Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-12-10
BRANDON.

this football game between the Army and
Navy football teams.
j. Bartholomew of Fairhaven, who
recently bought the Syndicate farm"
took possession of it Saturday.
There was n special meeting of Silver
Lake lodge of X. P. Friday evening to
prepare for the entertainment held here
December 7.
Mrs. Morris Grover, who has moved
into the village for the winter, has
taken rooms on Maple street.
John Preston of Whiting. who is still
an active business man, though S5 years
old, as in town Tuesday.
The store that the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea company is TO establish in
this town is No. SID in their list of
stores in operation.
The members of Neshobe Grange gave
a social dance in Grange hall Saturday
evening.
The Sons of Veterans held a dance in
G. A, R. hall on Friday evening last.
George Fredette. who has been work.
ing for a marble company in Colorado
for the past year has retu ned home.
Tuesday a large flock of wild geese
were seen flying in a northerlv direction
in the vicinity Of Sanderson bridge.
s. w. Jones has sold to George Y.
Fish of Ticonderoga, N. Y, a block of
dwelling houses in that town.
Phenner Vail of Orwell came into
town on Saturday with a deer that he
shot in Goshen.
Clayton Knowlton has bought a Ford
automobile.
Frank Chandler, who broke his arm
recently while cranking his auto, is able
to be out.
Miss Addie Briggs has been visiting in
Vergennes.
James Rickert, who has been visiting
in town for a few days, will leave in a
few days for the northern part of the
State, where he will spend the winter
with his sol Will Rickert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrance Pettee spent
Sunday in Shoreham visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Poulin, who were
married in Rutland recently. have re-
turned from their wedding trip and will
take up their residence in the Knapp
house.
Miss Carrie Brosseau has had a tele-
phone installed in her home on Depot
street.
There was a meeting of the Brandon
Musical club at the Congregational
chapel Monday evening. Frencesco
Paoli Tosti was the composer selected for
the evening.
Rogers and Grilley gave a fine enter
tainmentin the town hall Friday evening
to a large and a~ppreciative audience.
At the annual meeting last Wednes-
day night of the Sons of Veterans and
Ladies' auxiliary, officers were elected
for the ensuing year.
G. NJ. Carpenter of Detroit. Mich, was
at home for a few days visiting his
family.
George Young wa. in Crown Point re-
Gently on business.
Roscoe Saunders has completed his
contract for laying the pipe and the
water has been let into the main from
the Baptist church to the State farm.
The Public Service commission have
granted the request of the Hortonia
Power company to issue bonds to the
mount of one half million dollars to
develop the Silver Lake project. Quite
an amount of the preliminary work is
being done this fall.
G. j. Rowe of this village recently
received an English pictorial newspaper,
which gave some very interesting views
of the war scenes.
AT the Congregational church last
Sunday morning the services were in
connection with the work of the Ameri.
can Board. In the adult class. Mrs.
Tom w. Ray spoke upon 1.-THE Influence
of Christian Hymnody." The afternoon
service at four O'Clock was illustrated by
many beautiful slides of life in China.
Charles Reyno died on Monday, De-
cember 9th, aged 70 years. He is survi.
we'd by two children, Lawrence Reyno
of California. and Halle Reyno of Rut.
land.
G. NJ. Carpenter who has been at home
for a few days returned to Albany Tues
day.
j. T. Harris and wife are in Boston
this week attending the funeral of Mrs,
Fanny Tay Tor, who died a few days
since and is well known in Brandon.
c. c. Knowlton is in Rutland this week
on business.
The ladies of the D. A. R. gave a "Gen-
tlemen's Night reception at the Bran.
don Inn Wednesday evening.
Miss Marion Kingsley has beer visiting
her aunt, Miss Bertha Shaw of Pittsford,
this week.
Frank Sanderson, jr., is testing cattle
in the town of Londonderry for a week
or two.
The annual meeting and election of
officers Of the Brandon Concert band was
held Wednesday evening in the band
rooms.
The Mary l.. Ketcham Circle of the
Kings Daughters will send a box of USE
full articles to the Kurn Hattin homes in
Westminster this week.
The Eastern Star Literary club met
with Mrs. Loren Bugbee Tuesday after
noon. A review of Mrs. Porter's latest
book, 'Michael O'Halloran," was given
by Mrs. Irving Green.
The town schools opened Monday for
the winter term. The same teachers are
in charge as last term.