Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-29
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
l. B. WEILMAN, Local Editor
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor
DERBY.

DERBY.
j Darius Badger is in very poor he alth
this winter.
There was dance at the town hall
Thursday evening.
Miss Mabel Rowell of Fairlee was a
visitor in town last week.
Mrs. Wallace Marvin of North Troy
is visiting at D. R. Marvin's.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McNiel are en-
PERTAINING their daughters from away.
town farm during Mr.. Chappell's ILL
ness.
. L. H. Bazin has sold his barbering
business to Mr.. Lapierre of Lowell,
!. Mass.
Carl w. Robbins is home from COL
lege at Ann Arbor for the Christmas
vacation.
Ed. Abbott, principal of Montpelier
academy, is in town for the Christmas
holidays.
Miss Annie Criggs of North Troy
was a guest at Rev. Gordon's over
Christmas.
Mrs..Albee of Troy has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Guy Cook for
; a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kimball were
guests at Judge Fletcher's at Derby
Line Christmas.
DR.. and Mrs. Aldrich were guests of
relatives at Orleans and Glover, Sat-
urday and Sunday.
The graded school is enjoying
weeks vacation but regular sessions
are being held at D. A.
Edwin Gordon of Hartford Theolog-
ical Seminary is visiting his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Gordon.
Rev. and Mrs. Holman and little
daughter have gone to Melrose, Mass,
to spend two weeks with her parents.
Christmas was observed by trees in
each of the three churches Friday
evening. The customary exercises
e were we'll rendered by the children
j. and we'll laden trees were presided
over by Santa Claus.
Y The three societies united for con-
n cert Sunday evening at the Congre-
gational church which was we'll filled
i. despite the very unfavofable weather.
:. Mrs. L. P. Jenne presided at the or.
gan and a union choir rendered very
fine music. The remainder of the
It program consisted of exercises, mo.
!, ton songs, drill, solo and choruses
by the young people of the various
churches.
l. EAST CHARLESTON.
William Moulton is quite i'll.
{ Floyd Davis of West Derby was
home over Christmas.
Clarence Blood of Barton was Wis
I tor in town last week.
Roy Archer has gone to Lyndonville
to work in machine shop.
J. Charles E. Shedrick is home from
Montreal for short vacation.
It Miss Bessie Parker is visiting he1
sister in Holland for a few weeks.
/ Mr.. and Mira. Price are spending
this week at their home in Sher
r brooke.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Buck were tn.
: guests of relatives in Orleans over
Christmas.
:. Ralph Trip is home from his schoo
It in Northampton, Mass, for the win
~ ter holiday
Miss Laura Whitehall and Mrs. Will
It ley were guests at Merrill Lewis
le few days the past week.
Ie The topic for the C. E. prayer meet
in ing. Dec. 80, Our Christmas gifts
Leader, Mrs. Leon Buck.
- H. ]. Hudson went to East Havel
n Monday with five Holstein cows b
F. had sold to parties in LyndonviIle, tn
al cows selling for $50
1e Elmo Hudson is home from hi
school in Burlington. Mr.. Dyke o
=, Ohio classmate Of Elmo's, is spend
=. ing his Christmas vacation at MI
!, Hudson's.
81 The annual Christmas entertain
aH ment was held on Friday evening, Dec
Oath, and was great success, tn
nm vestry being filled to the doors wit
90 an interested audience to witness tn
-. cantata, 1.-THE Trial of Santa Claus.
"a. The young people all did their part
Nv we'll. From the entrance of the frs
m. juryman, Father Time, to the closin
chorus it showed careful training o
the part of the committee who ha
on charge of the work. At the concl,
au- sion of the cantata the audience al
ay journed to the church where the pres
a ents were distributed. Instead of tt
of regulation Christmas trees, SAINT
to Claus house was erected on the pla
es. form and from ten to twelve sma
trees sparkling with tinsel and Chris
ice mas bells and laden with beautif
Eek presents for everybody. One speci
IKE feature was the presentation by tt
So Junior Endeavor society Of Grad
on Candy boxes to the Cradle Roll D
ess partment of the Sunday school. An
on Christmas stockings to all the chi
err dren of the town. The commit