Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-11-23

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There will be a mems meeting in
the Arts and Crafts room Sunday at
3 p. m. Address by Rev, j, A.
Scheuerle of Hartford.
w. N. Campbell and Miss Camp
bell went to New York Thursday
and today Mrs. A. P. Chase, Miss
Perkins and Miss Campbell sail for
Europe, where they will join Mrs,
Tatum. The party will spend
about two months in travel,
A regular meeting of the White
River Medical association will be
held at White River Junction next
Tuesday, at l.30 p. m.
Mrs. Il. b. Rowland, who was quite
badly hurt in an accident caused by
an automobile, at South Pomret,
last week, is improving, but on ac-
count of her age about so years. re-
covery from her severe injuries is
very slow. She is now at Mrs. Ada
line Pauls at South Pomfret.
The stores Of the village will be
closed Thanksgiving day.
Col. and Mrs, f. S. Billings and
Miss Elizabeth Billings accompanied
Mrs. Vail to New York last week
They will attend the Harvard-Yale
football game at Cambridge today.
The soldiers monument is ex-
pected here next week, and will be
placed on the school-house grounds.
The delay in shipment is due to an
accident in the shops at Barre, in
which the top Of the granite shaft
was broken, making it necessary to
cut another.
A joint debate between the White
River Junction and Woodstock
Young Mems Christian Associations
will be held at the Arts and Crafts
room Wednesday evening, Nov. II.
Subject, Which is the greater general,
Grant or Lee? Harold Dunsmoor
and J. A. Prescott will speak for
the local association, and w. S.
Pingree and Harold Green will be
the visiting debaters. This is the
first Of series of debates which 1t
is proposed to hold here. The reg
ular weekly meetings of the y. M.
c. A. will be held Wednesday eve
nings until further notice.
A. C. Hurd, county secretary of
the Y. NJ. G. A. gave very interest
ing illustrated address on the United
States navy at the Dana building
Thursday evening, Mr.. Hurd was
for several years connected with the
Y. M. G. A. Of the navy at the Brook
Ign navy yard, and told many inter
esting things about the building up
of the American service, excellent
stereopticon views showing the life
of the sailors and the different types
of ships, including the Vermont.
This battleship alone, he said, dis
charged as much iron within few
pounds as Dewey's whole feet at
Manila. There was a good attend
ance.
The Thanksgiving day services at
St. James church will be held on
the day itself in the town hall, and
will be Holy Communion at 7.3O a.
M, morning prayer with sermon,
followed by Holy Communion, 10
o'clock a. m.
ELinn NJ. Fairbanks will be en-
ployed in A. B. Morgan's store dur
ing the holidays. He recently took
position with the Holbrook Grocery
Co., but owing to the unsettled fnan-
cial affairs of the country the concern
withdrew number Of their travelling
men.
Ernest X. Wright has bought of
Mrs. Mary G. Kittredge the easterly
half of the house on Mountain ave-
nue. now occupied by A. b. Wiggin,
paying $l4OO. Mr., and Mrs. Wright
will occupy the house, but will not
take immediate possession.
Mr., and Mrs. II. w. Hoye have
moved into Mrs. w. D. McMasters
house on River street.
Forty members of Kedron Re-
bekah lodge attended the annual dis
trict meeting at Windsor Wednes-
day.
Miss Elizabeth Myers is employed
in j. B. Jones' store.