Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-01
Bethel Local Intelligence.


camp at Lake Ansel.
Miss Mollie Kimball is visiting friends
at East Walpole, Mass.
The Good Templars' lawn party has
been postponed one week.
w. w. Scribner went to Essex last Sat.
urday to be gone several days.
Ned Wheeler of Bellows Falls was al
home for few Gays last week.
Rev. X. Udall of Randolph viii preach
at the Methodist chapel next Sunday.
Mrs Hiram Kimball of Vineland, N. j..
is visiting the family OF G. ii. Kimball
The Guilu of the Episcopal church met
at Mrs. c. c. Stearns' last Friday after
noon.
Saturday being a legal holiday the bank
will not be open, so make your deposits
Friday.
Prof. c. w. Emerson Of the Emerson
School OF Oratory OF Boston was in town
Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen p. Thresher has bought OF
her mother, Mrs. j. NJ. Mcintosh, farm
/ in Bethel Gilead
About sixty tickets were sold from this
station for the excursion to Plattsburgh,
n. Y, last Monday. agHh
| Sixteen couples enjoyed very pleasant
private dance at the Bascom House hall
last Friday evening.
Mrs. @. II. Upper went Saturday to
Ludlow to spend a few days with her sis
ter, Mrs. J. A. Bradley.
James Egan OF Mortified has moved
into the tenement house of Ralph Rood at
the south end OF the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blodgett Of AM
heTst were guests last week Of Mrs. c. {.
Stearns, sister OF Mr.. Blodgett.
Fred n. Chapman, Pearl and Wynn
Savage and Fred Nichols leave today for
fishing trip to Lake Dunmore.
Spurgeon BEETLE came home Monday
from New Jersey, where he has been
working for the past six months.
There will be a game Of baseball at
Athletic psrk next Saturday between the
Bethels and White River Junction teams.
Principal and Mrs. f. p. Dawson left
Thursday for a few weeks visit at Lunen-
burgh, the former home of Mr.. Dawson.
There will be Sunday school at the
Camp Brook scboolhouse every Sunday
at 10 a. m. during the rest OF the summer.
Arrange nents have been made for a
bicycle ra e from Bethel TO Royalton end
retain some day the latter part OF this
week.
William Kendall has fought OF Clayton
Bowen one half interest in the Samuel
Mcintosh farm, now occupied by Mr..
Bowen.
Henry good OF RoyFlton has been
laying a concrete sidewalk from the high
way to the residence OF Mrs. Edwin Stur-
tevant.
Rolin Gilson has bought OF Mrs. Har-
riet NJ. Brown OF stow, Mass, the Hollis
Town place on the westerly side Of North
Main street.
A divorce was granted last week at
Middlebury to William l.. Ford OF Sails
bury from Ida Ford, who is well known
in this town.
MIR. and Mrs. George f. Greeley, nurse
and babies came last Friday to their sum-
mer home, the Weber farm at Stock
bridge Common.
Mrs. d. r. Dyke has a rose bush in her
front yard that has one hundred and
forty-eight roses in full bloom and as
many more buds.
Mrs. G. a. wilkins of White River
Junction, wife OF Rev. G. A. wilkins,
former rector OF Christ church, visited
friends In town last week.
Mrs. c. w. Marston of Quincy, n. H.,
Joined her husband the first of the week.
MIR. and Mrs. Marston expect TO go into
camp at Barnard at an early date.
roof of the passenger depot, which has
become rotten. The old one has been torn
down and q new one Will be erected in its
place.
Victor Reed was summoned to Plain
field last Friday by telegram announc-
ing he serious illness of his father. KIP,
Stockwell had charge OF Mr.. Reeds store
during his absence.
About twenty-five young friends OF
Miss Leila Cushing were invited to a
party last Monday afternoon at the home
OF Mrs. Mary Harrington, it being the
birthday of Miss Leila.
A few OF the friends and schoolmates of
Ellen Powers called on her last Saturday,
ments were served and Mrs. Clayton
Bowen furnished music.
II. L. Robbins OF Boston, with a gang
oftwenty workmen, is engaged in this
vicinity in putting up the new telephone
line OF the New England Telephone com
pany from Bethel to Montpelier.
Robert Wilson, '9S, Pearl Spaulding
and Fred Allen, 90, of the University OF
Vermont, are at home for the summer va
cation. George Whitney graduated, being
elected by his class to deliver the ivy ora.
ticn.
A "hike" party, consisting OF Mr.. and
MIS-. L. ID. ClcMdfh OF Dustpii. MIS-. j.
Stewart and Miss Stewart of Middlebury
stopped a; the Wilson House Saturday.
One of the wheels broke down at the
Creek House necessitating quite delay.
The selectmen have recently received
petition asking them to reopen, as a
public highway, the old road that former-
ly ran from the farm now owned by Mrs. |
Moses Dustin to the farm now owned by
Henry Walker, which road was discon- |
tinued by the town some years ago.
Hon. T. o. Seaver of Woodstock held a /
session of the insolvency court at the Will /
son House last Thursday with the inten- I
tion OF closing up the insolvent estate OF 1
ID. Nj. Rix, John r. Upper, assignee, and /
Of George w. Davis late OF Stockbridge, /
Frank H. Durkee OF Pittsfeld assignee. 1
The settlement of the Xix estate was post 1
poned. In this estate the debts amount 4
to about =, 500 and the assets some $3.50 1
The Bethel friends Of William n. Cra- /
gin, superintendent OF schools at Iaconia, 1
n. H., and formerly principal of the 1
High school, Will be interested 1
to know that he has under consideration /
the acceptance of a similar position either /
with Rochester or Somersworth, n. H., L
both of which have taken steps to secure 1
bis services. Several other Laconia teach
srsare also intending to leave on account I
Of reduction in salaries. = 3rteit sns oi