Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-14
South RoyaIton Notes.
81. ]. sARoEsr. Local Editor.

Elmer Hapg0od was IN Bristol, y. ~,
last week assisting Frank Merrill IN MS
! shoe factory.
Chas. Sargent has moved from Tun-
, bridge to his residence recently purchased
in this village.
There will be food sale at the vestry
Of the NJ. f. church Saturday, June 10,
from to 6 O'Clock.
A. II. Lamb and Walter spaulding
went to Camp Martin at Milton last
week for an indefinite stay.
The South Royalton House is receiving
extensive repairs in the interior by the
new landlord, Henry Clapp.
Mrs. Georgia Shepard Vaille Of Hard
wick is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. M. Shepard, few weeks.
Misses Kittie and Hazel Waldo are
spending the week with their grandma
Mrs. Nettie NJ Waldo, at Riyervie~
DR.. and Mrs. E. J. Fish were in Boston
during last week. The doctor attended
the American Medical convention held
there.
Prof. Kibby and family Of swanton are
al the former home Of Mrs. htbby IN TINS
village, the home OF Mrs. Constant
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Bamforth OF Water
bury arrived here Monday for short
visit 10 the parents and family OF Mrs
Bamforth.
BF. Waldo Of Concord, \. H., is visiting
bis brother and sister in New York city,
after hich he intends to locate ID Ia
coma, Wash.
The Outing and Old Home Week club
held a meeting Tuesday evening TO ar
range for a celebration OF Old Home
Week, to be held in August.
Rev. Mr. Daniels will speak at the
Broad Brook school house next sundayat
y. m. After service there viii be chance
to see about establishing Sunday school.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Grosvenor OF Abing-
ton, Conn, who are spending a lew
weeks in Vermont, have been guests at
the South Royalton House the past two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Gibbs OF White
River Junction were guests at dinner al
/ the South Royalton House last Sunday.
| Mr.. Gibbs is half owner Of the Junction
| House.
The alumni Of the South Royalton High
school, by their secretary, have called
meeting OF the association TO be held az
the Cong'l vestry Friday, June 10, at 1870
p. M, banquet following.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Luckett and son
OF Burlington were guests OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. NJ. Sargent over last sunday.
! MIR. Luckett was a former railroad station
agent here and is now station agent at
/ Burlington.
! Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Penney and little
son, Oliver, OF Nero, Fla, are 10 visit rela-
tives and friends IN Royalton IN the near
| future. Mrs. Penney Will be remembered
| as the youngest child OF the late Henry /.
Clifford, a former resident of Royalton.
Charles Henry Pierce, son Of Henry
/ Pierce OF Royalton, who is graduate OF
i the University OF Vermont, class Of Oi,
and winner OF the Phelps prize in civil
engineering and is now an instructor IA
/ the University OF Illinois at Urbana, Ill,
has been engaged to take Prof. Britts
work in the University Of Vermont.
]. G.. Slater of Minneapolis, Mimi,
was IN the village last week to visit LIS
| birthplace, the early residence OF his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Slater
| OF Chicago, who were residents OF South
/ Royalton several years prior to $50.
/ The father will be remembered as the
wood agent for the old Central Vermont
K. X. Co.
| The High school ball club played a
game at Silver Lake Saturday. On their
return home, the horses OF a double team
load became frightened by an automobile
at Royalton village and ran into another
team ahead, frightening the horses,
causing them to run against telephone
pole, breaking away from the carriage
aud running home. No one was injured
very much. J. T.. Stetson, principal Of
| the High school, was one OF the party
occupying this carriage. One carriage
was considerably damaged; the other
slightly.
At the Republican caucus held satur-
day to elect delegates to the state and
the Second Congressional district con-
ventiOns, the following business was
transacted William Skinner was chosen
chairman and A. G.. Whitman secretary.
Delegates elected 10 the State convention.
William Skinner, f. Winslow, II. &.
Benson and M. $. Adams; alternates,
w. V. Soper, Albert Taylor, Arthur
Davis and w. o. Belknap; delegates to
the district convention, William Skinner,
NJ. j. Sargent, w. o. Belknap, j. II.
Hewitt and A. q. Whitman; alternates,
p. S. Belknap, J. A. Whitney, Ernest
Hewitt and George Ellis; town COM
mittee elected, William skinner, M. j..
Sargent, W. O. Belknap, j. II. Hev lit,
f. A. Mayo and A. G. Whitman. Dele
gates chosen will favor F. ID. Proctor for
governor and Kittredge Haskins for a
member Of Congress.
A large assembly attended the first Of
the graduating exercises of the High
school class last Sunday evening to listen
TO the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. T..
T.. Wells. pastor OF the NJ. n. church.
The services were held at the Cong l
church, and opened with an organ volun-
tary by Mrs. ID. l.. Burnett. During this
the graduates marched to the front seats.
Then followed invocation by Rev. +. +.
Wells: Gloria, by the choir; prayer by
Rev. Sherman Goodwin and Response bv
the choir; scripture lesson by Rev. Sher-
man Goodwin; response by the audience
and choir; voluntary. Mr.. Wells then
addressed the class, taking for a text,
"Learn to do we'll" His address was
very interesting, logical and highly
. instructive. The grammar school gradu-
ating exercises will be held Friday after
noon at ? o'clock. The commencement
exercises will be held in the NJ. +. church
Friday evening, June 18th, beginning at
s O'Clock. The full program was printed
in these columns last week.
BETHEL GILEAD.