Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-10-18
NEWPORT

NEWPORT
The B. & M. R. R. yard office is be-
ing enlarged by a 15x18-foot addition.
Fred Coburn has built retaining
wall preparatory to regarding his
yard.
Miss Pearl. Powers has closed her
labors at the Passumpsic Telephone
Office.
DR.. H.F. Hamilton was in Hartford,
Conn, last week attending dental
convention.
George Smith has moved into the
Brooks house recently vacated by
G. E. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A Aubin have
been visiting friends in ST. Johnsbury
for few days.
R. E. Deuel. and L. A. Hazen are in
Springfield, Mass, attending the Ma
tional Dairy show.
H. B. Stewart has begun repairs on
the Drew block, which was damaged
in the recent fire.
Mrs. Ed. P. Burt is assisting in F.
D. Flint's store in the garment fitting
room for short time.
George Smith has accepted pc.
sition in the Office Of the Davis Coal
and Transfer company.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. L. M. Bugbee re-
Gently visited Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.
Taylor, at Beecher Falls.
Miss Pearl Powers was given a
linen shower byher young lady friends
Wednesday evening of last week.
Mrs. Gerald Leavitt returned Sun
day from ST. Johnsbury, where she
recently submitted to an operation.
Mrs. Jennie Tenney entertained as
guests last week her twin brother,
Fayette Bowman, and Mrs. Bowman.
Mrs. L. NJ. Downing and daughter,
Vieva Nan, left Monday for Dayton,
Me-, expecting to be absent month.
The three churches united Sunday
evening for a union meeting at the
Premier theatre to hear Miss Sessions
on "Kurn Hattin Home"
Mrs. F. P. Knox of Epping, N. H.,
H R. Wellman of Boston and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. 3. Smith of Orleans, visited
Saturday at L. B. Wellman's.
Mrs. Edna Davis and Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Whittemore of Plymouth,
N. H., have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
L. II. McIver for few days.
About twenty-five from here at
tended the district meeting of the En-
Thursday night at Island Pond.
Roy Meacham has sold his farm
near Georgeville, Que, and moved to
Newport where he has a position in
the True & Blanchard Co. store.
w. W. Blodgett is making various
changes and improvements to his home
on Third street, one being the con-
struction of fireplace and chimney.
N. V. Jones has closed his meat
market and left Monday morning for
Montreal, where he will enter the en-
ploy of the Dominion Express COM
pany.
Mrs. W. H. Human is expected
| Texas, where she has been for the past
| five weeks caring for a typhoid fever
patient.
A fine account of the Memphrema-
cog Grange fair was received by the
Monitor for this issue but with floods
of copy unused this week the article
is omitted.
George J. Eaton, agent of the
American Express company here, is
on two weeks leave. His duties are
being looked after by L. J. Donneley
of Bethlehem, N. H.
Miss Gertrude Colburn is enjoying
a vacation from her duties as steno.
grapher at the B. & M. railroad office
Her place is filled by Miss Waiver
Pierce of Stanstead, P. @.
Mrs. Josie Cutting returned recent
ly from Ventura, Cal, and is stop
ping with her son, Charles Cutting
in West Derby, also visiting a brother
Leroy Scott, in Newport.
Charles Shepard, former engineer
on the Lady of the Lake, but late O.
the "Mt. Washington" on Whine
pesaukee in New Hampshire, was il
town few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Spaulding an,
daughter, Miss Claudia, will spend tn
winter in California. They left las
week for Massachusetts, to visi
friends before starting for the West
Mrs. Sally Flint and daughter start
ed Saturday for Fort Riley, Kansas