Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-11-29
ORWELL

Mr.. and Mrs, II, d, Branch were
business visitors in Brandon Friday
R, s, Young spent Monday and
Tuesday in Middlebury and Burlington
Mrs Leslie Hayes Of Hague, ~ "
was a recent guest of Mrs, Edward
Ross,
Mr., and Mrs, J, A, Lavery are the
parents Of daughter born Sunday
Nov, "A,
Schools in town closed Wednesday
for a Thanksgiving recess until Mon
day December ?,
r, L, Wiggin returned to town Satur-
day and will spend the winter on the
! J. NJ Stevens farm
Mr. and Mrs, William Hitchcock
have moved to Richmond where Mr.,
Hitchcock has taken farm,
Miss Nina Hughes was called to her
home in Poultney Friday by the death
OF her brother Ralph Hughes,
Mrs, L, +, tombstone and daughter
spent last week with Mrs Johnstone's
sister, Mrs Taylor in Chittenden,
Judge +. A. Bratt Of Fl Edward,
IN Y, was at Henry Htchcock's from
Wednesday until Friday OF last week,
Mrs, Irene Coffee went Wednesday
to Burlington where she will make her
home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
], II, Howley.
Mr., and Mrs, c, J, Blair were IN
Poultney from Wednesday till Friday
where they visited Mrs, Blair's pareuts,
Mr., and Mrs, H. R. Carlton,
Mr., and Mrs, ], NJ, Stevens and
daughter left Sunday by auto for their
winter home in Del Ray, Fla, They
spent the first night with friends in
Casteton,
George L, Needham after spending
a few days in Albany, n, " rejolned
his wife and daughter here Monday at
the home of his parents, Mr., and Mrs,
L. B. Needham
Mr., and Mrs. Walter LeRock and TWO
children who came Saturday to visit
Mrs. LeRocks parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Victor Boulia, returned Monday to
their home in Springfield, Mass.
Mrs, Alice R. Root has received
post card from Paul W. Vincent who is
serving in France with the U, S. Cav
airy The card states that he is quite
well and was dated October %
Rev, c, o. Gill who is about to in
stitute motion pictures in his home
town Of Hartland was in town Mon
day and Tuesday to confer with Rev,
/. NJ, Isaacs in regard to the same.
Mrs O, O. Bascom and son William
and daughters Blanche and Edith and
the Misses Bertha Martin, Anna o.
Brien, and Marion Bessette motored to
Fair Haven and Rutland Saturday.
Miss Emma Fuller, County Agent
!. n. Bartlett and Mr. Wright of Mid
dlebury were at A. {. Brainard's Sat
urday evening to meet with the Com
mittee of the Orwell Farmers Club
Special Thanksgiving services were
held at the Congregational church
Thursday evening when Rev. l. NJ
lsaacs spoke on the subject Thank
fulness for what we have received"
Music was by a full choir of male
voices.
There is on exhibition at the store of
w B. French a German helmet be-
longing to Mrs, E. F. tombstone and
which her nephew George Taylor of
Pittsford, after the battle of Chateau
Thierry in which he engaged, took from
the head of a dead German private
Within the helmet are written the I'M
tials "B. s." and the crown itself bears
the mark Of an avenging bullet.
Frank Coburn met with serious
accident Monday while employed on
the farm Of r. s. Hall, Mr., Coburn
was starting for the field with a span of
young horses hitched to a light milk
wagon when the team became un-
and ran across the field,
and over a piece of rocky land throw
ing Mr.. Coburn to the ground One leg
was badly broken, the bone protrud-
ing from the flesh and the knee pan
so much injured that physicians adj
vised his being taken at once to a
hospital for special treatment. He was
taken the same forenoon to Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington, Mrs
Coburn accompanying him. Mr. Coburn
also was bruised about the head and
hands.
The annual report of the work done
to November |, by the Orwell branch
Of the Red Cross which has member
ship of 3S5 has been submitted by the
Chairman of the Work Committee,
as follows; Balance in the treasury,
S6OS.42. Articles made, 90 sweaters; 1872
pairs of socks, 81 mufflers, 10 doz mitts,
doz. wash cloths, 9 eye bandages,
1oz. knit bandages, 40 sets pajamas, 50
refugee boys suits, 10 refugee boys
shirts, q prs. bed socks, / doz. GONZALES
cent robes, 40 surgical shirts, ga doz.
/ bandages, IL hospital bags, 2 doz.
fracture pillows, doz towels, Z IL doz.
10 filled comfort bags,
100 masks, 40 comfort bags, $40 house
wives. -Four large boxes of clothing
have also been sent to the Belgian Re
lief and twenty Orwell boys have been
tilted out as far as allowed by the
Red Cross Division There is now at
he rooms materil for 30 property bags,
10 sets of pajamas, "a sweaters and %