Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-06-14
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
L. B. WELLMAN, Local
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor

The C. H. Loveland Company have
installed large new cash register in
their place of business.
Rufus Percy goes this week to West
Point, entering the Military academy
there as cadet on June IA.
M. c. Buck of the Customs service
was in Saybrook and Bridgeport,
Conn.,, several days recently.
D. M. Camp attended the meetings
of the County Association of Congre-
gational churches at Westfield last
week.
Erik Farman of Lowell visited his
brother Morris Thursday while on his
way to Derby to spend short time
with friends.
Mrs. Mabel Storrs, who has been
in poor health for several weeks, is
not improving as fast as her friends
could wish.
Miss Ethel Cutler, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Geo. Newland, is to be
married this "wednesday evening to
Ray E. Hunt.
School in the grades closed last
Friday. The High school closes on
Wednesday. June Fl, examinations be-
ing held this week.
A. c. Clark, Patron of Lakeside
No. II, 0. E. S., attended the annual
meeting of the grand chapter held in
Burlington last week.
F. C. Williams attended the meet
ing and banquet at White River juno
ton at which Ex-President Roosevelt
was the guest of honor.
u. S. Marshall Horace w. Bailey of
Newbury and Rutland, was in town
several days last week, the guest of
Col. and Mrs. c. S. Emery.
Jack" Clarke is in Burlington this
week son a visit to relatives. While
there he will attend the meetings of
the Grand Lodge F. and A. M.
Harry T. Robbins is improving the
appearance and adding to the comfort
of his house on Second street by the
addition of spacious veranda.
w. r. Prouty has been exposed to
. the prevailing epidemic Of porch and
. veranda building and has commenced
operations at his home on Second
, street.
DR.. J. H. Gaines has recently made
alterations in the ell and shed of his
residence which will enable him to use
that part of the building for a garage,
should he so desire.
The new cement walk on Main
street from True and Blanchard's to
Lake street is completed and certain
ly adds much to the substantial bust
ness annP9rancp Of the
! Harry Whitaker and Ray.Beebe have
secured positions with the Boston and
Maine railway as passenger brakemen
for the summer season and beg an
their labOrs June z.
The usual spring coat of paint is
being applied to several dwellings.
among them being those of c.. A.
Ramsdell, H. S. Root, tenement of w.
w. True, and the Baptist parsonage.
Donald Emery has finished his
school work in Boston for this year
and will work for the Canadian Pa
cific railway during the summer vaca-
ton, having secured position in the
surveying branch of the service.
Samuel W. F. Hamilton has passed
the examinations at Tufts Dental
school and is now D. y. S. .'Sam"
belongs to family of dentists and we
prophesy that he will keep up the
reputation of the family for good
work
party of four young people, who
cruised down the lake Sunday, were
unable to return until Monday morn
ing. owing to the engine of the boat
refusing to "mote.' They appeared,
all right. in tow, and as no harm re-
suited we will not go into detail re-
garding the expedition.
The moonlight excursion on the
lake Thursday evening, under the aus
pices of the Newport Concert band,
was success, upwards of 125 people
taking the trip on the steamer Au.
themis, which came up from Magog
for the purpose. 1t is reported that
these excursions are to become week.
ly affalrs-moon or no moon.
Walter Kipp won two prizes at the
Track Meet for Prep. schools held at
Centennial Field, Burlington, Satur-
day, June l. finishing third in the $50
yard run and 44O yard dash. Raw
Farrant and Maurice Wilcox also ran.
The boys were accompanied on the
trip by Prof. Burgess of the High
school.
A shipment of six thousand gallons
of "Tarvia" has just been received by
the village trustees, and Main street,
from the station to the Federal build
ing has been treated with it. The
experiments along this line last sea-
son proved very satisfactory. The
,, streets treated were smooth, hard and
, free from dust. The work will be ex-
tended this season.
The Asbury Brotherhood connected
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