Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-09
Bethel Local Intelligence
GUY WILSON, Local Editor.


Mckinley and Century sheet music,
1Oc. If ae d. NJ. Strong, Bethel.
Clocks, gold chains, bracelets, iockets
charms for sale. ae tt
d. NJ. Strong, Bethel, VT.
Wanted To buy timber land for
cash. ae
Green Mountain Lumber Co., Room
332, SO State St., Boston.
F. B. Smelling, the photographer, is in
Danville for stay of some time.
Miss Bessie Adams of East Barnard
called at R. s. Adams the Fourth.
Harry Russell of Springfield, Mass, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Edward n. Davis
Miss Ala Estabrooks of Randolph spent
Sunday with her cousin, Mrs. w. l..
Fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fl. Bickford of
Hardwick came to town Monday by auto
mobile.
Ralph Spaulding of Woodstock was in
town last week with his cousin. Kenneth
Spaulding.
j. Mccormack is at home from New
York, where he has been teaching in
Platt school.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Mentley are alb
sent on trip to their former home at
Gowanda, n. Y.
Perrin P. Whitaker is at home with
his father, w. G. Whitaker, for few
weeks vacation.
Miss Ellora WEIGH arrived the first of
the week for visit to her grandfather,
Daniel NJ. Clough.
Mrs. Kennie Clark arrived Saturday for
several weeks stay with Mrs. c. f.
Waldo at The Elms.
The Bethel town team defeated the
Barnard town team at baseball last Satur-
day by a score of to 1.
Mrs. U. d. Curtis and son, Herbert,
left Sunday for trip to their former
home at Harpswell, Me.
E. E. Welch was at home over the
Fourth from Morrisville, where he has
employment in the tannery.
N. P. Pressy and family of Thetford re-
Gently spent Sunday with Fred E. Gill
man, coming by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 7. Reed went to
Worcester, Mass, last week to visit
their daughter, Miss Josie Reed.
R. Miner, a machinist, OF Athol,
Mass, was the guest over Sunday of A.
Henry Matson and David Matson.
Floyd Merriam and Mr.. Hagen of
Sou.hington, Conn.,, were guests last
week of Clinton Clafiin and family.
Erwin c. Fisher arrived in town last
week by automobile, bringing a party
from Boston via Albany, n. Y, in three
days.
George C. RoweIl has gone to Madison,
Wis, where he has employment for the
Woodbury. Granite Co. on their capitol
contract.
Miss Laura Manning of Northampton,
Mass, is spending the summer with her
grandmother, Mrs. Laura Wilson, on the
Barnard road.
Mrs. L. NJ. Heath returned home last
week, accompanied by Miss Katherine
Bartlett of Rochester, N. H., who comes
for visit to the Heaths.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Brooks have gone
TO keeping house in the tenement in tie
house of George A. Marsh vacated by
Principal E. B. Richerds.
c. J. Gilman, foreman of the Bedford
Mig. Co. works at Bedford, P. O., is
spending his vacation with his brother,
Fred E. Gilman, on Royalton Hill.
Mrs. Will Blossom returned to Boston
Saturday after two months spent in town
with her sister. Mrs. Frank Mccullough,
and her mother, Mrs. Agnes King.
Miss Edith Ballou of Lawrence. Mass.
was the guest of her friend, Mrs. John ID.
Wheeler, last week, leaving Thursday for
Woodstock, where she spends a short
time at the Inn.
Robert Adams left at 5:15 Saturday
morning on his wheel to attend the cele
bration at West Hartford and stayed Sun
day and Monday with his uncle, j.
Henry Chadwick.
Mrs. Dana Lynn Chadwick and son,
John Chadwick, have returned from Ca
bot. The son is recovering from severe
attack of whooping cough, complicated
with other troubles.
Miss Jane Todd has stored her goods
in the house occupied by w. w. Mar
shall on River street and is expecting to
go to Boston to stay some time with her
sister, Miss Ann Todd.
Martin s. Adams has cleared all the
lumber out of his shed at the lower end
of the village and carried the same away.
preparatory to tearing down the shed,
which is on railroad land.
L. Nj. Heath, DIR. o. V. Greene, G. H.
Upper and John Keleher went to Nor
risville Friday of last week, where the
first three named attended meeting of
the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
Rev. Fred Wilson Day, pastor of the
Cong'l church at Franklin, and Miss
Lora Ranney of Pttsfield, daughter of
Fred L. Ranney were married Wednes-
day at the home of the BRIDES father.
The state case against several Poles,
charged with larceny from the person of
fellow-countryman at the quarry Sun
day, June %, has been dropped, as not
enough evidence could be found against
them.
H. L. Brownell of Barnard has sold his
farm through E. s. Putnam, the local
agent for the Strout Farm agency, to F.
j. Jeitman of Brooklyn, N. Y, who takes
immediate possession. The price was
1850.
The grand officers and degree team of
the Modern Woodmen of America will
come to Bethel next Friday, July 10, to
install the officers of Bethel lodge, No.