Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-05-06

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who has been seriously i'll since the
birth Of a son, March "a, is very much
improved and she is daily gaining in
health and strength.
Today being the Feast of the Aseen-
sion the May strawberry party an
nOunced for this evening to be held at
the opera house has been postponed un-
til next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Elmer Noyes and little son left
Los Angeles, Cal, Wednesday for
Island Pond to spend few weeks with
her mother, Mrs. A. D. Dechene. Mr..
NOyes is unable to leave at present.
George B. Reeve, former vice presi-
dent and general maLager of the Grand
Trunk, died at his home in Lamirada,
CAL, Sunday night He was IL years
old. MIR. Reeve served the Grand
Trunk AZ years.
Miss Thelma Dickson has again re-
ceived honorable mention from the
American Home Monthly for her sketch
of Pocahontas. The young lady, only
ten years of age, evidently possesses
good literary attainments.
l.. B. Head of Littleton, n. H., col
lector of internal revenue for Northern
Vermont and New Hampshire, aud the
western section of Maine, was in town
on official business Wednesday. He has
large territory to cover, and his occa-
sional visits to Island Pond are as sharp
as they are pleasant.
Frank F. Russell has moved into the
new house be recently built, on Pleas
ant street, and Pete Dussault will occupy
the house on Derby street vacated by
Mr.. Russell; in turn DIR. Trenholme
will move into the tenement in the Bart
lett block vacated by Mr.. Dussault.
Frank Russell has also moved his barber
shop to his former shop on Cross street,
opposite Maroneys store.
Thanks to the enterprise of &. +.
Clarke, aud the public spirit of the citi-
2ens, the corners of all the streets in
town will soon be marked by neat and
legible signs bearing the name of each
street There ale 81 signs in ALL iuc.ud-
ing II auto caution signs. These are
furnished and erected without expense
to the town, having been paid for by
voluntary subscription, solicited by Mr..
Clarke.
The First Annual Church Conference
of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
will be held at the Church Vestry on
Wednesday evening, May 18th, at 7.3O
o'clock. A suitable program is being
prepared, consisting of speeches, read
ings aud music, and pledges will be re-
celyed toward defraying Church ex-
penses for the present Conference year
Refreshments will be served. The com
mittee in charge will aim to make this
a very ENJOYABLE occasion, and all men,
beers and friends of the Church are cor
daily invited to be present.
Rio Grande, one of the most enjoy
able amateur plays ever afforded the
Coaticook theatre-going people, was pre-
sented at the opera house by the St.
James Dramatic Club OF Island Pond,
VT, which was the guest of the Coatl-
cook Dramatic Club. 1t would be diff
cult to select a favorte among the char
acters as all were well taken and re-
ceived hearty applause from the appre.
ciative audience, so that our little sister
town over the border is to be congratu-
lated upon the merited success of the
play as put on by the talented club. -
Coaticook Observer.
We notice by an exchange that j. d.
Bates, formerly of Island Pond, son OF
the late Judge IL. c. Bates of st. Johns
bury, has been appointed private secre-
tary to Governor Cotton of Porto Rico.
He is now in Washington and will soon
leave for his new post He was formerly
in the customs service at this port. He
later entered the newspaper field aud
was for some time connected with The
Independent at Berlin, N. H. Since
then he has been engaged in newspaper
work in Nebraska, Kansas and Cali
fornia. His wife and three children will
replain in California until September.