Out of the total enrollment of 318,
the report showed that seventy-two
weijp women. The distribution in re
gard to courses showed that 132 stu
dents took agriculture, thirty- four
engineering, fifty-six, home economics,
l e.'ghty-five miscellaneous courses. The
number taking agricultural courses
j was found to be higher than in mbst
i colleges.
WALTER T. FOX, WEBSTER, IS
79 YEARS OF AGE
Walter T. Fox, who has been chap
lain of Nathaniel Lyon Post, G. A. R.,
Webster, for more than 20 years, cel
ebrated his 79th birthday at his home
j on Brookline St., Webster,Frinay. The
day was passed quietly, w-ith person
j al calls from friends and numerous
j post card remembrances of the day,
together with visits by the Woman’s
Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans
Auxiliary.
Mr. Fox was born in Pomfret Conn.
May 19, 1843, and enlisted from North
Woodstock, Conn., in 1862, serving
j in Co. D, 18th Conn. Regiment. He
was honorably discharged June 28,
1865, and saw service at Harper’s Fer
| ry and other points during the war.
! Among the battles in which bis regi
| ment was engaged was Winchester,
| Lynchburg, Newmarket, and Piedmont
j He went to Webster in 1874, hav
ing married on July 4th, 1866, Esther
LE. Cooper of Sturbridge. The couple
f have lived in Webster since that time
: end are among the respected lesidents
' of the town.
DAYVILLE
George Michie has been very ill.
Fire destroyed the ne#- dwelling of
Mr. Moulin’s early Saturday morning.
A raid was made at the hotel Sat
urday night and a quantity of wet
goods obtained.
Rev. William Swainson preached on
the LiLfe of Abraham Lincoln Sunday
morning at the Congregational church.
