Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-08-09
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Mr. and Mrs, B, +, French were in
Brandon Friday,
Thomas Conway, draftee, left Mon,
day for Syracuse
Mrs, F, r, Patch Of Rutland visited
Mrs Jessie Burt on Tuesday,
], w, Ryan and family Of Vergennes
visited relatives here Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richards VI IT.
conderoga were in town Saturday,
Mrs, Carly and Mrs, Agnes Purcell
are visiting relatives in Shoreham,
Mr. and Mrs +, L, Young and party
spent Saturday at Silver Bay, n, Y
Willis Stark and family Of Athol,
Mass, are visiting at Debut Stark's,
Mr. and Mrs f. ], Conway Of Rut-
land visited at J, T. Conway's Sunday
f. A, Bratt of Fort Edward spent
Monday and Tuesday at his farm here,
Mr., and Mrs James Conway and
Thomas Conway spent Sunday in Mid
dlebury,
Robert Morse Of Baltimore was at
Mrs, ] S, WilcoXs and +, L, Lilies on
Friday and Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs, Thos Murphy Of Fair
Haven were at ], d, Carberry's summer
home here on Sunday,
Word was received the first from Pri-
vate Harry Fitzgerald that he had ar
rived safely in France
Mrs. !. L. Skinner has as guests her
sister, Mrs. II, T. Capers and her Sis
ter-in-law, Mrs, Evans Of Boston,
Miss Bertha Lille OF Mechanicsvlle,
N, Y, came on Thursday OF last week
to visit her brothers, T. +, and + Z,
Lille,
Misses Clara and Mary Viens Of
Shoreham were guests of their aunt,
Mrs, Frank Coburn on Thursday and
Friday of last week
Mrs, Rice and two sons who have
been guests OF Mrs. Amanda Warren
and daughters left on Saturday for their
home at Niagara Falls,
Mrs, Cora Smith and two children
who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs,
G. L. Smith returned to their home in
Worcester, Mass, on Monday,
Mrs. s. c, Bull who was called to
Ticonderoga, n. Y, on Thursday by
the illness of her cousin, Mrs. Frank
Porter, returned home Tuesday
Mr., and Mrs. ]. NJ Stevens and
daughter, Eleanor, are for few days
this week in Peru, n, Y, They will
visit Rev. and Mrs. L. NJ. lsaacs at
Queen City Park before their return.
Motion pictures at the Town Hall
this evening Kathlyn Williams and
House Peters in. "The Highway Of
Hope" Dancing after the entertain
ment Aunchman's orchestra of three
pieces will furnish music,
DR.. and Mrs. V, H. Coffee and little
son, Vincent, and Miss Marion How
ley, who has been visiting her sister
Mrs, Coffee, for several days went on
Saturday to Star Farm Beach where
they will spend two weeks at Camp
Bungal,
Cd. Smith was in Shoreham on Fri
day last week to attend a meeting of
the school directors of the district and
to meet State Supt. Hillegas and Mr.,
/ Clarke of Bradford who has been chos-
en- as supervisor OF this district, Mr..
Clark was in town ON Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs Levi Welcome and
grandsons, Robert and Rollin Shaw, who
have been for several weeks with Mr.
Welcome sister, Mrs Charles Wisell
left on Monday on their return trip by
auto to their home in Jackson, Mich
via Erie, Pa. Mr.. and Mrs, George
Welcome who have also been for week
at the Wisell homestead left the same
morning for their home in Weston,
Mass
Orwell was visited by the most severe
electrical storms of the season early
Monday morning The residence of G.
&. Phelps was struck by lightning, the
current following the chimney in the
ell down to the cellar stairs where a can
of kerosene was left Before the family
could be reused and dressed the house
was in flames and the two youngest
children were carried out in their night
clothes The household furnishings were
almost a total loss and in the chamber
of the ell was stored an evaporator,
about a thousand buckets and one hun
dred gallons of syrup, The loss is part
ly covered by insurance. The family are
for the present at the homes of neigh
bors but will soon move in to their
house in the village now occupied by
DR.. L. F. A. Ouilette. A barn on the
Fisher farm was also struck by the
lightning and burned. The stock which
was in the barn was gotten out but
twenty tons of hay were lost. The
wood shed on the o. o. Bascom farm
was also struck but aside from splintng
one of the beams no damage was done