The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-20
RANDOLPH.
Village Voters Appropriated $500 for
Street Lighting.

The village meeting for the considera-
ton of the electric light subject was
held in the high school building on
Wednesday evening, and the whole mat
ter was quickly disposed Of by the ap.
preparation OF Sl,500 for street lighting
this to be arranged by the trustees as
seemed best The school meeting fol-
lowed, and il was voted to elect COM
.mittee of three ito investigate the ne
cessity and advisability of providing adj
ditional school accommodations, either
by altering and building additions to
the present high and primary school
houses, or either of them, or by build
! ing a new school house, and to bring the
plans for the same and report at the
next annual district school meeting. The
committee appointed were W. X. Sar-
gent w. II. Gladding and DR.. G. w.
Scott. A letter was read from DR.. II. d.
HoIton from Brattleboro, who recently
inspected the buildings criticising the
over-crowded rooms, poor heating and
ventilation, inadequate lighting, and con-
demning the toilet arrangements, in a
very marked manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. II. Powers left here
Thursday morning for Plainfeld, where
they are TO remain till Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Dudley and her children
left here Thursday for Grantham, N.
H.. having been summoned there by the
Illness OF her mother, and her stay may
be indefinite.
Misses Maud and Alice Hatch went
to Cambridge Thursday, Miss Maud TO
tn hax an at,sa a.
a lady, with whom she has been for sew.
eral years, and the latter to remain with
relatives for about month
w. c. Emerson and /. @. Erskine left
here for St. Adams Wednesday, to at
tend the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
in that city and Thursday morning
delegation of "a went to the same place
to the grand lodge of Rebekahs, where
they were to confer the degrees
The afternoon session of the meeting
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary 30.
ciety was well attended, and the pro-
gram as follows: Quiet hour led by Mrs
7. +. Clark, followed by the report of
the nominating committee, and the cleo
tion of the following officers to serve
the coming year: Mrs. 0. B. Wells, Roch-
Nhbttt piNoAhNhhf IS W. p
of Montpelier, first vice president; Mrs
Charles Edgerton of Northfeld second
vice president; Mrs. s. H. Smith of
White River Junction, third vice presi-
dent; Mrs p j. Hamilton, Woodstock,
secretary; Mrs. r. f. Clark, Woodstock.
treasurer. A paper was next read, writ
ten by Mrs F. Wallace of Enosburg
Falls, and the reader was Mrs. F. A.
Hayden OF Montpelier. Following this,
Mrs f. w. Smith of this place favored
the audience with n solo, "The Ninety
and Nine" and after this the mystery
box was conducted by Mrs W. S. Smith |
ers of Montpelier Miss Mary Danforth |
followed with an eloquent address on
Echoes from The World in Boston"
Miss Gertrude Gilman, conducted the |
children's hour for the closing number |
The evening service was opened with a
praise service under the leadership of /
Rev. J. w CHESHIRE, following which |
was the address of the evening by Miss
Mary Danforth, on Missions in Korea |
and Japan" Mrs. +. w. Smith again
favored the convention by another solo
and the meeting was closed by bene-
hictfon by Rev. ], w Hamilton.