Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-07
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

LIZ. 0uman Frost OF hanover, N. H.,
| was in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Moulton are enter
tanning Mrs. I. T. Dennis at Stoneleigh.
Mrs. w. B. Wall spent Saturday in
Northfield with her sister, Miss Sadie
Lamb.
Mrs. B. u. Dubois and Miss Annie Gill
bert Bell were in White River junction
Monday.
| Henry Clifford of Rochester was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Jewett last
Thursday night.
| Misses Mabel and Ida Osborne OF
Montpelier were the guests of Miss Mary
Moulton over Sunday.
Mrs. j. H. Bass and her daughter, Mrs.
f. 8. Tracy, spent Tuesday at Theodore
Kendalps in Roxbury.
Miss Jessie, daughter of Herbert Alb
hey, is recovering from serious illness
due to grip and neuralgia.
The Kimball Public library, closed to-
day and tomorrow for the annual clean
ing, will be reopened Saturday.
The May day dance of Fern Rebekah
lodge in Grange hall last Thursday night,
though slimly attended, was a pleasant
social affair.
L. ]. Blakely has returned from the
hospital in Waterbury, where he had
been undergoing treatment for a nervous
disturbance.
Mrs. c. G. Reynolds and her daughter
are away on visiting trip to Wolcott
and Craftsbury and may extend their
travels to Pike and Haverhill, N. Fl.
Newell Pierce has found employment at
the mine of the Eastern Tale company at
East Granville and has been succeeded on
the express team by John r. Carmody.
At the state Republican convention in
Burlington last week, John F. Mead was
elected an alternate in the Vermont dele
cation to the national convention at Chi
cago in June.
Mrs. Edmund Webster was taken by A.
H. Beedle to the state hospital for the in
sane at Waterbury Friday, her mental
condition being such as to make spe-
cial care necessity in her case.
Miss Eta Kennedy, who has been with
Mrs. Susan Robinson during the last
year, has gone to her home in Granville,
and her place with Mrs. Robinson is be-
ing taken by her sister, Miss Alma Ken
nedy.
Mrs. H. s. Tobey is filling the place of
housekeeper at the sanatorium in which
she has succeeded Mrs. George Dwyer,
who is with her sister, Mrs. G. F. Parker,
| at the Center, the latter being in poor
health.
with machine at Lemuel Richmond's
Saturday afternoon, when carelessly
thrown stick struck him in the head with
sufficient force to knock him down. No
serious injury, however, was inflicted.
The circulation of books from the Kim
ball Public library during April reached
total of 1890 volumes-157 Q1.2 per cent?
class books, 301 (21.65 per cent? juven-
lies and 932 (67.05 per cent? fiction. The
daily average of books taken during the
month was SO 6-13.
The postponed meeting of the Ran
dolph Woman's Literary club will be
held Saturday, May 9, from to at the
home of Mrs. F. II. Joslyn. Members
are requested to give humorous anecdotes
in response to the roll call, also to bring
their fancy work.
The U. V. NJ. and Dartmouth ball
game at Hanover, n. H., Saturday at
tracted ten enthusiasts from Randolph
who were generally jubilant over the
score of to in favor of U. V. Nj. The
Salisbury auto took to the game ID. b.,
E. 7. and Franklin Salisbury and j. w.
Raymond, while those who went by train
were G.. P. Lamson, Guy Osha, Harry
Morton, Charles, Carl and John Bass.
The remains of Gustavus Woehler and
his daughter, Mrs. Jennie (Woehler)
Jerd. whose deaths occurred in Canton,
| N. ", during the winter, were taken to
the cemetery in East Braintree Friday for
interment. In the funeral party were the
daughters and sisters of the deceased,
Of
Mrs. B. L. McCarron of Rouses Point,
Miss Anna WoehIer of New York, and
their brother-1n-law, F. N. Jerd, OF Can
ton.
Arcadia lodge, /. o. G. T., met last
Thursday evening and installed the fol-
lowing officers:-Chief templar, S. A.
Smith; vice templar, Mrs. Jesse ii.
BIodeett: secretary, Mrs. s. A. Smith;
treasurer. Alfred Knights; financial sec
rotary, Mrs. Alfred Knights; marshal.
Jesse H. Blodgett; deputy marshal, Mrs.
George B. Emery; guard, Miss Susan
Sargent; sentinel, Miss Lottie Button;
Superintendent of Juvenile temple, Miss
Susie Gilman. One candidate, Miss Lot
tie Button, was initiated. A program for
the good OF the order consisted OF read
ings by Mrs. Knights and Mr.. and Mrs.
Emery and "chip basket" full OF mater
ial to kindle laugh.
The Central Vermont Railway company
has inst issued its 1908 edition of "Sum-
mer Homes" and does Randolph the
honor to select for the frontispiece OF its
beautiful publication page picture OF
familiar scene of cows and pasture land
taken at the Chandler farm and entitled,
"Waiting at the Gate" In the wealth OF
illustrations that the book. affords are
seen views of the White river near Bethel,
the White river near Royalton, Killing
ton and Pico range from Randolph Center
and the trout brook at Chandler farm.
Among the esummer homes" advertised
are The Manchester and the mouse OF
Mrs Charles Griswold in this village;
The Maplewood, the Old Homestead OF
Mrs I. II. Holden, the Colonial of Miss
Martha Gilbert, the houses of Mrs. q. I.