Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-07-20
LEICESTER

LEICESTER
Miss Katherine Blair has blood
poisoning.
Miss Nellie Wilson Of Jerusalem is in
Burlington for couple Of weeks.
Thomas Reeves Of Burlington was Il
business visitor in town Tuesday,
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Swinnington July 3.
Miss Annie Young of Brandon is
with Mrs Moses Dudley for the sum
mer.
Mrs. lone Horton is i'll and confined
to her bed with an attack Of indiges-
ton.
Miss Gladys Jennings is assisting in
the Fletcher store in Salisbury this
week.
Thomas Bly, is with the Rev. Frank
Chandler at Silver Lake for several
weeks,
Miss Nellie Wilson is entertaining
her neice, Miss Marion Wilson Of Bur-
lington.
Mr.. and Mrs. SiIas Goddard and
daughter of Salisbury visited friends
here last Saturday.
The Rev. Mr. Marsh from Massa-
chusetts is a guest for the week at the
Pentecostal parsonage,
Mr. and Mrs James Maally of Rut-
land are the guests Of her mother, Mrs.
Markham at the Junction.
Miss Julia Easton who has been the
guest Of lnez Aver returned to her
home in Goshen on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin johnson were in
Ripton last Saturday to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. Anna Mills Beaudry.
Mrs. Marie Sylvester and young son of
Worcester, Mass, are with Mrs.
Saberina Roberts for a couple of
weeks.
Mrs. C. Griswold Eaton has returned
to her home in Hancock after visiting
her sister, Mrs. julius Alden for a
couple of weeks.
N. H. Jennings and family and the
Miner MACPHERSON were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Jennings of Essex
Junction last week,
Master Bobby Stone of Schenectady,
N. Y, came up to Mr., and Mrs. Charles
CARRIER last Saturday where he will
be a guest for several days.
Mr.. and Mis-. Fancher of East Hart
ford, Conn, who have been visiting
Miss Sara Horton at the Corners and
friends at Lake Dunmore, have re-
turned.
Last Thursday morning Mrs. Darwin
Johnson received the sad news of the
sudden death of her brother, Joseph
Fortier, in Orwell. The funeral was
held in Orwell on Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beane and
daughter, Miss Milicent, of Worcester,
Mass, are visiting Mrs. Beane's
grandmother, Mrs. Sabrina Roberts,
for several weeks. They came the en-
tire distance by team, making the
journey in a couple Of days.
Miss Sara Horton, chairman of the
finance committee for the Red Cross
branch, arranged a very pleasing ice
cream social which was held on the
Corners common Tuesday evening
The grounds were prettily decorated,
lanterns, flags and bunting, the long
tables in white spread under the trees,
lighted by myriads of fire flies and pre-
sided over by the young ladies. The
net proceeds were $500.
The first m Getting of the Red Cross
branch was held in the town hall last
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Crockett of
Brandon as instructor The next meet
ing will be a work meeting and will be
held this Friday afternoon in the town
hall The Ladies Aid of the Congrega-
tional church has given So to the branch.
About half the money came from the
sale of old papers and magazines which
were stored in the church gallery for
several years.
DEATH OF MRS. MILES o. OLIVER
Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth (Barker) Oliver
died at her home in Leicester Tuesday
evening the cause of her death was
cerebral hemorrhage. She was 72 years
old and is survived by her husband,
Miles o. Oliver, and two sons, Herbert
Oliver of Salisbury and Robert Oliver
of Leicester. Mrs. Oliver was born
November 7, 1874 the daughter of
James Dexter and Frances (Bush)
Barker. The funeral will be held at
her late home Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Burial will be in Brookside
cemetery