The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-21
WATERBURY, CENTER.


Next Sunday will be Memorial Sun
day. A union service will be held in
Seminary hall. The singers are re-
quested to meet at Daniel Hopkins
on Saturday evening for rehearsal.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Mansfield visit
ed their son at Shelburne pond last
week.
o. W. Davis and wife Of Morrisville
are stopping few days with their
daughter, Mrs. f. Batchelder.
De. e. j. Foster attended the Shrin-
ers' meeting at Middlebury last We'd
nesday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Wood Thursday, May IA.
Mrs. May Green and daughter are
visiting Ezra Conant, her father.
S. A. Mansfield has been appointed
aid-de- camp on staff of Department
Commander Kenfeld
The Grange sociable is to meet with
Mrs. Henry Hill on Tuesday, May 26,
afternoon and evening. All are in
vited.
There will be promenade and mas
querade at Seminary hall Thursday
evening, May 81. Paul's orchestra
will furnish music Ice cream and
cake will be served. Admission fif-
teen cents. Refreshments fifteen
cents.
The Rev. Mr.. Roys preached at the
been engaged to preach here for one
year, and is to live in Mrs. Mobiles
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray of st. Johns
bury have been visiting at Clinton
Smiths.
EAST ROXBURY.
Fannie Britton of Brookfield is
working for Mrs. W. o. Pride.
Mrs. Guy Bancroft and her mother,
Mrs. Wilson, are visiting in Barre.
Dr. B. F. Allen went Thursday on
trip to Cobbleskill, N. Y.
Misses Marietta Allen and Blanche
Smalley of Gouldsville and Arthur
Grant of Boston visited at l.. A. East
mans part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kidder of
Northfeld and Mrs. Mary Chafee of
Springville, n. Y, were at l.. G.
Kidder's last Sunday.
POST MILLS.
Five deer were seen crossing the
field from Cross street to Lake street
the past week.
Dell Wood has leased the Lake
House, saloon and boats and will
furnish the visitors of Fairlee lake
with the usual facilities.
On the 18th Rev. Mr.. Loder of Thet-
ford occupied the pulpit in exchange
with Rev. Mr.. Sturtevant.
Fl. 7. Howe and family of Hanover,
N. H., spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Moody.
Parties from Hanover. N. H., are
here looking over the Lake House
property, also the summer residence
near, with intent of purchasing.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Douglass are
observing the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage by visiting New York
and Washington. accompanied by their
son, DR.. Edward Douglass, of Groton,
Conn.
On the evening of May our old
est resident Mrs. Elizabeth (Sanborn)
Dodge, passed to the higher life. Mrs.
Dodge was born in Norwich, in 1918,
eldest daughter of the late Levi San
born, who moved to this place sixty
years ago. Her maternal ancestry,
the "Tolman' family, has been traced
back to 1915 A. D., in English history.
In 1850 she was married to DR.. Will
lam Dodge of this place, who died in
1867. Mrs Dodge has been mem Der
of this church for nearly forty years
and rarely missed a service during
these years. Also she has been a SUBJ
scriber and faithful reader of the
Waterman for upwards OF half a CEN
tury, carefully preserving every copy.
Files of this paper are packed away
in yearly numbers. On reaching her
eightieth year the proprietor of the
Watchman gave the veteran reader
free copies of the paper for the remain
der of her life, gift she often men,
toned and appreciated. Funeral OBJ
seuuies were held in the church on
the 18th inst, conducted by Rev. Mr..
Elliott of Waterbury, her faithful
friend and minister A brother, Jo-
siah Sanborn, and two half sisters in
Wisconsin survive her.
WEST CORINTH.
Sceva True is in Vera, Kansas, Wis
iting his mother and brother.
Gilbert Blake was in East Barre las
Saturday on business.
Mrs. Lila Dickey recently visited
her cousin, Miss Wheelock, in Mont
pelier.
Harry Clough and wife of Washing
ton were with Mrs. Clough's parents
over Sunday
Harry Hanson is visiting friends in
town.