Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-04-29
South Royalton Notes.
NJ. ]. SARGENT, Local Editor.

Mrs. Abbie Foster returned to Boston
asst Saturday.
W.P Noyes was in New York on BUSH
cess last week.
Mrs Heman Martin OF Mortified is
v.siting W. IL. Martin.
]. W. Waldo has his creamery COM
D.ated and in operation.
Miss Lulu Adams was in Woodstock
last Monday on business.
Herbert Bennett is seriously i'll again
with an intestinal disease.
Miss Martha Dewey has returned to her
a0me in Worcester, Mass.
Jessie Benson OF South Woodstock yis-
tied friends here last week.
W. F. Cushman and wife OF Mortified
visited his father last week.
ala Day returned home from her visit
TO Montpelier last Saturday.
Leon Skinner of Boston visited his
father, A. p. Skinner, last week.
II. Dewitt and wife OF Fargo, N. D.,
ore visiting his mother at j. B. Durkee's.
Walter Webster of Bethel has purchased
che VIM. Golf farm and will move here
soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Page and son OF
Bethel were visitors at 5. c. Drew's last
week.
Mrs. John Markham went to Manehes.
ter, n. H., last Monday, where her hus-
band is located.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harper of Maine were
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bennett
last week, returning home last Friday.
The Epworth League of the NJ. e.
church, assisted by the Shepard family,
gave a sacred concert last Sunday eve.
Miss Ethel Robinson of Waterbury,
wi sic
ter, Mrs. b. h. Moody, returned home last
week.
). N. Snow had his carriage badly bro.
ken ast Wednesday by a runaway horse,
which became frig htened while htched
at the gristmill.
James Foster Crandall 10 years old
adopted son of the late Mrs. Edwin Gran
dali, is to have homo with John Wood
ward for the present.
Joel Phelps visited his brother in Mass.
acnusetts last week after leaving Ben
nington, where he went to accompany
Erva Waterman to the Soldiers Home.
Mrs. Foster Sawyer was quite seriously
1Iured last Thursday by a frightened
horse which threw her to the ground,
breaking her collarbone and causing other
injuries.
II. T. Carpenter of Putnam, Conn. and
B. ID. Hildreth OF Pomfret, Conn, were
guests Of o. A. Burbank last week. They
are here to purchase cows and other live
stock for their market.
Rev. e. w. Sharp was taken very sick
While attending conference at Barre last
week. His wife was called there to care
for him. He was able to return home Sat-
urday and is now improving.
Cullen Danforth OF Barnard is negotiat-
ing for the Harry Whippe place with a
view to moving here to reside il he sue |
ceeds in securing the place and the trot-
ting course in connection with it.
Mrs. Eveline NJ. Lovejoy, widow of DIR. |
Loveioy has Just completed her studies |
and received her diploma and the degree |
OF A. b. from the Chicago university, |
where she has been studying for profess |
sorship for the past two years.
Rev. L. w. Sharp will be the Memorial |
memorial services are to be held at the
Centre village Saturday, May 20. The /
sunday memorial service will be held at
South Royalton on Sunday, May 23d.
The will of the late Mrs. Emily RoWell
Crsndall names j. b. Durkee and j. o.
Belknap as executors. She willed her
property, estimated at ten thousand dol
lars, to her adopted son, James Foster
Crandall, and her sister, Mrs. Abbie Fos-
ter OF Boston.
The Juniors of the Graded school and
the Royaton school ball club played a
matched game on the school bail grounds
al south Royalton last Saturday, the score
standing q to Is in favor OF the Graded
school club. They play another game
next Saturday at Royalton.
The many friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Webster will be pleased to learn that
they are soon to again become residents OF
South Royalton. Mr.. Webster has been in
iI'health the past six months and will
now try the effect of outdoor exercise, hav-
ang purchased a farm near the village.
The school attendance of the town, as
reported by the clerk of the town and
graded school district board, shows the
Town district schools had 1862 days of
attendance and the South Royalton Graded
school 1855 IL days. The town district
aeheols draw $1,000 public money and the
graded school district, S139.36.
The trustees of the free public library
neid meeting last Monday for the or
ganlzation OF the board for the year. Rev.
NJ NJ. Goddard was elected chairman of
ne board; George w. Ward, treasurer;
u. }. Sargent, auditor, and Seymour Gull
,eEi clerk. Seymour Culver was elected
nnrarlRn for the Royalton depository and
neN. h. Nj. Goddard for the South Royal
son depository. IL was voted that the Ii
Hsflans be instructed to issue cards, the
number not to exceed three in one family, |
and that these cards be endorsed by the
ltsas Of families or guardians OF minor |
Snlidren, and that no book shall be issued
~ children under eight years OF age. This
mutation was found necessary in order to
s1e an equal distribution Of books each