Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-02

lage and Stanford, on Thursday last, q
long blue ladies' pocketbook containing
money and papers. The finder will be
well rewarded upon restoring the same to
Miss ALBANIA Quimby, STAFFORD.
A Gard.
The husband and children of Mrs. Don
C. Root take this means of expressing
their sincere thanks to all who assisted
them, both by deeds and by sympathy,
during her long illness and at the time of
her death, and to those who sang at the
funeral.
Mr.. Bushnell is quite ill with pneu-
monia.
H. G. Silloway was in Sharon wednes-
day Of last week.
w. F. Scribner and wife attended q
funeral in Tunbridge Sunday.
Miss Marion Horne of birmingham,
Mass, is a guest at r. L. Mosher's.
A. B. Carpenter was in Sharon several
days last week and in Pomps June "a.
Earle Crane has terminated his engage
ment at Central Islip, L. l., and returned
home.
w. NJ. Hatch and family of Arlington,
Mass, arrived at their summer home here
Saturday.
Miss Sarah Cummings has returned
from visit Of several weeks to friends in
Salem, Mass.
Misses AIdana and Dorothy Qdimby of
New York arrived at Mrs. Susan Hyde's
last Thursday.
Sunday proved fine day in this sec
tion of the country for the observation of
the solar eclipse.
Those elected delegates and q number of
others attended the political convention
at Chelsea last week.
Henry Reynolds and niece, Miss Susie
Simmons, Of Dorchester, arrived at the
STAFFORD House June 25.
James s. Morrill, and Miss Louise Swan
of Washington, ID. c., arrived at their
summer place here last Thursday.
F. B. Kendall and J. r. Hayes have
ment agency to work for them Q month.
Frank Rollins, his grandson and
granddaughter, Harold and Miss Ruth
Rollins, of Boston are guests at the
STAFFORD House.
Mrs. James Smith and little daughter,
who had been guests at Frank Vests, re-
turned to their home in Lexington,
Mass, Saturday.
g. T. Chandler and wife were in Han
over Tuesday and Wednesday OF last
week to attend the commencement and
the reunion of Mr.. Chambers class.
School on Norton Hill closed last Fri
day with a most enjoyable picnic in Will
liam Norton's woods. Those who have
not been absent or tardy during the term
are Laverne and Marshall Bushnell,
Ernest Norton and Earl Titus. Gather
inc Titus was neither absent nor tardy
during school membership. The teacher,
Dora Douglass of Randolph, had q gold
watch presented to her by the school and
will prize it most highly as memento OF
q very pleasant spring.
The village primary school closed Fri
day, June 26. The teacher, Mrs. Ger
trude Dearborn, gives the following very
creditabie report Number pupils en-
rolled, 20; average attendance, 1913; pu-
pills having no absent marks, Mildred
Brown, Vesta Chamberlain, Mary Collins,
Eunice Hazelton, Catherine Hazelton,
Harold Kendall, Ernest Norris, Hazel
Root, Beatrice West. Harold Ward was
absent only one-haif day. Carroll Col
Inns, Howard Preston. Webster Preston,
Gerald Pixley and Theodore Root were
each absent one day, and MILFORD Pres
two days each.
Death Of Mrs. Don c. Root.
died of cancer Wednesday, June "a, aged
60 years and IL months. She had been
in failing health for the past four years
and for nearly two years had been q great
sufferer. One year ago last May she was
taken to the hospital in Hanover, n. H.,
for an operation, with the hope OF staying
the progress of the disease and effecting a
cure; but it served only to prolong her
suffering, which at times seemed to be be-
yond human endurance.
Mrs. Root was a native of Andover,
Mass, and was thrice married. The first |
was to Charles w. Lovejoy, by |
whom she had four children, all of whom |
were present at the funeral service. They |
are Charles E. Loveioy, Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. Ella G. Webster, Stanford; Alfred |
A. Lovejoy, Lowell, and Mrs. Carrie NJ. !
Croker, Worcester, Mass. Mr.. Lovejoy |
was soldier in the Civil war, serving |
the conflict. He died in
The second marriage was to Harrison |
hoot OF StraHofd, VINO died ~ years ago. 4
One son, Jethro L., was born to them, |
and was present with his family at the |
funeral. The third marriage was to Don |
c. Root of STAFFORD, who survives her.
Mrs. Root became a member of the
Baptist church in her native town early |
in life, and retained her membership |
there until her decease. She was an excel |
lent woman and fond Of her home and |
loved ones, but death came as . welcome |
Special mention should be made of the |
faithful services rendered to Mrs. Root |
by Miss Hattie George, who has had the |
care of her for more than
year past, taking the care of the house.
hold work at the same time, and who was
not absent single night during the en-
tire period.
The funeral service took place Friday |
at the home, Rev. A. j. Eastman officiat-
ing, and the interment was in the family |
lot here by the side of her second hus-
band.
NORTH TUNBRIDGE
The village school closed Friday.
Mrs. Ellery Bicknell is very low with