Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-06-02

Miss Roxie George of Georgeville,
P. O., visited friends in town several
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Scott have
returned from a weeks visit with
friends at Waterville, P. Q.
Homer Thrasher left Thursday night
for Detroit to visit his son. He ex-
poets to return about June 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Leland Green of
Randolph were recent guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hum
phrey.
| Mrs. L. M. Downer and daughter,
Viva Nan, went Sunday night to Day.
ton, Me-, to remain two or three
| months.
Arthur Young and bride of Lebanon,
N. H., have been stopping at Newport
House few days and visiting friends
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Lynch returned
Sunday night from two weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs Townsend. in
Montreal.
Mrs. L. H. McIver and daughter
went to Plymouth, N. H., Friday for q
few weeks visit with her mother,
Mrs. Davis.
Most of our stores were closed Mon
day, the 31st, out of respect to the G.
A. R., who observed that day as
Memorial day.
i E. J. Prouty has had a landscape
gardener from Boston ornamenting the
lawns, surrounding his home with
| shrubbery and plants.
Perkins A. Green of Morrisville
visited relatives and looked after bust
ness interests several days last week,
returning home Saturday.
The railroad company has a gang Of
men at work on the steamer, "Lady of
i the Lake" to put her in proper condi-
ton for the summer travel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hamilton and
son of ST. Johnsbury and P J. Hamil-
ton of Woodstock were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Hamilton Sunday.
Clarence R. Kelley and Miss Rachel
E. Martin, both of Sherbrooke, were
married at the M. E. parsonage. We'd
nesday. May 26, by Rev. C. w. Kelley.
Mrs. Smith, who has been with her
daughter, Mrs. II. E. Drown. during
the past winter, went to Barton Friday
to live with daughters there during the
summer.
Rev. W. J. Atkinson of Derry,
N. H., called on former friends
Friday and conducted Sunday school
workers conference at the M. E..
church Friday evening.
Mrs. F. A SWEET and Miss Phillippa
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to stop several days with their parents.
Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Josceyln. Mr..
SWEET spent Sunday and Monday with
them.
Mrs. Carrie Smith submitted to a very
serious operation in Brightlook hospi-
7 tai, st. Johnsbury. on Tuesday of last
week. She is now gaining and her
many friends wish her a speedy
recovery.
W. G. Lindsay has purchased of II.
w. Silsby the Silsby garage in West
Derby. l.. Brandon. who has been in
charge of the work for Mr.. Silsby,
will remain with the business in Mr..
f Lindsay's employ.
j w. L. and F. II. Coburn have com
menced to thoroughly repair the house
s recently purchased of S. E. Keith. B.
: S. Curtis has a gang of men digging e
cellar and putting in a cement wal
under the entire house.
: Miss Mae Wiley of St. Johnsbury
has been engaged to teach the second
grade in the Newport graded school,
for next year. Miss Wiley is a grad
u uate Of St. Johnsbury academy anC
8 Johnson Normal school.
y Beginning May 31st, H. w. Silsb,
& will run a Jitney between Newport t.
81 Island Pond. He has advertised to ru1
twice daily. leaving Newport at 7 a
q m. and 1.30 p. m. This ought to be
q paying proposition and a convenien
u one to the public.
u Mrs. E. F. Hobson has been il
a Morrisville the past two weeks VISITING
& a sister and to be with her daughter
u Miss Lucille, who graduated from tn,
a academy there today "wednesday
81 Mr.. Hobson went Saturday to remain
D through the graduation exercises.
n Chas. Taggart (otherwise known a.
n the Man from Vermont will be tn,
3 entertainer at the assembly room of tn,
y M. E. church under the direction of tn
8 Epworth League Friday evening. Jun
8 4th. Mr.. Taggar is an impersonato
u of no mean ability, and is sure t.
"a please.
Il Louise Spear of the eighth grad
u and Thelma Young of the seventl
g grade have received final certificate
u in Palmer writing, Donald Akin an,
q Ruth Buck have received progress pin
d and several others received Paine
81 pins for meritorious work.
In the recent contest conducted b.
81 the Boston Sunday Herald and tn
d Boston Traveller, Miss Frances HamiI
ii ton of Richford was chosen as the cir
E1 from Vermont to go on the transconti
81 mental trip. Miss Hamilton left Sun
"a day night. The trip, including visi
e to the two exposit tons now being he'll
h in California. was offered to the fv
prettiest girls in northern New Eng
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