Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-01-06

entertaining recently Mr.. and MFs wa
liam Wood and Mrs. Mary Pratt o
Woodstock Mrs. Pratt went away Fri
day.
Miss Mary Tewksbury, a student Of tn
Boston university, returned to colleel
Tuesday after spending the holiday .yaca
tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. s
Tewksbury.
DIR. ]. p. Clifford has moved his ofIicl
from the old library quarters in the Du
Bois d Gay block to the new location
/ fitted up for ii at his residence on High
land avenue.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Orange County Telephone
company in Chelsea yesterday, E. W.
Kent OF East Randolph was elected one OIL
the directors.
Zeno T. Paige, who sold his farm to
@. w. Panton not long ago and obtained
Of the latter a 11-acre place at Bristol
Flats, started this morning to take two
loads Of his goods to the new home.
Mrs. Myrtle Stoddard went yesterday
to Holyoke, Mass, where she has been
working in a MILL and after packing up
her goods, will return to keep house for
her father, Charles Coulmbe, this winter.
The officers of Excelsior encampment,
/. o. o. F., will be installed Friday night
by District Deputy Grand Patriarch Alex
Duncan of Barre, assisted by District
Deputy Grand Warden H. W. Scott, also
Of Barre.
chimney at the house of John F.
Mead burned out yesterday and fire
caught in the Iath around a thimble in
one Of the chambers. 1t was very soon
discovered and extinguished before much
damage was done.
The Christian Brotherhood had an ele-
giant banquet Monday night and 90 mem
bers feasted on roast beef, mashed pota-
toes, rolls, pies, coffee and so forth. A
very excellent paper on christianity as a
Basis of Brotherhood was read by Rev.
speeches we're made by Rev. Joseph Ham
ilton, Rev. Fraser Metzger, Rev. ]. Wal
lace CHESHIRE and Rev. A. c. Gilmore.
Miss Esther Hubbard gave a whist
party Of four tables at her home ON Gem
trail street Saturday evening and the occa-
sion was q pleasant reunion for
eight members OF her class 1908, r. H. s.
Among the guests we're Ralph Twitchell
and Robert Sault OF Dartmouth college;
Fred Fisk, Forts Abbott and Harry
Morton OF the University OF Vermont;
Cadet James Rand OF Norwich university
and Arthur Galarneau OF Lancaster,
N. H.
A blizzard struck this section Monday
evening, howled all night and most OF
The next day. Then a frozen calm sue
reeded and at midnight Tuesday Their
registered 35 degrees below
zero. There was nothing In the atmos-
phere to raise their spirits until long after
sunrise, when a brooding snow storm
brought another change. These weather
are given for the benefit Of !
California and southern ex-patriates and
o relieve, IL possible, their suspected
Mrs. G. 8. Booth has resigned the posi-
ion Of head operator at the Randolph
telephone exchange, which she has held |
or the last eight years, and expects to |
Irish her work there Saturday night. |
bis announcement will cause general re. I
,ret to the patrons OF the exchange, for
Mrs. Booth has been the most painstak-
ng and accommodating Of operators, and /
Ter equal is not easily to be found. The
work. is very hard and exacting and after
light years OF II she is certainly excusable i
n seeking release, contrary to the wish OF 4
hose whom she has SO efficiently served.