Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-01-24
VERGENNES NEWS

A daughter was bora Saturday t.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Laja
Col. Walter Scranton continues to
improve from his illness.
Mrs, Nelson Hayden is receiving
treatment at Sparhawk santarium,
Burlington
William Richards has gone to West
Newton, Mas, to visit his sister, Mrs
Alex Bennett.
Mrs, Wayland S Bristol is ill Her
husband, who has been victim OF
influenza, is improving
Lieut. George R. Slack is at St.
Adams, representing Company d. V. V
NJ, at the officers school,
Mrs Amos Rondeau has been call
ed to Rutland by the illness of her
daughter Mrs Emil Savard
Lieut. Joseph II Scranton of Camp
Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. c., is
spending a furlough at his home here
A. G Bissell who has been in the
employ of Cyrus Botsford has finished
work and gone to Rutland to live
Rev. William T. Frazier of Little
River N. J., to whom the Vergennes
Congregational church has extended
a call, is graduate of Oberlin col
lege and Drew Theological seminary.
All the Vergennes ladies', who can
are urgently requested to meet at the
Red Cross rooms and help in the work
OF making garments for the refugee
women and children of France and Bel
GUM.
A memorial service for Charles Weis-
enbach, who was killed in action in
France, was held Sunday afternoon in
the Epworth league chapel at Barnum-
town with sermon by Rev Mr. Haga-
dorm of North Ferrisburg.
Mrs. Frederick Fish, principal of the
Williams high school, Franklin, on her
way to Middlebury to attend the an
nual meeting of her college fraternity
visited Mr.. Fish's parents, Judge and
Mrs. f l.. Fish, the last of the week
Richard Barnaby died Friday after
weeks illness of pneumonia, aged
81 years He leaves a wife and two
small children. The body was taken
Saturday to Essex, n Y, where the
funeral services were held and burial
made Monday
Lieut. Alfred G. Hunt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George A. Hunt, who is with
the 18th cavalry, L. S. army, at Fort
Myer, Va, was married recently to
Miss Marjorie Sawyer of Kensing-
ton, Md, formerly of Northfed It. /
Hunt formerly attended Norwich uni
versity,
The marriage is announced of Mrs
Claribel Marshall Bame, only daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs easy H. Marshall |
and Howard W. Clark of Addison, the
ceremony being performed Saturday
evening, January IS, in Addison, by
the Rev W S Boardman pastor Of
the Baptist church
Frank Patno, a former resident, who
was recently discharged at Camp Dew
ems, Mass, from military service, and
has resumed his old position as sales
man with the Cadillac company at
Burlington, visited relatives here Mon
day. He was accompanied by his cous-
in, Miss Hazel Jimmo, of Bristol, who
was accompanying him by car to +
Burlington
Josiah Stagg, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. Stage of Panton, who has been
at Camp Merritt, N. J., since coming
from Europe, has arrived at his home
in this vicinity, accompanying his
mother and brother, Perlie, who went
down last week to visit him Private |
Stage, who was injured in action while |
serving with the American forces in
France, received two bullet wounds in !
his left Side and two under his left
shoulder. He was confined to the hos
pital for some weeks and later was
also very ill with pneumonia, his con
dition being at one time serious.
Joseph Larrabee, who died last week |
Tuesday was buried Wednesday after
noon in Gage cemetery, Ferrisburg
Mr.. Larrabee who was about 45 years .
old, came to the farm of George Lash
way to work three weeks ago, from
Cambridge He was stricken with a
shock an Sunday The body was
brought to the Larrow undertaking
rooms the day he died and funeral
services were held Wednesday after
noon at the Methodist Episcopal
church at the Center, the pastor, Rev
w S Mulholland, officiating. The
bearers were Rowland 7 Robinson,
Herbert A. Booth, William Larrow and
Orville Carpenter.
Dorcy Dukett, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Dukett, died at the home
of his parents Wednesday morning, !,
after a short illness with influenza
and pneumonia, this being the third
fatal case in this city in less than
week Besides his parents, Mr. Dukett
is survived by one brother, Silas, of
this city. He was born II years ago in
Altoona N. Y, and moved, with his
parents. to Vergennes in the spring of
1918 His father is foreman of the sec
ton on the Rutland railrod and he had
been employed with him The body
was taken to the undertaking rooms
of w E Larrow on Main street and
WEDNESDAY afternoon on the 5:l3 p m. I
train to Altoona, his for