The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-09-28
NEWBURY.

Seminary Hall bids fair to be lively
place again Wednesday evening, Oct
3rd. The Town Club of 1900 has Sc.
cured Rev. j. o. Sherburne of st.
Johnsbury to lead in pleading the
cause of national prohibition. 1t offers
any Vermonter the opportunity OF
leading against that cause and man. A
free-for-all hour will be given for short
papers and speeches for and against
national prohibition. So come to New
bury Seminary Hall on the evening OF
We'd, Oct 3rd andhear live thoughts
presented in live manner upon both
sides OF live question and say word
yourself too, perhaps.
Mrs. Charles Emslie of Barre spent
Sunday at VIM. Atchinson's.
Do not forget the box social and
promenade Friday evening, Sept. 2Sth
in Seminary Hall. Ladies are request
ed to bring boxes. Prof. Taggart will
render few selections.
The Seminary foot ball team will
come in contact with the Thetford
academy team Oct. 9th, on Seminary
campus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Yarmouth of
Keene, n. H., visited at Geo. Stevens
the first of the week.
Rev. Charles Merrill gave very in
teresting talk Sunday evening on The
Passion Play. Mr.. Merrill will repeat
his talk on Sunday evening next.
Miss Fl. E. Keyes went to Boston for
few days this week.
Mr.. Holt spent Sunday with Mrs.
Human.
Mrs. Pierce has returned from New
York and Boston with new line of
millinery.
Miss May Ford will hold an organ
recital in Congregational church about
Oct. 10th. More particulars later.
One of the most interesting features
of the dedication of the memorial win
dow was the historical addrest by Hon.
Horace w. Bailey.
We noticed among those in attend
ance at the memorial exercises, Mrs.
Judge Tebbetts, and Mrs. Kimball
Wilson of Bradford and Mr.. Warren
Craft of Oxford, n. H.
The Methodist choir wish to thank
the Congregational choir for their as,
sistance at the memorial exercises.
Mr.. Reyes has a large frame filled
with photographs of the old seminary
and chapel and also of the old Spring
hotel as it was some forty years ago
and as it was when burned. This
frame and the one filled with old semi
nary programs was very interesting to
the old students. If any one has a
photograph showing the corner where
Mr.. Hale's house and store now stand
as it was 20 or more years ago, Mr..
Reyes and others would be pleased to
see it, or our views of the village taken
by Mr.. Shepardson.
Mercantile and Financial Times in
ford, former Newbury boy:
From lamp trimmer in the employ of |
an electric light company to the general |
of the concern in the brief |
space of fifteen years is considerable of |
jump but this is just what has happened |
to Mr.. Robert w. Rollins, who was last |
February elected to the general manage
of Hartford, Conn. The subject of this |
sketch, Robert Wardell Rollins was born |
in the town of Newbury, VT, April 18th. |
1864, receiving a common school educa, |
ton, finishing at Newbury Seminary |
At the age of twenty he came to Hartford |
with the Hartford Electric Light Co.
After a few months he secured better
position with the Schuyler Electric COM
pany, returning to the former company
soon where he remained three years as
night engineer. He then secured posit-
ion with the Waterhouse Electric Co.,
going from there to the Boston office of
the Westinghouse Electric Co. as con-
structing engineer, during which time he
many plants in all parts of the
as well as the plant of the Ha-
vana Electric Light Co., Havana, Cuba.
After several years with the Westing-
house people he returned in 1892 to the
position OF assistant superintendent of the
Hartford Electric Co. Upon the death of
the superintendent in 1894 he was made
and last February was
made general manager. The Hartford
Electric Light Co. have a capital stock of
81, 100000 and own and control three i'm
nense plants.