Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-02-14
OR WELL COLUMN
(Mrs. O. S. Wisell, Correspondent,

(Mrs. o. S. Wisell, Correspondent,
Victor Boula was in Rutland Sundiy.
Schools of the town re-opened Mon
day.
j. E. Conway was a M ddlebury visit
or Thursday of last week.
Mrs. A. G. Plue and son, Kenneth,
spent Saturday in Brandon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Christian are The
parents of son born February 6.
Clarence Fish went on Thursday of
last week to Waterbury for treatment
Mrs. Irene Coffee of Burlington came
Monday as a guest at A. H. BeIanger's.
Edward Conway has returned to his
studies at st. Joseph's school in Bur-
lington.
Mrs. C. A. Philion of Whiting is for a
few days with her sister, Mrs. Henry
Belanger.
Mrs. F. H. Purcell, who suffered a
relapse from influenza is able to be
about again.
Mr. Davis of Bridport, who has been
caring for j. O. Raymond returned
home Thursday.
Miss Helen Raymond of FIT. Edward,
N. Y, is at her fathers, j. o. Ray
mond's, arriving Thursday.
! There was a regular meeting of In
dependence Lodge No. 10, F. and A. M.
at their lodge rooms Tuesday evening
Rev. L. M. Isaacs was in Middlebury
on Wednesday and Thursday in attend
ance of the Retreat for Congregational
Ministers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eddy spent
the weekend at the home of Mrs.
Eddy's brother, Thomas Nickerson, in
Sudbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Phelps were in
Burlington Saturday to see Miss Anette
Barker, who is patient in the Mary
Fletcher hospital.
Mrs. H. H, Bascom and Mrs. Eleanor
Hall are both i'll at the home of r. S.
Hall. Miss Stevens of Burlington is
caring for them.
Representative E. O. Bishop was at
his home here for the weekend. Mrs.
Bishop accompanied him on his return
to Montpelier Monday.
Mrs. Fiena Skinner and j. C. Thomas
motored to Rutland Saturday Mrs.
Skinner remained to visit at the home
of her son, j. E. Skinner.
C. L. Hammond of Fair Haven was in
town early in the week. He has sold
his farm in the east part of Orwell to
Charles Patterson of Benson.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church was called to order at the
parsonage Wednesday evening Febru-
airy 5, and adjourned to meet the 18th
Postoffice Inspector Walter Irish of
Burlington was in town on Thursday to
make arrangements for reversing the
route of R. NJ Ryan, Carrier on r. F.
d., No. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Telesphore Charron and
eleven children from Canada arrived in
town on Friday of last week and will
live on the K c. Young farm which
Mr. Charron will carry on.
Corp. Clarence Belanger, who since
November 1917 has been stationed at
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Thursday the 9th in charge of detach-
ment of soldiers, enroute for Camp
Devens where they will be honorably
discharged from the service.
Henry J. Belanger died at bis late
home on Saturday February of heart
disease. He had been in failing health
for some time but was seriously i'll for
only few days prior to his death. Mr..
Belanger was born in the Province of
Quebec June 20, 1845 At the age of
eighteen he went to the city of Quebec
where for six years he served as wheel
wright's apprentice becoming skilled
workman in the trade which he followed
until the time of his death In 1880 he
moved to Fl. Edward, N. Y, remaining
there until 1884 when he came to Orwell
where he has lived ever since He was
married in 1869 to Miss Josephine Ber-
nard, who, with one son, A. H. Belan-
ger survives him. The funeral was
held on Thursday morning at 9 O'Clock
at St. Paul's church, Rev. F. A. WEIGH
officiating. The bearers were T. P.
Desjadon, V. Boulia, j. Racette, and
D. A. LaDuc, and the burial was in the
Catholic cemetery.