Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-05
South RoyaIton Notes
MI. SARGENT, Local Editor.

Mr.. W. P. Noyes returned home from
Boston last Saturday.
Mrs. Mary E. vesper is visiting hel
brother, J. W. Waldo, at River View.
There was a promenade and dance at
Woodlands hall last Monday evening. &
Regular meeting OF the Womans' Relief
Corps next Saturday evening, March 7th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Chadwick are to move
to Brattleboro April LIST to work on farm.
Concert by the Beedle Orchestra OF
Eeene, N H., this Thursday evening. Don't
miss 1t.
DIR. Harlan Carpenter will return home
from his engagement at STAFFORD next
Saturday.
JW. Bright has sufficiently recovered
from several weeks of sickness to be out
upon the street.
Mrs. Clifford, who lives in the upper ten
ement of Edgar Reynolds house, has been
i'll the past week.
The Chelsea stage was on time Monday
notwithstanding the blockaded condition
OF the road with ice.
Miss Flora Shaw Of Bethel has opened
her millinery shop mere and is getting
ready for the spring trade.
An exhibition will be held by the pupils
of the graded school Friday evening in the
hall Of the school building.
Mrs. c. E. Blake was called to East Bar
nard again last week by the sickness OF
her brother, Charles Graves.
The attendance at the promenade and
dance last Monday evening was light on
account Of the bad travelling
Mr.. Nichols of the firm OF Gould & Mich
OILS, dealers in musical merchandise at Bar
re, was in town last Saturday.
Archie Slack returned home from Exc
ter, n. H., last Saturday, where he has
been at work in a shoe factory.
Miss Alice Brownell resumed work in
the postoffice last week. Her sister, Ida,
is sick al home with the humps.
Mrs. Vose OF Pittsfield, who has been
sick at the home of her son, George vose,
the past two weeks, is improving.
Mrs Hoyt Knight has been quite ill the
past week. Her sister in law, Mrs Skyes,
OF White River Junction has been with
her.
Andrew Wills mill was damaged to the
amount of 800 or more 0y the late rain.
This is the second damage done it the past
year.
Mrs. Whitney, mother OF Mrs. Lewis |
Talbert, who has been in feeble health the |
past year, has been failing the last two
weeks.
Miss Jennie Godfrey of Randolph who
has taught the grammar department OF
the graded school the past year, closes her |
engagement at the close OF this present |
term.
Mrs. George Thurston goes to the Mary |
Fletcher hospital this week for treatment.
She has been confined to the house and
under medical treatment for several
months.
Mrs. &. P. Tarbell received the sad news
last Sunday that her mother, Mrs. Lewis
Dickerman, was dead. She had been suf-
fering the past two years with cancer
and gradually failed until her death. The
funeral was last Tuesday.
Leslie Chadwick OF East Barnard, broth.
er Of Fred Chadwick OF this village, who
has driven the stage between here and
Barnard the past year for Fred Culver, is
very sick with pneumonia.
The heavy rainfall last Saturday night
and Sunday filed the small streams to
oyertiowing and the water Of White river
rose higher than has been known for sew
eral years. Considerable damage was al
80 done in many cellars in the village.
At the regular meeting OF Rising Sun
Lodge, F. & AM, held last week Wednes-
day District Deputy Grand Master George
+. Leland Of Springfield, VT, was present
and inspected the lodge. There was a
large attendance of m embers OF the lodge
and !, from adjacent lodges; from Temple
lodge OF STAFFORD, Phoenix lodge of Ran
dolph and White River lodge OF Bethel.
The first and third degrees were worked
with candidates. Refreshments we're
served at the close OF the work.
The following town officers were elected /,
at the annual town meeting: ID. Y. Deni-
son, moderator; VIM. Skinner, clerk; D.
W. Bliss, 1st selectman; H. A. Bingham,
End selectman; John A Button, Sd select i
man; VIM Skinner, LIST lister; John A. [
slack, End lister; Charles Waldo, Sd lister; /
j. q. Belknap, LIST auditor; Chas. A. Ly- !
man, End auditor; VIM. Martin, Sd audi |
tor; Z. Winslow, treasurer and collector; j
GEORGE Ellis, overseer OF poor and road {
commissioner; George A. Laird, 1st school (
director; Norman Sewell, End school III.
rector; George Taggart, Sd school direc-
lori J.B. Durkee, town agent; CT. South
gate, constable; ]. w. Waldo, LIST grand
Juror; Norman Sewell, End grand juror;
EDWARD !, Foster, trustee ubllc money; Rev.
D. d. NJ. Goddard, 1st trustee public library; !
george W. Ward, End trustee public libra
~; VIM. Skinner, Sd trustee public libra t
~; M. ]. Sargent, 4th trustee public IL c
iD,ffary; Fred j. Morse, 9Th trustee public r
library; J.H. Hewitt, inspector leather; Ell 8
lner Doyle, Fred Rowland, wood survey
9sts;s I. {. Drew, George Taggart, James I
PUCK D J. B. Durkee, Amos Emery, N. s.
Preston, grand jury. Voted to exempt
l taxation for fiveyears industries To-
sss sa IN town; voted an appropriation OF
~ LOT Memorial day; voted an appropria-
slon OF s25 for free library; voted tax OF I
cent additional to the 50-cent school tax; t
highway, % cents. Id