Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-28
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY

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who in company with westlcy Sturte-
want was fned here October 20 by
| Judge Dickens for trapping skut,<s out
| Of season.
| After a long period Of inactivity. the
Addison County Fish and Game League
comes out and announces that there will
be meeting and dinner at the Addison
House In Middlebury Tuesday evening,
November 2, election day, Arrange
ments are being made to receive election
returns and the affair will be IN the
nature Of reunion Of the members. II
is hoped at this meeting that the league
will be put back on It's feet and again
become II factor in affairs having to do
! with the Improvement OF hunting and
fishing in the county and In legislation
affecting same. Fred G.. Smith is the
president and James o. Howarth secre-
! tary of the league
, Hazel Rogers, eight, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Rogers. fell from a swing
on the cbildrens playground Friday af-
| ternoon and had her collarbone broken.
She was taken to her home and medical
assistance summoned.--Stanley Rose Of
this village and Leslie Day of East Mid
! dlebury have returned after weeks
automobile trip to Albany, n. Y, and
New York city.-Mrs. Anna Mcdonald of
ter Miss Minnie McDonald.-Mrs. Effle
| Walker has returned from Hudson Falls.
! y. Y, where she he's been making two
weeks stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Webster.-Superintend OF Schools
Arthur w. Eddy has returned after a
| few days in Brstol.--There will be a cafe
terra supper at the Methodist Church
Friday evening, November g. post tponed
/ from October 29.-Mr. and Mrs. II. n.
Cady of Lewiston. Mimi, who have been
In town for ten days to visit Mr.. Cady's
sister Mrs. r. 3. Brown, started on
! their heturn trip Monday and were ac-
compan'ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Il. r. Brown
as far as New York city. They are MAX
! Ing the trip by autom obile.-Mrs. G. II.
Sheltus of Seminary street who has been
| i'll for some time, has gone to the Mary
| Fletcher Hospital where she will be
under treatment. 1t is not known wheth-
er she will have to undergo an operation.
I Mrs. Michael Hapin and daugh-
! ter. Nellie are in Bridgeport, Conn, to
spend two weeks.-Mrs Ella Wright OF
! Medford. Mass, Is In town to visit Mrs.
A. j. Blackmer.-C. F. Rogers has closed
his home on Court street and has gone
to the home Of his father. Isaac Rogers.
on the same street. where they will
spend the winter.
Carl A, Mead. former we'll known
NIiddlebury boy, and now a lawyer in
New York city, returned to New York
Sunday after visit Of several days in
Middlebury and vicinity.-Miss Anna
! Wilkeson has returned from Rutland
whore she has been spending few days
at the homo of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
! r. A. Wikinson.-Mrs Robert c. Flagg
and young daughter. Alice, have re-
turned from westford where they have
via Mt Of n o.
father. !. A. Rice-Theron NJ. Crane re-
turned to Worcester. Mass, Monday
Miss Evelyn Houghton and Lysle Hough-
ton have returned from Wallingford.
where they have been visiting at the
home of their parents, the Rev. and Mrs.
| Ola r. Houghton.-Irving Brewster of
! Boston. who has been visiting In town
for few days. has returned to his
| home-Mrs. Henry w. Brewster closed
her house on Washington street Tues
day and has gone to Brookline, Mass,
where she will spend the winter at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Joseph A.
Peck.-Mrs. S. H. Bracey, who has been
I spending two weeks at the home of her
sister, Mrs. George Abbey. left Tuesday
for her home IN Baltimore. Md.-Word
has been received of the sudden death
In Chicago of Miss Maude Josephine WILL
cox. who only last week went to her
home in that city after several weeks In
| town. She is niece of Miss Emma Will
cox Of this village.-Friday evening
birthday party was given Ralph r.
Ryder IN honor of his 18th anniversary at
his home on Seymour street It was In
the form OF prank party for the MEM
bers Of four classes in the Congre gational
Sunday school. Mrs. Cloyes. Mrs. Palmer,
Mrs. Ryder and Prof. Skilings were
present. The pranks took place on the
main floor OF the large barn and re-
freshments were srved there at the
close of the evening. The 30 present had
a gay I CDR. A. D. Bar
ter has returned to Rutland.-Prof
Frank r. Howard has returned from
Manchester. where Sunday he preached
at the Methodist Church.-Monday mar
ket day. dairy butter brought SO and eggs
Is cents-Fish and Game Warden George
Fl. Chaffee and several men from the
state hatchery are at Lake Dunmore
making preparations to strip spawn.
William McNIurtry Of Cornwall met
with an accident Monday morning as
he was coming to town. A car he was
driving overturned near the Mark Carr
farm about two miles from this village.
Mr. McMurtry had a calf In the back OF
the car and the animal became restless.
Mr.. McMurtry was looking back at the
calf and In so doing lost control or the
machine while going down the Carr hill
and went into the ditch, the car over
turning. demolsn1ng the top and wind
shield and Mr.. McMurtry was quite badly
bruised about the head and had one knee
hurt. The calf wa. uninjured.-Mrs. Ran
som S. Benedict of Proctor Is making a
| round OF visits to relatives and friends
| In Middlebury, Bridport and Bristol
| Miss Anna Murry has gone TO Sudbury
to visit her sister. Mrs. Herman Bissett.
Frank j. Donahue, insurance map
maker, went Tuesday to Island Pond to
| do up that town for the insurance
company and will go over into New
| Hampshire for his next stand-Judee and
Mrs. Charles I. Button have returned
| home from Brandon after a short visit
there with Judge Buttons mother. Mrs.
| y. r. Button.-Charles r. Crane of The
! Register. with Mrs. Crane and their
| children, after much travelling have fin
! ally settled themselves at Deland. Fla.
for the balance of the fall and winter
! Mrs. Guy NJ. Cook who has been on a
visit in the east part of the town with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Frederick c.
! Brookins. has returned to Orwell.-Mrs.
, Harriet Turrill has returned to Shore
| ham after a couple of weeks here with
| her daughter. Mrs. George Dougherty.-
Word has been received that Mrs H.
! G. Sheltus. who went to the Mary Flet-
cher Hospital last week, underwent an
! operation at that institution Monday
and so far, was doing as well as could
/ be expected.-The century department of
| the Women's club held n well-attended
! meeting at the homo of Mrs e. r Cush-