Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-05
South RoyaIton Notes.


M. J. SARGENT, Local Editor
MRS. Fred Moore Of New York CITY Il
visiting her brother, o. s. Curtis family
and friends in town.
Mrs. Hattie Bean Smith Of franklin,
n. H., Is visiting acquaintance here.
Sne was for several years q resident OF
this village.
Sam Waldo and his sister, Mrs. Fred
Titus, OF New York city. arrived Saturday
for vacation visit to their mother, Mrs.
Nettie Waldo, and family.
Mrs. Or. Euclid Fish and daughters
arrived here Friday from Canton, Mass,
and went to the home Of her mother,
Mrs. DIR. Goss, at Chelsea.
Mrs. Felix Decoste of valIeyfeld, P.
q, daughter OF the late Peter Faneuf, is
visiting relatives and friends here, where
sne has passed most of her life.
1 Miss Bertha Morse was taken danger
ousiy i'll with heart failure last week
Thursday and was very low for "a hours.
She has been in poor health the past year.
Miss Wealthy Dewey of Hartford,
Conn.,, sister of the late Mrs. Orrin Bur
bank, is visiting relatives and acquain-
tances in town and is a guest OF her
niece, Mrs. L. d. Mcintosh.
Mrs. Clark Turner has purchased Ira
Spaulding's residence and be is to build a
house near the one he sold. Mrs. Turner
sold her residence and land to Elinor
Woodward of South Tunbridge.
News OF the death OF Mrs. Lottie Lou
/ gee Clark OF Waterbury was received here
Tuesday, Mrs. Clark passed the early
part Of her life in South Royalton with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lougee.
Mrs. I. g. Dearborn. Mrs. q. w.
Brown and Mrs. F. NJ. Bryant took q
carriage ride to Randolph Center last
week Wednesday, spending the day with
Mrss Bryant's sister, Mrs. J. Q. Hebard.
B. C. Shaw and family and Isle Shaw
and family Of New York arrived here last
week for their summer vacation. B. @.
Shaw and family are guests at the South
Royalton House and Isle Shaw and fam
lily are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Blake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 1. Brewster Of
Medford, Mass, were guests of Mr..
Brewster's sister, Mrs. A. @, Whitman,
last week, and Master Henry Sincere. also
Of Medford, made a shcrt stay at Mrs.
Whitcomb's on his way to join his sister
and friends at ID. L. Loomis' place in
South Randolph. Warren Whitman Of
Montpelier is spending his vacation with
his uncle, A. @. Whitman.
The officers and members of OrviII,
Bixby W. r. @. wish to extend heartfelt
thanks to everyone in the order or out
Who assisted them in making the reunion
dinner q success as to quantity of food q
generously given and in financial way
A few facts and figures may prove inter
estinR to those not acquainted with the
work OF the w. r. G. Tue department o.
Vermont has during this quarter expend
ed s2ss.44 for relief, assisting 200 persons
either the needy veterans or their depend
emit ones. The National w. r. c. has ex
pended since its organization s3,43a,
1851 for relief work and the total asset
are S25.490 81. The number Of corps il
3,119, Vermont claiming 65, and thu
Grand Army Of the Republic, organized
at the close OF the war to give aid anC
comfort to the comrades has, in its auxil
larry, band of earnest women ready t
reward the soldiers for their gloriou
deeds by providing for their necessities a
they sicken or becomesheedy.
Interesting Visitors Of Last Week,
The South Royalton House entertained
last week guests connected with the earl,
history of Royalton. Miss NJ. Fay Stone o
Worthington, Mass, and her sister, Mrs
Henry NJ. Neil of Columbus, o., were II
town q few days looking over the OLD
home and record OF the Evans family
Their grandfather, Nathaniel Evans, wa
one OF the boys rescued from the Indian
, by Mrs. Hendee at the time Of the Iudial
raid. Mrs. Neil has spent a good deal o
time the last twenty years in genealogical
researches, and has published a book re
lating to the Evans-Stcne family. Sh
was accompanied by her husband, Maio
Neil.
Another guest at the hotel was j. E. K
! Herrick, ESQ.,, of Springfield, H.,
grandson OF Calvin Wheeler, who was
son of Josiah Wheeler, who lived here a
! the time of the burning Of Royalton
Mr.. Herrick's paternal grandmother
Mrs. Philena Back Wheeler, was then
babe three weeks old and was carried o.
horseback in her mothers arms sixt
, miles down White and Connecticut river
! in her flight from the Indians. She aft
7 erwards became the mother OF fourtee
children and lived to be eighty-eigh
years old. These visitors were muc
pleased to know that q history of Royal
ton is to be published and added thei
nau1ea IN the list of subscri bers.