Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-07-26
LOLA>~ NEW,
CpAFTsBURY.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. III. Gage went to
Lowell Saturday.
Ruth Heidger finished her work for
Mrs. E. N. Nelson Saturday. .-.-.-.
The family of J. Keir are occupy
ing their cottage on Lake Elego.
Miss Rosa Smith is entertaining
friends at their cottage at Lake Elego.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Jones of Hard
wick spent last Sunday at E. L.
STATIONS.
Mrs. Amasa Fairbrother of Hard
wick visited at VIM. Remington's
last Thursday.
Christine Calderwood visited at
Hiram Cslderwood's, in Greensboro
Thursday and Friday.
The families of N. S. Sawyer and
L. R. Lathe are spending a little time
at their cottage at Lake Hosmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wheeler left
Friday for Alberta, where they ex-
pect to be absent for two months.
Albert Lange will speak in the in
terests of Anti Saloon League in the
M. E. church next Sunday morning,
July 80. Miss Blanche Uric presided
at the organ very acceptably Sunday
in the absence of the regular organ
ist.
Vaughn Wheeler, who has been
spending his vacation at home, ac-
companied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Wheeler as far as Montreal. From
there he will go to Albany, N. Y, for
few days before returning to his
work in Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Bates of Los
Angeles, Cal. after an absence of %
years are visiting Mrs. Bates sister,
Mrs. J. Keir. Mr.. and Mrs. Bates
are accompanied by their son and
have been making an extended trip
through Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New Hampshire. They will re-
turn to California in August.
The following obituary appeared in
a recent issue of the Mortified News.
Mr.. Stearns was a i've of this TOW n.
&C. P. Stearns died Friday morning
The funeral service was held Sunday
afternoon the 10Th at the Warren
River meeting house, Rev. Rober
A large concourse of mourning kin
= dred and friends were in attendance
| Members of the Odd Fellow ant
} Rebekah fraternities of which Mr.
Stearns was a member attended il
a body. The bearers were J. P
Greenwood, C. E. Greenwood, Deacon
! George Robinson and w. A. Pierce
TIE casket was covered with beautiful
floral offerings.
2 "The church choir Of which TO
l many years Mr.. Stearns had been
:. member, sang the hymns, "Somet m
, Well Understand, " "Gone to Res
With Jesus and Simply Trustin
=. Every Day. the latter being the las
by mn that he ever sang at the church
: An appropriate and comforting sermo
was preached from Jeremiah Lam
o 1888, after which the casket wa
q taken to the village cemetery wher
\ the Odd Fellows funeral service wa
. held.
"Deacon Gilbert P. Stearns wa
horn in Craftsbury, August IS, IS 8
:, He was united in marriage to Julia I
t. Nichols, Nov. 26, 1868. To them wer
It born four children. three of whol
with Mrs. Stearns survive. On
daughter died in infancy. The Sui
= viving children are Delbert Nahur
Stearns of Hartford, Conn. who b.
d, cause of illness was unable to
e present at the funeral. Henry Hube'
If stearns of Warren and Susie France
IT wife of Floyd Blake.
r. "Mr. Stearns united with II
Methodist church in 1877 and h,
lived a consistent Christian life sin'
q then, gaining and keeping the estee
e of the communities in which he h
1T lived. He was a genial, whole-soul'
lg man, full of sympathy and alwa
,e ready to help in every time of nee
-, Loved by every one "Gib' will
:. sadly missed in the church, the lodg
a the grange and in the community
large"