Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-07-02
NEWPORT

Walter Mitchell has arrived for the
summer.
Mrs. VIM. Rediker of Georgeville
visited at John Enos's last week.
Rev. L. A. Edwards leaves this week
for Cape Chatte, P. O., to spend his
vacation.
w. B. Bullock and family began
tenting for the summer at Knowlton's
Bluff last week.
The Newport End baseball team lost
to Island Pond in their game here
Saturday afternoon.
George Wilder was called to Water
town, Conn.,, last week by the serious
illness of his father.
Mrs. Kate Holbrook and sons have
returned from Winnipeg, Man., where
they spent the winter
The boy choir of st. Andrews church,
ST. Johnsbury, sang at the morning
service of St. Marks church.
Bert Bolton, a guest of Ernest
CasS, broke an arm while cranking
Mr.Cass' automobile one day recently.
Thaddeus Wilcox bought H. T..
Robbins's smallest cottage at Knowl-
toms Bluff, at the auction last We'd
nesday.
Rev. Peter Black of st. Johnsbury
preached in the Methodist church Sun
day morning in exchange with Rev. R.
N. Joscelyn.
J. R. Aiken and family returned last
week Tuesday from an automobile trip
to Bingham, Me-, where M. D. Skin
F.. ner is located.
Miss Shirley Hall of Holland was a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moore
over Sunday. Miss Hall enters the
summer school at Johnson this week.
H. S. Wells returned last week from
his extended Northwestern trip and
speaks very enthusiastically of the
great crop possibilities of that country
L. A. Drew will soon close his ser.
vices with Lane & Dwinell and start ir
the mercantile business in the Bigelow
block, having bought the art stock OF
A. A. Bishop, which he will close ou1
and restock with ladies' eady-to-wea1
garments.
Earl w. Peckham of Providence, R.
l.. who for the past four years has
been principal of the ST. Adams high
school and who recently resigned thai
position, has been appointed from {
field of 70 candidates to the principal
ship of Newport high school.
The alarm from box Sc at two O'CLOCK
Thursday morning was for a fire ir
Lucius Welcomes house in Batesville
I y1,hi oh Il
strong south wind and the three hose
companies had hard fight to keep the
fire from spreading to other buildings
Miss Mamie Leavitt, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Hiram Leavitt Of
Summer street, was married to George
l.. Curtis of Lyndonville, June Fl, by
Rev. L. A. Edwards. They will reside
in Lyndonville, where Mr.. Curtis has {
position as assistant paymaster for the
Boston & Maine railroad
Charles L. Drown met with BAG
accident the first of last week with hi:
automobile. While turning out to avoif
hitting a broken limb overhanging the
highway, the machine ran into tn.
tree at medium speed, badly SMASHING
body of the Ford and breaking one Of
Mrs. browns wrists as she threw u,
her arm to avoid the limb. Neithe
} Harold Drown nor his father were in
jured. The Ford's engine was bu
little damaged. Mr.. Drown bough
, the automobile last April.
At the vestry meeting of the Epis
: copal church Thursday evening tn
3 members voted to ratify the action O
the Diocesan convention in changin,
] the mission to parish. A very com
] prehensive report of the convention
+ was given by Delegates Slater an
Burgess. Messrs. G.. V. Slater an
:, Edward Byers were elected to tn
u board of vestrymer, making total O
;. seven MEMBERSHIP other five bein
}. chosen at former meeting of tn
church. The society are fortunate
h being able to retain Rev. ]. P. M,
q Cullough as rector for another year.