Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-26
ORWELL COLUMN
(Mrs. o. S. Wisell. Correspondentl

NhIS' ". D. WlSeli, NOrIeSpOnuenI)
A. r. Bush was in Brandon on Tues
day.
Mrs. c, NJ. Cook is ill with a grippe
cold.
], A. Gregory is suffering from car
buncles.
Stephen Hayes has moved his family
to Fair Haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. p Desjadon spent
Monday in Rutland
Miss May Turner is home from Put
nam, N. Y. for a few days.
The schools in town are closed dur
ing this week for Thanksgiving recess
W. n Lewis has purchased of Cliff
ford Viens his house in Orwell village.
Seventy couples attended the dance
at Charles Coates last Friday evening
Mrs. Leno Fletcher spent several
DAYS last week with friends in Bran
don.
Charles Williamson has gone to Cas-
Teton to spend the winter at The
Naples.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Vail went Tues
day to visit Mr. and Mrs |. ] Vail
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs Rollin Birchard are
the parents of a daughter born Satur-
day, November 20.
K. R. Burnell of Brandon is spending
the week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs c. R. Burnell.
Miss Mollie Hack is here from
Keene, ~ H., to care for her father
H. E. Hack who is i'll.
Mrs c. E. Walker of Castleton spent
the weekend with Mrs. w B. French
and Mrs. o. S. Wisell.
Thomas Daniels and bride are here
from Castleton to visit his parents Mr..
and Mrs, Edward Daniels.
DR.. T. H. Hack of Proctor visited
his people here Saturday. His father
H. E. Hack, who is i'll, remains about
the same.
A meeting of the Hands Cove Chap
ter, d. A. R., will be held at the Ladies
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emo will be served at noon
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Cooley, who
have been for several days guests at
tn home of their daughter Mrs. T. H,
Nickerson in Sudbury, have returned
home.
Mrs. Laffley, who had been for two
weeks with her sister Mrs Foster
Daignault in Vergennes, returned on
Friday last to care for Catherine Leon
ard who has been i'll of scarlet fever.
Miss Leonard is convalescing.
Mrs. Henry Bork, after spending the
week with her sister Mrs T. H. Pur-
cell returned Saturday to her home in
Holvoke. Mass. She was accompanied
by her niece Miss Rena Purcell.
NJ. ! Forcier has sold his farm in
this town to Mr.. Adams of Elizabeth
town, n V Harry Kelley the present
tenant, expects to move his family to
the house on the Walter Ray farm.
o. O. Bascom has purchased the
farm belonging to the late Mrs Hattie
p. Bascom. Edmund Praseau who
now occupies the farm will move soon
to the NJ. r. Brown farm which he
purchased some time ago, while Joseph
Christian will operate the Luther farm.
Orwell District S. S. Convention
The Orwell District Sunday School
Convention was held at the Congre-
gational church last Thursday after
noon and evening Supt. E. L. Clark
presided and the afternoon session
opened with a praise service and a
PRAYER by Rev b L. Chase of Whit
ing. A talk by ID. L. Wells on "My
View of the Sunday School followed
Mrs. + c. Ryder of Middlebury then
gave a very interesting report of the
Summer Training School for Sunday
School workers held last summer at
Saratoga. A general discussion on
church attendance and religious in
struction was led by the County Presi-
dent Rev E. w. Gould of Middlebury
who also presented the plans for the
coming work in the County. After
brief business discussion the meeting
adjourned for lunch which was served
in the Ladies Rooms
The evening session opened with
praise service and a prayer by Rev.
E. w. Gould. Rev Mr.. Buttry of
Vergennes gave an address on "Relig-
ous Education as a Training for Good
Citizenship" Rev E B. Holmes of
Middlebury gave the second address
THE Value of the Hymns we Sing"
and brought ont strongly the real value
of hymns in religious worship The
session closed with a hymn and the
benedicton pronounced by Rev. E. w.
Gould.