Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-07-13

Mrs. r. III. Moore ana famlly moved TO
/ Warren Friday
Taylor Hills was in town from Concord,
/ n. H., last week.
Daniel Hunt OF South Tunbridge was
! in town Saturday.
Miss Pauline Read is visiting friends at
Turner's Falls, Mass.
Daniel Staddsrd has recently received
an increase OF pension.
Harry Kerr went to Vergennes Saturday
to join his wife on his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. A. Markham were with
friends In Royalton over Sunday.
o. d. Wood was in Randolph with
friends Friday and Saturday OF last week.
Miss Bertha Rice OF Mortified has been
spending the past week with her uncle, j.
W. Rogers.
Herman Douglas returned to Concord
Monday, where he has employment in
shoe factory.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie r. Adams of Mid
dlebury are visiting his father, William
r. Adams, Esq.
Mrs. Dana Stoddard and two children
OF Woburn, Mass, are staying with her
father, Daniel Stoddard.
Rev. George b. Gilbert will officiate at
Christ church Sunday, the 10th, morning
service and communion.
Miss Annie Kimball has been quite
dangerously i'll with a sickness W hich very
closely resembled cholera.
John Wheeler thinks he is ahead OF all
reports on early peas this year as he had
them on his table June 10Th.
Mrs. Hiram Spencer, who moved away
from this town about forty years ago, is
visiting friends in this village.
Joseph Somervilie; and Walter Brink
went to Windsor Monday to work In the
shoe shop OF A. f. Mann & Co.
s. (. Stanton and family OF Detroit
have arrived at their summer cottage on
the Cleveland farm on Royalton hill.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Bethel Electric Light and Power
company was held Wednesday evening.
The power furnishing light for Bethel
village is now derived from the Blue Hill
dam and decided improvement Is noted.
Misses Nellie and Stella Adams went to
Lynn, Mass, Wednesday to attend the
Young Peoples Christian Union conven-
ton.
Albert c. Thayer OF New York, who has
been visiting his father, Henry Thayer, |
for several weeks, returned to New York |
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Miller OF Spring |
field, Mass, are spending the month of /
July Win lne lamllb OF M n. kendall, /
father OF Mrs. Miller.
The condition seemed so hopeless OF the /
horse of Il. c. Mcintyre, which was in.
jured when his barn collapsed last week,
IL was decided to kill it. -.sfsrU II
Austin Adams, who has been at the
Brattleboro Retreat for the past three
years, came to Bethel Wednesday OF last /
week and is staying with NJ. NJ. Whipple.
Jeffers Richardson, a graduate OF the
Whitcomb High school, took second /
prize at the annual prize speaking at
Norwich University last week. The prize /
won by him was $40 in cash.
Kirk Munro, the author, living at Co.
coanut Grove, Florida, spent several DAYS
with the family of William r. Adams this
week. Mr.. Adams son, Arthur, is taking
care of Mr.. Munro's place at Coeoanut
Grove.
Ira Quimby's grove near the sold
church" was the scene Tuesday afternoon
of union picnic OF the sunday schools OF
the M. +. churches in this vicinity. II
was an ideal picnic day and a very enjoy
able time was had.
Hon. Jefferson NJ. Levy, congressman
elect from the thirteenth New York dis
trict, is a guest at S. B. Days, arriving
saturday from Monticello, Va. Mr.. Levy /
IS the owner OF the old home OF Thomas
jefferson at Monticello.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Creamer arrived in
town on the night train Wednesday MORN
ing. MIR. Dreamer came to attend the
annual meeting of the stock holders OF
the Electric Light company. Thursday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Creamer left for a carriage
drive to the White mountains.
The officials OF the c. V.R.R. came on
a special train Thursday to consult 10 re-
gard to the crossing OF their road by the
Rochester electric road. Plans were dis.
cussed which IL adopted will do much to
relieve the difficulty being met by the
electric road in getting out of Bethel viii
lage.
Joseph II. Dunbar was in town Mon.
day. Mr.. Dunbar was at one time county
supervisor OF schools, but is now located
In Minneapolis, where be is still engaged
~ educational work. He was called to
Vermont by the sudden death OF his
iather, Norman Dunbar, who died at
last week.
+. X. Johnson has a pile driver at work
On the tannery fiat driving piles for the
new road. At present it is operated by
nan power, but this is slow work and Mr..
Johnson is contemplating changing to !
either horse power or steam power, prob. !
IDLY the former, as on account OF the fire.
luent changes, il would be rather incop-
7enient to use the latter.
School In district No. s, taught by Jose t
)hine Emery, closed June 30. The pupils
having neither absent nor tardy marks n
we're Faye, Glenn and Gail Brewster.
Ellen Powers had no marks during school &,
membership. Clyde Bowen had no absent .
marks and Harold Bowen had no tardy
marks. Roy Cosdy, Bonnie Byam and b
GEORGE Powers were not tsrdy during
chool membership. ii
School in district No. 9, taught nv
Sellie Gillette, closed July Z, with appro- u
'riate exercises. Number OF pupils. p
average attendance, Is %. Those having \
10 absent marks during the term were !,
rank Buttles, Emma Buttles, Abbie =
Seckwith, Glenn Twitchell and Henry
iolbrook. The three with the highest
tanding were Queenie Harlow, as: Earl =
'uttles, 50, and Abbie Beckwith, 90.
! The following teachers have been hired L
or the Whiteomb High school: Princi- ! .