Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-02
NEWS IN TOWNS ABOUT


DtOohaela.
Bay ladies' and misses jackets at Bell
Brothers, Randolph; oae half price sale.
a CARD:--We desire to express our
( thanks 20 ell the friends and neighb bors
who n various ways have manifested that
( help, sympathy aud kindness Which were
so precious in the hour o' hllctiJn.
MERTON JEWELL.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. g. HOLMES
Mrs solomon Smith who has been quite
III, is much improved.
/ There vas graphophone entertainment
at the bali Tuesday evening.
Ernes, Sargent W8s st home from West
Z Lahan Do, n II for Thanksgiving.
Miss Sarah Durkee bus gone to Ram
dnlph % help iu the homeo oi Laclns Blsd-
/ gltt.
/ Curtis Il EjbbCe vas seriously iH all last
week, bot is cony5luscent at this time Of
writing.
+ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tracy OF Randolph
+ were the guests OF solomon Smiths folks
+ last Tuesday.
/ Tho pastor will conduct some special
meetings aJ the Center ueNs week. Fuller
announcement viii be made from the pull
/ pit Sunday
+ Ladies Of he Second church met at the
/ parsonage Saturday afternoon TO sew and
box which Is u be sent TO Mcintosh, Ga.
The schools op ned last Monday. Most
OF them have tue same teachers as last
term. There has been a change at the
Center, where Ernest Clark OF Northiield
has been engaged for me winter term.
The THURSDAY afternoon meeting at the
parsonage was omitted last week on ac-
count OF Thanksgiving services at the
church. Toe meeting vii oe resumed this
week and held during Decsmbe as here
totoTe. The usual hour viii be O'Clock.
Miss Sessions, who opened the village
school on Monday, was called home 20
sister, going on Wednesday morning. IL
is expected that the school will 90 on next
wcee, either with Miss Sessions or a new
teacher.
Perley Keyes was badly bitten on the
hand by bis fathers dog few days ago.
The dog is a large full-blooded mastih
and has always been docils and playful.
As there had been butcherlng al the house
that day, il is thought that the smell OF
blood had made the dog vicious.
Mrs. Inez Durkee and little daughter,
Hazel, visited her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs.
Horace Kibbee. over Thanksgiving. Later,
Mrs. Durkee went to Boston, where she
has a position with the Peerless Manu-
featuring company, leaving her daughter
rof the W inter at the home OF Curtis X ib-
bee
The very rainy weather last Friday
quite discouraged for awhile the promot-
ers of the sociable and concert at the Cen
ter, which had been arranged for that at
ternoon ard evening. However, enough
people came 10 supper to warrant setting
the tables, and in the evening the church
was fairly we'll filed with an audience
which was enthusiastic for the music TO
begin. Accordingly the fail program was
carried out. The concert was under the
direction OF c. B. Fisk and the singing
was by home talent. highly enjoyable
evening wss spent by all.
The Kibb.e neighborhood celebrated
Thanksgiving week by series OF casual
ties One day one OF Curtis Kibbee's
horses was taken suddenly sick while on
the route with the butchers cart. Anoth-
er day Win Preston, who was assisting in
dresssinga beef in MIR. Kibbee's slangh-
terhouse and was using two-edged
kuife, cut the cords of two OF his fingers.
Henry Kibbee Was unfortunate in having
a fiye-year old horse break through a +
scu tie and Iujure Itself. IL has ueen sug
gested that an insurance company of some
Kind would 40 Well to locate in that part
of the town
The meeting Tuesday evening for the
reorganization OF the Christian Endesvor
society OF the Second church was well at
tended. An impressive feature of the
meeting was the reading OF a letter from
the absent and retiring president. Miss
Minnie T.. CLARK. A new roll OF member
hip was made out as follows: Active, 10, |
including three on the absent list; assocl
ate, @; juniors, 81 honorary, 8, The or
ganization was perfected by the election
OF the following officers: President, Rev !
q. H. Morse; vice president, Laul iston
Stone; secretary and treas urer, Miss Nell
lie Fullam. The various committees were
chosen n full or in part. 81