Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-08-20
MIDDLEBURY LOCALS

MIDDLEBURY LOCALS
William Brileya and Marcus Sham
DO were visitors in Rutland Saturday.
Miss Vera Davis of Brattleboro is
a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Stalker,
Bushnell Smith is on a visit of
several days with relatives in Hanover,
n H.
Amos Wilson, who is employed in
Worcester Mass, is spending the week
at his home here
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Kingsland
of Weybridge were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Ryder.
William Brileya started Wednes-
day to serve as desk clerk in the Add
son House. He will work evenings
only.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schofeld of Lewis
ton, n. Y, is in town on a visit of sew
eral days with her sister, Mrs Lucy
Crane
The Misses Agnes and Hazel Goss
and Shirley Goss of St Johnsbury are
the guests Of Dr. and Mrs. Raym ohd
c. Goss.
Mrs. George Morcombe and daugh-
ter have gone on two weeks visit
to relatives in Middlesex, Barre and
Randolph
Mrs. 0. H. Cushman returned
Tuesday evening from a visit of a
month with her sister, Mrs Ruff, St
Louis, Mo
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Ford of
Granville, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs George H. Chaffee, have re-
turned home
Mrs.. Grace A. Brown and son
Boyd. have returned from a visit of
two weeks with w. w. Brown of
Granville, n Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Thompson of
New York are in town on a visit Of
several days with Mrs Ellen Sears of
Seymour street.
Mr.. and Mrs, Guy Knight of
Philadelphia and Mr., and Mrs. F. F.
Knight and daughter Sara of Rutland,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Duncan.
Miss Florence Yates has returned
to her home from the Fanny Allen
hospital, Burlington. She has quite
fully recovered from the effects of her
recent operation for appendicitis
The gravel covering of Main
street has been removed, barring the
new concrete surface. The remain
der of the street will not be repaired
until after the Fair.
The annual picnic of the Sunday
school of the Methodist church was
held at Warehouses; picnic grounds,
Lake Dunmore. on Wednesday. The
parents and children were conveyed
in automobiles. There was a large at
tendance.
Some twenty-five children at the
enjoyed a special treat on
Thursday morning when DR.. Van Allen
of Boston entertained them with some
real Irish fairy stories Dr. Van Allen
is a graduate of Middlebury College
and is at present in town visiting old
college friends.
A daughter, Mary Lamson, was
born August 10 at the Rutland City
Hospital to Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Lam
bert of Colorado Springs, Col Mrs.
Lambert was formerly Miss Irene
Adams, resident of Rutland and
graduate of Middlebury College. DIR.
Lambert taught Biology at the college
for several years.
"A baseball nine from Middlebury
met with a decisive defeat in Vergen-
mes last Sunday, being shut out $50
Only two hits were obtained by the
locals from Scott of Vergennes, while
Gallipeau was hit hard and freely, and
received poor support Only one Mid
man reached third and two
got to second.
DR. Z. W. Landon of Stamford, n
Y, was a business visitor in town dur
ing the week He reports that his
father, 96 years of age and until two
years ago a resident of Middlebury,
is still hale and hearty, with promise
of living for two more decades. He
works in the garden, keeps well post
ed on current events. reads without
glasses and altogether is as active as
one much younger.
Harold Delphia barely escaped ser
ious injury Wednesday when he turned
out for an automobile on Seminary
street. The street is quite narrow and
Delphia, to avoid being hit by the car,
ran his bicycle into the yard Of Ed
son Wisell's blacksmith shop, and
plunged head foremost over an en-
bankment wall. The handle bars and
steering post Of the bicycle were
broken. Delphia escaped with few
hrrises