Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-01-28
MTDDLEBURY LOCALS

MIUULEDUnl AUUHLO
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Methodist church will meet
next Tuesday afternoon with the wife
of the pastor, Mrs. E. W. Gould.
Donald Williamson returned Mon
day from Weyburn, Sask., Canada,
where he had been since August at the
home Of his uncle, Chas, Williamson
p. E. Crane is able to be around
again after confinement to his home
for ten days with severe cold
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Heighter were
called to Westfeld Mass, by the
death Of sister Mrs Frank Bea&Fe-
gara ana expect to remain away for
some time.
Mrs. Richard Cochran returned
Sunday to her home in York, Penn,
after a two months visit in town. She
was accompanied by her mother Mrs.
Gardner Wainwright.
Howard Cady was injured when
cinder lodged in his eye while he
was at work on the Hortonia Com
pany's new station. A doctors assist
ance was necessary to relieve the hurt
Raymond Mcfarland has gone to
Boston to consult with other officials
of the Saxtons River Academy, Of
which he is the president. relative to
the preparations for the September re
opening Of the school
Mrs. Erv:ng R. Yates has returned
from ST. Iohnsbury where she attend
ed family reunion at the home of her
mother. Mrs c. L. Johnson, who cele-
brated her 18th birthday Seven
children sat down to the birthday din
ner.
The activities of certain Tom
the Peeper are being carefully watched
by the local police, and an arrest may
follow the next appearance Of the
young man who has of late been too
obtrusively observing of other peoples
windows at night.
Leo Coursey was painfully cut be-
tween the eyes recently when, in open
ing a sugar barrel part OF the head
flew up suddenly at the blow from his
hammer and struck him on the upper
nose. Medical assistance was neces-
sary in dressing the injury.
The Hortonia Rover Company is
rapidly raising the walls of the new
electric station to replace the ruins of
the recent fire A large force of men
is employed there The machinery
has already been overhauled and much
of it sent away for expert repairing.
Arthur l. Goodreau attended the
funeral of Arthur J. Liberty in Rut-
land Tuesday morning and acted as
one of the pail bearers. Mr.. Goodreau
was a visitor in that city Sunday
When he inquired for Mr.. Liberty,
who was a bovhood chum of his, he
was told that he had been killed acci-
dentally that morning
Mrs. N, S, Foote was painfully
burned about the face Thursday after
noon of last week when in throwing
waste grease into the stove at her
home. the flames caught on her hair
DR.. ]. ]. Ross was called and applied
a paraffin treatment that he had used
successfully during his overseas expert
ence in the World War. Mrs Foote
is now considerably improved
A chimney fire at the Town Farm
was quickly eXtiuguished Monday af-
ternoOn without more than slight dam
age. For a time it was rumorcd in
Middlebury that a real confagration
had wiped out the institution. With
the terrific gale that prevailed here on
that day there seemed foundation for
the story when the news of the chim- |
ney blaze was verified.
The chemical of the fire depart |
ment answered a still alarm Monday |
afternoon ons Seymour street to ex-
tingpish a fire that threatened to des- |
troy the touring car of William Rogers. |
The blaze resulted from a short cir
cult and was put out by Fred lePan
aud Jake Murray with the railroad /
stations chemical. The damage was /
not large Mr. Rogers saved his ma
chine from total loss by explosion in
opening the vents of the gasoline tank
just before the fire had spread to that
part.
A second of a series of "Buckwheat |
Dances" was given in the Grange Hall |
Wednesday evening and attended by |
more than four score patrons and in |
vited guests. The entertainment con-
sisted of dancing and refreshmentS,-
not of cereal however. as the name |
might suggest, but of ice cream and |
cake The square dancing predomi- !
mated, much to the enjoyment of the |
older members Of the gathering Cal |
houns Orchestra Of four pieces pro- |
vided the music. Another social of the |
same nature is planned for the very
near future The committee included !
Mr.. and Mrs John Hammond Mr.. |
and Mrs. Harold Stone and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Mack. The term Buck |
wheat" as applied to this series of So
cials was suggested to the commit
tee by a certain young lady who |
by chance looked in on the "Vir-
ginia Reel" during the progress Of the
previous entertainment and rubbed her
hands in glee that she had happened
upon a regular good old fashioned
time and promised herself that she
was going to come earlier for the next.
She did and brought a friend who
brought other friends who with sew
enty others all enjoyed themselves and
will 90 again