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

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Baker are par
ents of daughter born Tuesday,
Rev. and Mrs, Il. o, Taylor of Maine
are visiting friends in town.
Mrs Stewart Andrews of Boston,
Mass, is visiting her mother Mrs,
Mary Bond,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner j. Duncan have
returned from visiting friends in Rut-
land,
The Misses Alice and Hazel Flower of
Englewood, N. D., are in town for the
rest of the summer.
Michael Higgins has been confined to
his room at the Addison all this week by
illness, but is now improving.
Mrs, George G. Taylor of Pittsburg,
Pa, is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Frank Farnsworth,
Merrill S, June of Worcester, Mass,
is visiting his mother, Mrs c, S. June
on Pleasant street.
Miss Tesa Kannally of Fort Edward,
N. Y, spent the weekend at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, George Kidder,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Warner of Al
bany are visiting at the home Of her
mother Mrs, Gardiner Wainwright,
Mrs. Martha Nash, who has been
spending the past few months in Cam
bridge, Mass, has returned to her home
for the summer.
Henry Kidder Of the commissary de-
partment at Fort Ethan Allen spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Kidder,
Miss Veronica Lyman, who has been
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Counter, returned Thursday
to her home in Brandon.
Mrs, H. C. Brown, son and daughter
of Castleton and Miss Dora Clark Of
Boston, were guests at the home of
Prof, Mcfarland on Thursday
Prof, and Mrs, c. B. Wright and
daughter, Marjorie, have returned from
"a weeks automobile trip through
southern Vermont and Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fuller of Boston
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fuller of Spring
field Mass, have returned to their
homes after visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Taber
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Fort and Mr.. and
Mrs, Sidney Fort and children of
Mechanicsyille, n. Y, are visiting at
the home of Rev and Mrs. G. M.
Moody.
Arthur W. Hewett of Plainfed, a
member of the State Board of Educa-
ton, and Rollo c, Reynolds of Montpe-
ier addressed the Vermont state teach
ers at the college Tuesday.
There will be an open-air service in
the rear Of the Baptist church next
Sunday evening at 6 O'Clock at which
the Rev. II. c. Newell of the Congre-
gational church has been invited to
make brief talk.
Mr., and Mrs. W. Ray Bump of Kan
sas City, Mo-, are in town visiting rel
atives and old friends. Mr.. Bump was
formerly for several years an official of
the Brandon Italian Marble comany,
and is now member of the Peerless
Repair company of Kansas City, which
is doing large business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman A. Morhous and
son, Judson, who have been visiting
Mr.. Morhous parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Morhous of Ticonderoga, n Y. ,
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon
+. Abbey on their return trip to Fort
Ethan Allen, where Mr.. Morhous is
secretary of the Y. M. c. A.
An open competitive examination for
the position of first grade clerk in vari-
Gus branches of the Government service
in New England will be held here and in
various other places in the state on
August a. 1t is expected that at least
1000 clerks in the internal revenue SER
vice will be required on or before Sep
TENDER |, and many in other services.
For an application blank address George
w. Mead, local secretary of the Civil
Service at Middlebury.
A Ford car owned by Arthur Bissett
and driven by Mrs. Bissett was ditched
late Saturday evening on the East Mid
dlebury road near the Iron kettle.
The steering apparatus became loose
and the car headed down the embank-
ment into the ditch but remained right
side up and none of the occupants was
seriously injured. The car contained
beside Mrs Bissett, her son and daugh-
ter, Charlotte, and her mother, Mrs.
John Fredett.
DR.. and Mrs. L. E. Mellen of Mana
tee, Fla, and DR.. and Mrs. Philip E.
Mellen and son, Richard of this village
left Tuesday morning by automobile for
visit at the home of Mrs. P. E.
Mellen's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter
Hagar in South Deerfeld, Mass. From
there DR.. and Mrs. l.. E. Mellen and
DR.. Philip E. Mellen will make an auto
mobile trip to Washington, N H., for
short visit at the home of DR.. L. E.
Mellen's sister, Mrs. Mary Crane.
A. R. Slader & Son, Rutland's OPP
tomprigt- 0nticians at The Saruent