Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-06-20
BRIDPORT NEWS
(Mr. c. A. Pad, COrrespOndent)


James Wilkinson has purchased a
Ford touring car,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Barbour went to
Wallingford, Tuesday.
E. T.. Colburn has recently installed
a Human milking machine,
Fletcher Whitney went Tuesday to
Brooklyn, n, Y, for a short visit.
Miss Vonda P. Wolcott is spending
the week with friends in Middlebury.
Mrs. Fife Walker was a guest
of Mrs. ], L. Palmer of Middlebury
Monday,
II. H. Taylor of Worcester, Mass,
is visiting at the home OF Mrs. Ella
Baldwin.
d. c. Barbour, who was taken ser
iously i'll on Friday of last week, is
considered a little better
The Ladies' Society will hold their
annual strawberry festival next week
Thursday evening, June 26,
Mr. and Mrs, S. F Henry and Lester
Henry and little son were over Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Gibbs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Townsend and
daughter OF Springfield, Mass, visited
friends here Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. G. Sunderland and
Mrs. F. R. Harris went to Burlington
Sunday to visit F R. Harris, who is i'll
at the Mary Fletcher hospital,
Rev. and Mrs. Hervey Gulck spent
Tuesday in. Shoreham attending
gathering of ministers and their families
at the home of Rev r. B. Simmons.
Miss N. R. Barbour, having closed
her school for the year at Oak Lane,
Pa, has returned to spend the summer
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. c.
Barbour.
Miss Pauline Fletcher had as her
guest over the weekend, Miss Rather
inc Davis of Albany, N Y. Monday
Miss Fletcher went to Silver Bay, N.
Y, where she will spend the summer,
Franklin G. Williams and Miss Sarah
H. Lewis of South Royalton were mar
ried at Washington, D. c., Tuesday
noon. After visiting at South Royalton
they are coming to spend the summer
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Williams.
Miss Mabel Goodenough, who has
been teaching in the Myrick district,
closed her school last week and return
ed Saturday to her home at West
Brattleboro Those pupils in her school
who were not absent during the spring
term were: Kathleen Roscorla, Vivian
Nadeau, Howard Huestis. Absent one
half day: Gordon Nadeau Not absent
during the year, Kathleen Roscorla and
Vivian Nadeau
Notwithstanding the showers the
Children's Day program was carried out
at the Congreg ational church last Sun
day morning Those who took part
were Hazel Norton, Althea Dukett,
Helen Sollace, Ruth Sherbino, Elsie
Sherbino, Blanche Myrick, Marjorie
Myrick Miss Helen Bennett, Frances
Palmer, Vivian Nadeau, Doris Sher-
bino, Helen Norton, Violet Nadeau,
Nonda Wolcott, Kenneth Palmer, Ruth
Dukett, Mrs. J. H. Howe, and c. J.
Hutchinson
The cheese factory of the Bridport
Cooperative Dairy Company COM
menced operations Monday, although
some of the tanks are not in place The
plant is equipped with three 600 gallon
cheese watts and two IA it. steel gang
presses. Power is supplied by y H.
P. WATERFOWL boiler and Morse steam
pump furnishes the water from a well
for the present, but later will be con-
nected with a spring A steam turbine
BabCock tester has been installed and a
set OF five-beam Fairbanks scales guar
antees correct weight for the stock
holders. The present daily output is
about 500 pounds OF cheese