Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-12-17
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
ROBERT H. CLEMENT, Local

Mrs. E. r. Kittredge and son have
moved into the tenement recently
vacated by T. c. Camp Mr.. Camp
has moved into the house recently
purchased from H. T. Robbins
Charles F. Putney, while engaged in
tearing down the dressing mill of
Prouty & Miller at the B. & NJ south
yard, was injured by falling timbers.
Fortunately he received no serious
injuries.
If you take magazines, farm papers
or any periodicals it will pay you to
drop postal card to the Moni or for
its special periodical price list. 1t will
save you money on every order. It's
free for the asking.
1.-THE Barton Cook Book" a $50
page product of the Village Improve
ment society of that place is on sale
at Humphreys Novelty store. 1t is
credited as the finest cook book ever
published in northern Vermont and
makes an acceptable Christmas gift.
There are two handsome and durable
bindings. See them.
Saturday was real Christmas
shopping day. The stores were filled
nearly all day and was contrast to
the few days preceding. There has
been steady sale reported in nearly
all the stores. which indicates that
people are taking the advantage of the
early shoppers, avoiding the rush and
exhausted stock.
G. F. Ranney has been designated
by the American board it's business
agent and treasurer at one of it's
stations in Turkey. He will sail early
in January for Constantinople where
he will remain several months after
which he will go to Harpoot or Aintab.
Turkey-in-Asia. in both of which there
is college and hospital in addition to
the regular mission work.
A. C. Fairbrother & Son are making
preparations to build a new building
on the lot where the ell to the tene-
ment house which contains numbers
%. Is and 81 Coventry street, now
stands. The present building will be
moved back and the new building
erected Operations will begin about
Wednesday. The building will be
occupied by Fullerton Bros. & ED
ridge, who are running a first class
moving picture house in Littleton. N.
H., and St. Johnsbury. Bert Glover,
contractor and jobber of Franconia,
has the contract for erecting the build
ing. which will be 80 feet front and 76
feet back. 1t will be of steel inside
and out with seating capacity of 400
to 500. The building will be rushed as
fast as possible and will be ready for
occupancy sometime in February. At
present the building will be Of only
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another story in the near future.
Baxter Woman's Relief Corps, No.
%, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of
the Republic. held their regular
monthly business meeting in l. o. O..
F. hail, Dec Sd. President Harriet
Sleeper presided at the meeting and
the regular business was gone through.
One new member was initiated.
came the election of officers for the
President. Mrs. May Morrill, senior
vice-president, Mrs. Hulda Mosher
junior vice president, Albina L. War
rem; treasurer. Mrs. Nellie Drown
conductor. Mrs. Gertrude Adams
guard. Mrs. Louisa Bryant. After
this in behalf of the corps. Mrs.
Bernice Gilchrist presented the presi-
dent with large bouquet of carnations
to show their appreciation of her work
in the past year. To this the pres-
dent very graciously responded. AT
the next regular business meeting held
the first Wednesday in January the
new officers will be installed. after
which the members as and the Crane
Army boys will partake of a banquet
furnished by the w. R. G.
NEWPORT CENTER
S. T. Sweet was business caller a.
North Troy Monday.
Shepard Phillips is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Henry Smith.
/ The new furnace is being put into
the A. &. church this week.
Arthur Cole of Irasburg was
business caller in town the past week
Mrs. H. N. Bates visited her son
. Guy Bates, of Derby Line the pas
/ week.
John Wright visited his parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. J. j. Wright. of Troy tn,
past week.
Miss Kathleen Harris of Newport
visited relatives and friends in tow
the past week.
Miss Emma Glines has gone t.
Waverly, Mass, to make her hom
with her sister.
Mrs. Herman Smith visited he
daughter. Mrs. Arab Wilcox, O
y Orleans the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Drown visitc
their daughter, Mrs Ed. Burt, O
Newport the past week.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Wilcox visite
their daughter. Mrs. Asa Hancock. O
Derby Center the past week.
Mrs. Frank Miller, who has bee
b visiting her daughter, Mrs Retta Ray
E OF Springfield. Mass, has returne
s. home.