Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-21
ORWELL

Doane IN Burlington
Mrs, b. J, Barber is entertaining her
friend, Mrs, Mearns,
Mr., and Mrs NJ, J Sullivan were in
Rutland Saturday
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Wells OF Whiting
were at c, II, Lewis Friday,
Miss Mary Leonard Of Keene, N H.
is visiting her brother d, ], Leonard,
Miss Olive Turill of Plymouth has
been visiting her nephew, William Iur'
! ill.,
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Burke are the
parents Of a daughter born Sunday the
10th,
L S, Ross has a new Overland tour
ing car and George Fulton q new Oak
land,
Edgar Wisell Of Shoreham was a
weekend visitor Of his sister, Mrs Ida
Burt,
Mr., and Mrs, Fred Walker OF Put
nam were at o, BRoots early in the
week,
Mr., and Mrs, O, S, Wisell spent the
weekend with their brother, +, A, J,
Wsell in Rutland
G, c. Phelps and son Roy his daugh-
ter Luela and Mrs, Fife Phelps spent
Saturday in Fair Haven.
The drama "Old Acre Folk was pre-.
scented by Orwell local talent at Whit
ing town hall Thursday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. A, Young and fam
l. lily of Rutland visited Mrs, Young's
brother Louis Wolcott on Sunday,
!. p. Munger died at his home in the
southeast part OF town Monday after
an illness OF but few days
Henry Purcell broke his wrist Fri
day while cranking Ford motor truck
Mrs, Eleanor Hall went Saturday to
Port Henry, N, Y, where she is a guest
at the home OF her son, r, A, Hall.
Mr. and Mrs, p II, Coffee who have
been for a week with their son, DR..
Vincent Coffee returned to their home
in Burlington Saturday,
c. A. Faxon and family who were
living in an apartment in the cheese
factory which recently burned went
Saturday to Springfield Vt.
Mrs Marion Bascom and Mrs. Eliza
beth Nickerson spent Friday and Sat
urday in Fair Haven with Mrs, Nicker-
sons daughter, Mrs, Ethel Enos,
The Misses Brown, Mrs E.O. Bishop,
Mrs c. w, Bodish and Mrs, {, b.
Cook attended the ID. A, r, meeting
held at J. L, Moore's in Shoreham Mon
day,
The school in the Mather district
was closed on Monday, the teacher,
Miss Bernice Rothlss being called to
her home in Poultney by the illness OF
her father,
Leo Ryan Of this town and Miss
Irene Swenor of Whiting were married
at st. Pauls Church Monday morning.
Rev. FIR, f, A. Welch performed the
ceremony.
Miss Effie Phelps who has been quite
i'll of inhammatory rheumatism for sew
cral weeks at Manchester where she
was a student at Burr and Burton Sem
mary is better
Road Commissioner d. A. LeDuc has
begun the state road work, the strip OF
improved highway to extend north
from Belanger's shop toward the Gene
terry on the depot road.
Alice the little daughter OF Ernest
White who underwent an operation for
appendicitis at the Moses Hospital in
Ticonderoga several weeks ago, was
|,I,1
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cults and son
Reginald with Mr. and Mrs. w. B
French and Miss Mabel Grow took a
motor trip through the Adirondacks
on Sunday Going to Westport and
Elizabethtown, they returned via Para
doX and Long Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. c. J. Blair we're in
Poultney Sunday. They also attended
the baccalaureate sermon of the State
Normal School at Castleton. They were
accompanied upon their return by Miss
Irene Larkin of Poultney who was
their guest for several days,
Mrs. Viola Barber Walker was found
dead in bed Sunday morning at the
home of her son Hiram where she had
made her home. Mrs. Walker had beer
in failing health for some time, but
heart failure was the immediate cause
of her death. The funeral was hello
from her late home Tuesday Afternoon
at 2 o'clock, Rev. L. M. Isaacs official
ing Burial was in Mountain View
Cemetery. Mrs Walker is survived
by one son Hiram and brother Davic
Barber of Benson.
James julius on Sunday Afternoon
took his gun and started out to scare
the crows from the cornfeld of hi
brother-in-aw Ernest White While
getting over a fence the gun, which
was loaded, was accidentally dis
charged the contents going through
, Mr.. julius left hand from side to side
across the knuckle. Accompanied by
DR.. V. II. Coffee, Mr., Julius was taker
at once in Mr.. Ross car to the Moses
hospital at Ticonderoga where the hant
was operated upon Monday morning
1t is expected he will be able to return
home within few days.
The town hall was packed to the
doors on Wednesday evening of last
week, when the play "Old Acre Folk
and the farce How the Story Grew
were presented by local talent, In al
intermission between the acts Harolt
r Arthur by request gave a whistlinf