Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-10-19
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
l. B. WELLMAN, LocaIE Editor

The three years old daughter of
| Frank Vancor died Tuesday night,
! Oct. Il. after a short illness. The
funeral was held Friday morning.
Noel Smith returned Wednesday
night to his work in San Antonio,
Texas, after spending a week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Smith.
Rev. A. F. McGregor, of Niagara
on Lake Ontario, a former pastor
here, will preach at the Congrega-
tional church. Sunday morning, Oct. %.
Henry, son of H. A. Black. fell
through a window Saturday, receiv-
ing a bad cut on his lip and it was
necessary to call physician to dress
the wound.
An examination for the position of
carrier in the rural free delivery serv-
ice to fill a vacancy existing on route
No. 4, out Of the Newport pOst-office
will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at New
port.
The Ladies' Social Union Of the
Congregational church will give an
entertainment under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. ROdenbaugh on the even
ings Of Nov, and 9. The opera is
called, "a Day at the Ranch, 'and will
be well worth seeing. Plan to attend.
| Frank Massey aud Miss Mabel Beer
worth were married Wednesday, Oct.
II, and went directly to housekeep-
/ ing in their rooms in the Camp block,
which have been rented for some time.
! They were eminently successful in
GLIDING their rice throwing friends
who were on the lookout for them.
Main, Second, Third and Prospect
streets, enclosing the Square" have
beer given a substantial surface coat
Of good gravel, which, when packed,
will greatly improve the roadway, es-
! pecially during the wet season. The
new dressing which has given such
good satisfaction on Main street will
probably be applied to this section
! later.
When the Congregational parsonage
| is vacated by its present occupants it
is to be rented to Mrs. E. A. Stew
art, who will conduct a boarding house
| there. What arrangements. if any,
! have been made by the committee in
charge for the accommodation of the
minister who may be engaged in the
near future, are not known to the
writer.
Newport High school football team
! defeated st. Johnsbury academy Sat-
urday by a score of 32-0. They play
| Burlington High here next Saturday.
! Oct. p. Newport High is a husky
team, the average weight being 157
pounds. If they keep their weight
xxo + Iol Lot %o< I,
of it work into their heads. they
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hilton and
daughter Vera and Mrs. Hilton s
mother, Mrs. Betters, started Wednes-
day morning, Oct. II, for Los Angeles,
Cal. They expect to make their
home there in the future. VIM. Hight
and family also went at the same time.
They will probably return to Vermont
in the spring, Mr.. Hight being en-
ployed by Col. F. D. Butterfe[d as
chauffeur.
The beautiful gasoline launch Sui
tana owned By Mr. Martin of New
York, who with his wife. spent the
summer here, was sunk in the slip at
the Champlain transportation com
pany's wharf, in Burlington last week.
while being launched from a car. The
boat was taken from the lake at Ma.
COG, P. O., and shipped to Burlington
to make the trip from that point back
to New York by water. Though con
siderably damaged. it has been raised
and will be repaired. Considerable
difficulty was experienced by Mr.
Martin IN getting his boat, which i!
about forty-fve feet in all, here from
New York, circuitous route having
been taken on account of its going I'm
der certain bridges over the railroad
and it proved more or less cumber
some owing to it's size, for pleasur
! use on this lake. which is better adapt
ed to boats of from twenty to thirt
feet in length. It is to be hoped tina
no further accident may Def all it.