Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-03-22
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The Ladies Missionary Society OF
the Congregational church will hold a
ThankoiIering meeting in the vestry
Friday afternoon, March 20, at 8
O'Clock leader, Mrs, A. W. Dickens
The ladies are requested to bring
their Bibles
The annual meeting OF the Addison
county road commissioners will be
held in the town hall, Middlebury,
Thursday, March 2S, The meeting
will be in charge OF State Highway
Commissioner S, b. Bates.
Roy Sears, who graduated from the
College here last June, and who went
from here last June to accept pos
ition as a teacher of French at Hadley
Hall, a private school at Holyoke,
Mass, has recently been appointed
head master OF the school, according
to a news item appearing in the Ludlow
Tribune.
On or before April LIST is the time
prescribed by law for the registering Of
all dogs more than four weeks old, The
full requirements of such registration
may be obtained at the Town Clerks
Office. The license fee is one dollar for
each male dog, and six dollars for each
female dog A license may be obtain
ed after April LIST and until May 10Th
by paying three dollars for each male
dog and eight dollars for each female
dog, but after May 18th all dogs kept
contrary to law shall be killed, and the
owner or keeper fined fifteen dollars,
Miss Irene Bullard, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs c. B. Bull
lard of New Heven, arrived in town
Tuesday. Miss Billiard is convalescing
from a serious operation recently per
formed at the Mt, Sinai Hospital in
New York City, where she is nurse
Patrick Halpin is seriously i'll at
his home on College street. his daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Halpin of Brushtown,
n. Y, has been called home.
Mr. and Mrs. George W, Mead
are showing their friends remarkable
contribution which their aunt, Miss
Sarah Jane Mead of White River
Junction has made toward winning
the war. Although the aunt is 81 years
old she has crocheted an afghan, which
has more colors than Joseph's coat,
and which is remarkable piece of
work. Miss Mead, who was a native
of Shoreham and lived there for many
years, has sent the afghan to the Mid
dlebury Red Cross Society which
will forward it with their other articles
for the soldier boys Its colors will UNI
doubtedly brighten the days that some
wounded boy spends on hospital
cot.
Mrs. Charles Earle left Tuesday
for an extended visit in Elgin, Ill,
Winfield Penniman, who recently
underwent an operation at the Moses
hospital in Ticonderoga, N, Y, for an
abscess on the bone of his right leg,
has returned, and although much inn
proved is still unable to be about with
out the aid of crutches.
Mrs. Randall Hammond, who has
been spending two weeks with Mr. and
Mrs, WE. Hammond at the L. S.
Government farm, has returned to
Brandon.
L. c. Bean, who has spent few
months with his sons, Carlson and
Theodore, in Decatur, ILL.,, has returned
home.
Amos Delphia is moving from
Bridport to the Pratt Tyrell farm on
Munger street, which he will carry on
the coming season.
Miss Edith Stanley of New York
City has been engaged as trimmer for
this season at the Gee Sisters store.
F. w. Beckwith, who closed up
his manufacturing business here last
fall and went to Chicago as sales mana
ger for a cretonne house, has been
transferred to New York as a represen-
tative of the same firm.
The entertainment and social given
by the young people of the Christian
Endeavor society Saturday evening at
the Grange hall was well attended, An
interesting program consisting Of vocal
and instrumental music and readings
was given.
The First Addison County Cow
Testing Association will hold its annual
meeting at the Grange hall next Friday
morning
The Christian Endeavor society
will meet at the Congregational church
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millin Atwood of
Trinidad, Col, arrived Saturday for
ten days stay at the home of Mr.. At
woods sister, Mrs. J. o. Seeley, Jr.
Mr. Atwood, who was former resi-
dent OF, East Middlebury, has been in
Colorado for the past nine years.
Professor Raymond Mcfarland,
Director of the Summer School at the
College, received this week compli-
mentary set of new encyclopedia of
eight volumes known as "The World
Book" to which Prof Mcfarland was
contributor of interesting articles on
deep sea fisheries and on Labrador.
Prof Mcfarland is an authority on
both subjects, having at one time been
a deep sea fisherman and having made
an exploration trip to Labrador The
new encyclopedia will undoubtedly fill
a widespread need as it is not only