Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-07

board was held, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Super
1ntendent, John Fl. Bartlett; first assistant
superintendent, Geo. B. stoddard; second
assistant superintendent, William C.
Twombly; secretary, Frank Howard:
assietant secretary, Lillian Haire: treas
urer, Clarence Cole; missionary treasurer
Elbert Cole; conductor Of missionary
exercises, Mrs. Erwin S. Kelley; organist.
Mrs. Arthur Ordway; assistant organist.
Winnie WiIkie. The election of home
department superintendent and cradle
roll department superintendent was left
until g later date, as was that of the
teachers.
SOUTH BARTON.
Mrs. Orrin Lunt is on the sick list.
Miss Mary Fairbrother is working for
B. c. Berry.
Miss Ella Berry returned to her work
last Wednesday.
Little Mildred Drown was sick with
tonsilitis last week.
Mrs. Jane Duke of LyndonyilIe spent
last week at Il. Z. Browns.
Mrs. John Forrest and Mrs. Charles
Cheney were on the sick list last week.
Miss Eva Martin of Barton. Landing
visited friends in this place last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Brooks and two
children visited in LittIeton, N. H, part
of last week.
Mrs. Ed. Holmes and daughter of
Wheelock visited at the home of John For
rest Jr., one day last wesk.
A large number of people we're present
at the funeral OF the late Mrs. Berry. last
Tuesday The profusion OF beautiful flow
ers testified to the esteem in which the
deceased was held. Rev. ". 4. Warner
oficiated.
ALBANY.
Mrs. c. J. Darling spent New Year'swith
her parents at Burke.
Earle Wallace was home from ST. Johns
bury several Gays last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Il. Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Andrus attended the lecture at Barton last
wednesday evening.
At the annual election of. officers were
reelected: Supy. J. A. Brown; Asst supt.,
Carroll Hitchcock; Sec. Julia Smith;
Treas Mrs. Della Honey; Organist, Mrs.
F. Il. Pierce.
The play, ''The Woven Web,,' given by
the Albany Drsmatic Club Monday even
ing, December 81, was one of the hest
4 plays giFsa h. 5ise club fo1 sogle time and
was deserving ofa larger audience.
A very pleasant gathering was held at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
Reynolds on New Years day snd evening.
Lucy Chafey, born and reared on the we'll
known Chatey place on Black River,
Albany, visited relatives in Buchanan
County, Iowa, where she met young
Reynolds, who, reared in eastern New
York, had often had daydreams of some
thing valuable coming to MIN from Ver-
mont. Caring for a sick friend at the
Boardmans', where Miss Chafey was vis-
\ 1ting, By apparent accident he had to carry
her across the prairie for g visit to another
family, when they were confronted by g
small pack Of wolves. Young Reynolds
was SO calm in his assurances of protection
from the wolves that few months after
Miss Chafey concluded to put herself
under his care for life. They were married
at the home Of the Board mans January ].
1857, by the Rev. Mr.. Miller. and SO fierce
was the prairie storm that the guests were
compelled to stay over night. The happy
couple have been free from both wolves
and marital storms ever since. All the
relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds in this
section, with few from outside the state.
with many friends, were present at the
golden wedding anniversary and left SUBJ
stantial golden mememtos of the occasion.
with other tokens of friendship and good
wishes. Two sons, a clergyman in Illinois
and an engineer in Massachusetts, who were
not present on account Of pressing en-
gagements, and a daughter, Mrs. Hackett.
live to bless them. Several congratuIatory
letters, with cheering poem by local
relative and a short article by another
friend, were read on the occasion, We
hope the welded life so happily begun
may continue yet many years.
SOUTH ALBANY.
A merry company gathered at the home
OF Rev. and Mrs. 4. Trow bridge on Sat-
urday evening, Dec. 18th to remind them
| of their twentieth wedding aa1ira-,o-.-