Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-06
Bethel Local Intelligence,
GUY wILsoS, Local Editor.

Samuel Abbott is at Silver Lake, acting
as skipper on the ''Mary L"
The evening train due here at s:35 was
on time Thursday OF last week.
Miss Annie Moreland of Troy, n. Y, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. John ;. kimbau.
John Hayes, sexton of Emmanuel church
in Boston, Joined his family last week at
G. O. Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson went to
Boston last week, where Mr.. Wilson has
procured work.
The Henry Family gave exhibitions in
the town hall Monday and Tuesday even
ings of this week.
Miss Bertha Rice returned last week
from a several days stay at her former
home in Mortified.
Miss Jessie Chadwick and Miss Mary
Wilson attended the summer school at
Randolph last week.
Charles w. Brown and family OF Roch-
ester, n. H., are occupying the Waller cot
tage on Royalton Hill.
c. d. Cushing was in Holyoke, Mass,
last week looking up new machinery Icr
the electric light plant.
Sheldon Smith Of New York arrived at
Echo Farm Monday. This is Mr.. Smiths
twelfth season in Bethel.
Mrs. Carrie Jackman has moved into the
house owned by Rollin ellison.
A family by the name OF Mcdonald has !
moved into the south tenement in the Kit |
tredge house owned by A. A. Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank *. Burnett Of
Northampton, Mass, arrived in town last I
Saturday for few days visit with rela- |
tives.
There will be dance at John LaRock's .
the evening of August 10th. All are in
vited and ladies are requested to bring |
cake.
Mrs. Betsey Briggs, Miss Bessie Briggs, /
Miss Mary Briggs and Miss Ada Markham 4.
of East Weymouth, Mass, arrived at Lo- /
reno Ellis Tuesday.
Unknown persons gained entrance to
the house of ID. IL. Harraden in Bethel
Gilead Sunday and stole Mr. Harraden's
watch and ten cents in money.
E. p. Fisher of Springfield, Mass, ar
rived on the paper train Sunday and
joined his family for couple of weeks at
his mothers, Mrs E. n. Fishers.
There was quite movement in horse
flesh last week. DR.. l.. NJ. Greene dis
posed of three horses and DIR. o. ID.
Greene bought horse Of Rev. j. Hall
Long.
Mrs. c. F. Hayes, whose serious illness
was noted last week, died Sunday. Fu-
neral services were held Tuesday and the
remains were taken to Thetford for inter-
ment.
Z. ID. ellison carried the Bethel baseball
team to Woodstock Saturday Of last week
TO play game with the town team from
that place. The Bethels won by score OF /
10 to 8.
Mrs. A. A. Arnold and children, Miss ]
NJ. +. Arnold, Miss L. S. Arnold and s
Master Kenneth Arnold Of East Windsor. !
Conn, we're at the Bethel Tavern two days {
last week. z
Thursday Of last week, Mr.. and Mrs. c. y
r. Waldo entertained Mrs. Nettie A. Waldo !
of South Royalton and her daughters, Y
Mrs. Fred Titus OF New York and Mrs /
Bert Sargent ofSouth Royalton.
Road Commissioner Dustin is at work
this week cleaning up the streets in the
village and the selectmen have been fixing /
the approaches TO the White River bridge :
and laying new floor on the Branch 7
bridge.
c. o. Hopkins, Jr., of Somerville, Mass. \
Is spending few weeks with his father,
c. o. Hopkins. Other arrivals at Mr.. G
Hopkins are Miss Katherine Beatty of
Boston and MISS Grace Nickerson OF n
Mattapan, cousin OF Mrs. Hopkins.
The White River National bank has re-
Gently installed an adding machine, known 4
Is the Arithometer. II is marvel of in
genuity and accuracy and will figure up a
about everything except profits on North \
western Guaranty Loan stock at which it y
absolutely balks.N
The Woodbury. Granite company is put y
ing in twelye-ton set OF scales at its y
sheds in this village and has bought a
ipring OF Robert Noble and is conducting \
he water therefrom to its shop for +
thinking purposes. There are now about lc
wenty men at work at the sheds, includ-
ng cutters, sharpeners and carpenters. al
Misses Clara and Mary Jackson of Ia
Athol, Mass, returned home last week fl
Ifter a short visit to friends in this vicin-
ty, where they formerly resided. They N
ormcrly lived on the farm on Royalton r
I'LL now owned by Frank Church. Miss in
lara jackson at one time taught in the N
Bethel village schools. Since moving to
Athol she has taught for twenty-one years 4,
n one school. =,
The cottage of Mrs. NJ. f. Harrington at ~
liver Lake, Barnard, is occupied by =
,arty ofyoung people from Philadelphia, n
Misses Laura Ruof, Harriet a,
3acher, Katherine Bacher, Bertha Roller. ~
Innie Russell, Matte Mcknight, Mary ii
hite and Annie Hayes and Messrs. Shir- y
sy Coster, Augustus Coppens, Arthur Cot X
rell, f. Fred Muser, John }. Books, Rem \,
lick Mcknight and James Hayes. q;
Much interest wss expressed in the
leeting held last week to organize a Board
Trade. Rev. j. Hall Long was elected
hartman and III. f. Adams secretary. EA.
'avis, G. ID. Cushing and DIR. r. NJ. Chase
ere appointed committee to confer with
he road commissioner about repairs on u,
ne village streets, and f. l.. Martin was Z
eputed to look after the improvement of
epot square. A committee was appoint at
! TO draft bylaws, and the meeting was
ijourned to meet al the call Of the chair py
ian.
The interest in the services to be held in W,
le town hall on Old Home Sunday, Aug tn
Il 10th. is decidedly upon the increase.
very pastor in town has been invited to
present and urge his people TO attend.
bile some OF the clergymen may be kept
gay owing to duties in other towns, all DO
ho have been heard from have given lul
cir cordial support to the plan and will "a
Drk for its success The sermon will be tin
livered by Rev. Ransom A. Greene of DIR
well, Mass, and the rest OF the pro- tic
am will be taken by those in charge Of an
al churches. Once more cordial invi- Nv
ion to attend these services is extended gu
all who.are, or ever have been, interested LII
the welfare of this town. The hour OF ri
vice is 10:45 q. N. /