Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-22
BRANDON NEWS


Misses Josephene and Amy Ferris
of New Jersey are visiting Miss Cath
crime Blackwell of Conant square.
Mr.. and Mrs, Russell Farnham Of
Providence, r, l., spent the week enc
here with his sister, Mrs. c. H, Kelley
Bent Johnson of Detroit, Mich, il
visiting his mother, Mrs. F. W. John
son of Union street,
Miss Helene Hack has returned
from weeks stay in Barre and St
Johnsbury.
Miss Anna Pettee has gone to Glen:
Falls, N. Y to visit her uncle, Louis
Jones, for several days.
Mrs. Velerie Lessor of Waterbury
Conn, spent last week at the home oil
E. ]. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Phillips oil
Holyoke, Mass, are visiting his brother
Marshall Phillips.
Henry Tarble who recently return
ed from overseas, is in town visiting
his father, w. H. Tarble.
Miss Florence Button of Chicago is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs F. R
Button of Conant square.
A son, William c. Fletcher, was born
last Saturday to Mr.. and Mrs, w. c.
Fletcher at Braintree, Mass.
Miss Maud Meacham underwent a
surgical operation, Tuesday at the
Fanny Allen hospital in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Churchill have
gone to western New York where they
will spend several weeks with relatives.
Bernard Bush has received his re-
lease from the navy and returned home
last Monday night.
burial.
Miss Maybelle Kelley of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is spending her vacation of
three weeks here with her mother, Mrs.
George H. Kelley.
Miss Mae Dikerman, stenographer
for the Rutland Marble Manufacture
ing company, is spending vacation at
her home in Castleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Seward French, who
were married last Tuesday at Hyde
Park, are spending their honeymoon in
the French cottage at Lake Dunmore.
Misses Inez Carroll, Margaret Cor
man, Mary German, Sarah Adams,
Mildred Leffingwell and Dorothy Slim
son recently spent several days at Lake
Champlain.
Mrs. d. c. Brown, who has been
here for several weeks has returned to
her home in Brandon, n. Y, and was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs S. T.
Grover
A number of Shriners from here went
to Shelburnc Point, Lake Champlain,
to attend the annual field day given
for the members of the order and their
ladies.
Mr. and Mrs George W. Leonard,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Benoir went by
automobile Tuesday to Sanford, Me,
to attend the wedding of James R.
Leonard.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Williams and
Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Johnson have re-
turned from Winthrop, Mass, where
Mrs Williams and Mrs, johnson spent
several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs James Holcombe of
Akron, o., are visiting at the home of
Mrs Hocombes mother, Mrs J. B.
Thomas. The trip from Akron was
made by automobile
w. c. Gipson, Mrs. Cora GIBSON.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Churchill of Cas-
Teton, and Cyrus Whitlock of Rock
vile Conn, left last Saturday for an
automobile trip to the White Noun
tains.
Fay Carpenter of Buffalo, N. Y,
who recently returned from overseas
and received his discharge from the
army, spent last Saturday with friends
here while on his way to visit his par
ents at Essex Junction.
Invitations have been received here
for the wedding of Miss Edna Grace
Sharp of Sanford, Me, and James R.
Leonard of this pace, which will take
place next week Wednesday afternoon
in the Congregational church in San
ford.
Cards have been received here an
nouncing the marriage of Miss Eliza
beth Weeks, daughter of Mrs. William
Farrar Weeks, and Charles Melvin
Baker, which occurred last Saturday
at Poughkeepsie, N y. Miss Weeks
was former resident, being born here
while her father was rector of ST.
Thomas Episcopal church.
Mrs. c. l. Marsh died at her home
in New York City Tuesday She was
81 years old. Besides her husband she
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W
G. Derby of Brooklyn, n Y, and Mrs.
B. B. Bosworth of New York City, and
three sons. E. c. Marsh of New York
City, DIR. w. R. Marsh of Pittsfeld
Mass, and c. l. Marsh of this town
Mrs. Marsh was verv we'll known in
Brandon, having lived here for many
years. The body was brought here for
E. y. Lewis barn on Marble street
was burned to the ground last Satur-
day night about 10 o'clock Lewis and
Pearl Kemp were working on Lewis
Maxwell automobile and while they
were drawing off the gasoline from the
car there was an explosion, and the
gasoline caught fire. In a few seconds
the interior of the barn was a mass of
flames and burned so tiercely that they