Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-01-04
MIppLEBURY LOCALS

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err president of the New Hampshire
State college, who is well known here,
having spent many summers in this
vicinity, has, it is learned, gone to
France to enter Y. M. G. A. work, Miss
Marie Mulkland. his daughter, who has
been teaching in New York city, and
who was recently connected with
New York banking house, is also going
to France as chief accountant for the
Y, W. C. A.
John Lowell of this village has re-
ceived word from his son-in-law, How
ard Austin, who is with the American
army in France, that he is well,
The first of the social evenings which
it was announced last week the Red
Cross had arranged for the winter
proved success, and it is proposed TO
go ahead with the plans for the entire
series Of five, the dates of which will be
announced later. Last Saturday even
ing, a number Of couples attended. The
combination dance and card party was
held in the Masonic hall where the
college orchestra furnished excellent
music free.
Next Wednesday night the Red Cross
movies, Alice Brady in Betsey Ross,
and pictures illustrating Red Cross
work in the field will be shown in the
Opera house through the courtesy of
Manager Peck.
Leon +. Swartz of Brandon, who was
formerly pressman at the West Point
Military Academy, has been engaged as
foreman of the press room of The Regis
ter Company. He assumed his new
duties this week, Mr.. Swartz has ser
we'd seven years in the u. S. army dur
ing which his ability as a pressman was
recognized, and he was assigned to the
West Point Academy where a large
amount of book and general printing
is done. He was similarly employed at
Fort Ethan Allen He recently mar
ried a Burlington girl, and upon his
honorable release from the army moved
to Brandon where he was employed for
time by the johnson Press. He and
Mrs Swart2 will make their home here.
Owing to the general shortage of coal
the decision has been reached to post
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schools ana high school IN MiddIebury
until January l4th. 1t is proposed that
the week $ loss of school time that this
change involves will be made up during
the year, when warmer weather arrives,
by Saturday sessions.
Mr.. and Mrs, II. f. Perciva of New
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by a fire escane and ransacloJ the an.
tire Mace but tbnv Ind been nnahlo to
find ANYTHING bnt minor yaluabjss The
percivals returnod late AZ night tho
weather being 10 degrees below zero,
and found that the burglars had not
even had the courtesy to close the win.
dows
The Red Cross fund was AUGMENTED
this week by donations If 81 from tbe
Baptist Missionary Society and 81 so
from James Howarth.
Mark Bovlan and daughter Katharine
returned 70 their bome in N;agara
Falls Ont yesterday after visitinS bis
mother. Mrs Mary a ROWAN
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The Woman S Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the Methodist
church Will meet with Mrs ID. l.. Rob
lnsOh next tuesday AFTERNOON at Z:5O
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Webster Barter left this week for
Boston where he will enter the Boston
Conservatory of Music as cornet
student
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Easton have
moved from the Battell block TO his
fathers farm in Shoreham which he
will carry on the coming wear. Mr.
Easton position as CITY carrier at the
local postoffice, will be filled by Leslie
M. Day of East Middlebury.
Considering the fact that there were
two very important meetings last Fri.
day night, those of the Grange and
Masons, the Red Cross meeting held IN
the town hall was pronounced sue
cess. The total receipts were $40 70.
The expenses neutrality-suspicious., carfare
anu moVeI GIII amounting eIa 10 9rl9'
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