The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-07-09

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man Of New York, arrived in towr
last week and are located Of Miss NJ
X. GrAy's for the season.
c. w. Weeks Of Fort Madison, la.
is q guest Of his mother, Mrs. VIM
Weeks Of Main street. Mr.. Weeks
will be in town about ten days.
Several Of our younger members o.
the summer colony took advantage Of
the moonlight Sunday evening b!
holding a picnic at "Hagar" brook.
The Barrows House family eelebrat
ed the Fourth by picnic on Barrows
Hill. and in the evening there wal
quite a fine display Of fireworks.
DR.. d. w. Houston Of Troy, N. Y.
spent the week end with his family
who are located for the summer at the
home Of ]. II. Sheldon Of Church
street.
Miss Phoebe Paddock, who has beer
teaching the past year at Marshheld
in the north part Of the state, is al
her home in the Hollow" for her
vacation.
Miss Chaplin, who has been spending
some time at "Cerenda" the guest OF
Mrs. S. S. Pratt and her daughter
Mrs. Herbert McTighe, returned Tues
day to her home in Brooklyn.
Several of the progressive ladies OF
this village started cleanup cam
paign on the village greens Wednes-
day morning, and they are meeting
with good success.
Perry Peltier and Ernest Manley
took in the motorcycle races at Sara
toga, N. Y, last Saturday. They re-
port a fine trip and the roads in very
good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Campbell enter
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Sheldon
of North Main street Mr.. Kalkhofi
and Mis- Kalkhoff of Brooklyn, N. Y.
at supper Tuesday evening.
Mrs. A. Titus Coan and son of AL
bion, N. Y, spent two days in town
this week visiting relatives and
friends. While here they were the
guests of Mrs. A. B. Cheney Of Church
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Legs OF
New York, were in Dorset two after
moons last week calling on friends
They drove up from the Equinox
House where they were stopping for q
few days.
Jordan Green and wife of Newark
N. j., were supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Crane last Saturday.
Mr.. Green was the architect of our
church of which Dorset is justly
proud.
Miss Ruth Cobb of Passaic, N. j., is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fisher of South Main
street. Miss Cobb stopped over on
her way to her former home in Bur-
lington.
The following were entertained over
the Fourth by Miss Barrows at the
Barrows House: Miss Matte Bates
Miss Ora Barnes, Miss Georgiana
Wells, and Mr.. Frank Wells of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y.
The Fourth, in this village, passed
off very quietly, and were it not for
the occasional pop of torpedo or fire
cracker and the numerous flags dis
played, one would hardly have known
that it was holiday.
E. H. Hudson and daughter of New
York, arrived at the Holley home on
Main street last week. Mr.. Hudson
returned to New York Sunday even
ing. Miss Lorraine will remain with
her aunt for the summer.
Thursday evening, the 10th, the an
nual entertainment of the Dorset Pub
lie Library will be he'd In the base
ment of the church. An old fashioned
spelling bee will be held and it prom
Uses lots of fun to the audience.
Thirty-two Of the West road resi-
dents held picnic on the Fourth
which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.