Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-03-07
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1901.
WALPOLE.
(Nuss NJ. S. JENNIsoN, LOCAL EDIToR.)

The annual town meeting will be held
March 12, commencing at 9 A. NJ. The
warrant is posted and contains ten arti-
cleS. Aside from the election of town
officers and the appropriations for annual
expenses, the questions will be voted on
of appointing a committee to consider
the enlargement of the village cemetery,
of adopting the old highway district
system, of instructing the selectmen to
appoint a town agent of disseminating
certain highways, and to see if the town
will instruct the selectmen to protect the
public against the railroad, discontinue
ing grade crossing at North Walpole.
The school board regrets the retire
ment from the corps of village teachers
of Miss Florence NJ. TAFT of Roclzport,
Mass, who for the past wear has been in
charge of the intermediate grade and
who has decided not to return. Miss
Isabel Hale has been engaged for the
spring term and Miss Juliette Dixon of
State Line will succeed Miss Hale in
district No. IA. 1t is expected that Miss
Lizzie A. Huntington will return to the
school in Christian Hollow for the spring
term, and one or more of the other dis
trics S viii send the scholars 70 the Wal
po2e village schools.
Baxter Bros. are considering the idea
of locating condensed milk factory
here and E. X. Seabury is agitating the
subject among the farmers in this vicin-
ity to find if sufficient will be given for
the naturalization of such project.
The mid-week prayer meeting at the
Congregational church will be held for
the present Wednesday evenings instead
of Thursday.
Ray Willard, assistant agent at Wal
pole station, resigned his position March
1st, on account of illness at his home in
Keene. The vacancy is filled by Miss l..
B. Hawkes., daughter of the agent, F. E.
Hawkes..
Democratic and republican caucuses
were held the evening of March I'd for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for town officers to be elected at the
annual town meeting the 18th inst. The
democratic candidates are as follows
Town clerk, John A. Weber; road agent,
John w. Prentiss selectmen, William
Fl. Kiniry, G. w. Kingsbury, Ira W.
Ramsay; auditors, Russell G.. Graves,
, Frank A. Spaulding, N. w. Holland
| The republican candidates are: Town
clerk, John W. Hayward road agent,
G. M. Clough; selectmen and auditors,
same as above.
The marriage of Edward M. Hartwell
of Arlington, VT, and Miss Mary l..
Howard of Peru, Vt, took place at the
| Congregational parsonage Thursday,
February rs, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. E. A. Keep.
Clifford j. Kinds has entered the en-
ploy of Ellis Bros, florists and seeds
men, at Keene, leaving Walpole about
, ten days ago.
A dinner will be served town meeting
day, March II, at the Congregational
church parlors from II o'clock until 2
P. NJ. This dinner, which is an annual
custom, is under the auspices of the
! ladies' aid society and it is hoped to
make the social element a distinctive
feature of the occasion. All are invited
to be in attendance.
Miss Mary II. Bellows, with friend.
was home over Sunday from Smith col
lege.
Hubert A. Wilson, who for the past
year or more has occupied the cottage
on G. d. Hooper's farm in the south part
of the town, moved with his family last
week into the tenement on Hight street
owned by Mrs. Mary F. Rogers. Mr..
Wilson will be employed at the Home
stead Farm.
Judge and Mrs. j. G. Bellows are
spending several days this week in Con-
cord.