Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-17

OF Church street to the Rood house on
South Main street recently purchased by
Heath and Clifford.
Principal c. s. Wright was able to 20 to
Brattleboro Saturday and expects to be
7 able to resume his duties in the school
next Monday, to which time the reopen
ing of the schools has been postponed
The Rising Star Grange Dramatic club
gave the play "Homepathy, or the Family
Cure, al Gaysville last Saturday evening
4 TO good sized audience. They speak very
/ highly OF their treatment by Good VIII
/ grange at Gaysyille.
The members Of the Crescent club gave
a very enjoyable Ladies' night Wednesday
evening Of last week. The company was
entertained by some fine singing by Misses
! Maybelle Greene and Mary ellison and
Karl Lilley and speaking by Miss Grace
| Upper.
Mrs. Wallace N. Batchelder of Brattle-
boro joined her husband in town last
week and remained several days, assisting
him in the quest for a tenement. Suitable
tenements are exceedingly scarce in Bethel
and as soon as one can be obtained Mr..
Batchelder will move his family to Bethel.
Mrs. Edwin Hannum, who had been
visiting relatives in town for several
months, returned last week to her home
at Northampton, Mass, accompanied by
Mrs. Q. l.. Sanders and Miss Mary
Sanders, who 90 for short visit to rela-
tives in western Massachusetts,.
The T.. B. Ellis Co. has just received two
carloads of spruce sticks for derrick pur-
poses from Worcester, VI. The sticks
vary IN length from 81 TO 81 feet. The
same company is contemplating putting
on dozen heavy teams TO draw granite to
the railroad, buying the teams and hiring
drivers.
Says the Mortified News:-C. V. Kent
was in Boston last week and purchased a
carload of handsome horses for the T.. B.
Ellis Co. They arrived Friday and are to
be used on the teams which will haul the
granite from the Bethel quarries TO the
railroad station, where it VIII be shipped
here by rail for cutting, on the Washing
ton union station job.
Dennis L. Shaw, whose serious illness |
was noted in last weeks COURIER, passed |
away March 18th. Funeral services were
held Sunday at his late home, Rev. G. b. |
johnson Of Burlington officiating The |
interment was in the town cemetery. He |
lis survived by a wife, Q brother, Oscar 2. |
shaw, and sister, Mrs. Nelson Chapman,
both Of this town. Mr. Shaw was born
Dec. 90 1897, and was the son OF John Mar
shall Shaw, Bethel's centenarian. Most Of
his life had been spent in Bethel, where he
was held in universal respect and esteem.
Frank Reed, superintendent OF the
quarry, and John Sargent, superintendent
OF the cutting sheds of the Woodbury.
Granite company, were in town several
days last week looking over the situation
here. They are both very enthusiastic
over Bethel granite and are looking over
the situation preparatory to submitting a
bid on new government building at
Washington OF Bethel granite They say
that this stone is making a great stir
among contractors and architects and that
the company has even lately had an
inquiry from London architects as to
Bethel white granite.
The voters in Whitcomb High School
district of every denomination, sex and
party are asked to meet at Cushing hall
leXt Monday evening at O'Clock for the
purpose Of considering the matter OF a !
lew schoolhouse. This is not a legal. ,
warned meeting Of the legal voters, but
8 simply for the purpose OF getting at the
IDEAS OF the taxpayers in an informal way,
nd 1t is wished that all voters be present.
is expected that Messrs. Weston, Tup-
'er and Cushing, the committee appointed
o investigate the matter OF a new build :
ng, will present their views, and it is
Wished that there be a free expression on r
II sides of the question.