Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-30
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Mrs. John NJ. Burnett was called from
Concord, n. H., Saturday by the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. Frank Thayer,
OF Barnard. Mrs. Burnett returned TO
Concord Wednesday.
The usual 10 80 service at Christ church
will be omitted next Sunday, when Rev.
c. II. Wells will be in Royalton. The a.
m. morning service and the 7:3O evening
service will be held as usual
A son was born May DIST to Mr.. and
Mrs. Park Wight of Windsor and grand
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo, wight OF TINS
town. Mrs. Geo. Wight was IN windsor
last week to see the new arrival.
r. Frank Bowman has opened an office
here. Mr., Bowman is Vermont manager
for the Pan American exposition at
Buffalo and will look after the arrange
ment of excursions and rates to the
exposition.
Ralph Dewey, a former student OF the
Whitcomb High school, in company with
another man, has leased for term of five
years the South birmingham Daily News,
on which paper he has been employed Tor
several years past.
Mark Stiles has been appointed admin
istrator and Darwin Boyd and Frank
Rand commissioners and appraisers on the
estate of the late Frank Stiles in place OF
Paige and George Parker, commissioners
and appraisers, who had declined the APP
pointments.
Samuel Weeden, a former well known
resident OF the east part OF the town,
where he was engaged in the mill BUSH
ness, died last week at Lebanon, n. H., at
the home Of his son-in-law, NJ. d. Brown,
with whom he had lived for many years.
The interment was made at Hartland, Vt,
where he formerly lived.
The Grammar school ball team went to
Randolph Saturday to play return game
with tie Grammar school team Of that
place. which they defeated on the home
grounds few weeks ago, but the Ran
dolph team, not satisfied with the former
showing, put in a number of players from
the High school, and, with an older and
heavier team, won the game by score OF
IL to II.
The graduation of the Whitcomb High
school will be held in the town hall
Wednesday evening, June 18th. There
are eleven members in the class. Music
will be furnished by Wilder's orchestra of
Montpelier OF six pieces. This orchestra
in Vermont slight admission fee will
be charged to defray expenses. Reserved
seats will be on sale at +. l.. Martins.
The High school ball team played town
team from Rochester Saturday afternoon,
beating them by a score OF II to 8. The
school BOYS showed a great improvement
in batting over former games, Robert En-
cry having six hits and five runs in six
times at bat. This Rochester team is the
same that has played two close games
with the Randolph High school and the
easy victory came as a surprise to the
Bethel team. After this good showing the
team should put up an interesting game
against the Montpelier team on Memorial
day.
Much local interest has been displayed
in the Uno beer cases recently heard at
Portland, Me- There were twenty-eight
seizures OF Uno beer and it was proved to
the satisfaction of the court that Uno was
not intoxicating and that it was not
malt liquor and contains less than three
per cent OF alcohol. Uno beer is manu-
factured by the Suffolk Brewing Co. of
Boston and leading chemists testified at
the hearing both on behalf of the govern
ment and the Suffolk Brewing Co A
large amount of Uno beer is sold in this
vicinity and until lately il has not been
questioned but that the sale was legal.
f. f. Flowers died Monday morning
of pneumonia, aged 81 years. While Mr..
Flowers had been in poor health for the
past two years, he had bravely attended to
MS NOTk up 10 last Nttk- DhbuIudS tNtu-
ing he was on the street. He is survived
by widow, formerly Miss Georgia Good
win Of Argyle, n. s., and five children,
three boys and two girls, the oldest being
II years of age. Mr.. Flowers carried a
life insurance policy of 81 900 in the Mutu-
al Life of New York. He also had 300
policy in the Continental Casualty Co. OF
Illinois, which is not considered of any
avail as insuring only against death in
case of accident.
Jack Lavelle met with sad accident at
Windsor Friday. Mr.. Lavelle works in
the shoe shop at Windsor and is in the
habit Of often coming up to spend Sunday
with his family in Bethel. He had left
word to be called in time for the night
train Friday night but there was some
mistake and he did not arrive at the depot
until the train was pulling out of the
yard. He attempted to board the moving
train and slipped and fell. The cars
passed over his left arm, severing it above
7 the elbow. He also sprained one ankle.
What makes the accident more serious is
the fact that Mr.. Lavelle was left handed.