Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-17
ORWELL

40 80 Ar'NfHf
\ $, Young and John Beeman were
in Iiconderoga, n, " on Saturday,
Charles /, Hammond went Saturday
on business trip TO New York City,
Mr. and Mrs Robert Eddy OF Poult-
ney spent Sunday with relatives here.
A son was born on Tuesday May 7th,
10 Mr. and Mrs, Fordyce Wisell now Of
Rutland,
Mr. and Mrs, James Conway spent
the weekend with relatives IN Middle
bury,
Charles Hitchcock and Clifford Sven
or have each had a telephone installed
in their residence,
Six persons were received into mem
bership at the Congregational Church
last Sunday,
Mrs, Edward DGahantey Of Fair
Haven has been visiting her mother,
Mrs Addie Dumas,
Mrs Oliver Bascom went on Friday
TO visit relatives IN Springfield, Mass,
returning Tuesday,
II, u, Branch was in Rutland Mon
day 10 see his brother-in-law Isaac
Raymond who is ILL.,
A, {, Plue left Friday on a business
trip, visiting New York City, Brook
Ign and Yonkers, and returning Sunday,
The Baracca Glass Of the Congrega-
tional Church met on Thursday eve
ming Of last week at the home OF r. c.
Young,
Mrs, Rose c. Walker who has been
for two weeks with her sister, Mrs. o.
b, Root has returned to Ticonderoga,
NY,
Several from town attended the en-
terlainment and dance given at the
town hall in Shoreham on Tuesday eve
ming,
Mr. and Mrs, Herman Warren were
at Schroon Lake, n, Y, on Friday Of
last week TO attend the funeral OF Mr.,
Warren's mother
Mrs Emma Wolcott who has been for
week the guest Of her sister, Mrs c.,
/, Smith returned to her home in Bird
port on Sunday.
Mrs. William Sawyer OF Sudbury was
a guest Of her sister, Mrs, Charles Lew
is from Thursday until Saturday. Mrs.
Lewis is in poor health,
Hiram X. Walker has been appointed
road patrol on the road from Sudbury
line to Orwell village and then north on
the depot road to the Shoreham line
DR., ], p. ], Cummings Of Ticondero-
ga was here on Friday in consultation
with DR., Coffee in the case OF Miss
Mary Ryan, Appendicitis is feared
Capt. William Horton and Mrs. Ezra
Horton Of Burlington are spending some
time at the home farm here. Capt.
Horton has purchased a new Buck-Six
roadster.
Rev. L, M Isaacs and J, Z. William
were in Weybridge Wednesday to at
tend the ordination services OF Mr..
Green of the Weybridge Congregation
al Church
The regular meeting Of Independence
Lodge No 10, +. and A. NJ, will be
held at their lodge rooms Tuesday eve
ming, May 81 The officers for the COM
ing year will be installed at this meet.
ing.
Leland Hall who has been home from
T. C. A. Poultney for a week, because
of illness returned to his school on Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall and son John
and Mr., FaXon accompanied him on
the trip by automobile,
Mr., and Mrs. W. A. Jennings and
daughter, Miss Alice, Mrs Mary White,
Mrs, Eva Cults, Miss Alice Warren,
Mrs. r. c, Young and Z. L. Young
were in Brandon Tuesday in attendance
at the funeral of DR.. w, II, Wright,
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. d. ].
Leonard Sunday. Their little son John
who has been critically i'll is slowly i'm
proving Mrs. Leonard's sister, Miss
Rose Hopkins Of the Montpelier Hos
pital came on Monday to care for him
and Miss. Frances Flinders is caring for
Mrs. Leonard
Pictures at the Town Hall this week
Friday evening THE Long Trail" fea-
turing Lou Tellegen and Chapter l, of
"The Son Of Democracy, my
Mother; May "a Douglas Fairbanks
in Down to Earth" and chapter II. of
the Son of Democracy Call to Arms.
These are Red Cross benefits. The
entertainment and dance of the 10th
netted S2l, and the amount handed in
to the Red Cross treasurer from the en-
tertainments of the last month total $50.
The Knickerbocker Press in its last
Sunday edition has two column ar
ticle in which it characterized George
d. Babbitt of Albany, NY, as the man
who discovered" the Hudson river-its
possibilities as a deepened waterway
leading to great seaport at Albany.
With the article is printed two column
half tone of Mr.. Babbitt The article
reviews Mr.. Rabbits record as an or
ganizer and business man and his prom
inence throughout the country in con-
nection with waterways associations.
He was recently elected by President
Edmund N. Huyck of the Chamber of
Commerce to represent Albany at a
conference with Secretary William G..
McAdoo and Calvin Tompkins of the
inland waterways Committee, relative
to the control of the barge canals, Mr..
Babbitt Was in his younger days a resi-
dent of Orwell, and there are many
here who will be interested in and glad
of his success. He is brother of d, S.
Babbitt of this town.