A. r. Sturtevant of Middlebury was
in town on the lst inst on legal business.
Frank Mills of st. Adams is here on a
visit to his parents.
Charles Hutchins and family have re-
moved to Rochester.
A nine and a half pound boy arrived
at Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Hodges on the LIST.
inst.
During the afternoon service at the
church on last Sunday it was so dark
for a while that lamps had to be lighted
to enable people to see to read.
Miss Katie Stevenson of Dorset was in
town on the 4th inst.
The Helping Hand will meet with Mrs.
G. S. Coulter on Thursday, the 18th.
Our town meeting has come and gone,
had a pretty noisy crowd, but a good
natured one, with W. CALVIN, modera-
tor; T. Billings, town clerk; A. j. Fisher,
jr., school director; w. Calvin, lister; ID.
q. Mills. seectman; p. A. Campbell, road
commissioner, by one majority; w. Gal
vim overseer of poor; II. E. Day, collec-
TOR and constable, with right to serve
process in the State; j. S. Chandler,
trustee public money; T. Billings, treas.
urer; d. p. Mills, d. w. Smith and II. |.
Spoor, auditors; w. Calvin. agent to
prosecute and defend; j. e Hodges,
tree warden; p. N. Campbell, library
trustee; ID. G. Mills, II. l. Spoor, S. G.
Gibbs, NJ. E. Day, j. E. Goodro, petit
jurors to county count; w. Calvin, j. S.
Chandler, II. l.. Wood, grand jurors to
county court S. @. Gibbs, w. Calvin,
III. l. Spoor. town grand jurors; voted
5000 special appropriation for roads I;
voted $50 per cent tax of which 20 for
highway and Is for schools. The license
vote stood on shall it be granted at all,
81 no. 8 yes. On druggist license, no ] !,
yes 8; total, no 33, yes 8. On Constitu
tional amendment, on /, no AZ, yes ;
on 2, no AZ, yes 8; on 3, no 43, yes A; on
A, no 43, yes A; on 8, no 43, yes A; on 9,
no 43, yes A; on z, no 43, yes A; ON 8, no
43, yes 4.