Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-12
BARTON LOCAL NOTES

BARTON LOCAL NOTES
F. w. Cutting was in New York
City on business last week.
H. W. Carter has returned from
several days stay in Boston.
Mrs. E. K. Gray of Derby is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. A. S. Redfield.
The Womans Literary club meets
with Miss Marion Currier this eve
ming.
Earl Fisk and Maurice Leland went
to Burlington Monday to enlist in the
navy.
Pliny H. Wright Of Kaska, N. D.,
first of the week.
R. NJ Gilmour has added S. to the
Y. VI. G. A. gifts from Barton, thus
making total of $765.15.
Mrs. Moody and little daughter of
Newport was the guest of Mrs. Eva
Morse the first Of the week.
A. w. Buswell and family spent
Saturday and Sunday at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hobson.
H. J. McCafrey and Mrs. J. J.
Neagle Of Lyndonville were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gotta.
There will be a special convocation
Of Orleans Lodge No SIS F. & A. NJ.
Friday evening. The F. c. degree
will be eXenplified.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio' French, who
have spent several weeks with their
father, A. T. French, have returned
to their home in Bridgeport, Conn.
There will be a Red Cross card
party at the club room on Thursday
awarded the person having the high
est score.
Mrs. E. w. Barron and Mrs. F. F.
Sawyer will entertain the Ladies'
society Of the Congregational church
at the home Of Mrs. Barron Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Alden Twiss and two children
returned Monday from Oxford, N. H,
where they have been spending two
weeks with relatives.
Mrs. Sherman Rowland Of West
Burke underwent an operation at the
Sunshine sanitarium last week and is
doing as we'll as could be expected.
A. P. Underwood, local manager Of
the Peerless factory, was in Newport,
N. H., the first of the week on busi-
ness connected with the Peerless COM
pany.
Mrs. Nelson Lewis returned to her
home in Northampton, Mass, Thurs
day night after two weeks visit with
friends here. Her son, Dean, has re-
ceived his call to service as a wire
less operator.
F. D. Pierce, J. F. Batchelder and
George Reed were summoned to
Greensboro Bend Monday as jurors in
a law suit in which Attorney F. D.
Thompson appeared on one side and
Municipal Judge w. M. Wright pre-
sided.
With all our calls for war work re-
lief let US not forget our own needy
children. The Spugs have done some
thing for them in years past and are
ready to do SO again: Therefore pay
your 1Oc membership dues to Mrs. G.
A. Barrows at once and help our own
home folks.
Barton stores are taking on a holi-
day appearance that causes the chill
dren to stare and the grown-ups to
stop and give attention. Some of our
merchants are using advertising
space in the Monitor columns to in
vite you to their stores for your holi-
day purchases.
Vermont has experienced another
week of severe winter weather.
More snow has fallen and thermome-
ters have hung around the zero mark
and below while there has been con-
siderable wind. The lake has COM
pletely frozen over fully two weeks
earlier than the average. This morn
ing the mercury registered 80 below
The Afternoon Study club met with
Mrs. J. F. Batchelder on the after
noon of Dec. 9th. Twenty-Five men,
bers responded at roll call, which was
suggestions for Christmas gifts. Mrs.
Susan Currier gave paper on
"Christmas Customs and Pleasures"
Reading, "Short Items about Christ
mas" and poem, "Peace over Earth
Again." by Edwin Markham, Miss
Mary Wheeler. Music for the meet
ing was given on a Victrola. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. Pierce
Dec. Goth. There will be no Christ
mas tree, but a program will be pre-
pared for the meeting.
At the regular meeting of Crystal
Lake Grange Dec. 7, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Master, W. S. May; overseer,
Alden TwisS lecturer, Mrs. Stella
Goodro; steward, B. j. Jenness; as
sistant steward, R. F. Mason; chap