Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-01-21
State Items
Merchants Organize

association oil all merchants.
To Build $4,000 Parish House
The North Congregational Church
of St. Tohnsbury is to build a parish
house costing $4,000. a two-story
wooden structure 80 by so feet. IT.
outward finish will be Of stucco.
Randolph Author Busy
Fred o. Copeland, Randolph's au
thor, has been having many stories
published OF late in ST. Nicholas, Roo
and Gun. The American Banker, West
ern Story Magazine, Field and Stream
and others.
Over TOO Birds Shown
Over 700 birds were shown at the
exhibit of the Vermont Poultry asso-
citation held at the American Legion
club in Barre last week. Judge Card
of Manchester. Conn. and H "A. Leg
gett of Burlington did the awarding.
County Club Agent Resigns
Miss Miriam Mackenzie, for the
past year and a half County Club
Agent in the Rutland County Farm
Bureau, in cooperation with the Uni
versity of Vermont Extension Service
has recently resigned to become teach
err at OrmSbee House, Proctor.
Gives Church $500
Elmore T. Ide has given the North
Congregational Church at St. Johns
bury five shares Of stock of the Mer-
chants National Bank. valued at $500
in memory of his wife, Cynthia Adams
Ide. Mr. Ide has been deacon in the
church for Is years.
Fail to Recover Body
The body of Alfred Bail, the S9-year-
old employee of the c. V. bridge and
building department, who was seen to
Jump from the bridge over the Mississ-
uuoi River at Swanton a week ago last
Thursday. has not been recovered. 1t
is believed further search is futile.
Movie War On
Competition in the motion picture
business in Montpelier looks imminent
with an application by Lloyd G. Der
rick to hire twice a week the auditor
ium of the City Hall. which can seat
1000. Mitchell & Almon own The
Playhouse, the only picture house OPP
Grating in Montpelier.
Learned Esperanto at 70
Mrs. Andrew Corliss of Marshfeld,
whose funeral took place Saturday
morning learned Esperanto through a
correspondence course after she passed
her 10th birthday and received a di-
pfoma from Washington, d, c. She
was a woman of rare intellectual abil-
ity. She died in her S3rd year
Well Digger Dies
James Feeley, aged 6S years, died in
the St. Albans hospital Saturday night
following an operation which he under
went Saturday morning His body was
taken to Melrose. Mass, where burial
took place. Mr.. Feeley had Travelled
considerably around this section of the
country during the last years driving
artesian wells.
Gives Hospital $4,000
The Henry W. Putnam Memorial
hospital association of Bennington has
received a gift of $4,000 from Henry
w. Putnam. son of the founder of the
institution. The gift is made in the
shape of so bonds with a par value Of
$4,000 and is for the purpose of meet
ing any deficit in the hospital not met
by other sources
Freed of Manslaughter Charge
An entry of nolle prosequi has been
made in Rutland city court in the case
against Collins Jones, colored, who was
charged with manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death of Richard T.
Crowley, nine. who was killed when
he jumped from a trolley directly i'll
front of truck driven by Jones who
was held blameless
Sentenced for Perjury
Hugh Lyons and Harold Town of
Waterbury were given States prison
sentences from one to two years for
perjury Town was fined $50 and
costs while Lyons was fined 500 and
costs After the payment Of fines they
were placed on probation as to the SEN
fences Lyons also pleaded guilty to
assault and in this was fined $50 and
costs
Sled Strikes Auto
Morris Keough, aged 10 years, is in
a critical condition in the Barre hos
pital With three others he was slid
ing near Graniteville when his sled
ran into the standing automobile of
Fred LeTourneau. Keough suffered a
fractured skull, a broken leg. frac-
tured lower jaw. all of the teeth on the
lower left jaw being knocked out, and
many bruises The sled ran head-on
into the spring of the automobile
Fined for Loaning Number Plates
Z. C. Tenny of the Mosher garage
i'll Brattleboro pleaded guilty to VIC
lating the automobile law by loaning
number plates to Kolstad. Taylor &
Co Judge f. A. Cudworth imposed
a fine of $40 and costs of Sc, which
Mr. Tenney paid This case grew out Of
the arrest last week of Julius c. New
ton. who was brought in on the charge
of driving truck without having it
licensed The truck was owned tS
Kolstad, TAYLOR & Co., and bore
plates loaned by the Mosher Garage
Girls Swindle Fooled
Tudqe Goddard had a DeCuliar iuVe-