Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-04-21
South RoyaIton Notes.
n. J. sARoENr. Local Editor

Robert Waterman is seriously i'll With
neuralgia Of the eyes. =
Miss Ida Rand Of Randolph visited
Mrs. @. w. Brown last week.
Clinton Hewitt OF Boston is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Hewitt.
Mrs. F. NJ. Baker Of Mediord, Mass, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. W.
Bright.
Mrs. r P. Mills vas q guest Of her sis
ter, Mrs. Nettie NJ. Waldo, three days
last week.
Mrs. w. A. Bingham is III With an all
ment affecting her side that she has
suffered With for several years.
wcodard Harrington have purchased
new Buick automobile for use in con-
neetion with their livery business.
Ralph Abbott has been given employ
ment IN a milk train running from
White River Junction to Dover, N. H.
Clayton Sawyer has taken five years
lease 0. the Henry Hatch farm on Broad
Brook and be and his parents have moved
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Culver Of Sheldon
Junction visited their parents here over
Sunday. Mr.. Culver is railroad station
agent there.
Charles Waterman of Laeonia, n. H.,
came to his home in Royalton Friday to
be with his father, Robert Waterman, IN
til he is out OF danger.
! Thomas Dearborn, who has been in the
livery business here the past few years,
has purchased the hotel and livery busi-
ness at South STAFFORD.
Rising Sun chapter, No II, o. K. g.,
was inspected last Tuesday evening by
Mrs. Nettie w. Sargent, d. D. @. M.
Other Grand officers present we're Charles
H. Brown, d. d. g. p; Mrs. j. II. Hew-
lit, q. A.; Mrs. Charles Brown, @. R.;
MI. and Mrs. Hale Darling and Mrs. At
wood OF Chelsea. By dispensation the
chapter initiated Ave new members, Mr..
and Mrs. Earl E. Wilson, MFR. and Mrs.
d. e. bearing and Mrs. A. r. Fislders.
At the annual meeting OF Rising Sun
chapter, o. e. g., held In Masonic hall
Wednesday, April 10, the following Off
GERS wers elected and appointed:--C. c.
Southworth, w. p; Mrs. g. G. South
worth, w. NJ; Mrs. Nina Stoughton, A.
NJ; Mrs. Emma Goodrich, Sec; Mrs.
Frank Bryant, Treas. Mrs. Mabel Rick
err, Cond.; Mrs. Eli Ashley, As. Cond.
Mrs. ID. e. bearing, Adah; Mrs. Dora
Ashley, Ruth; Mrs. Emogene Goodale,
Esther; Mrs. Nettie Waldo, Martha; Mrs.
Myrtle Flelders, Electa; Mrs. Nettie
Cloud, warden; Frank Bryant, sentinel;
Mis-. Jennie Hewitt, Chap; Mrs. Nc
Nichol, marshal; Miss Lizzie Adams, or
ganist.
The Village Park at South Royalton.
The major portion OF the land eompris-
ing the present park was conveyed by NJ.
8. Adams, E. Bixby and d. c. Jones to
c. H. Wocdard and 80 Others, in 1881,
ato be kept and used for village park"
having been purchased for the public
heneht. The remaining portion of the
present park was paid for by the town OF
Royalton. No provision was made for
the permanent care of the park and for
some years the Park association appoint
ed q committee to sell the standing grass,
collect subscriptions, receive funds de-
rived from entertainments, including
those OF the Dramatic club, and expend
the same for making walks, building
common fence, piping for water to foun-
tain and keeping the weeds out OF the
walks, and grass moved OF close and to
keep the fountain in running order.
Many of the grantees in the above men
toned deed died or moved away, and
majority of the survivors transferred what
ever rights OF control they had to the
Village improvement association, which
last named association for some years put
sued the work of keeping the park in or
der, took down the common fence, rebuilt
the fountain basin, encouraged the build
ing OF sidewalks, maintained q certain
number OF street lamps, until the coming
OF electric lights, and finally has lapsed
into its present state of inactivity. 1t is
thus seen that the town paid for part of
the park limits, that a majority of the
above named grantees have died or moved
away, and the survivors transferred the
control of the park to the Village I'M /,
proyement association, which last is de-
funct. for want of means and patronage, 1
and the question arises, who owns and I
should control our pretty park
A clause in the Adams, Bixby and 4
Jones deed. reads as follows:-"When I
South Royalton shall become Incorporate
ed as village, the same tpark) to be con-
veyed by the several purchasers to said |
be held by said village as
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