Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
YERGENNES NEWS

4Ni' anu MIS- EllcISoH Llllle dIe the
parents of a son, born Thursday.
The public schools re-opened on
Monday after being closed for one
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Miner are the
parents of daughter, born Monday
night.
Miss Ethel Jordan, who works in the
Enterprise and Vermdnter Office, is
i'll with typhoid fever
Miss Edith Chamberlin, Librarian at
Bixby Memorial library, has gone on a
four weeks vacation to Southern Pines,
N. c.
Albert Goodspeed, who is working in
Ticonderoga, ~ Y, has been visiting
his parents, Mr., and Mrs. Delbert
Goodspeed.
Ralph Norton has resigned his posi-
ton in New York City and is at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur w. Norton, for visit.
Mrs. ], o. Walker, who with Mr..
Walker is staying in the Stevens House
this winter, has suffered a Slight stroke
of paralysis. Mr. Walker, who has
also been i'll. is somewhat improved.
Mrs L. B. Tins of Hardwick, who
came down to Burlington with Mr..
Tins to attend the bankers conven-
ton in that city, was the guest of
Miss Martha Garno in this city Tues
day.
Miss Helen Tull, stenographer at the
L. F. Benton company factory, went
Wednesday to Mary Fletcher hospital,
Burlington, for an operation on her
eyes, Her sister, Miss Ethel Tull, ac-
companied her.
Howard Winterbottom of Burling-
ton and Mrs. Verna (Tucker) Commo,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Tucker
OF Vergennes, were united in marriage
Saturday evening" at the Baptist par
sonage in Burlington by Rev James S.
Braker.
Russell Gaunya, who went to Bris-
tol, Conn, a month or more ago to
work. has returned here to pack his
furniture preparatory to moving to that
place He will sell his property and on
his return will be accompanied by Mrs.
Gaunya and their little daughter.
Mrs Arthur Bruya and daughter,
Miss Irene, of Charlton City, Mass, !
and Mrs. II. c. Parmenter and two
children of Taunton, Mass, are visit
ing their mother, Mrs Matilda Du-
Duke. and their sisters Mrs STAN
B. Bacon and Mrs. George Evarts.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred w. Flagg, who
went early in the fall to Sarasota, Fla,
for the winter, are now on their way
home, having left that resort Monday.
Mr. Flagg, who resigned his position
at the ]. A. Harrington & Co. store
previous to going South will re-enter
Mr. Harrington's employ. Mr.. Har-
rington, who has been seriously sick, is
now improving.
The entertainment, entitled, Bursts
and buds, to have been presented
Monday evening, February l6, at the
opera house by the Vergennes Post,
American Legion, will be given We'd
nesday evening March IL, by the
same talent and some new musical fea-
lures will be added The seats bought
for February 10 will be good for the
postponed date
News has been received of the re-
cent death of Augustus Pigeon at
Central Falls, R. l. Mr. Pigeon was a
resident of this place until about 80
years ago. when he went to Central
Falls, where he had since resided Be
sides a wife. Mrs Helen (Demper)
Pigeon, formerly of this city, he is
survived by three sons, William, Fred
,ric and Walter, and by three daugh-
ers, Mrs. Edgar Faubert and the !
Misses Bertha and Jennie Pigeon, all
If Central Falls. ..
Mrs. Alma Barrows, widow of Dus-
in c. Barrows, died at her home on ,
Vest Main street, Tuesday, following \
brief illness with pneumonia She I
vas thought to be out of danger, ar r
vas recovering from the pneumonia. r
,he was y years of age Mrs Barrows e
S survived by two daughters, Mrs /
eugene Brooks of Burlington and Mrs G
Ralph Newton of Vergennes; four sons, Q
,harles of Barre, Frank A. Barrows,
ernest and Chester all of this CITY
he also leaves several grandchildren
nd one great-grandchild
Harvey KetCham, a prominent and
'idely known business man and an ex- !,
mayor of Vergennes, died last week q
thursday evening at his home on n
1aple street after a few days illness s,
-om pneumonia, in the 18th year of his s.
&c. Monday evening Mr.. Ketcham s
as taken violently i'll with acute indi- 81
estion, from which he recovered only +,
} be seized with pneumonia. Harvey =
-etcham was born July 26, lS43, in y
Whiting and came to Vergennes over +
} years ago to follow his trade as =
ainter. After few years he formed =
co-partnership with l. H. Smith un-
er the firm name of Smith & Ketch-
m and bought out Holland & Parker
nd began the manufacture of furni-
ire in 1878, since which time Mr..
etcham had been a prominent bust
ess factor in Vergennes. About 1872,
NTH & Ketcham began their furni-
Ire trade. succeeding Charles Adams