Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-26


who continues to gain steadily from her
long and critical illness. On her re-
turn to Montpelier, Mrs. Fillion was
accompanied by her niece, Miss Mildred
Lashua.
Mrs. J. NJ. Cady and daughter, Hazel,
OF Washington, d. c., who had been
staying a fortnight with Mrs. Cady's
sister-in-law, Mrs. c. s. Archer, departed
Tuesday to Melrose, Mass. Another
daughter, Miss Irene Cady of South
Lancaster, Mass, was also here but went
the previous day to Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Fl. Atwood have
come from South birmingham, Mass,
to see their brother, ]. M. Atwood,
who has had his left limb in plaster
east for three weeks on account OF q
sprained knee. A misstep on the street
was the first cause OF the injury, which
was made worse later by another
wrench.
Those who took the teachers examine
tion conducted by Supt. Fl. W. Lewis last
Thursday and Friday were H. c. Lamord-
er, Miss Mabel Miller, Bethel; Mrs.
Christopher Riley, North Falls;
Charles s.. Howard, Doris Rogers, Winnie
Burridge, Josephine Emery, Randolph /;
Lena Lamorder, East Warren; Olive
Hanks, Randolph Center; Mabel Ladd,
Northfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Marshall Wires
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Gordon of
Lynn, Mass, are among the guests at
the Randolph Inn. Mr.. Wires, who is a
brother Of Capt. Henry Wires, enlisted
for the Civil war in the 5th Vermont
regiment but served mostly in the signal
corps. He and his party were 10 Mont
pelier and Barre Tuesday with his niece,
Miss Harriet Hayward, who is having q
two weeks rest from her duties in the
postofice.
Miss Annie KimbaIl, who has been
suffering severely from nervous prostra-
tion this summer and has not seemed to
improve during her stay ct Montague
Place, was taken Tuesday to a sanitarium
in Cromwell, Conn.,, in the hope that
specialized treatment may restore her to
health. She was accompanied by the
family physician, DR.. J. NJ. Vancott Of
Brooklyn, n. Y, and . trained nurse,
and her mother, Mrs. R. J. Kimball,
also went with her to Cromwell.
Mrs. E. l. Brooks, Mrs. Dewitt C.
Webb and daughter, Wanda, left the
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and came back 70 Randolph to meet Lieu
tenant Webb, who arrived Sunday morn
ing from Key West, Fla, via Washington,
d. C. The lieutenant, who has been
transferred from the naval station at Key
West, will be in this vicinity about ten
days before going to Indian Head, Nd,
where be is to remain until the first OF
November. when he will have an appoint
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years.
The school directors have engaged Miss
Luna WhitIock of Rochester and Miss
Mabel Smith OF Randolph Center to fill
the two vacancies in the star of teachers
for the graded school. Miss Whitlock
has had much pedagogical experience,
having taught eight years in the Rutland
city schools and ten years in those OF
Manchester, N. H., and will come to her
new duties fresh from a two years rest.
Miss Smith, daughter of c. l.. Smith, is
graduate Of the Randolph Normal in
the class of '06 and has taught one year
1 in Vermont and two years in Huron, s.
D., giving good satisfaction.
Mrs. Charles Beckwith and her daugh-
ters, Misses Laura and Jennie Bemis, OF
Glens Falls, N. Y, were guests at s. S.
Whitcomb's from Friday to Monday.
They have been in Roxbury this summer
for period of rustication that ended
Tuesday. Mrs. Whitcomb's sister, Mrs.
L. A. Segar, also a visitor here some time,
went back to Roxbury Monday, too, and
/ Mr.. Whiteomb and his son, Erwin s.
Whitcomb, in helping the party onto the
afternoon mail train with the grips and
bags, were caught in the crowded aisle
of the car and carried OF to Braintree on
totally unprecedented trip.
A. 7. Neff has begun the repairs upon
the DR.. KeDdrick place, Of which he ii
now owner, by removing the hedge in
front OF the house and thereby making II
possible for people to pass by without
having their hats raked OF BY branches
projecting over the sidewalk. The inter
ior of the house is to be painted and
papered, the electric wiring changed ano
q furnace and bath room installed. The
railing on top OF the piazza will b
taken of and it may some time be neces'
sary to remove the piazza in order tC
make room for q driveway to the livery
barn Mr.. Neff intends eventually to build
at the rear Of the lot.
Mrs. Jennie s. Ellsworth of Spring
field, Mass, who had been at H. H. How.
ards since the death OF her sister, Mrs
Howard, was called to Bridgeport, Conn,
Sunday morning by the news that bel
grandson, Carter Ellsworth, had been
killed by the cars. The boy was riding