Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-08
Chelsea Home News.
no. BIxny. Local Editor.

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a l. Hayward is slowly improving,
,at 4 stIl confined to the bed.
u.. Flossle Tyler OF Williamstown is
,,s,kinr in the family of q. l.. Hayward.
Miss Jeanette l.. Smith OF Mediord,
,,s,.. IS visiting her niece, Mrs. Frank
Libby
a.. q. II. Sanders and Mrs. L. II.
sanders Of Nashua, y, H., are guests al
Noah Taylor's'
Mrs. Charles Taplin OF Milford, y, H.,
i. visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Robert A. Laird.
Miss Eva Jackson ieft this week for Al
ANY. \. v, where she Is 10 take course
h .tenography and shorthand.
pa, and Mrs. Benjamin Marshall, who
.rsnt last week AT Portland, Me-, re-
,srped 10 town saturday night.
uilas Il. Roberts of Boston comes to-
MONT and win be guest at the Orange
county hotel until after next week.
Mis-, Neya, daughter of L. II. Bohonon,
,slsbrated her 18th birthday last satur-
Say by a party of twelve of her friends.
Mrs. Emma stoddard Holt OF South
usrrimack, y. H., former resident In
Town. Is the guest of Mrs. J. ID. Ballou.
Glenn Fuller, son OF r. ID. Fuller of
lowell, Mass, is visiting his grandfather
and GRANDMOTHER, Mr.. and Mrs. George
". Taplin.
William T.. Knox OF New Rochelle, n.
Y. came Saturday 10 remain with his
family for two weeks or more at DIR. NJ.
H. Cogwin's.
DR.. w. II. Hin has been engaged as
starter for the races at fairs in Fairhsyen,
sent. 10, II, i2 and i3, and Woodstock,
sept. "a, rs and 20.
Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff OF South Glas-
toubury, Conn, Joined his family at J.
N. Comstock's Monday morning and is
70 remain for two weeks.
The selectmen are making the long
needed repairs on the roof OF the Town
hall. +. r. Jefferies OF Barre is repair
ing the slate and Simon Gage the chin
neys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bean OF North
Randolph, Daniel Martin OF Pullman,
Ill.,. Mrs. c. f. Tarbell OF Toledo, o.,
were guests OF Miss Gertrude Kinsman
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin w. Lewis of Fort
Wayne, Ind, arrived Sunday morning for
a visit 70 Mr.. Lewis brother and sister,
Fred w. Lewis and Mrs. A. w. Whitney,
and other friends in town.
Miss Katherine Carlin, who has been
working in the Orange County telephone
Office at Bixby's store the past seven
weeks finished work Saturday and re-
turned to her home in Williamstown.
waterson post, No. as, G. A. r., are
having the cannon on the North common
remounted on granite base. Horace
Jones is cutting and preparing the base,
aud il is expected to be completed for
next week.
Archie f. Sanborn and Miss Eunice r.
Sargent, both OF Chelsea, were married at
o'clock Wednesday evening. Friends
Of the couple are cordially invited TO re-
cgption saturday evening, Aug. 10, at the
home OF the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milo Sanborn.
Mrs. II. o. Bixby and daughters,
Misses Hazel and Myrtle Bixby, returned
from Boston and vicinity Tuesday after
noon, where they had been visiting
friends the past seven weeks and in
cluded in their trip the Old Home Week
celebration at Boston last week.
II. y. Mattison, Stanley c. Wilson,
W. S, Goss, J. NJ. Atwood, Charlie Dens-
more and Richard George left Sunday for
Lake Morey, where they are to spend the
week. Mr.. Wilson went with Mr.. Matti-
son in his Ford auto, and the rest were
driven by Mr.. George in the REQ car.
The party are to board at the Pavilion.
Sheriff and Mrs. w. II. Sprague enter
tanned as their guests during Sunday and
Monday, Capt. Samuel E. Paine OF Xenia,
H., Alfred B. Fisher and John Cum
mings OF Worcester, Mass, Miss Eva and
Everett b. Jackson OF East Brookheld,
Raymond Ainsworth of South Royalton,
and Mrs. John +. Smith of Barre city.
Guy w. Bailey of Essex and John \.
Harvey Of Montpelier were in town FRI
day in consultation with Hale X. Darling
on the work OF experimenting the pub
lication of the Public Statutes. Mr.. Bal
ley is one Of the commissioners and Mr..
Harvey an assistant of the commission.
They have been associated with Mr.. OAR
ANhS III the WORK OF FeNlsluS tue laws ~
the past two years. 1t is expected that
the completed work will be ready for dis
tribution sometime in October.
Old Home Week Notes.
Old Home day is Friday. Reception is
Tuesday evening.
The ladies are to serve tea in the library
building Wednesday, Thursday and Fiji
DAY afternoons from till A.
Tickets for the ball games will be on
sale at Bixby's store and other places
small fee is to be charged to pay the
expenses Of the teams.
STAFFORD is not to play ball with Chel-
sea Thursday, the 10Th, but other ar
Engagements have been made and it is TO
De Williamstown VS.. Chelsea.
The committee hope all will make an
effort to bring as many trimmed teams
and automobiles into the parades as pos
slble. Tell your friends about it.
A Disastrous Storm.
During the severe storm of last Friday
afternoon, lightning struck the barn OF
Lewis j. Gray on the West hill, which
was set on fire and burned down, togeth-
er with quite quantity OF old and new