Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-08-06
Field Day.

Field Day.
Everybody is roofing for fine day |
at Willoughby lake next Saturday. |
August 9, forenoon, afternoon and |
evening. The Willoughby Fish and
Game club has decided to hold it's third |
annual field day and regatta on the
shores of Willoughby lake on that day
several committees speak we'll for the
success of the event. The land sports
will consist of ball game between
Orleans and Irasburg, tug of war, sack
races, potato races. and other inter-
esting contests. The land sports begin
at 10 o'clock. The water sports which
begin at 1.3O o'clock consist of the
handicap launch race for valuable
silver cup, now held by Roscoe Smith
swimming races. tub races, double
paddle canoe races, rowing singles.
girls singles and fitting matches, all
for substantial prizes. Music for the
day will be furnished by the E. L.
Chandler Co. band of Orleans. There
will also be fine concert in the even
ing. The committee in charge will be
M. M. Taplin, E. E. Doe, f. C. Skin
ner and o. W. Locke of Orleans and
F. R. Hastings, o. H. Mossman Of
Barton and H. E. Hawkes.. The
committee on water sports is o. H.
Mossman, E. E. Mathews, H. S.
Webster and DR.. Hastings. The COM
mittee on land sports is Carl Wiley,
Charles Taplin, Wilmer Daniels, Chas.
Atkins, C. L. Erwin and C. S. Skinner.
ORLEANS
Mrs. F. J. Kinney and daughters are
visiting in Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. SWEET are on
motor trip to Portland.
Miss Ruth Rockwell of Troy spent
Sunday with Mrs. E. R. Baraw.
Eta Clapper has accepted a position
in the Turnbull Co., Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Rexford spent
Sunday with friends in Derby.
Miss Lillian Taylor of Derby visited
Miss Bertha Kinney over Sunday.
Mrs. John Morley of Worcester is
visiting friends and relatives in town.
| J. G.. Turnbull left Sunday night
for business trip to Massena, N. Y.
D. H. Mates of Montreal is visiting
w. ]. Sageman at the Valley House.
Miss Susie Andrews is spending a
ten days vacation at her home in
Troy.
Gerald French of Bingham, Me-, is
home for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Ernest Buck of Rockland Military
academy of Lebanon is visiting at w.
G. Tripp's.
Clarence Bushey is having a ten
) days vacation from his duties in
Locke's store.
The Passumpsic Telephone Co., have
3 installed phones for V. R. Govro and
Chas. Lyford.
Burt Spear of Burlington is in town.
= He is in charge of the construction OF
, the new bank block.
Misses Ruby and Helen Trip Of
Charleston are visiting their aunt
> Mrs. F. L. Lanphear.
Harriet Preston, who has beer
spending the summer at Willoughb!
t lake, has returned home.
A daughter was born to Mr.. an(
Mrs. A. M. Clark last week. Mothe
4 and babe are doing nicely.
! w. R. Aldrich took a three days
2 fishing trip to Charleston and Morgan
the latter part of the week.
e A count of the local calls at the tele
5 phone office shows an average of abou
: two thousand calls per day.
Horace Hayes of Chicago has bee
d visiting Mrs. Hayes at the Vale
s House during the past week.
:, o. G. Page, who has been spendin
several weeks at Old Orchard Beac
f. is expected home this week.
The date of the appearance of tn
e colored quartette has been fixed fo
August Is at the opera house.
;. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Wiggin ar
7. visiting their son, Arthur D. Wiggi
F" and family at his ranch at Sun Rive,
Mont.
D Mrs. =. H. Batchelder of Cleveland
II Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. j.
- Booth. Mrs. Booth visited relatives
Sutton last week.
- Miss Ruth Rogers of Burlington
N who has been visiting friends here fo
II several weeks, has gone to St. Johns
!, bury to visit friends.
Misses Vieva and Vivian Willie,
~ who have been visiting relatives her
" for several weeks have returned I
= their home in Salem. Mass.
% Mrs. J. P. Wescott and daughte
n Molly of Newlonville, Mass, ar
L visiting Mrs. Wescott's parents, Mr.
ar and Mrs. E. H. Lothrop.
Mrs. Van A. Hunt has returne
I'd from several weeks stay at Bal
lie rington, N. H., where she has been I
# attend the sickness and burial of he
IT father. Daniel w. Allen.
-, =, The fountain in postoffice souar,
~ which was damaged bv the ravages