Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-01-28
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.
ROBERT H.. CLEMENT, Local
NEWPORT CENTER

NEWPORT CENTER
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Place of Jay were
callers in town the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Brooks of Coven-
try were callers in town last week.
Miss Ella Tute, who has been work.
ing in Nashua. N. H.. is at home on
vacation.
The little daughter of Herman
Sheldon is very sick with bronchial
pneumonia.
Charles Bennett of Derby Line
attended the midwinter convention here
the past week.
Mrs. Warren Searles went Wednes-
day to Brightlook hospital at St.
Johnsbury for treatment.
Special revival services will be held
IN the A. G. church this week by Ed.
William Osgood of Holland.
Mrs. Chas. Wilcox went Saturday to
the Brightlook hospital to see her
daughter, Mrs. Warren Searles.
Those from out Of town to attend
the midwinter convention which was
held in the A. G. church the past week
are as follows: ED. A. II: Kearney
from Danville, P. O., ED G. w.
Walden from Fitch Bay, Ed. Ames
of Holland, Ed. Sam clark from
Holland, Ed. and Mrs. L. E. Peabody
of St. Johnsbury, Ed. Clark Duval of
Newbury. Ed. and Mrs. J. E. Larry
from Beebe Plain, Ed. John Wright
of ST. Johnsbury. Ed. VIM. Osgood of
Holland. Ed. Harold Patch of Scotch
Town. P. O., Ed. Briggs of Fulford.
P. O., Ed. Charles Mcclure of Derby.
DERBY
Mr.. King was in town recently in
the interests of the Mirror and Farmer.
Our thaw on Saturday caught cold
before Sunday morning, to everybody's
delight.
| Miss Mildred Heath of Woodsville
was in town recently calling on
friends.
Peter and Ben Bodette are building
barn on the lot across the road from
their house.
B. H. Richie is in Hanover, N. H.,
working. Mrs. Richie was in that
place over Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Blanchard visited Mrs.
Arthur Utin in Coventry last week.
Mrs. Utin is in very poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aldrich OF
Island Pond visited his sister. Mrs.
Ashley Johnson. Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. McVety of Leeds, Que, is the
guest of his daughters. Mrs. Mary
Campbell and Misses Agnes and Annie
McVety.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Wright and son.
Mark Luther. of Coventry were ir
town Saturday and Sunday visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Magoon Of
Stratford, N. H., are spending a few
days with his sister, Mrs. w. B
} Holbrook, before going South on ;
trip.
Kenneth Drown and Dawson Davi.
of Keene, N. H., are in town visitine
their parents. Harold Hall of Bosto1
J is in town at the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Hall.
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, after the meet
ing of the Clyde River grange there
will be box social open for thu
public. Let each lady bring a boz
filled with enough for two. Coffee
will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Canning of Eas
Charleston, who are stopping with he
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Fellows
are quite sick at this writing. Perc,
Fellows. who has been quite sick, il
able to be out.
EAST COVENTRY
A large number of parents ant
visitors were present at the NortI
Neighborhood schoolhouse THURSDAY
) evening to attend and take part in tn,
! district spelling contest The program
opened with rhetorical exercises b,
the children interspersed with must
by the photograph. Allie Wright AM
Ethel GLADDEN.. then captained tw
teams for the first contest of the ever:
ing, in which contest Mr.. Wright
team had the advantage. This wa
followed by the real match of thu
evening, participated in by the bes
r of both teams. The photographic
ability of the GLADDEN. family was the
most decidedly shown, for the thre
j persons standing longest were Mrs
), GLADDEN. and the Misses Ethel an
Lora GLADDEN.. whence all but the
had fed After little. Miss Lor
4 was compelled to bow to her mothe
2 and older sister. and then the contes
i waxed warm between Mrs. Glade
u and Miss Ethel. However, schoe
mistress experience enabled the your
d ger generation to triumph and Mrs
k GLADDEN. left the scene of contest an
s Miss Ethel sailed along triumphant
J. alone for some time till at length sh
f too, acknowledged defeat and tn
d contest came to close. Look out fo
n the GLADDEN. family in the town contes
t. on Feb. 10th in the town hail.
- ard Mrs. Jennie Wells. chaplain; A