Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23

cough. Funeral services were held Mon
day, Rev. Jas. L. Penders, the Catholic
priest at Randolph, officiating.
Only about half dozen tickets were
sold at this station last Sunday for the
Ausable Chasm excursion. The main
/ travel that day was to Silver lake at Barn
ard. About one hundred Bethel people
were counted at that resort Sunday after
noon.
| The prudential committee of the Whit
comb High school have engaged as prin-
cipal for the coming year Mr.. James c.
Walker of Barre. Mr. Walker is native
of Barre and graduated at Dartmouth col
/ lege in 1904. He is married and Mrs.
Walker Will teach drawing in the high
school.
| Bethel friends have just learned of the
death of Emery Parker, a former resi-
dent, who died at Woburn, Mass, Nov.
of last year. He was a resident OF
Bethel for many years and owned the
premises on South Main street now
owned by the estate OF c. w. Curtis, and
worked in the tannery.
Wallace w. Arnold is spending a few
days leave with his mother, Mrs. Martha
w. Arnold. He has been granted ten
days special leave on account of bravery
in saving life. He returned Tuesday tc
report for duty on the first-class armored
cruiser Salem, which is soon to sail for an
! indefinite cruise to the Pacific ocean and
/ China.
Miss Lucy Graham, Administrative Of
the estate OF Emma NJ. Clafiin, has sold
to W. d. Hathaway of Westport, n. H.,
the farm belonging to the estate situated
in Royalton on the Bethel town line anc
known as the Waller farm. Mr. Haths
way buys for occupancy and expects t
take possession in the immediate future
He will live in the old farm house an6
William B. Brooks, the present occupant
will remain in the smaller house on tn,
farm. The sale was effected through K
S. Putnam, local agent for the Strout
Farm Agency Co.
While returning from Barnard last
Sunday over the North road, l.. NJ. HEATH
had narrow escape on the steep hill neal
r. j. Flint's. There was no breeding Il
the harness and the undergirth CAV,
away, letting the vehicle upon the horse
Mr.. Heath refined the team into the bank
and the occupants, Mr.. and Mrs. HEATH
and Miss Marion Upper, were thrown
out. No serious injury was done tt
them. The horse behaved well and the
only damage of any importance done wal
to the wagon.
\ w. c. Pierce, a Boston contractor, ar
rived last week to make arrangements
for the construction of two piers on the
White River Valley railway at Stock
bridge Common. These will be built o.
granite and cement and will be in the
river as it now runs with a span of II.
feet and will be about "a feet high from
| foundations. The granite will be OBJ
tanned from the new granite quarry neal
the line of the railroad in Rochester
Mr.. Pierce was formerly stonecuttel
and was in Bethel about four years age
working for the Woodbury. company.
The Central Vermont Railway company
has contracted with the Woodbury. Gran
lite company to furnish Bethel white
granite for trimmings of the new station
to be erected in Barre. The fact that
Bethel granite was chosen instead oil
Barre granite for station in Barre is cut.
ting up Barre pretty hard. The Barre
Times has criticised the Central sharply,
claiming that it was due to Barre on &C
count of the large business Barre give:
the road. Barre ought to be consoled
with the thought that, barring pride, il
will have a much prettier station
with Bethel granite for trimmings thar
| it would with the darker Barre stone
Bethel granite is peculiarly adapted fol
building purposes, as Barre granite is fol
monumental. Taking this view of it
Bethel people are not upset when Barre
stone comes here as cemetery work.