Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-12-15
BRIDPORT

Miss Nina GarVey is quite Ill IolloW-
ing the grippe.
The Grange will hold a dance at
their hall December %.
Earl Dukett. who has been i'll with
jaundice, is improving.
Miss MOllie Converse has been Ill Tor
the past two weeks with jaundiCe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wemette en-
tertained several friends at supper last
Thursday evening, the occasion being
Mr.. Wemette's birthday.
Mrs. ]. s. MacQuivey, a sister of
Mrs. c. A. Pratt of this town, has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia at hos
pital in Syracuse, N. Y, but is gaining
now
Miss Virginia Eells of Cornwall came
Monday for a stay with her aunt,
Mrs. ]. H. Howe, and is attending
school in the Primary room of the vii
lage school.
Miss Helen Bennett accompanied
Mrs. r. n. Warner of Addison to Bur
lington, where they attended the an
nual meeting OF State Grange Wednes-
day and Thursday.
The Grammar and Primary rooms OF
the Village school and the Pratt school
will unite in their Christmas exercises
which viii be held at the Masonic Hall
Thursday evening, December q.
Mrs. n. w. Russell, who has been
seriously i'll and under the care OF a
trained nurse for the past week, is
slowly improving She is at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Norton, in Mid
dlebury.
Grange meeting was held Tuesday
evening. Two candidates were given
the first and second degrees. The pro-
gram was as follows; Vocal SOLO Miss
Helen Bennett. Reading, Mrs. D. E.
Myrick. Vocal duet, the Rev. and
Mrs. R. A, Burn
Mrs. H. d. Payne and Mr.. and Mrs
w. A. Towner spent Wednesday with
Mr.. Payne at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital. Miss Ruth Payne, Wallace
Payne and Leo Blackjack visited him
last Saturday. Mr.. Payne is as COM
Portable as can be expected.
Miss Ruth Grosvenor and Erie +.
Bryant were married December 9, in
New York city where Miss Grosvenor
has been employed for short time
Mr.. Bryant is an electrician and has
been in Castleton Miss GrosvenOr is
a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. d.
z. Grosvenor and has many friends
here.
The annual Christmas sale and
chicken pie supper held by the Ladies'
Society last Thursday and Friday
evenings, was a very successful affair,
both socially and financially. The net
proceeds of both evenings were S277.55.
The booths were very attractive The
ice cream booth was white, trimmed
with running pine and bittersweet
berries. The ice cream booth was made
to represent a snow hut The follow
ing ladies had charge of the various
booths: Fancy, Mrs. T. H. Nadeau
and Mrs E d, Myrick; White articles,
Mrs. F. c. Dukett and Mrs, H, n. Sol
lace; Candy, Mrs. H E. Newton and
Mrs. J. II Howe; Dolls, Miss Helen
Bennett and Miss Katherine Baldwin !;
Ice cream, Mrs. c. A. Pratt, Mrs. c. J.
Barbour, Mrs. R. A. Burn and Mrs. T.
H. Hutchison; Aprons, Mrs. Nellie
Hemenwav and Mrs. w W. Dukett.
The grab bags in charge Of Mrs z. G..
Blaisdell and Miss Gertrude Colburn
were big attractions for the Young
people and contained noise and fun
makers of all kinds. The large doll at
the doll booth, whose name proved to
be Tarc was won by c. a. Pratt and
was sold at auction to +. J Woodbury..
Supper was served the frs; NIGHT and
was in charge of Mrs J. 5. Dukett and
the chicken pie supper was in charge
of Mrs. NJ T. Wolcott
The topic for the sermon a. the
BridDort church next SUNDAY uo-ninq
will be The Great Example
Legion Team Defeated
The basket ball game last Saturday
evening at the Grange hall was largely
attended. The Ticonderoga team was
unable 20 come so the American Legion
team Of Middleburv was secured The
following is the line up;
MIDI Legion Brdport NJ W A.
T. Kinney RI K Myrick
d. Yates If CDelpha
A. Benedict T Pidgeon
! II. l.. DlOCulI * 0bOht
T. Moore lg Giard
The referee was Claude Sisters Of
this town The final score was 1910 in
favor of the NJ w. A.
Bridport Girl Wins Prize
In the current issue OF the Vermont
Missionary there is an interesting ar
ticle concerning Miss Cecile Heustis,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs ". H.
Heustis, former residents OF Bridport
but now living in Brattleborc Miss
Cecile won the first prize in a contest
for Congregational girls Of the
East which was launched by the
Womans board The contest included
points for attendance, participation in
pageants and programs, hand work,
work in local church and missionary
reading. Miss Cecile had a score Of
106 points and will he sent to the For
eign Missionary Conference at North
field, Mass, next summer as a delegate
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