Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-03-14
WALPOLE.

| The next meeting of Walpole grange
will be held the evening of the 10Th inst,
which is announced as Past Masters
night. An interesting program is ex-
pected. The discussion of the Grout
bill followed by musical and literary
program, was presented at the meeting
held March 5.
Fred A. Lebourveau of West Spring
field, Mass, was in town last week from
Thursday until Saturday.
Leave subscriptions and renewals for
the TIMES at the postoffice.
as11iam a. Galloway aaa son Raymond
are visiting relatives in New Y York city,
leaving the 4th inst.
J. T. Butterfield and friend were home
over Sunday from Vermont Academy.
Miss Alice Wellington, who has been
attending the high school in Keene this
winter came home March 7, as the
schools in the city are closed on account
of the epidemic of scarlet fever. Miss
Edith S. Platts also came home last
week and Mrs. E. L. Buck is at Miss
Fuller's for the present.
Mrs. D. C. Calahane and son Reginald
of Keene, are with Mrs. Calahane's sis,
ter, Mrs j. B. Beckley, on Middle street
Miss Velma Z. Foster of Brattleboro
made brief visit there also the first oi
| the week.
Miss Lizzie M. Maynard returned las
week from a two weeks absence spent
with friends in Brooklne, n. Fl.
DR.. e. w. johnson has rented the resi-
dence on Westminster street owned by
| F. A. Lebourveau.
Miss Alice w. Jennings was home from
Bellows Falls over Sunday.
| Attention is again called to the tow
school-meeting to be held March 16, a
2P. NJ.
Gilbert Griswold Hale of Allston
Mass, formerly of this town, and nov
lemployed in Keene, is visiting his friend
Stuart K. Barnes, at Prospect Hill farm
DIR. C. T. Clarke of Alstead, who is il
his dental office at the DinSmore on Fri
day of each week, is intending to remove
to Walpole with his family. Owing t.
the amount of work engaged, the docto
has been in his office here both ThurSda,
and Friday for several weeks past.
| Mrs George M. Bradford, who ha
been visiting in town during the pas
time in Westmoreland and vicinity befor
returning to her home in New London
Conn.
| w. w. Kingsbury was home fror
West Medford, Mass, to attend tow
meeting.
At this writing Nj. j. Sherman is crit
lically i'll, having sustained shock earl
Wednesday morning.
An excellent dinner was served at til
Congregational church parlors tow
meeting day. from II o'clock until P. NJ
and was fairly well patronized. The dir
lner was under the auspices of the ladies
laid society and was more directly il
charge of Mrs. C. II. Barnes, vice pres
dent of the society. There were II dir
liners sent over to the hall for the delecta
ton of the presiding officers.
TOWN MEETING.
The annual town meeting was he'll
March 18th, J. w. Prentiss, moderator
lpresiding. There were 259 votes east
of these the result is as follows: Tow
clerk, John w. Hayward +, 1T6, John A
4 Weber, d, los; road agent, c. NJ. Clough
r, $50, j. w. Prentiss, d, 1913. The re
suit of vote for selectmen and auditor
is as tOlloWS: Selectmen, u. w. Kings
bury. d, $50, w. ii. Kiniry, d, 240, l. w
Ramsay, +, 23T; auditors, Russell G
Graves, d, F. A. Spaulding, +, Nat. W
Holland. d. 1t was voted "a appropriat
SIS. $50, to be distributed about the sam
as last year. Article 2 in the warran
pfovoked considerable discussion, bu
the vote of the town was in favor of th'
Iafticle, which reads, ITO see what action
the town will take in regard to adop
ing the old highway district system.
ARTICLES 3, 6 and were passed over.