Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-12-22
ORWELL.

OHWEIL'
T, =, Desiadon spent a couple Of days
In Burlington last week,
A.A Barnard was called to Waitsneld,
laet week by the death Of his grand,
mother.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Leonard Of Middle.
bury were at d. j. Leonard's early In the
week,
George Doane went on the excursion
to Albany last week,
d, l., Wells was in Middlebury on
Monday and Tuesday,
Robert Eddy has gone to MiddIetown
to test the herd on the Buxton farm
Mrs, Edward Delahanty of Fair Haven
was the guest last week, from Wednesday
until Friday, Of her mother Mrs Addie
Dumas
At Il meeting Of the Business and
Civic league held on the evening Of the
18th, County AGENT Carrigan was pres.
wt and the subject Of help on the farm
was discussed,
The remains Of S j Mcintyre, late Of
Putnam n w. were brought to Orwell
for burial on Monday luicrment was
in the Lake cemetery,
Byron Kinney has been entertaining
his mother and sister from Casteton.
There is ice to the thickness of five
inches on Lake Champlain and teams are
crossing
There WAS dance at James Lilies
ON Friday evening.
Miss Thelma Lille is home from Cush>
ing Academy, Ashburnham, for the holi
idays,
Matthew Conway went on Tuesday to
Plattsburg, n. Y.
Miss Lena Needham from Bridport and
Linus Needham of Rutland were home
over Sunday.
The following is from a st. Adams
paper: "a very quiet wedding took
place at No. Z Diamond Street on Tues
day, December 10, at 200 p. M; when
Mary Esther Young, Of Orwell, was
united in marriage to Marshall Church
Banister of Burlington by the Rev, &.
W. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Banister left on
the 4l5 train for Burlington, their pres.
ent home
The j. NJ. Coburn property on Depot
street, sold at auction on the l4th, was
purchased by h. S. Hall.
Concerning Motion pictures, there will
be none this week Friday evening, but
ON Tuesday evening, December 20, there
will be five reel feature.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nickerson and w.
b. Needham. who were called here to
attend the funeral of William Nickerson,
returned to Albany on Monday.
Mrs. Lucia Thomas is home from Bur.
lington for the holidays.
Schools in town close Friday for the
Christmas vacation of two wee ks. There
will be Christmas tree in each of three
rooms of the village school with appro.
pirate exercises by the children in the
primary and intermediate grades.
The Congregational Sunday school has
its annual Christmas tree on Saturday
evening, at $780, not on Friday evening,
as stated last week. A most cordial in.
vtation is extended to all and especially
to the children to whose pleasure and en-
tertainment the evening will be devoted,
Christmas eve will be observed at the
Congregational church with an appro-
pirate program. The choir will render
musical program which will be followed
by pageant by the children.
William Nckerson was born at Crown
Point, N. Y, March 20 1886, living there
until his marriage on February 2, 1860,
to Miss Elizabeth Maxwell of Putnam,
N. Y. He moved to Benson, VT, where
Mr.. and Mrs. Nickerson lived for some
years, later removing to Orwell, where
the remainder of his life was spent. ToI
them were born ten children, one of
whom, William twin brother to Will
bur, died in early manhood. For more
than year Mr.. Nickerson has been a
helpless invalid. He died on Tuesday
Dec IL, The funeral was held on Fri
day afternoon from the Congregational
church of which he had long been
member, the Rev. L. NJ, Isaacs officiating
The bearers we're the four sons of the
deceased, Wilbur. Robert, John and
Thomas. The burial was in Mountain
View cemetery. Mr.. Nickerson leaves
besides his wife, five daughters, Mrs.
Jennie Maxwell of Seattle, Wash, Mrs.
Ethel Enos and Miss Belle Nickerson of
Fair Haven and Mrs. L. B. Needham and
Mrs. William Eddy of Orwell and four
sons, John of Albany, Wilbur, Robert,
and Thomas of Orwell