Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-21
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

Miss Clara Bean was home from Barre
over Sunday. J.
Miss Eta Chamberlain came from
Montpelier Saturday for the day.
Mrs. Libbie Zero of Keene, N. H., is
acting as housekeeper at the sanatorium.
Miss Ada Burroughs was in South Roy
alton over Sunday with her aunt, Mrs
John Mudgett.
A son, Leighton Arthur, was born at
the sanatorium Friday to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Boudro, who live on the j. B.
Adams place.
Mrs. G. F. Moulton and Mrs. T. T.
Dennis were in Burlington Monday to
visit the family of the formers son, Sher-
man Moulton, Esq.
Mrs. Fannie Howard was able to re-
sumo duty in the suit department OF E.
A. Thomas store Monday after a three
days illness with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Lena Udall, who has been in st.
Adams through the winter, and more re-
Gently in Lincoln and Montpelier. is now
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. d.
Rhodes.
Rev. and Mrs. Fraser Metzger and son
have gone to Palenville, N. Y, where
Mr.. Metzger will pass ten days. vaca.
ton, and his wife and boy will remain
until October.
Miss Jane Todd of Bethel. who had
been working at M. M. Wilson's, was
taken to the sanatorium Sunday, ill with
recurring attack of bronchitis and a
stomach trouble.
At the annual meeting of Independence
No hell in No
sonic hall, Orwell, April IA, M. L. ABB
bott, formerly of Randolph, was elected
master of the lodge.
C. A. Matte has been transferred to
Essex Junction, and his place as night
operator at this station has been taken by
G. 0. MCGEE, succeeded as day operator
by Edgar L. Totten, lately of Smiths
Grove, KY.
Twenty-Five thousand trout fry were re-
cefved from the government hatchery at
st. Johnsbury Saturday, 10000 each be-
ing consigned to Dix Camp and L. N.
Kibbee of East Randolph and 5000 to
Levi Abel in West Brookfield.
John Abbott and friend, John Page,
came from Winchester, Mass, Friday for
days fishing in Ayers brook, in which
they had the luck to find what was need
full for delicious trout dinner at H. P.
Sanford's. They returned to Winchester
Sunday.
Pres. and Mrs. M. H. Buckham of the
University of Vermont, Burlington, were
the guests of DR.. and Mrs. E. o. Blaneh-
ard while in town Friday to attend the
installation of Rev. Fraser Metzger as
pastor of Bethany church. Rev. Benja-
min Swift of Woodstock, also called here
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Beedle.
At the Grange meeting Saturday even
ing, patriotic quotations will be given in
response to the roll call and the program
will have patriotic recitation by Miss
Roxy Battles, a war song by Edwin Mar
tin, paper on ssVermont Patriotism by
DR.. L. A. Russlow and a flag drill in
charge of N. G. Buck. A chatting dish
lunch will be served by Mrs. d. d. Howe
and a corps of mattresses.
Rev. and Mrs. G. o. Howe have re-
opened their residence on Prospect
avenue after winters absence in Pasa-
dena, CAL, and Lakeview, N. c., arriv-
ing from the latter place last Thursday
morning The 5000 miles of travel in
cluded in their wanderings were accom-
plished in comfort and safety though
wrecks crashed in front of them and be-
hind them, while their trains were, hap
PLY, always little too early or too late
to run into disaster.
Relatives in Randolph have received
sad news of the death of Philip F. Gerry
at his home in Washington. ID. c., Mon
day morning, May IL. Though he had
been i'll two weeks with typhoid fever,
the case was pronounced mild one and
the end came suddenly. Mr.. Gerry mar
ried Marguerite Spaulding, daughter of
Harvey Spaulding of Washington, who
was once engaged in mercantile business
in this village as partner OF Willard
Cav, and whose wife is sister of Hon.
James and Lyman Hutchinson. Besides
his wife, Mr.. Gerry left two children, Har-
vey and Marjorie, his father and mother
and five brothers and sisters. He was
member of the editorial staff of the Wash
ington Evening Star, having charge of
the literary features OF the Saturday and
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