Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-12-20
OR WELL COLUMN
MTs. 0. S. WlseIl, CoIIespondenD

in Middlebury sunday
A daughter was born Monday t.
Mr. and Mrs thur Ring,
John Cain and Joseph Dundon were
Rutland visitors Saturday,
There was a social dane, Friday
evening at o, o. Bascom's
Mrs, Thomas Clark is visiting her
daughter, Mrs James Leonard,
Hiram Pairchild Of Shoreham was a
recent business visitor IN town
DR.. Smith Of Weston spent Thursday
and II day with his niece Mrs, 4, l.
Clark,
Miss Rena Dundon is spending a
few days al the home Of + ], Murphy
in Fair Haven,
Ralph Cookie Of Westfold, Mass,
was Friday and Saturday guest at
| o, o, Bascoms,
John A, Logan Post g. A, r. held
a meeting al the ladies rooms Satur-
day. Dinner was served
Mr., and Mrs. o, S, Wisell spent the
weekend at the home OF Mr. Wisell's
brother, i, A, Wisell in Rutland,
Louis Rising, T. S, ~ has returned
10 his duties after spending a seven
days iurlough with his people here,
Mrs, Marion Vail and son John who
have been spending several weeks in
Middlebury, returned home Saturday
There was a regular meeting Of In
dependence Lodge No, 10, +, and A, NJ
at their lodge rooms Tuesday evening
Miss Mary Williams who has been
for two weeks with relatives in Ticon-
deroga, n, " returned home Monday
morning.
Mrs, T, II, Purcell, Miss Rcna and
Henry and Harold Purcell also Mr.
and Mrs, c, J, Blair were in Rutland
last week Wednesday,
Harry Coates who is II OF pneumonia
is slightly improved Mrs, Thral Of
Brandon is caring for him, Mrs, Coates
is also i'll OF influenza.
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Hopkins who
were called TO New York City by the
illness of Miss Katherine Barron, re-
turned home Monday,
Mr., and Mrs. II. c. Mead, after
spending a month at the home Of their
son, S c, Mead in Shoreham, have re-
turned to o. s. Wisell's,
Mrs. r. II. White died Wednesday
morning Of pneumonia at the home of
G. II Young at the age OF y years,
The funeral will De held in Orwell
Almond Bishop who but recently
received his honorable discharge from
the T. S. army went Thursday Of last
week to Albany n. Y, to apply for
re-enlistment
Miss Fannie and Rollin c, Brown
were in Benson Wednesday evening
OF last week in attendance at the How
ard Barber wedding, Mr.. Brown act
ing as best man.
Fire was discovered Monday morn
ing at the home OF Mrs. J A. LaJery
when part of an upstairs partition and
the bedding on one Of the beds were
burned. The call for help was prompt
ly answered and the fire soon extn-
guished, The origin Of the fire is I'M
known,
A reception was rendered Mr.. and
Mrs Guy NJ Cook, who were recent
ly married, on Wednesday evening of
last week, about eighty being present.
The occasion was a very enjoyable
one. Mr. and Mrs, Cook were present
ed with a sum of money as 4 token Of
the esteem in which they are held.
Mrs. c. B. Cook who has been lutte
i'll for several weeks was worse early
in the week Dr. Bellerose of Rutland
was called Monday, Mrs. F r. Patch
of Rutland came Monday ard remain
ed to care for Mrs Cook until the
arrival Tuesday OF the nurse, Miss
Mollie Hack of Keene, n H.
The Keene City Hospital OF Keene,
N. H., has placed on its service flag
star for Miss Florence Kerry rs one
who died in the service Of her country
Miss Kerry was the nurse who died of
influenza contracted while doing tree
visiting nursing in Orwell during the
recent epidemic when Orwell had lost
both her physicians by death
The Fortnightly Club me! Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. D.
Branch, when the following program
was given: Roll Call, Current Events;
Our National Cantonments Mrs, L.
M. Isaacs; "The Symbol of American
independence" Mrs. l. N. Bessette;
Report of the Annual State Conference
of Women's Clubs of Vermont, Miss
Bessie Brown.
Allan E. Skinner, the only child of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Skinner died Fri
day morning at his home in Rutland.
The funeral was held Sunday alter
noon at 1870 o'clock in Orwell, at the
home of D. L. Wells, Rev. L. M. Isaacs
officiating The bearers wee Mason
Warren, Leland Hall, Harold Purcell,
and Robert Dickerson. Burial was in
Mountain View Cemetery. He was
born in WATERFOWL, Mass in 1901
coming with his parents about ten
years ago to reside in Orwell. He at
tended the public schools Of this town,
attended high school in Santa Barbara,
Cal, during the year l9l6-19l7 and was
student al Troy Conference Academy