Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-01-02
Chelsea Home News.
H. O. BIxBY, Local Editor.

MigS Angie fldlu6TS 10 dU tut
hotel for two weeks.
Aiken Edwards has gone to North Fer
-ishnrg to visit his son, Fred R. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hodgdon spent
CHRISTMAS with her father, A. w. Whit
Dey.
Mrs. W. F. Dewey on the West hill is
entering severely from a case of blood
poison.
Mrs. Jules Alexander and daughter oil
WillamstOwn visited at the Misses An
drus' Saturday.
Miss Florence Marshall of Boston spent
the Christmas holidays with her brother,
Dr. A. T. Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. stoughton and
dspgbter. Wealthy, from South RoyaIton
snent Christmas week with Mrs. Ellen
Cleveland.
Harold D. Comstock started Tuesday
afternoon on his return to his work in
the United States Reclamation service in
South Dakota.
Wilbur F. Bradshaw of Gardner, Mass,
has been visiting his cousin, Albert G..
BRADSHAW, on the West hill the past
week. returning home yesterday.
Tie ladies' of the NJ. E. church will
serve a dinner next Tuesday Telephone
dayl in the east rooms of the Dana house.
the first house above Holmes store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Corwin of Low
ell. Mass, and Miss Flora NJ. Corwin of
Boston came Tuesday afternoon to spend
Christmas with their father, j. A. r. Cor
win.
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son, Ed. NJ. Coburn, at Manchester, n.
H.. who returned with him Thursday, be-
ing called here to attend the funeral of
his aunt on Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Dickinson has finished work
in the family of Hale K. Darling and
gone to st. Johnsbury to spend several
weeks with her sister. Miss Mary Nc
Kenzie of Corinth is taking her place.
Postmaster W. S. Hatch and EIgin d.
Barnes went to Hartford, Conn, Thurs
day afternoon to attend the funeral of
their brother, the Rev. Franklin S. Hatch,
who died at his home in Rrookline, Mass,
Tuesday evening.
The following officers of the Congrega-
tionaI Sunday school were chosen last
Sunday Superintendent, John NJ.
Comstock; assistant superintendent,
Dean II. Gilman; treasurer, Joseph A.
Tracy; chorlster, Nora E. Taylor.
The annual meeting of the Orange
County Telephone Co. will be held in the
Town hall Tuesday, Jan. Z, at 10 a. m.
Every shareholder residing in this and
adjoining towns should be present and
not leave the transaction OF business en-
tirely to members outside the county.
Il. 0. Bixby has been confined to the
bed the past ten days with rheumatic
fever. Charles E. Dickinson of Pike Hill
is assisting his daughters, Misses Hazel
and Myrtle Bixby, in the store and tele-
phone exchange. Mr.. Bixhy was FORUM
ate to secure Mr.. Dickinson, as he had
been a former clerk in the store.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tonal church will be held next Saturday.
The business meeting is called for 10
o'clock, and will be followed by the an
nual dinner for members of the church
and their families and the roll call of the
church. Any member who is unable to
be present is desired to send response to
be read at the roll call.
OF the 20 people who went to Chandler
Music hall, Randolph, last week to see
''Peter PAM and had their seats bought
and paid for in advance. only four, we
are informed, succeeded in getting the
seats purchased and most of them had to
stand, Our people, no doubt, after this
experience will go to Barre as formerly to
see the best plays, where the management
and ushers have had sufficient experience
to at least giant courteous treatment.
Fiuhta.y, 81 = he, 70
Randolph Thursday evening to see the
popular play of ]. NJ. Barrie, s'Peter Pan,
or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.o
They boarded one of the Central YER
mont's special trains at South Royalton
and met with the usual accident before
reaching Randolph at 10 O'Clock, two
hours after the time for the curtain to
rise on the first act. The company, hear
ing OF the delay, were very considerate
and held the play an hour for the ss400."
Mary NJ. Coburn died at the state asy-
Ium for the insane at Waterbury on
Thursday OF last week. The body was
brought here Friday and funeral service
was held Saturday at the home of her
brother, Monroe o. Coburn, Rev. George
Z. Lake officiating. The burial was in
highland cemetery. The deceased was
born in Chelsea Aug. s, 1888, and lived
mere until she was committed to Brattle-
ooro asylum in January, 1874. On the
establishment of the Waterbury asylum
she was removed there. Mrs. Almena
Cooke and Mrs. Perley FL. Darling of
CorInth, two sisters of the deceased, were
present at the funeral, the former being
accompanied by her son and the latter by
her husband.