Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-28
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor
LIB. WELLMAN, Local Editor

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gregational church Sunday evening
was of especial interest and the at
tendance was large. The feature OF
the entertainment was the chorus Of
SO voices, which assisted by the regu-
lar choir sang several selections in a
very praiseworthy manner. The work
of the little children was interesting
as is always the case.
Rufus Percy. recently appointed to
West Point by Representative Plum
ley. went Thursday to Washingt ton, d.
c.. where he will prepare for his en-
trance examinations, which will be
taken at Fort Slocum, N Y, Janu-
airy 10. If successful in passing these
entrance tests, Mr.. Percy will enter
West Point about the middle of next
June.
Nearly all places of business with
exception of the drug stores closed all
day Monday, that their hardworked
employees might defeat the calendar
which deprived them of their Christ
mas holiday. Trade in all it's branch
eS mas been very good during the
christmas buying period, in fact has
In many instances exceeded former
years.
Richard HurstSas been making MANY
changes IN ms ROOMS under the Drew
Block, By the set6pg over of parti-
lions the capacity oil the restaurant
VIII De doubled. He has installed a
double bowling alley, having pur-
chased the Lindsay alleys, formerly Set
up in the Arlington. So far the re-
pairs and changes have extended only
to the bowling apparatus, which is in
running order and we'll patronized.
The play, "The Third Degree, (which
was to have been put on at Lanes
Friday evening of last week, was can.
celed and all ticket holders received
their money back. The cause was the
breaking of the furnace in the Lane
| Block, rendering it impossible to heat
the opera house. Stoves were substi.
tuted in the building where possible
so that the business of Lane & Scr
and the National Bank was not seri
ously interfered with. The damage
has been repaired.
A Series of six dances has been ar.
ranged for by Capt. Davis of Co. L.
the first to occur on Friday evening
Dec. 80. M. Frank Tinker of St
Johnsbury has charge of the instruc
tion and furnishes music. The plans
call for dancing school early in the
evening. with a social dance for the
public from to II o'clock .. m. The
project is backed by the best class o.
people in the village, and the dance:
will be good thing to attend.
There was an old fashioned Christ
mas tree at the Methodist church Fri
day evening, and the capacity of tina
edifice was taxed to its utmost to hol(
all the people that attended. The ex
ercises were very good and much en-
joyed, and the gifts with which the
trees were loaded made everybody hap
py. Special efforts have been mad
this year, both by the churches and il
other ways to see to it that no on,
should go unprovided for at this tim
of the year.
The Mothers club met Tuesday O
last week with Mrs. F. w. Carr
The occasion was the annual election
of officers. list of which has not We
been furnished your correspondent
This organization, which has fiourishej
for the past three or four years, is on
In which there is real merit, and ir
which there is much to commend.
is to be hoped that both officers AM
members will work this year to max
the work of the society more profita
bic than ever to the community.
Owing to the extreme low wa
ter and the rapidity with which tn
ice has formed in the lake. the
utmost care will have to be takel
to prevent damage to the foundation
of the Memphremagog Yacht clul
house and other structures built o.
piling on the lake front. Last season
by reason of care on the part of thos
most interested, the club house damag
was practically nothing but the leas
relaxation of vigilance this year ma,
mean a damage of several hundre,
dollars.