Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-06-01
BRANDON

Mrs, D, A, Kidder of Park street Ia III
at her home,
Mrs, d, r, Kidder of oak street Is
III at her home.
There are several cases of pneumonia
IN foreatdale at the present time.
Mrs, b, G, Moon Of Albany, N, Y, is
the guest Of Miss Edith Howe,
Mrs, Ernest Aver Is Ill with erysip-
elias at the home Of b, =. Aver
Mr., and Mrs, 7, o, Eddy have been
visiting friends In Plttsford the past
week,
Mrs, Alice Senrico has gone to Bur
lnglon for an operation for append-
citis,
Mrs George II, Smith Of Fairfield
Conn" is visiting at Mrs, II, h, Bart
rams,
Rev Walter Thorpe delivered the
Memorial Day address in Sudbury this
year
Allie Lovett, who Is working for Horn
a Crockett in Bennington is home for a
few days,
Arthur Baker Of Fair Haven paid a
visit this week to his father, DR.. o, c.
Baker
Mount Mansfield Encampment held
meeting on Thursday night in the Odd
Fellows hail,
Joseph Baker, a New York reporter
on the Journal Of Commerce was in
town the past week,
Arthur Baker Of Fair Haven has been
visiting his father, Dr. o. c. Baker,
during the past week
Mrs. Charles Plat is visiting her
mother, Mrs, Austin Blanchard of
Champlain street
Mr., and Mrs. Edgar j. Wiley of Mid
dlcbury have returned home after
visit to +. j, Ormsbee,
Miss Anna Estabrook Of New York is
in town for few days, returning to
New York on Thursday.
Arthur Hcudey, Carlos Gipson, Philip
Wcich, and Carroll June spent Sunday
ON their Rochester farm.
Report comes from Akron, Ohio, of
the death Of Edward Welch, formerly of
TN, town, Of pneumonia.
The Equal Suffrage club met at the
home Of Mrs, $. W. Jones ON Conant
square, Monday afternoon,
Mrs W. G. Gipson and her daughter
have returned from Burlington where
they have been for few days.
Allie Loyett of this town, who is
working for Horn, Crockett & Co., in
Bennington, is home for a few days.
The Brandon Concert Band gave an
open air concert ON "Wednesday evening
ln the park on the east side Of the river.
The funeral of Mrs. viii Bird was
held on Thursday, May "A, in Forest
dale, the Rev l., NJ. Hayes officiating.
Mrs. Alice Sprague went to New
York last Sunday where it is expected |
she will SO to hospital for an opera
ton.
Mrs A. O. Ferguson who was called |
here by the illness Of her mother, Mrs. !
Churchill, has returned to her home in |
Burlington,
II. +. Bartram who recently came
back from Bridgeport, Conn, to attend
for short time.
Mrs. Harry Huntey, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith, is recovering
rapidly from an operation for appendi- !
citis performed recently.
Fred Manchester has just returned |
from business trip through the state
of Connecticut, and next week he will |
take trip into Massachusetts.
Word has come from Akron Ohio, |
that Edward c. WEIGH, former resi-
dent of this town died very suddenly IN
that city last week. The burial was in
that city.
Rev. and Mrs. Albert Mills, gave
a farewell reception in the Baptist
vestry on Thursday evening. There
were large number present, Many |
expressions of regret were heard that
the family were to leave town.
The Rev. Albert Mills and wife will
give a farewell reception in the chapel
of the Baptist church on Friday even
ing, June |, to their many friends be-
fore their leaving for their new home
in Rhode Island.
The selectmen have called special
town meeting warned to meet Tuesday,
June II, at 10 a. M, for the following
purpose: First to see if the town will
vote to raise money on the grand list to
pay the war tax levied by the last leg
stature. Second, to see if the town
will vote an increased compression to all
town officers owing to the increased
cost of living.
The funeral of John Thornton was
held on Friday at the Methodist Episco-
pal church in Brandon Rev. George A.
Kerr officiated. The burial was at Pine
Hill The bearers were Charles Brown,
George Churchill, Charles Churchill and
H. ID. Crooks. Mr.. Thornton was a
private in Company of the Fifth Yer
mont regiment. He enlisted in 1861
and was mustered out for disability in
1862.
The following is the list of Registrars
that have been appointed in Brandon
for the registration of the military elegi-
bles on June 5. S. w. Jones, town
clerk, j. S. Buttles, modertor, DR.. j.
W. Estabrook, health officer, E. N.
Miller, R. H. Everest, F. w. Briggs,
F. j. Nutting, l.. X. Bugbee, A. H.
Gipson, F. w. Williams, j. S. Clark, T.
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