Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-09

The boarding house at Camp Randolph,
H1ghgate Springs, will open about July
10th. 1t viii be in charge of Mrs. Ida
johnson of Mortified, who has conducted
the cadet mess hall for several years and is
especially efficient for such position.
L. L. McAllister, a photographer, who
spent the winter in Georgia and Florida,
came Thursday to spend few days at G..
ID. Hoods. Monday he went to Rochester
to remain awhile and later will go to
Queen City park to spend the remainder
OF the summer.
Il. L. Williams was in town briefly
| Monday. "Gene.n who was formerly
boss in the Abbott mill, is now travelling
representative of the A. G. Dutton Lum-
Der Co. OF Springfield. Mass, with north
ern New York, Vermont. New Hampshire
and most Of Massachusetts as his terri
| tory.
j. w. Atwood came from camp at
Greensboro the first of last week. return
ing Friday. He was accompanied on his
return by Madam Salisbury, II. B. Sails
bury and family, Mrs. II. P. Granger and
Miss Lucy Robinson, who will spend sew
eral weeks there. E. T. Salisbury and
family viii go up later.
Saturdays ball game was preparatory to
the formation OF town team that bids
falr to properly represent Randolph on the
are ex-high school boys at home from col
lege-Henry Lewis, the Kibbee brothers,
"Dutehy" Bean and others, with whom
will be Joined some of the present school
and town lads, making promising aggre-
cation.
Prof. F. E. Prlehard went to Boston
Thursday to attend the National Eduea-
tional Association meeting in session there
this week with an attendance of many
k..saFa Il 8 - -
union. Mrs. Prichard Joined him Satur-
day. They will spend a few days at the
seashore before their return here in time
for the opening of the summer school for
teachers which begins July 27th.
Louis p. Booth has sold his photograph |
business in the Cushman block to George |
5. Hutchinson of this place, who is now
taking course in the photograph college /
at Etfingham, III. Mr.. Hutchinson win |
take possession the first week in August /
Mr. Booth and family will go to Provi- /
dence, r. l., about Sept. 1st, where Mrs. |
Booths father resides and where Mr.. 4
Booth has several situations open for him
IN photograph work.
A. J. Boyce is quite worried over the /
wherea bouts of his son, John, who visited I
him two years ago. since which time no I
word has been received from or Of him.
He intended to go to Washington and I
from there travel about the country at his
business OF painting ut-door advertising {
signs. Randolph man saw in a paper
some months ago notice OF the death Of a
John Boyce, who was killed in a circus
somewhere in the south and the father is
greatly troubled, not knowing whether il
was his son or not.
Randolph passed the Fourth after the
usual fashion. The boys woke the echoes
at midnight with bell ringing, horn blow
ing and cannon cracking. There was
big bonfire on the depot grounds. A few
but most people enjoyed the day quietly
at home. The stores were all closed after
noon. The Rochester club and several
other parties picniced at Mari-Castle
park. The boys engaged in a ball game
at Mccall park, in which the Regulars
downed the Volunteers 20 to 4. The band
went to East Braintree in the evening to
dedicate their handsome new uniforms.
There were small displays Of fireworks at
night
Dewitt G. Webb, who not long since
secured a position in the navy yard at
Philadelphia as a civil engineer, passed so
an examination on his first trial
that be was advised by members OF the
examining board to submit to the test
qualifying applicants for higher position
in the engineering service OF the navy de-
partment. He did so recently at New
York, the examinations which lasted two
weeks, being very critical and covering ,
he whole range of modern civil engineer
ing. Mr.. Webb scored the highest mark
IF any candidate and has received notice
II his appointment to a very lucrative
post, which also gives him rank as a COM {
nissioned officer in the navy. He does J
not yet know where he will be stationed, !
put will go wherever he is sent, as the !
service requires. Mr.. Webb !
5 the son of Lucius Webb OF this place !
md East Granville, is graduate from the
course in Norwich University
md has steadily applied himself to his
,hosen vocation with the result that gem
rally follows. :