Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-05-28
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
w. b. BULLOCK, Local Editor
w. B. BULLOCK. Local Editor

P. C. Davis of the jewelers. firm of
Davis & Skinner. has joined the
throng of automobile owners.
A Newport base ball club has been
organized and play their first game at
North Troy on Decoration day.
John Tuck, proprietor of the popu-
lar boarding house at Knowlton's
Landing. P. O., was in town Saturday.
Rev. H. B. Rankin will preach the
baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class of Derby academy next Sun
day.
DR.. Harry F. Hamilton attended the
annual meeting of the Vermont State
Dental association at Burlington last
week.
w. w. True went to Boston Monday
night to attend directors meeting of
the New England Hardware Dealers
association.
G. F. Bigelow. D. N. Dwinell, B. F.
Moore and E. C. Blanchard left last
Wednesday night for business trip to
Winnipeg, Man.
Miss Katie Foster has returned from
New York after a two months vaca-
ton from the Newport Electric Light
company's Office.
J. Squires has sold his property on
the North Troy road and taken half
interest with his father, H. c.. 'Squires,
in the Kline farm.
Sumner Dow of Boston was in town
the first of the week. He is New
England manager of the Mobile Oil
company of Boston.
Henry Centebar of Albany was in
| town Monday and showed a check for
nearly $1,000 as the proceeds from the
| sale of his 1913 maple sugar crop. :ss:s.s..
The Newport Granite company has
sold its quarry to A. G. Lacasse of
West Derby. The granite company's
sheds are shut down for the present.
Mr.. Fleming, student of Bishops
| college, Lennoxville, conducted the
services at St. Marks church Sunday.
| in the absence of Rev. J. p. Nc
Cullough.
The steamboat Anthems brought up
party of Canadians Saturday. in
celebration of Victoria day. A band
accompanied them and gave concert
in our band stand.
Mrs. C. D. Lance and son Crawford
have gone to Sheffield to remain with
friends until the schools close. Philip
and Velma Lance will remain in school
here for the rest of the year.
A local baseball team calling them.
selves the Newport 2d's'' have
arranged to play with a team from
Island Pond on the field north of the
trotting park on Friday. May 80.
The large locomotives are being nut
into service at this end of the B. & M.
system, and they draw so much more
than the smaller engines, that a small
er number are required, hence the
crews are being reduced
Capt. c. c. Bullock was in town
Monday on business connected with
the repairs of the LADY of the Lake. -
The renovatlng process is rather slow.
as the Boston & Maine have reduced
the crew of painters to two.
The dance given by Tinker's Singing
orchestra Friday night was probably
the best attended Of any that he ever
gave in town. The occasion was en-
joyed to the utmost. There were four
pieces and Tinker announced that al
his next appearance there would he six
players in his orchestra.
About fifty members of.-the Y. M. I.
c., with invited friends gathered a,
the club rooms Thursday evening tc
listen to w. H. O'Brien of Boston.
special agent of the telegraph depart.
ment of the N. E. Telephone ano
Telegraph company in his explanation
of the handling of business under the
joint arrangement between the West.
ern Union Telegraph and the telephone
companies.