Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-06-13
VERGENNES NEWS


Miss Lucy Rivers is in Montreal
where she was called by the death o.
a near relative
A son was recently born to Mr. anC
Mrs. Arthur futile of Ferrisburg. Mrs
futile was formerly Miss Flora Burgt
Of this city.
Prof. Charles R. Cheney of White
Plains, N Y, and Prof. H. E. Bourne
of Cleveland, o., have rented the Henry
Z. Allen cottages at Mile Point for the
summer.
Joseph n. Barss, former superinten
dent of the Vermont Industrial schoo
now at the head of the Shawbridge
Can, institution for boys, was a re-
cent guest at the Industrial school
here
Mrs. Albert c. Bum son, William
and daughter, Katherine, of Richmond
Hill L. l, are at Whip-Poor-Wiil lodge
for their annual visit Mrs Bum is
a daughter of the late William Booth
OF Nergennes
Mr. and Mrs John Davey and chill
dren of Glasgow. Scotland, are guests of
Mr.. Davey mother, Mrs. Eliza Dayey,
for the Summer Mir Davey is the rep
resentative Of an American Tool COM
pany in Scotland
First Glass Private Arthur Winslow
Allen, who has been overseas for a
year with the l6Nth aero squadron,
has been transferred to the army of
occupation and is now stationed about
six miles from Coblenz, Germany.
Capt. John Corners, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Edwad Comes, who went from
here to Camp Mills, L. l., to be muster
ed out has gone to New Britain, Conn.,
to take up his former position with
the Stanley company.
Miss Mae Tracy, who has been in
New Orleans the past winter, has re-
turned to the home OF her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee p Tracy. Miss
Tracy, since her graduation from the
Skidmore School of Arts, Saratoga n.
Y, has taught in New Orleans.
Miss Catherine Ramsay who has
been empoyed in the W. H. Adams
store for some time, has gone to Lake
Placid, ~ Y, for the summer, where
she has position Howard W.
Adams, recently discharged as lieu
tenant from the army, will assist his
father in the store.
News has been received of the birth
of daughter, Mary Lyon, to DR.. and
Mrs E. c. Perkins of birmingham, n.
H. Mrs. Perkins will be remembered
as Miss Matte Brydia a graduate Of
Vergennes high school. Mrs. Brydia,
who has been for a number of weeks in
birmingham, has returned home.
The funeral of Mrs. Nelson A. Mer-
rill whose death occurred at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Coonrod
in Panton, Saturday, was held Tues
day at the house, Rev George c. Cor
nell, pastor of the West Addison Meth
odist church and a former pastor OF
the Panton Methodist church, of which
Mrs Merrill was a member, officiating.
Burial was in Prospect cemetery Yer
gennes The bearers were Bert and
Hollis Merrill, Elmer Coonrod Louis
Drolette, Philo Elmer, and Carlton
Sherbino Mrs. Merrill was IS years
old and was born in Canada. She was
married in April, 1870 to Mr. Merrill, |
who survives her Sha also leaves two
sons. Bert of Waltham, VT, and Hollis |
of Waltham, Mass, and one daughter,
cause Of Mrs Merrills death was can
Mrs Elmer Coonrod of Panton. The
GER
Another Vergennes boy to be honor
ed by the French government is Maj. .
George E. Duff Whiteside, son of Mrs
John d. Whiteside of Vergennes and .
New Rochelle, n. V, who was on
May 10 decorated at Paris by the
French minister of war with a gold |
medal of honor in recognition of the ;
service he rendered to the French sol
iiers during the terrible drive i'll July,
1918, at Epernay, France The decora-
ion is considered a very high one in
France and is so carefully guarded
hat one cannot buy one of the medals
II the open market as one can many
,ther decorations given i'll that coun-
nv. Mai Whiteside is a graduate of
Norwich university and of the medical
department. of the L. V. NJ, class of
1899 He has been assistant to the
,hief doctor of the medical and surgi-
al department Of the American Red
Cross at the general headquarters in
Paris during the war, and since the
has been made department
lirector to succeed Col Burlingame
Mai Whiteside expects to be able to
eturn home in July or August.