Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-24
LOCA' NEWS
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Rev. Gordon will speak.
The Memorial day exercises Of May
80 will be held at North Craftsbury,
commencing at 80. Greensboro
Bend band will be in attendance.
The address will be in the Congrega-
tional church at l :3U p. m. by Rev.
no introduction. Dinner will be
served by the Earnest Workers in
vestry at 20 cents, children Is cents.
The graduating exercises of Crafts
bury academy were held in the church
Friday evening. AS there was only
one graduate, Robert J. Anderson,
Rev. Fitz Williams from$ Utica, N.
Y, was engaged to deliver lecture,
which was enjoyed to the fullest ex-
tent. The orchestra from Orleans
furnished music. After the exercises
at the church reception was held at
the academy hall.
The following clipping tells of the
success of one of North Craftsbury's
former boys. Accompanying the arti-
Gle was a picture of Col. Scott
Colonel Joseph F. Scott, head of
the Massachusetts State Reformatory
for more than II years, and for the
past eight years, superintendent of
the Elmira, N. Y, Reformatory, will
today be named as superintendent of
the prisons of the state of New York
by Governor Dix.
Colonel Scott was called to New
York by Governor Odell to take
charge of the Elmira institution. He
is the personal selection of Governor
Dix because of his acknowledged
ability as an administrator of penal in
situations. He will receive $4,000 less
year in his new position than he is
now receiving in his present office.
Colonel Scott was born in North
Craftsbury in 1860. He began his in
stitution career in the State Primary
School in Monson in the Massachu
sets Reformatory as assistant to Col
onel Gardiner Tufts, and organized the
educa tional system of the institution.
At the death Of Colonel Tufts in 1901
| he was named superintendent. He
stayed there until 1903. when he was
appointed superintendent of the New
York State Reformatory in Elmira,
and later was appointed superintend-
ent of Elmira and Eastern reforma-
tories.
Colonel Scott in 1901 was preside n t
last October was named by Governor
Hughes as delegate to the quinquen-
NAL congress of the International Pris-
on Association in Washington.
DERBY.
Big Fourth of July celebration al
Newport and West Derby. Watch fol
the advertising.
CLOVER.
The funeral of Mrs, Geo. Walcott
was held at he M. E. church Saturday
afternoon.
Hattie Tate and daughter Leila
have returned from few days visit
in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence johnson
have been visiting for few days a
O. G. Miles.
Big Fourth of July celebration a
Newport and West Derby. Watch fo
the advertising.
All members of the J. o. U. A. M.
are requested to meet at Institute
hall at II o'clock on Decoration day
Please bring uniforms.
The Pre-Memorial exercises will b.
held at the hall Monday, May 20, a
80 p. m. The parents and friend
Of the children are requested to at
tend.
The 9th annual reunion of Co. |
18th Vt Vols, will be held at the M
E. church here June 6. The Earnes
Workers will provide dinner. Al
members are urged to be present.
J The Daughters of Liberty will give
} cobweb social Friday evening, Ma.
} 10Th. Entertainment and promenad,
| will be free and good music will b
, furnished. Cobwebs ten cents each
Ice cream and cake, fifteen cents pc
, plate. Everyone invited.
Prof Dana has engagements TO
: the following places: Greensbor
Bend, Friday, May &c; Orleans, Sat
urday, May 27; Glover, Monday, Ma
20; North Troy, May 30. Prof. Dana
possesses excellent ability as a car
toonist and his work is q drawing
feature of any entertainment.
, We all want to be friendly an
= peaceable with our neighbors this sum
, mer and it is hard to feel So with GU
neighbours cows and hens in our from
yards and gardens. Won't those wb
have hens and cows please take bet
ter care of them this summer? o
course we all know it is against tn
law to keep hens in the village unles
: they are kept on the owners OWL
land, but we don't want to use tn
law except as last resort.
Memorial services will be he'll
I, Tuesday under the auspices of Maso
r post. Weather permitting, service
will be held at the cemetery at 1923
z o'clock. The address by Charlie
y Plumley of Mortified will be in tn
Congregat ional church at 80 o'cloc
: p. m. The teachers and childre
, from every school in town are hereb
: invited to come and bring flowers ant
., join with the G. A. r. and w. R. C
: in the exercises of the day. TIL
: band will be in attendance. Dinner
. will he served as usual. after whic
!, the band, G. A. R., w. R. c., teach
! ers and children and all who feel S
inclined will march to the steel bridg