Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-04-28
ORWELL.

Miss Bertha Martin spent Saturday at
her home in Rutland,
Mrs. II. f. Hack visited her son, DR..
Thomas Hack of Proctor for couple OF
days last week. She was accompanied
upon her return by her granddaughter,
Miss Rachael Hack, who is spending the
week at the homestead.
Mrs. Esther Ducharme spent the week
end in Burlington, the guest OF her
daughter, Mrs, Mary Young.
Mrs L. F, Lille spent Saturday in
Rutland.
Leon Starks has returned from Bur
lington. His brother, Delbert, who is in
the Mary Fletcher hospital recovering
from an operation for appendicitis, is
reported as doing well.
William Stay of Rutland is in town
arriving on Tuesday.
At the thank offering meeting of the
Home Department of the Woman's Mis-
sionary auxiliary, held on Wednesday Of
last week, nearly forty ladies were in
attendance and the collection amounted
to about $4,000.
George Wood was recent visitor in
town.
Miss Jennie Plue has gone to Man
chester. Following her stay there she
will go to Yonkers, n Y, for week OF
two.
Miss Hazel Ketcham of Sudbury has
been visiting Mrs. F. E. Lille.
Henry Powers of Schuylerville, n. Y,
arrived in town Saturday, to be here a
few days the guest of his sister, Mrs, q
L. Smith.
Miss Belle Supernault is this week in
Brandon with Mr.. and Mrs. c. l. Stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Doane, George
Doane and Donis Saunders took advant
age of the excursion to Albany last
Thursday.
The series of four evening meetings
held last week at the Congregations
church were well attended and deer
interest manifested. Rev. Simmonds Of
Shoreham was present on Thursday
evening and delivered the address. Ow
ing to the steady downpour on Sunday
there was not as many in attendance a,
the Easter services as had been antic
pated but the church was well filled
The devotional exercises were appropri
ate for the day Special mention should
be made of especially fine rendering by
the choir of the cantata, "The Riser
King"
f. E. Harrington of Rutland was il
town one day last week.
D. L. Wells and Mr. and Mrs H, F
Warren attended on Thursday, the Goth
the funeral of Mrs. +. j. Ormsbee Of
Brandon.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Burt and daughter
Helen of Rutland, were at Mrs, George
Burt's over Sunday.
Mrs. Oliver Bascom has as guests thi
week her sister, Miss Proctor, and he
niece, Miss Antoirette Proctor, both o
Springfield, Mass.
Willard Widmer and family of RounC
Lake, N. Y, have arrived in town anC
are at their new home which Mr. Wild
mer recently purchased of the L. L
Stevens estate
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira H. LaFleur spen
Monday and Tuesday at the Eagle Inn.
William Blakely of Holyoke, Mass, ii
visiting his father, Truman Blakely.
Miss Celia Wells and Mr.. Souvan; boil
of Elizabethtown, N. Y, were married
at st. Paul's church, on Easter Morning
News has been received of the dealt
on Friday, April 2lst, of Madam Swift o
Woodstock. The funeral was held a
her late home on Monday with the buria
on Tuesday at Enosburg Falls. MADAM
Swift was for fourteen years among tn
people of this community as a member
Of the family of Rev, B, E. Swift. Mad
am Swift had many warm friends il
Orwell by whom she will be greatly
missed.
Mrs. C. E. Walker and Mrs. Georg
FELTON,, both of whom are at the Mar!
Fletcher hospital in Burlington recover
ing from surgical operations, are making
satisfactory recoveries.
c. f. Walker, who has been will
Mrs. Walker in Burlington for the past
week. returned to town Tuesday even
ing
Little Gordon Lavery, while playing
fell, receiving an ugly cut on his face.
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