Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-13
THREE ATTEND 2ND SESSION
OF AUTOMOBILES SCHOOL
Judge Dickens Fines H. E. Wing, ].
Harry Wright and W. E. Brown
for Speeding

The local branch of Secretary OF
State Harry A. Blacks School for the
Saner Operation Of Motor Vehicles
held its second session Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Three pupils, II,
E. Wing of Bridport, 81, a farmer, ].
Harry Wright, 20, a student OF Middle
bury College and w. E. Brown OF Mid
dlebury, %, an automobile mechanic
were present to answer the roll
read by Night Officer Charles ] Shaw
and made formal application to the
preceptor Municipal Judge Albert w.
Dickens for Lecture | of the course.
They admitted their need OF the lesson
and paid the tuition fee of 5000 and
other expenses incidental to their ma
circulation amounting to 1882, or Sl3.52
total. When discharged after the lee
ture they said good bye to the teacher
and his aide, Mr. Shaw, vowing that
they had learned enough in their first
lesson to suffice for them for the sum-
mer at least.
Judge Dickens explained that as they
were the last of the group OF last
weeks offenders he would treat them
as he had treated four Others Friday,
with a $500 fine and costs of SS52 He
said that although the law speclled
penalty Of imprisonment or $500 line
for the first offense he was disposed to
condone their violation Of the speed
ordinance and dismiss their cases with
the light fine. repetition of the FAULT
would take much of the enthusiasm
out of motoring he assured them. Mr..
Dickens told the men that they had
been caught in the state wide net that
had been laid by the secretary OF
states explicit orders for the appre-
hension of reckless auto drivers.
Mr.. Wing said when he paid his
fine that he hoped that it would be
used in fund for better roads in his
locality. Mr.. Wright regretted that he
had not been arrested next week, if the
matter had to happen, as the expenses
of Junior Week were heavy enough up
on his allowance. His was the only Of
Tense that had not been observed by
the officer personally but was reported
by a resident of South street. On eX-
PLANTATION that his burst of speed was
occasioned by his haste in getting a
professor to fraternity party he was
included in the category of just merely
accidental violators. Although Mr..
Brown admitted that he had no licepse
on account OF a three weeks delay in
action upon his application, no other
charge was pressed against him than
too much speed on Seymour street.
Mr.. Wing was operating friends car
when arrested as his own was IN re-
pair shop
The judge remarked that as the
school for Automobiles was compare
lively new and had but just begun its
1921 term the tuition was still low but
bound to go up like everything else
when the demand for lessons increased
When in Middebury Monday States
Attorney George W. Stone of Vergen-
mes told of his having been ordered by
Secretary of State Black to prosecute
c. c. Field of Ferrsburg on the charge
OF permitting his car to be driven by
a person without an operators license
Mr. Field is the postmaster of Ferris
burg and one of the leading merchants
He had permitted his clerk to drive his
car to his home during his dinner hour
He was fined $1,000 and costs of about
$500,