Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-11

ELECrA WEBER MORSE
R.H. Upper was in town Monday.
Mrs. Orlin Lyon has returned TO her
home in Springfield.
Miss Emma Swinyer is at home from
Bristol for short time.
Pearl Hodgkins has gone TO Gaysville
TO work in Safford's mill.
Mrs. Truman Lyons has moved to her
home in Lower Rochester.
Rev. /. 5. Yerks has been spending the
past ten days at st. Adams Bay.
Mrs. f. A. Guernsey and daughter,
Achsa, spent Saturday in Bethel.
Miss Helen Stanley is with her brother,
DR.. NJ. p. Stanley, at White River juno
tion.
Miss Grace Martin has gone to Bethel
to word in C. o. Spaulding's printing
office.
It looks very favorable for a postoffice
at West Rochester Corner, in the near
future.
j. II. Trask has been in West Rutland
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Carleton
HazeD.
Mrs. Clarence Martin, with her son
and daughter, spent a part of last week
in Brandon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Green are visiting
Mrs. Green's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
g. Brownson.
John Henry went to Randolph Mon
day, where he has a position in E. A.
Thomas store.
j. G. Wells has rented and will soon
move into William Parmenter's house at
Lower Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. F. Hubbard spent part
Of last week in Barnard with their son,
DR.. II. V. Hubbard.
Miss Daisy Miles has finished her
school in Granville and is with Mrs.
Brown for few weeks.
Rev. Frank +. Adams viii speak next
Sunday morning, Feb. II, on the life
and character OF Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs. c. +. Townsend very pleasantly
entertained several of her friends Thurs
day afternoon and evening OF last week.
j. X. Upper and Mrs. II. II. Cushman
went to Penaeook, n. H.. Saturday,
called there by the serious illness Of Mrs.
Frances Holden.
Rev. L. X. Whitman OF Montpelier will
preach at the NJ. r. church next Sunday
morning and lecture the following even !
ing at the same place.
The report OF the winter term OF West |
hill school ending Jan. %, is as follows:-
Those whose average was above 80 per 1
cent on studies and department were 1
Winnie Jones, Eunice Smith, Mary 1
Dufany, Gordon Derby, Werdna Jones,
Tom Duffany, Rachel Duffany. Mabel
Goodyear teacher.
The Rev. Leon X. whitman OF Montpel-
Ter will exchange with the Rev. /. $. Yerks
on Sunday next, and on Monday evening,
Feb. 10, Mr.. Whitman win give his lecture /
on 1.-THE Discovery OF a New Continent
This will be the fourth lecture in the
course. Rev. II. w. Hildreth will close
The series. The title of his lecture will be.
Wealth in the Worlds WASTE The
late will be announced later.
The closing sermon of the series, "Men
II Achievement" viii be preached sun
lay, Feb. 18th, in the Congil church.
The pastor, Rev. II. w. Hildreth, will
hen consider Isaiah, a man who an
bounced a Golden Age and achieved a
,olden opportunity. Next Sunday even
ng the question thai comes before the
'oung people is, "What will real friend
nip do y Mrs. Agnes Brown appointed
eader. VIII you not come and worship
q His name On Feb. 21st the pastor
1ill begin his Lenten sermons entitled.
Men who cruelty the Christi and on
thursday. the 18th, the Lenten lectures {
MI begin; subject, ''Some American
iuNhOis anu tntu thoughts OF DIVINE
he pastor has prepared a special ltur-
ical service that all the people may Join ,
the devotions Of these special weeks
'r worship. All are cordially invited.
There was prize speaking contest at =
ne Academy hall last week Wednesday
7ening, open for all the schools i'm town.
wing to sickness there were only eight s
no spoke for the prizes, as foliows:-
ertrude Hopkins, "Death Bed of Bene- Ii
let Arnold" Carl Corliss, "Mops, an Or d
han Girls" Manly Carpenter, "The
lown's Baby" Ohio Williams, "The a
ridge Keepers Story" Anna Hooker, y
Pride of Battery b" Evelyn Woodcock, y
Ny Best Friend" Willie Nelson, "yer-
ont;, Yernie Bell Harding, 'sTeaching y
oily" They all spoke remarkably we'll. q
he judges were Mrs. Frank DeGoosh, i
'ank Eaton and E. NJ. Reid. The first
ize, very nice fountain pen, was n
lsely awarded to Gertrude Hopkins; I'd, a
cut glass and silver ink well, to Carl Cor fl
IS; Sd, silver napkin ring, to Evelyn
oodcock. Manly Carpenter and little il
ernie Bell Harding did exceptionally n
I'll, and, as opinions vary, many were the Il
clamations that they should have re-
lived the second and third prizes. But
rough the efforts of one of the ladies,
oh one received a nicely bound book,
hlch compensated them for their labor, 4
n all 6nppaan gAlaacaA nd