Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-15
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move to Burlington where he has ac-
cepted a position as travelling sales.
man for A, {, Taylor & Company OF
that city,
5, L, Stay is visiting his son William
Stay,
r. c, Brown went on Monday to Al
bany, n, Y, where he will undergo a
minor surgical operation at the hospi-
tai
The Red Cross dance held at the
town hall on Friday evening owing to
bad roads and sickness was not largely
attended,
The Congregational church held its
annual meeting and supper at the La.
dies rooms on Wednesday evening OF
last week, Following the supper which
was served from six to eight, the an
nual meeting was held, the following
officers being chosen to serve for the
ensuing year: O, S, Wisell, Clerk; d.,
| l.. Wells, Treasurer; X, s. Hall Audi
tor; Ministrative Committee, Mrs. >,
l., Stevens, Mrs, J, s. Wilcox, Mrs. r.
c. Young, Mrs, ] H. Thomas, together
c, Young, Mrs, ]. II, Thomas, j. H.
Thomas, together with Pastor, Deacons
and Clerk; Committee on Church
Meeting, J. t. Williams, ID, L, Wells,
and L. +. Young, Committee on
Neighborhaad Meetings, w, ii, Nick
erson, +, S, Ross, c. {, Allen, Mrs, ],
NJ Meccham, Miss Emma Mercure
Board of Trustees, r, 5, Hall, L. W,
Cuts r. S, Young, ], c. Thomas,
| L, o, Bishop, r, {. Young,
with Deacons and Clerk Missionary
Committee, Mrs. c. w, Bodhsh, Mrs
L. E. Young, J. A. Gregory Glen
Bishop, Mrs. O, S, Wisell, Mrs. r. 5.
Young, Miss Fannie Brown, Miss Alice
Jennings, Miss Marguerite Munger
Social Committee, Mrs, a {. Plue
Mr. and Mrs, A. v Barnard, Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Ross, Mrs. c, !, Munger;
Usher, W. IL. Nickerson, Lewis Need
ham, Leland Hall, Earle Bassette,
Ralph Blackmer, Earle Lille; Commit
tee on Strangers, Mrs S, /. Stevens,
Mrs. J. A. GregoryJ IL. Thomas and
K. {. Young ID. /. Wells was elected
Deacon for four years
J. S. Thomas ID. ID, G.. NJ, spent
Thursday and Friday Of last week in
Bristol where he inspected the work
on Thursday evening of Libanus Lodge
! i. & a. NJ.
There was a dance at L. ] Putney's
Wednesday evening. They also en-
tertained with dancing on Monday ev-
ening.
II. +. Warren underwent surgical
! operation at the Mary Fletcher Hospi-
tai, Burlington on Thursday OF last
week. Mr.. Warren is doing well.
Richard Christian has returned from
several days spent in Port Henry, N,
Y.
Mrs. J. L. Skinner went 10 Rutland
on Thursday to see her son Allan who
is gaining slowly at the Rutland Hospi-
tai.
Henry Rising has received a telegram
from his son which reads. Louis ar
rived in L. S., Thursday. All o. X
Louis Rising, L. 5. n. has just returned
from his second Transatlantic voyage.
lie returned from the first one late in
November last.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammond OF
New York city were guests OF Mr.
Hammond's sister, Mrs, d. A. LaDuc
on Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. L. i. tombstone enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor OF Pitts
ford for the weeken
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Needham OF
Albany, n. y, are visiting Mr.. Need
hams parents, Mr.. and Mrs L. b.
Needham and other relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs Merrill Walker OF
Benson were Sunday visitors at e.
W. Bodhsh's.
A. A. Munger was in Rutland on
Monday and Tuesday,
Miss Maude Smith returned home
Tuesday from Springfield, Mass, the
public schools of the city in which
She teaches having been closed from
lack of fuel,
Miss Alice Warren went on Tuesday
to visit Mrs. H. l.. Keeler OF Iicon-
deroga, n, y.
Schools of the town reopened on
Monday with the exception OF the
Phelps district and the grammar de
partment of the village school, the
teachers Miss Anna O'Brien and Miss
Duval being ill and unable to return
The two lower rooms of the village
school were closed on Tuesday after
noon, owing to non-attendance OF
pupils because of illness.
Mrs. Charless Purcell visited her
mother Mrs Branch in Rutland Satur-
day.
Thomas Purcell had one of his work
horses badly cut recently when the
pair got to kicking i'll harness.
Quite few cases OF measles i'll town,
Mason Warren, Miss Emma Needham,
Miss Alice Jennings, Mrs. K. 5. Young,
Mrs. Ernest AunChman, and Charles
LeDuc being in quarantine. Chester
Thayer has whooping cough; Mrs
Geo. Greenwood, pneumonia, Mrs
Sidney Griswold, c. c. Griswold and
Harold Purcell have the grippe, Chris
tine Baron and Gerald Lavery have
pneumonia and Gerald Lavery has
bronchitis.
Miss Susan Ladd is home from Rut-
land Business College. She will go soon
to Bellows Falls where she has a po-
sition
Linus Duffany has enlisted in the
L. S. army and leaves this week for
Camp Greene, n. {.
p. J. Sullivan returned Friday from
several weeks spent i'll Massachusetts
and Connecticut.
Edward Ross visited his son
Lawrence at Camp Devens, Mass,