Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-26
South Royalton Notes.
NJ. J. SARGENT, Local Editor.

Regular meeting of Bixby Relief corps
today.
Walter .Spaulding is gaining,, but not
able to be about yet.
Annual meeting of Bixby post today,
Thursday, at 2 80 p. m.
c. P. Tarbell has recovered sufficiently
to be at the office again.
Mrs. Caleb Haynes went to Lincoln last
week to visit her daughter.
Christmas trade was very good last
week, fully up to the average of sales.
A large number of young people will
attend "Peter Pan" at Randolph tonight.
Frank Doubleday has recently had a
furnace put into his new house by George
Dewey.
Ralph Abbott arrived home from Derry,
N. H., Saturday to pass the holidays with
his parents.
d. G. stoughton and family visited
Mrs. Stoughton's mother at Chelsea over
last Sunday.
H. c. Clapp and family of Brockton,
Mass, are spending Christmas with his
parents here.
Henry Dutton, who has been confined
to the house by illness the past two
weeks, is recovering.
John Goodrich, Charles Clapp and
Charles Farnham each shipped carload
of stock to their respective markets Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wright of West
ford, Mass, are at the home of the parents
of Mrs. Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Bright.
Philip Dutton, son of Rev. Charles Dut
ton of Wstertown, n. Y, visited his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Drew,
here last week.
!, Peter Faneuf came close to a fatal ACCT
dent Sunday. In an attempt to board
moving train, he fell between the plat
form and the train.
Miss Grace Smith, daughter of the late
c. w. Smith, was admitted to member
ship in the Congl church last Sunday
with the usual formalities.
| Mrs. Imogene Goodale and son, Archie,
went to West Somerville, Mass, last
week to pass the holidays with her
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Cate.
| The remains of Mrs. j. Ware, who left
here five years ago, were brought back
Monday to be buried at Chelsea, where
her husband was buried. One daughter
survives her.
George ID. Harrington, proprietor of
the South Royalton House, was success
fully operated upon for appendicitis last
Monday by Drs. Gile and Fish, Drs.
Burnett and Ellis assisting.
The PhiIathea class of the Cong'l Sun
day school will hold a thimble party Sat
urday afternoon, Jan. 5, with Mrs. Heber
Rowell and Miss Edith Chaffee at the res
idence of Mrs. Imogene Goodale.
At the annual meeting of Mark ]. Sar-
gent camp, Sons of Veterans, the follow
ing officers were elected Com, Clayton
Woodward; S. V. Com, Edwin Martin; j.
", CON-, f. G: Spaulding camp council,
Fred Smith, G.. L. Dutton, G. NJ. Blake;
delegates. Walter Williams, E. F. Ten
ney; alternates, B. II. Copeland, E. H.
Durkee.
Next Tuesday evening at the Methodist
church Watch-night service will be
held, beginning at s O'Clock. Rev.
Fred Daniels of Chelsea will speak at
about O'Clock. The pastors of the two
churches will also have part on the pro-
gram and a half-hour of the evening will
I be in charge of the young people. AT IL
O'Clock the church bell will be rung. All
are cordially invited to the service.
The next meeting of White River
grange will besSaturday, January a. At
80 D. M, the meeting will be open to
the public. G. G. Flint of Randolph will
install the officers, after which the fol-
! low ing program will be given Music.
Mrs. Will Farnham: a reading, Mrs.
Mary Shepard; essay, William Farnham;
music, John Shepard and daughter, Mrs.
/ Lucy Fowler; remarks from visiting
members.
White River grange, No. 90, held its
annual meeting last Friday evening,
electing the following officers Master,
FEE. Haynes; overseer, G. Z. Spaulding;
lecturer, Mrs. Nettie NJ. Waldo; steward,
VIM. Hunt; asst. steward, w. A. Farm
ham; chaplain, Mrs. c. G. Spaulding;
treasurer, Frank Shirlock; secretary, Mrs.
Mabel Hunt; gatekeeper, c. T. Clark;
Pomona, Mrs. J. F. Shepard; Flora, Mrs.
Henry Walker; Ceres, Mrs. C. III. Haynes;
/ L. A. steward, Mrs. w. A. Farnham.
| The South Royalton Woman's club was
very pleasantly entertained Thursday,
Dec. 18th, at the home of Mrs. Earle Will
4 son. The meeting was opened by roll
call, introducing the program for the
day. Mrs. Eaton gave an illustrated lee
/ ture on ssOur Winter Birds" using the
/ Audubon charts. Following the lecture,
she read Drummond's poem on 'sWhiskey
4 jack the haDItantS' name Tor the cana
da jay. The large and varied assortment
of stereopticon views shown and described
by Mrs. Wilson was greatly enjoyed.
In Windsor county court at Woodstock,
in the case of the Fanny Hale will, the
| will was disalIowed and a settlement was
arranged whereby Mrs. Hale's two sons,
Nathan /. Hale of Royalton and Cicero
| Hale of Morrisville, take the bulk of the
property. In the proceedings for divorce
/ on petition of Helen F. Osgood against
Henry w. Osgood, the court granted di-
vorce and awarded the title to the house
i on Windsor street and a sum of money as
alimony to Mrs. Osgocd and allowed her
\ to resume her maiden name. Mr.. Whit
/ ham appeared for Mrs. Osgood. In the
case of State VS.. w. B. Smith for illegal
selling of liquor, the verdict was guilty.
Respondent appealed to the supreme
court.
EAST BROOKFIELD
Mr.. and Mrs. G. K. Sprague were in
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