Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-14

, ~1.- - ~ last resulting as foiiows;-
Total vote. $40; q. r. Andrews Of North
neld had 474; J.. p. Bailey OF Williams
town. 479, and was elected.
There was no contest for the following
three directors, who are as follows:-7th
e. / Chtiin Of Randolph; sth, w. c.
Daniels Of Woodbury.; 9th, N. l. sanborn
Of PlainfitId.
A special tax Of q on each share was
voted, to be collected with the regular
assessment Of IS. which makes the assess
ments for this year "a, instead Of 50, as
The nesting voted to pass over the arti-
cle refusing to rent phones BY company;
also refused to allow the company to take
repair.
After tie meeting closed, the directors
met and organised Is follows:--P resi-
cent, e. II. Kennedy; vice president,
larry Daniels secretary and treasurer, R.
n Williamsi John M. Comstock. audi
The territory o. the Orange County Tel
ephone Co. has been subdivided this year
% each director has the following towns
to look alter
e. II. Kennedy-Chelsea. vershire.
T+--AgAtAf AAAUElU#E anu west EMITfEH.
A. e. Covill- Montpelier. Berlin.
North6eld, Worcester and Middlesex.
A. ID. Reed-Brookfield and Roxburv.
Harry Daniels--East Montpelier and
Barre CITY.
T. F. wnIiAmstOwn and South
Barre.
E. /. clafiin-Randoiph, Braintrss.
Bethel ard Royalton.
". {. Daniels-woodbury, Calais,
Cabot and Hancock.
A. /. Patterson Washington. Corinth.
Orange, ropsham and East barre.
y. l. Patterson-Plainfield and Marsh
field.
Death Of Royal Townsend.
Royal Burnham, only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ". p. Townsend, died Jan. 4, 1903.
OF capillary bronchitis, followed by heart
failure, sfter an illness OF only two weeks.
Royal was born here in Chelsea FEB.
%, 1891, and has always lived here with
the exception Of one fall spent at Willis
ton seminary At South Hampton, Mass.
and one year at Kimbali Union academy.
Meriden. n. H. He had just returned
from this latter school to spend his
Christmas vacation when taken i'll.
Altho' Of quiet unassuming nature,
he was deeply loved by all who knew him
and the influence Of his clean, true and
sunshiny life viii be far-reaching and
lasting. In the words OF his loved
friend, Charles Alden Tracy, principal OF
Kimball Union, He was a splendid boy,
noble aud pure. I know be was ready to
20 and could meet his Father with a
pure, childlike soul His life has not
been lived in vain. His teachers and
schOolmates loved him and his quiet,
earnest, unaffected way carried q weight
Of influence
This was the tribute Of one Of his
:-ss His conduct was above re-
proach; be was a gentleman in the high
est and best sense Of the word"
His character may be summed up in
this, his favorite Bible verse; W hatso-
ever things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are Just, what
soever things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report; II there be any virtue and II
there he any praise, think on these
things.n
The funeral was held at the home the
Wednesday at in the after
noon, Rev. A. ]. Eastman Of STAFFORD,
former pastor, officiating, assisted BY
Rev. @. z. Lake, the present pastor, and
Tracy OF Meriden N. H., the
service being in charge Of II. N. Mattison
and Fl. D. Bixby. Two beautiful piano
selections were rendered by Mrs z. W.
Lewis. The unusually large attendance
and the profusion of beautiful flowers
were silent tokens Of respect for his mem
DRY and sympathy for the bereaved fam
lily. II was a touching scene when
large number Of his former schoolmates
and associates fled into the house in a
body.
Six young men, Royals friends, were
the bearers, Leon @. Ordwav. Oliver Bur
CESS, Frank Dickinson, Ned Hatch and
two Of his Meriden schoolmates. Harold
Ransor1e and James Hanley. The body
was placed in the tomb at Highland GEM
stery.
Among the relatives from out OF town
who were here to attend the funeral we're
Mrs. Grace Ordway Chaplin of Spring
field, Mass, Charles Townsend, Miss
Lizzie Townsend and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Parker Of Barre, VT. The only daughter
and sister, Miss Blanche Townsend, a
teacher in National Park seminary,
Forest Glen, Maryland, arrived Tuesday
evening, remaining here until Saturday
Harold Ransome, one Of Roy
ais closest friends, Of Newport, n. a.,
came with Principal Tracy Wednesday
morning and remained until Saturday.
Miss Christabel Brown Of Lyndonvilie,
VT, a close friend Of the family, came
Wednesday morning and stayed with
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend until the follow
ing Monday.
Mr.. Tow nsend and family have the
deepest and truest sympathy of the entire
in this great afiiiction, which
they ere called TO experience.
RoxBuRY
s. q. Butterneld was in Randolph re-