Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-08
VERGENNES

Miss Ruth Harrington Of L, v NJ.
spent the week end with her parents
Mr. and Mrs, J ii Harrington
Mr. and Mrs, John Rivers and son
Of Burlington spent Sunday with Mrs
Rivers parents Mr. and Mrs. J, J.
| Barnard
Miss Helen Thone, who is attend
ing t. V NJ, spent Sunday with Miss
Frances Wheeler
Mrs T. X WilcoX, who has been i'll
for several weeks, is slowly recovering
A small building, used as a slaughter
house and for mixing feed, at the Yer.
mont Industrial school was destroyed
by fire Monday afternoon The Volun-
tccr liremcn from town responded to
the call and helped in preventing the
flames from spreading to the new barn,
which was completed last summer
Henry Morri, spent Monday in
Burlington
Harry Myers has gone to Burling.
ton to work in the Milk Chocolate
factory. Mrs. Myers will join him
later.
Mrs. \. B. Tabcr is able to be about
the house after a several weeks illness
Miss Ruth -. Norton of New York
i, at the home Of her mother Mrs L.
c. Norton
Mrs X. J. Severance who has been
visiting at the home OF her sister, Mrs
c. ". Stone, was called home Tues
day by the illness OF her husband, DR..
X Severance Of kccsvilc, y. \.
Miss Ruth Stcbbm, is visiting her
cousin, Mrs Hugh Philips OF Mont
pcicr
Miss Edith AIiddlcbrook is ill at
her home
The Vermont Cheese Company which
was in operation in Panton, has suS-
spcndcd business for the present
The regular drill period last Monday
evening Of Company u. Vermont
Militia. was devoted entirely to indoor
rifle practice under command OF First
Lieutenant George W Casey, range
officer Some very good scores were
made
The "As You Like IT. Club met at
the home of Mrs Erwin Graves
Foster Young is suffering with an
attack of tonsilts.
Richard Maldun is confined to his
house with an attack of heart trouble
The Red Cross whist given in Grange
Hall last Saturday afternoon by Mrs
J. H. Donnelly was largely attended,
over one hundred being present. The
proceeds were given to the local branch
Rev. Richard G.. Woodbridge was
taken suddenly i'll Saturday afternoon
and his pulpit was filled by Judge
Frank L. Fish Mr.. Woodbridge is
better.
The minstrel show which Company
d is to give will take place next Mon
day night.
The funeral of Private Philip +.
Goodere of the Doth Company, l54th
Depot Brigade u S. Army, who died
on Thursday last at Camp Meade, Md,
from cerebro-spinal meningitis was held
Monday afternoon at the Methodist
church, Rev. w. S. Mulholland offici-
ating, assisted by Rev. William Laugh
ton of the Baptist church and by Judge
Frank /. Fish, who recited the patriotic
poem Your Flag and My Flag" The
body was escorted from the station to
the rooms of undertaken Harvey
Ketcham, and from the Undertaker's
rooms to the church by a detail from
Company d Vermont Militia The
Company attended the funeral in
body, acting as escort to the cortege
The bearers were Lieutenant G.. W
Casey, First Sergt, c. r. Slack, Cor
poral E. W. Graves, W. G.. Watt, Rex
ford Adams and Private R. d. Slack.
The body was placed in the vault at
Prospect cemetery firing squad under
command of Sergt. F. A. Young, firing
three volleys as the body was commit
ted after which Bugler ]. L. Daigneault
sounded Taps" The deceased was
thus accorded full military honors and