Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-12-10

day. Dec. A, with twenty-five members
and six visitors present After the
order of business the following program
was taken up: Roll call. quotations
from Tennyson paper. "Alfred. Lord
Tennyson. Mrs Altha Pierce; selec
tions from Tennyson. Mrs. Vercoe and
Mrs. Maylo Hanson paper. Robert and
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Mrs.
Prime, selection from Robert Brown
ing, Mrs. Cowles; reading from Eliz-
abeth Barrett Browning, Mrs. Thomp-
son; music, whistling solo. Miss
Wheeler.
At it's annual election of officers.
which was held on Thursday night.
Crystal Lake grange. with few excep.
tions retained those of last year. For
master. B. j. Jenness; overseer. w.
S. May; lecturer, Miss Jessie Com
stock; steward, F. R. Hardy; assist
ant steward. R. F. Mason; chaplain.
F, H. Foster; treasurer. Mrs. F. H.
gatekeeper. Fred May; Ceres. Mrs.
Chase; Flora. Mrs F. w. Comstock
lady assistant steward. Mrs R. F.
Mason; pianist. Miss Ruth Gleason.
A degree team was organized and at
the next meeting. Dec. 18th. work will
be done in the first and second degree.
The Woman's Literary club met on
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Adams The committee on the
library building fund presented a
comprehensive report and after few
legal technica]ities are observed the
fund will be an established fact In
portant amendments to the club con-
stitution were considered and the
committee appointed at the last meet
ing to draft such amendments was
granted an extension of time in which
to make Investigations. Mrs. Hanson
read an instructive paper upon. IA
Worlds Peace Conference. and Miss
Red6eld conducted Timely Topics in an
interesting manner, after. which
America was sung by all present and
Mrs. Adams gave selections on the
Victrola Twenty-Five members were
present. The next meeting will be a
thimble bee at the home of Mrs.
Stannard Dec. 18th.
Al BANY
Elmer George has moved into the
Sartwel] house.
Barbara Fletcher has returned from
her visit in Plattsburg.
Mrs. Gilbert and Ter sister, Mrs.
Shaney. have gone to Island Pond.
Rev. and Mrs. q. L. Barnard have
returned to their home in Topsham.
The village school began Monday
with the same teachers as last term.
Mrs. A. N. Vance was in Coventry
Friday to attend the funeral of her
father. 1e
Gladys Greggs of Irasburg spent
several DAYS last week with her cousin,
Alice Kelley. ~
Carroll Whitcher has moved from
h farm to tenement in r. M
Cowles' block. .... ~.
Mr.. Moulton, who has been working
for H. p. Darling. mas leased Carroll
Whitcher's farm. 10
Conroy Brown of North Troy and
Gladys Browne of this village were
married at Irasburg Dec. by Rev.
Wells.
The remains of Mrs. Celia jerks
were brought here from Craftsbury
Friday and inferred in the village
cemetery. Mrs. jerks was longtime
resident of this town but had been an
invalid for several years, living with
her sister in Craftsbury.
''The Moonshiner's Daughter. a play
Of mountain life. in three acts. under
the auspices of Meridian Sun Lodge
No 20, F. and A. NJ. of Craftsbury.
will be given at Newton's hall Thurs
day evening, Dec. II. The following
is the cast of characters: Dave Mar
tin, a mountain moonshiner. Fred L
Kemp; Herbert Wilson once society
Twiss Jim Blake. another moonshjner,
Elmer e Balch; Dick CARPENTER, a
young revenue captain, Percy e.