Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-09-10
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lows Falls and Miss Frances Hanlon Of
Roxbury.
Mrs. NJ. L. Wilson went tic Medford,
Mass, last week to attend the marriage OF
her son, Richard d. Wilson, who was
married to Miss Frances Sanborn of Med
ford Sept. 5.
Mrs. Mary D. Waller and Miss Mary
E.. Waller have closed their house on
River street and left Tuesday for New
port, r. l., where they have taken a cot
tage for the winter.
E. s. Putnam, agent for the Strout
Farm agency, has sold the F. A. Mayo
farm in Royalton for $500 to A. s. Per-
ley of Canada. Mr.. Perley will take i'm.
mediate possession.
E. L. Bouchard is in Richmond, VT. In
company with James Hayes sot Burling-
ton, he has taken the contract for the ma
son work on the new Masonic building
being built at Richmond.
Mrs. J. H. Miller and daughter, Miss
Katherine, returned to their home at
spending the summer with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. N. Kendall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Thompson and chill
dren, Paul and Olivia, have returned to
their home in Newark, N. j., after spend
ing the summer with the family OF Guy
Wilson, cousin Of Mrs. Thompson.
James A. Graham has sold to Alfred
Abbott building lot on the easterly side
of South River street, adjoining premises
of Mrs. Augusta Dinsmore. Mr.. Abbott
expects to erect q dwelling house on his
new lot the coming season.
William H. Edmunds has begun work
on the erection of an addition to the Syl-
vester block, intending to cover the entire
space from the present block to railroad
land. The addition will be three stories
high, with basement.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. z. F. stock
we'll, of Lancaster, N. H. The bride has
been frequent visitor at Bethel, where
she has been the guest of Miss Carrie Cur
tbs.
Monday was the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Claflin. In the evening host of
friends, including some from Hancock,
Rochester and Barnard, made them Wis
it and left s25 in silver dollars and other
Mrs. Fannie (Gowing) Magiveny died
Sunday at the age of 70 years. Funeral
services were held Tuesday at her late
home on Camp Brook. The interment
was in the South 'Lympus cemetery. She
is survived by her husband, William
Magiveny, and one son, George z. Rowe,
of this village.
r. J. Flint of Bethel, John johnson,
George Martin and John Hagar were
summoned last week to Newport, VT, as
witnesses in a suit brought by F. v. Has
sam of Greensboro against j. E. Stafford
of Gaysville. Mr.. Hassam alleges that
Mr.. Stafford cut timber off his lot near the
so-calied Greenbank lot, south of Gays
vile village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Noble have been
the past week Mr.. and Mrs.
Ransom Guernsey of Hudson, Mass,
Mrs. Herbert Bond and two children and
Miss Susie Bond of Somerville, Mass,
and Miss Anna Brown of Dean academy
at Franklin, Mass. Miss Iku Saegusa,
the Japanese young lady who has been
spending the summer with Mr.. Noble,
with Miss Brown to Dean acad-
envy, where she has five years. course of
study to pursue.
Labor day was celebrated in quiet
way at Bethel. The bank, postoffice and
the Woodbury. granite shed observed the
day, hut the ordinary citizen followed
the even tenor of his way. In the after
noon, game of baseball was played on
Graham field between the married and
men, the former winning by a
score of 8 to 6. The battery for the mar
ried men was composed of Dutton and
Chariodona, and of the unmarried men,
Putnam and Perkins.
The Whitcomb High school opened
Tuesday with the following corps of
eschers:-Principal, j. G. Walker; as
sistant, Miss Maude E. Abbott; second
assistant, Miss Marion Kendall OF Mid
diebury; grammar room, Miss May Ha-
ley; intermediate room, Miss Blanche
Shepard; primary room, Miss Jessie
5paulding and Miss Mabel Brown. Prin-
cipal Walker and Mrs. Walker have
rooms in the house OF E. D. ellison on
Church street, Miss Maude Abbott rooms
at the house of John ID. Wheeler and
takes her meals at the Bethel Inn, and
Miss Kendall boards with Mrs. Levi Z.
Kidder.
The Windsor county committee of the
Young Mems Christian associations is to
have free rest tent, an emergency hospi-
tai with a surgeon and trained nurse on
duty, and day nursery with q compe-
tent woman in charge during the four
days of the state fair on the grounds at
White River Junction. Lawyer Wallace |
of this town, of the executive
has received an offer of tents |
free of charge from George A. Chedel, di- |
vision superintendent of the Information
Al Paper company. These tents will be
entirely free to the public and the off,
;ials Of the state fair believe they will be |
greatly appreciated.