Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-06

The baseball game Saturday at Or
leans resulted in a defeat Tor Orleans.
The score was u to s. The boys de-
serve q great deal of credit for even
playing ball. So many of them are
working on farms that they have no
time to practice between games.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Skinner, after
visiting their parents here, left the
first of the week for Pawtucket, r. l.,
their new home, in their automobile.
Miss Ruth Skinner accompanied them
and will attend Wheaton college COM
mencement and visit several class
mates before her return.
James May, who has conducted a
jewelry business for the past few
months in the Wiley block, left town
suddenly May %. It has not been
learned whether he is to return and
conduct the business again or not. 1t
is understood that if he does not re-
turn the store will be opened under a
new management as soon as business
matters can be adjusted.
Registration does not bar enlist
ment after June 9Th and Lieut.. K. s.
Webster of Co. L, 1st Vermont In
fantry will be here to receive enlist
ments the remainder of the week.
The domestic science class of the
grammar school dug dandelions from
the school lawn last week and canned
them Each of the eleven girls in
the class took home one quart for
themselves.
So many students have expressed
the desire to take military training
that it has been necessary to make
two sections. The boys of the grades
and the high school are being drilled
by Mr. Mathews and the girls by Mr..
Seaver.
The girls of the domestic science
class served a series of lunches last
week. Each day one of the girls act
ed as cook, waitress and hostess to
the guests and served a full-course
dinner. This completes the work of
the year for this class.
The students of the high school and
grades met at the Methodist church
May Both and marched with the vet
Grams to take part in the fiag-raising.
They then marched to the cemetery
and took part in the Memorial exer-
cises conducted by the veterans. At
2 p. m. they met at the opera house
and gave the Memorial day exercises,
after which Rev. Smithers delivered
short address.
Special efforts are being made by
the business men of the village to get
subscriptions for Liberty Bonds. On
Wednesday evening a mass meeting
will be held in the opera hall with
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exander Dunnett of ST. Johnsbury as
speakers. Thursday the immediate
vicinity will be divided into districts
and a house-to-house canvass will be
made by the business men. AS Or
leans quota in bonds is $47, 300 every
person in this vicinity is urged to buy
a bond. -
The program for graduation week
follows:
June -Baccalaureate address by
DR.. J. NJ Thomas, Presi-
dent of Middlebury college,
in the opera. house at IL a.
m. ~
June 13-Class day exercises on the
school campus in the after
noon.
Graduation at the opera
hall in the evening.
June 14-Alumni banquet.
June 15-Reception to the graduates
and Junior Prom at the OPP
era hall
Sunday afternoon Robert Roxburgh
of Trenton, p. O., was arrested on the
charge of larceny. 1t seems that
Guy Harris had gone INTO his store
for few minutes and left the door
open. On going In he noticed that
this fellow was hanging around the
store but thought nothing of it until
he looked up from his writing and
saw the man hurriedly leaving the
store with something under his arm.
He followed Roxburgh out, calling to
him to stop, but the fellow kept going
until he reached the mill yard where
he was hurriedly drawing on couple
| pair of trousers when Harris and Mr.
/ Walker reached him. He was then
turned over to Mr.. Beede.
The Woman's Missionary society Oh
the Congregational church met in the
chapel Tuesday afternoon with mem
bers of the Bloomington Missionary
society as guests, Mrs. r. NJ. Wells as
hostess. The chapel was decorated
with plants, flowers and our nationa
colors. The meeting was in keeping
with the true spirit of Registration
day. Program as follows: Song, "Fo1
God and Home and Native Land;" re
port of state w. H. NJ. u at Ran
dolph by Mrs. G. w. Magoon and Mrs
G. J. Gross; Life of DR.. Karmarker,
Mrs. w. j. Joslyn; piano solo, Heller
Beede. Light refreshments wer'
served at the social hour. A full at
tendance at the jubilee mass meeting
at Newport Thursday is esired. Mrs
G. z. Gay gave very entertaining
sketch of the life of Levi Spaulding
the missionary, and showed some in
teresting relics connected with hi
work.
The officers of the Red Cross, Or
leans branch, are: President, Mrs.
B Rowell; vice president, Mrs. c. .