Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-29
MIDDLEBURY

Miss Blanche NJ. McPhee OF Mid
dlebury aud Edison S. Baxter OF Bur
lington were married Monday afternoon
at the Baptist parsonage IN Burlington,
To furnish hospitals IN Francs 80 III
linen the Red Cyoss Is asking Tor do la'
tons this weak, hliddlebury's quota Is
60 bath towels, 1886, 1870 hand towels
1890 loo hanlkerehiels, lsxlS, aud u
napkins l4xli Slight variations from
these sizes are permissible, Articles that
are not new, II in good condition, can be
used, The Red eros rooms will be open
this afternoon 10 receive contributions.
Arthur Holmes, son OF Rev, and
Mrs 4, b, Holmes, has returned from
Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington
where he underwent an operation for
the removal OF adeuoids and is repdly
recovering from the effects Influenza
patients are still crowding the Burling'
ton hospitals, according to Mrs, Holmes
who reported that on account OF them
she was unable to secure a private ward
for her son while there,
The junior and senior classes at
Middlebury High School held a mock
trial of the late Kaiser at the High
School building Monday evening in en-
tertainment Of the freshmen and sopho-
more classes, Mr., Hohenzollern was
represented by a good likeness in dun.
my form, and upon his being found
guilty of murder and many other crimes
he was sentenced to be scalped- which
was done in the presence of the court,
and the scalp presented to Prof Har.
riman for a wig" The entertainment
concluded with the singing OF The Or.
ange and The Black"
Telephone Topics" a publication
by the New England Telephone Com.
pany has just published a special nun.
Der citing the remarkable faithfulness
with which operators stuck to their
posts and doubled up in their work
during the recent epidemic of influenza,
when hundreds of operators were i'll
OF Middlebury, the paper says; Three
out of six operators were sick with the
influenza and an unusual number OF
calls was handled by those able to re-
main at the switchboard, Mrs. Belle
Caisse, a former operator, volunteered
her services and did good work"
George N. Shambo of Middlebury
was elected as Addison county's mem
Der of the Vermont State Fish & Game
League at the annual meeting of that
organization held in Montpelier Mon
day evening, The general officers elect.
ed were: President, RI Patrick of Bur
lington; vice presidents, w. R. Warner
of Vergennes, w, II. Bradford and d.
A, LOOMS of Burlington, ]. Gregory
Smith OF st. Adams, Mortimer R. Proc
tor, II, J. M Jones of Montpelier, w,
d, Woolson of Springfield; secretary,
Edward Cornell of Lyndonvillej treas
urer Charles f. Lowe of Montpelier
The first seven thousand men to
be sent home from France since the
armistice was signed are expected to ar
rive in New York tomorrow or Monday
on three British liners. Most Of the
men are in air service detachments
Mrs, J, J, Ross of South Main street,
whose husband is a captain in the medi-
cal department of the air service, and
who was formerly physical director
at Middlebury College, is hoping that
Captain Ross will return home either
with this first returning party or the
next one, although she has as yet re-
ceived no official assurance of his early
return.
John E. Weeks, director of state
institutions, and Mrs Weeks, attended
the funeral at Waterbury Wednesday
of DR.. Watson L. WATSON, superinten-
dent of the state hospital for the insane
at Waterbury who died Sunday follow
ing an attack of influenza The former
board of trustees including d. d, Bur
dit, c. H. A. Stafford NJ d. Phelps,
and several state institution officials,
including Superintendent Wilson of
the Vergennes school and Allen of the
Brandon school, attended the funeral
DR.. WATSON was a student at Middle
bury College 1892 1893 and a member
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon. He COM
pleted his education at the University
of Vermont, and had been at Water
bury since 1901.