Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
South Royalton Notes.
M. J. SARGENT, Local Editor

NJ. J. SARGENT, Local Editor
Mrs. F. R. s. Bond of Worcester
Mass, is guest of Mrs. w. M. Sargent
Mr.. and Mrs. McCloud of New YorL
were guests OF Mrs. J. B. Durkee last
week.
Mrs. McCourt and children of st. Loui.
are visiting j. F. Shepard and family, rel
atives.
union open-air service will be held
on the Common Sunday evening at
O'Clock.
A large number of the young people
OF the village took an outing at Silver
lake last Sunday.
Edmund Faneuf of st. Johnsbury was
in town last week on business as executor
of his fathers will.
? Mrs. w. E. Webster and two boys,
Laurence and Paul, are spending some
time in Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Merrill of Bristol,
! N. H., were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
P. Tarbell over Sunday.
Mrs. Sherman Goodwin and two chill
dren, Winn and Drucilla, are visiting
friends in Wakefield, Mass.
Misses Sprague and Lucas of Boston
and Miss Cassidy of Lowell, Mass, are
guests of Mrs. g. w. Brown.
Mrs. Edith Skinner Clogston and
daughter of Boston are visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Skinner.
The Cong'l Sunday school is to hold a
picnic soon. Further notice of date and
place will be given Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfred Rogers of Lynn,
Mass, are passing his vacation with the
mother of Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Julia Fos-
| ter.
Miss Flora jefferson of Provo, Utah,
Mrs. V. L. Cook of Lynn, Mass, Mrs.
Chaperon and Mr.. Daley of Utah were
visitors at the Mormon Memorial cottage
last week.
Mrs. Alice Winslow Whittier and
daughters of Minneapolis, Mimi, and
Mrs. Hattie Slack Clark visited acquain-
tances here Monday. Mrs. Whittier is a
daughter of E. Winslow of Royalton.
The Philathea Bible class will hold a
business meeting at the home of Mrs. j.
P. Mayo Friday, July "a, at p. m. 1t is
urged that every member be present, as
some very important business is to be
transacted.
An important real estate sale was re-
Gently contaminated by the purchase of
c. E. Blacks residence by j. @. BeIknap,
which is to be occupied by his son, w.
o. Belknap. Mr.. Black is to occupy the
tenement over his store.
A. r. Fielders received letter from
party in Ludlow last week stating that
the man who had been at work for him
in the barber shop was known in Ludlow
and called his name Nelson when there.
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become acquainted with lady to whom
he was paying attention. Later came
report that man by the name of Nelson
had been arrested there as deserter from
the army, his discovery being brought
about by the lady he was keeping COM
pany with, to whom he had written for
money.
Frank E. Ryan of Boston and Bessie A.
Wyman of East Walpole, Mass, were
married July Is at Provincetown, where
Mr.. Wyman and family are spending the
summer. The wedding was quiet one,
only the immediate relatives being pres
ent. Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan left on the aft
ernoon steamer for Boston and are now
spending two weeks in Vermont. Mrs.
Ryan is pleasantly remembered here, hay
ing attended the graded school in this
village while boarding in the family of
w. E. Webster. Her many friends ex-
tend good wishes.
Governor Proctor at the Joseph
Smith Memorial.
Thursday, July 16, the governor and
his staff, who were sojourning for few
days at Lake Mitchell, Sharon, motored
over to the Joseph Smith monument and
spent few hours as the guests OF Mr..
Junius F. Wells. 1t took six motor cars
to carry the party and they were about an
hour making the run. Upon arrival at
the Memorial grounds, they were well
coined by Mr.. Wells. The flag was run
up to the masthead as the governor
aIighted from his car. The party were es-
corted to the Memorial cottage and there
met and were introduced to several of the
prominent citizens of Royalton who had
been invited to be present.
After these intrcductions, Mr.. Wells
conducted the visitors about the prem
ises, viewing the monument and reading
the inscriptions, telling the story OF the
old hearthstone, the only refic of the
prophets birthplace preserved, and show
ing the photographs which illustrate the
preparation, transportation and erection
of the monument. After this, the party
we're seated in the large living room and
entertained by music for an hour. Miss
v. l.. Cook, pianist, and Miss Florence
Jefferson, contralto, were the soloists.
These young Mormon students of the
Boston conservatory greatly surprised
and delighted the company. Miss Jeffer-
son is an artist with rare and very beau
tiful voice.
A delicious collation. of fruits, cake, ice
cream and berries, watermelon and can
dies was served with punch, and after
viewing the beautiful grounds and sur
rounding scenery, the party departed,
lust at the going down Of the sun. As
they were lined up ready to start, the
governor led in cheers for Mr.. Wells, to
which the residents and friends on the
veranda responded with three cheers for
the governor.
The visiting company comprised Gov
ernor and Mrs. Proctor, Judge Advocate
General and Mrs. Williams, Surgeon
General and Mrs. Norton, Aide-de-Camp
and Mrs. Kinsley, Aide-de- Camp and
Mrs. Wright, Inspector-General and Mrs.
Gibson, Aide-de-Camp and Mrs. Wool
son, Secretary and Mrs. BENZ. Williams,
Jr., and Mortimer R. Proctor. OF the
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