Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-28
VERGENNES


Mrs Margaret Gardener Is in Wey-
bridge caring for Miss Lucy Haring-
ton,
James Winslow of Iowa was guest
OF Mr. and Mrs Arson llallock one day
last week,
Richard Bristol of Bennington Is Wis
iting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
Willard Bristol
Miss Ethel Goodspeed of Keene, n
H. is visiting her parents, Mr., and Mrs
Edelbert Goodspeed,
Henry Bushey of Camp Devens
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Alfred Bushey
Mr. and Mrs Justin Floyd and chill.
dren OF Westport, ~ " are guests Of
Mr. and Mrs, George Floyd
Mrs, II, T. Goodere returned Satur,
day from two months visit to her
daughter in Worcester Mass,
Mr., and Mrs Howard Rose and chill.
dren left Saturday on a short visit to
relatives in Port Henry n. V
Superintendent c. W, Wilson of the
state industrial school, has returned
from business trip to Boston,
Mrs, Roy Yattaw and daughter Ruth
have returned from weeks visit to
her parents in Port Henry, n, Y,
Miss Anna Kingman, the teacher Of
elocution in the Nergennes High School,
is spending the summer in Boston
Mr., and Mrs, George Bush and Mrs.
Edward Bishop OF Orwell visited Mr..
and Mrs, Frank NJ Warner Friday.
Miss Ruth Harrington is spending the
week at the Harrington homestead in
Weybridge with her aunt, Miss Lucy
Harrington
Mrs, Bert Bristol of Cohasset, Mass,
is visiting her husbands mother Mrs.
NJ, I. Bristol and his sister Mrs, II. c..
Herrick
Emma Austin, widow of Ira Austin,
former residents of this city, died
Thursday at her home in Peru n. Y,
aged y years,
Mr., and Mrs, Howard Carter and
Edward Carter of Norfolk Mass, who
have been visiting here, are now visit
ing in Burlington,
Miss Elsie Foote, who graduated this
year from Middlebury College, has gone
to Washington, d. c., where she has
position with the United States Gov
eminent,
The Nergennes City Band gave the
first OF its season open air concerts in
the park last week Thursday evening.
Many people from adjoining towns
came in to enjoy it.
Private Walter st. Peters of the mo-
bile ordnance corps, who has been
spending a weeks furlough with his
father, Henry st. Peters, has returned
to his duties at Camp Devens.
Alderman John Daigneault and sons,
Bernard and Harold and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hanneman have returned from
Westport, n. Y, where they attended
the funeral OF Mrs. Josephine Oliver of
this city
Prof, Prentiss c. Hoyt of Clark Col
lege, Worcester, Mass, who has been
spending a few days at his summer
home in West Addison, called on friends
here Saturday.
George Hall has moved his family
from the Charles Ingham house on
East Street to the Fred Dubuc house
on Water street and Mrs. Charles Hol-
comb has moved to the tenement va
Gated by Mr. Hall
Major Eugene n. Sanctuary, U. S. A.,
OF Washington, d. c., visited here one
day last week, Major Sanctuary was
on his way to Burlington where he in
spected the mechanical school of the
University of Vermont John A. Har-
rington accompanied Major Sanctuary
on the trip to Burlington.
The garden party given Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs Nathan OPP
penhem for the benefit of the Ferris
burg branch of the Red Cross was
largely attended. A short program was
given, consisting of a short recital by
Mrs, Oppenheim, singing by the Rev.
L. A. Vezina of Vergennes closing by
all uniting in singing "The Star Span
6iSu DallHSl' hDOul 9ou was IedllLeu,
Abraham Cohen sold a quantity
of hides to the American Hide and
Leather Company of Malone, N. Y, in
May, for which immediate settlement
was made and the transaction closed.
Later the company discovered an error
in the account of 500 in Cohen's favor
OF which he was totally ignorant Friday
Mr.. Cohen received a check to correct
the error and over joyed by his good
fortune he periodically invested the
500 in War Savings Stamps.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Warner in England. Mr..
Warner who is a former resident of
this city, is the son of Charles Warner
B, Warner, formerly of Burlington, now
of Tallahassee, Fla. After taking a
course of training at the Mary Fletcher
Hospital in Burlington, Mr. Warner
went across with the first detachment
of the Canadian contingent of the hos
pital corps. After seeing service on the
Egyptian front he was transferred to a
base hospital at Birmingham Place,
Eng, where he was married
Adm NJ Perkins, former resident of
this place, died Sunday morning of a
of diseases at the home of
his son, +. Victor, at Burlington, aged
70 years. Before his death he was in
hospital for upwards of a month. Be-
sides his son he is survived by two
brothers, George Perkins of Nergennes