Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-04-24
South RoyaIton Notes.
NJ J. SARGENT, Local Editor.

| w T.. JoHnhOu VI w OOuotONh vas ~
town Saturday.
DR.. Burnett has sold his house to c. E.
/ Flint and wife.
Editor Green of the Rutland Herald was
in town Monday.
Frank Williams, rural route agent, was
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Oscar Morse has recovered sufii-
GENTLY to ride out.
| W. NJ Sargent is suffering with another
| carbuncle on his neck.
Sheriff d. c. Jones continues to gain and
rides out every fair day.
VIII "A. Bingham was at home from
Lowell, Mass, last week
Ed Wilson of Franklin, n. H., was in
town the first Of the week.
| NJ. II. Hazen purchased the meadow on
| the Benz, Flint farm last week.
W. F. Cushman of Northfield visited his
sister, Mrs Ed Smith, last week.
Ed Sargent is painting the house on the
Thurston farm for w. III. Martin.
Mrs. j. NJ. Shepard is in Waterbury
with her daughter, Mrs. Bamforth
| j. II. Waldo is having extensive repairs
made on his house by ID. p. Leisure.
Rev. w. NJ. Newton, presiding elder, is
| to make his home here another year.
Clinton Merrill has engaged to work in
Lebanon this season and left Tuesday.
Mrs. William Smith returns this week
from Portland, Me-, to her home here.
Charles Shepard sold his pacing horse,
Kizer, last week to Ward & Slayton, Barre.
DR.. Euclid Fish was up from Boston
over Sunday to visit his wife and daugh-
ter.
Edmund Conant, having sold his farm,
will move to Cabot as soon as he can get
ready.
Randolph to the Albert Merrill place in the
village
| Miss G. w. Hackett is to reside with and
assist Mrs. William Smith at her home
this summer.
Miss Isabelle Martin has engaged to
teach school in Tunbridge and common
| ces next week.
| p W. Thomas, Dartmouth, '03, and III.
/ c. Tracy, '02, a classmate, visited Ralph
/ Soper last week.
Ora Goodale recently purchased eight
/ cows in Randolph to place in his pasture
in Iunbridge.
Mrs. c. r. Black visited her brother.
4 Charles Graves, who IS very III, at East
Barnard last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w P. Morse of Spring
! field visited Mrs. Ellen Preston, sister of
| Mrs. Morse, last week.
Thomas Prindle has returned home
1 from Palmer Mass, where he has been
with his son since early fall.
Leon Skinner is reported to have engag-
| ed to play ball with one OF the New Eng
| land League clubs this season.
/ j. NJ. Shepard received news last Satur-
/ day OF the serious injury to +. Il. Bam-
u g.. !. sr Husrr Of Aufs4 sfFrF
/ Mrs. Charles Dutton and daughter of
/ New Haven, VT. are visiting her father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. G. Drew.
Mrs. Ida Eaton has sold her farm in
/ STAFFORD through the Galusha farm agen-
/ CIV to Mr. Fleetwood Of Massachusetts,.
Walter ooss, local inspector of tele-
phones at Montpelier, was in town Mon
/ day to visit his sister, Mrs. Euclid Fish.
The pipe organ in the Congl church is
I being tuned and repaired this week by
man sent from an organ factory at Boston,
Miss Bertha Coffren of Saxton's River
/ returned home last week after few days
visit with Miss Ora Galusha, school
mate.
Ell. Kennedy and Dick Tracy were in
town Saturday in the interest of new
/ telephone scheme called the Peoples Tele-
j phone association.
George Buck returned here from Exeter,
/ y. H., Saturday to work in the shoe fac
I tory. He is the third one of the old hands
| that have returned recently.
Rev. w. II. White, pastor Of the NJ. E.
/ church, announces for his subject for the
morning service Sunday. April p, "Diffi-
culties Of Unbelief," and for the evening
service, "Lost Opportunities"
1 Barmeeide banquet at the Cong1 church
vestry Friday evening, April p. Iwould
/ be downright treason at this delightful
season if YOU failed to share, be il stormy
/ or fair, in our feast OF fun and reason.
/ An informal reception will be given to
Rev. W. II. White and family at the vestry
I of the Methodist church Tuesday evening
I April %, from S to 10 o'clock. All are
cordially invited to come and meet the
newly appointed pastor of the NJ. T..
church.
At the annual communication OF Rising
sun lodge, No. Z, F. q A. NJ, held
Wednesday, April 16, the following Off
GERS were elected and appointed for the
year ensuing George w. JOY, W. NJ;
( DIR. +. j. Fish, 5. w; DR.. II. II. Hayward,
j. W.; A. p. Skinner, Treas. Nj. J. sar-
gent. Sec; l.. II. Richardson, 5. D.; II. 5.
Knight, j. D.; NJ. 5. Adams, Chap; j. q.
Ashley, S. s.; j. II. Hewitt, J. s.; A. II.
Lamb, Tyler; NJ. y. Sargent, Marshal.
They were installed last Wednesday even
ing.
Eugene b. Blake was recently elected
selectman for the town OF Greenfield,
Mass, il being his eighth successive term
and the sixth as chairman of the board.
lie was also elected county commissioner
last fall. Mr.. Blake is son of Horatio {.
Blake, who, with his family, moved to
South Royalton from Hill, y. H., in 1913
and was appointed its first station agent
and postmaster. He lived in South Roy
alton until he was rs years Of age, when he
took position as telegraph operator at
Monroe Junction, y. Y. Two years later
he went to Greenfield, Mass, where he has
since resided. He has daughter who is
teacher in Cuba. One Of his sisters, Mrs.
NJ. G. Bradstreet, is a resident of South
Royalton.