Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-01-03
VERGENNES NEWS

The condition of Col. Walter Scran-
ton who hassbeen i'll of pneumonia is
reported smewhat improved.
Miss Mary Adams, who has been
passing several weeks with her moth
err Mrs Annette Adams, has returned
to her duties as trained nurse in New
York City.
John C. Hayes, who has been the
telegraph operator for the Western
Union Telegraph company for several
years, is now employed as night opera
tor at the Rutland railroad station.
Miss Mary ]. Alden, who has been
employed by ]. H. -Donnelly for some
months, has gone to Revere, Mass,
and Pawtucket, R. l., to pass the re-
mainder of the winter with relatives.
William A. Knight, former instructor
in the agricultural department, Yer
gennes high school, who has been at
tending the officers training school
at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville,
KY, has been discharged and has join
ed his wife at the home of her parents,
Judge and Mrs. F. L. Fish.
Mrs. Henry T. Booth has closed her
home on Maple street and, after stay
in New York and Washington, D. G.,
will go to Orlando, Fla, for the winter.
Mrs Lula Chandler of Washington,
who is a sister OF Mrs. c. A. Bradbury
and formerly frequent visitor in Yer
gennes, accompanied Mrs Booth
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard w Harring-
ton, who were married at Saranac
Lake, N. Y, last week, spent their
honeymoon with Mrs. Harrington's sis
ter, Mrs. George L. Jackson. Mrs. Har-
rington will be remembered as Miss
Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Mrs.
John Walker, and former resident.
She is graduate of Vergennes high
school and for the past few years has
been employed in Saranac Lake, where
Mr.. Harrington is superintendent Of
the Paul Smith Electric company
Julius Charles Hoyt, who had made
his home for two months with his sis
ter, Mrs. George O. Bostwick, died
Thursday, after lingering illness
with tuberculosis He was the son of
O. S. Hoyt and was born in New York
November g. 1885 Besides his faith
er, he is survived by one brother,
Howard H. Hoyt of Bridgeport, Conn,
and three sisters, Mrs George 0. Bost-
wick and Mrs Fred Muhlfriedel Of
Waltham and Mrs Della H. Cough of
Vergennes. The funeral was held Sat
urday afternoon at the house with
burial in Ferrisburg
The funeral of Miss Ella Hattie La
Flam, who died last week Wednesday
was held Friday morning from St
Peters church, Rev. L. A. Vezina, the
pastor, officiating. Burial was in St.
Peters cemetery. Miss LaFlam, who
was II years old, had been i'll but a
few days with influenza, pneumonia
which developed causing her death
She was born in Ferrisburg August A.
1901. Besides her father, she leaves six
brothers. Julius and Lewis Latham of
North Ferrisburg, Edward and Will
liam Of Ferrisburg, George of Monk
ton and Frank, who is in France, and
two sisters, Mrs. Claude Devoid and
Miss Sadie Latham, both of Ferris
burg.
Mrs. Annie CLARK Middlebrook,
widow of Theophilus c. Middlebrook,
died at her home on Green street Fri
day, after a lingering illness, aged 50
years. Mrs Middlebrook was born in
Westport, N Y, February 81, 1860, the
daughter of Aaron and Harriet Clark
She was married at Westport, N Y,
October a. 1888, and had made this
city her home Mrs Middlebrooky is
survived by two daughters, Miss Edith
Middlebrook and Mrs. Arthur W. AL
len of Vergennes, two sons, Walter c.
Middlebrook of Mortified, and First
Lieut.. William T Middlebrook, who
is in the transport service of the Amer
lean army, a step-son George D. Mid
dlebrook of Vergennes, two brothers,
DR. w L. Clark of Hoosick, N Y, and
Rev Aaron B. Clark Funeral services
were held Sunday at the house, Rev
w s Mulholland, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. officiating. The
bearers were three sons, George D.,
Walter c., and William T Middle
brook, and the brother, DR.. W. L.
Clark Burial was in the family lot in
the Carpenter cemetery, Monkton.