The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-07-19
Adjoining Towns.
New bury.


gational church.
Mr.. George Slack went to White
field one day this week on important
business.
Mr. G, G. Day of Warren, N. H.,
has been visiting in town. He has sold
his real estate in Warren together with
his harness business and is looking for
new location, he is all extra work.
man and good citizen, and his many
friends would be pleased to have him
come back to Newbury.
We hope that the school directors
will not think it useless expenditure
of money to have the common mown
and the years supply of wood cared
for and the premises slicked up. When
the old district system of schools was
absorbed by the town system, the
town found in Newbury village paid
up school property which the select
men appraised amounting to about
7-10 of all the school property in the
town district, and paid for too, by old
school district No. 4, it would there
people that our village school property
is entitled to enough consideration
from the school directors to keep it in
a clearly respectable condition. Our
village has two of the directors 80 that
this neglect of things is not chargable
to the town district at large.
DR.. Hatch and N. Robinson have
their summer places at Halls pond
nearly completed
The Albany Evening Journal of July
Sth contains long, interesting and
very complementary notice of James
F. McElory who is so we'll known in
this place. The article places Mr.. Nc
Elroy at the head of mechanical and
electrical engineering with over three
hundred patents, mostly railway APP
planes.
His many friends are glad to see
Fred Leavitt home for few weeks
vacation.
Josiah Rowland leads thus far in
large fish taken from our public waters
viz twenty-three inch, four pound
pickerel. This isn't much of a fiji
story, but is the best we can do to dale.
Addison Lupien is home from Port
land for short vacation.
Among the bet gardens in town are
those of the poor farm and uncle AL
ONO Fleming, both are pleasantto look
upon. When it is remembered that
Mr.. Fleming was born July &c, 1906,
it is a matter of more than usual in
terest.
Mrs. J. S. Upper and NJ. c. Kasson
UIEItinr fpiarlHc in, A lhanc
Swanton and Montgomery and will
be gone two weeks.
There will be concert at the Con-
gregational church by the Mahogany
Quartette of St. Johnsbury evening of
July 81, there will also be other at
fractions.
Miss Ella Bixbt is stopping for one
week at Mountain View House, White
field, N. IL.
James L. George has returned from
Bethlehem, n. H., where he has been
for eight weeks painting at The noun
lain houses.
The ladies of the Congregational
society will give sociable in The YES
try Wednesday evening, July oath in
which the brownies" will appear also
other notable characters. Admission
10 cents, cake and ice cream 10 cents.
Proceeds for the benefit of the village
library.
Quarterly meeting services were held
at the Methodist church last sunday
morning.
Miss NJ G. Kasson spent few day
last week with her friends the Misses
Glynn at Lisbon, N. H.
The school directors have employed
Prof. E. A. Shaw, late principal of the
Wells River High school, for the COM
ing year as principal of the Seminary
and Town Central school, with Miss
Grace B. Need as his assistant. Prof |
Shaw is a graduate of Mortified Uni
versity and was employed for some
years as teacher in the State Normal
school at Randolph He comes to US
well recommended and fully equipped |
for his work. He will occupy the Ed |
Bailey place on Main street the coming
y ear. Miss Need has the reputation
of being an excellent teacher, giving
entire satisfaction where ever employ
ed. Miss Fanny Martin retains her
position in the higher grade, and Miss
May Ford takes the place of Miss Lang
in her department. Miss Guthrie is
continued in the primary grade.
The town superintendent reports
that as a rule, with very few excep-
tions, the teachers throughout the
town have given excellent satisfaction,
and most of them, if possible, will be
retained for the coming school yea.
Rev DIR. Knowles of Tilton Semi.
nary was in town last week calling at
the Methodist parsonage and upon
Rev. George n. Bryant.
The fall term of the Seminary CON-
mences Sept. I'd. and closes Nov. 22d.
Winter term commences Dec. 9th and
closes Feb. 2Sth. Spring term begins
March 10th and closes June Sd Three
terms of twelve weeks each.
Text books adopted by the town
school directors as book committee for
use in the common schools of New
bury: New Normal series of readers
with Conant's Vermont, Commits Yer
mont Historical Reader, Thayer's Ethics
Of Success, Julia McNair Wright's
Nature Readers, Cows Manners and
Morals and Dole's American Citizen as
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