Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
NEWPORT NEWS.

Walter Kipp is home from his school.
Miss Vera Kipp is home from st.
Johnsbury.
Miss Jane Wilson spent the weekend
in Johnson.
H. S. Billings is visiting his brother
at Richford.
Judge Alfred has gone to New York
fol two weeks.
?. 0. Holt is confined to the house
with an attack of grip.
Miss Helen Stewart has gone to Cow
ansvile for the holidays.
Ex.-Gov. and Ms. George Prouty
went to Boston Sunday noon.
Miss Gladys McCauley has returned
to her work at Morrisvile.
James o. C nner of Lowell, Mass, is
guest of Henry Bernard.
Mrs. Newland and daughter, Marion,
are home for the holidays.
Mrs. o. f. Hart has returned from a
three months stay in Boston.
Miss Lois Redmond is home for the
holidays from Lyndon Institute.
Miss Gladys Stetson is home from
Morrisville for the holidays.
Miss Daisy Stevens is home for the
holidays from Kent's Hill, Maine.
Rev. ii. B. Rankin goes this week to
Reading, Penn, to visit his mother.
Mrs. M. L. Elkins has closed her
home and gone to Boston for the win
+ ter.
Mrs. C. H. Green has gone to Green
field, Mass, to visit her son, Harry
Kimball.
Mrs. Fred Magoon and Mrs. Ernest
Cass are spending week with friends
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Goodwin leave on
Christmas day for week g visit in Lit
Teton, N. H.
Note the auction sale of livestock at
the Sessions farm in Coventry printed
in this issue.
Mrs. Clara Buckland and Miss Mary
Buckland were guests of Miss Annie
Crane on Monday.
L. MDowney has moved from the
Lindsay block to Fred Coburn's house,
west Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pinney visited
Mrs. Pinney's mother, Mrs. Bryant, at
Morgan last Sunday.
Miss Grace Morrison of the Frank D.
Flint store was detained at home the
first of the week by illness.
Miss Clara Bailey is home from her
school in Lowell, Mass, to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. M. Bailey.
Herbert Benway of Newport and Miss
Elizabeth Smith of Coaticook were mar
ried at the Baptist parsonage on Mon
day, Dec. 20.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey Conley of
Boston called on friends in town re-
Gently, en- route to their home in Sher-
brooke to spend the holidays.
Arthur H. Pelkey and wife of Hard
wick were in town to attend the funeral
Of Mrs. Edmond Pelkey.
On Friday, Dec 81, A. j. Geer will
hold an auction at his Lake Road farm.
See the adv't in this paper.
St. Marks Sunday school will have
their annual Xmas tree and entertain
ment at Odd Fellows hall, Tuesday
evening, Dec. 28th.
Miss Sarah MacDougall and Miss Syl-
via Weyl, who have been spending the
summer at Allendale FaIm, returned to
their home in New York last night.
Mrs. Albert Pelkey returned Sunday
from a three weeks stay in st. Johns
bury hospital, DR.. Provost, the attend
ing surgeon, pronouncing hers a very
serious operation.
C. N. Brady leaves for Washington
tonight to resume his duties after a
protracted leave Of absence of five
months Mr.. Brady expects to be de-
tailed to juneau, Alaska.
Mrs. Kate HoIbrook and son, Roland,
of Middlebury ae visiting Mrs. Stew
art for two weeks. Stewart Holbrook
of WoodsviIIe is expected Saturday to
spend Christmas with them.
Carroll Human of Derby and Miss
Blanche Griffin of Newport were mar
ried Saturday night at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. c. w. Kelley, and
are spending their honeymoon in Boston.
The Memphremagog Driving Club
held a meeting at Hotel Raymond Fri
day evening, the 18th inst, for election
Of officers and to make arrangements
for matinee races to be held this winter
DR.. j. H. Games was elected pres, H.
l.. Doyle, vice pres, II. B. Stewart,
treas, and F. j. Barnard sec'y. 1t
was voted to hold a race meeting on
MONDAY, the 9th, providing the track
is ready, and on New Years day, Jan.
|, 1916, and each Saturday afternoon at
1870 p, m. during the winter. Now let
all lovers of good horse flesh turn out
and witness some real good northern
Vermont horse racing Every Saturday
afternoon during the winter, attend
the matinee races.