Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-05
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.

meeting following the summer recess
Tuesday evening, Sept. 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil ". Slater have
returned to their home in Montgom-
cry, having spent their vacation at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. Burgess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bancroft en-
tertained G. III. Cheney and family of
South Manchester, Conn, Saturday.
The party were enroute to the White
Mts.
The traffic officer has been very
alert the past week and several often
ders have found their way to the
courts to explain their violations of
the law.
z. B. Bowley has rented his farm
to Leon Wyman who took possession
September I. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowley
will occupy A. G. CIark's cottage for
few months.
Mrs. Hugh Davis returned Monday
stopping with her husband, who is
company cook The troops left Fort
Ethan Allen Monday.
Miss Mildred Joslyn and Miss Ere
da Carr went Monday to Fayston,
where they are to teach school the
coming year Mr.. and Hrs. E. j..
Joslyn accompanied them by auto.
Harlow Drown, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles LDrown, and Miss Myrtle
BalIou of Uxbridge, Mass, were mar
ried Aug. 18th and have been spend
ing their honeymoon at the Billings
cottage, "Kamp Kill Kare."
Owing to a number of the members
of the band assisting the Sherbrooke
band during the fair there was no
concert last week. The concert this
week will be held Thursday night at
the Red Cross Tea and Rest rooms.
MissGrace Norris has resigned her
position in the Orleans Trust COM
pany and has accepted an appoint
ment in the u. S. immigration office
in Montreal. Miss Lapierre has been
engaged by the Orleans Trust COM
pany.
Miss Mabel Gates, former teacher
in the Newport kindergarten, has re-
turned to her home in New Jersey
after spending some time with Mrs.
D. W. Hildreth at Willoughby lake,
and as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Abbott.
William Roby, aged 27, who has
been i'll from the effects of being run
over by a hand car on the B. & M.
railroad few years ago, died at the
home of his mother on Coventry
street Saturday. The funeral was
held at the Catholic church Tuesday.
An appeal is made by the American
Library association through the Good
rich Memorial library for books and
magazines not over two years old for
use of the soldiers at the various
camps in the reading rooms provided
by the Y. M. C. A., and K. of G. Books
of interest with magazines may be
left any week day between the hours
of 1 and 8 p. m. at the Goodrich Ii
brary and will be forwarded to head
quarters for distribution.
Miss Ruth Martin was pleasantly
reminded of her sixteenth birthday
Saturday evening by eleven of hel
young friends who had met at the
home of her father, J.. Ell. Martin
while Miss Ruth was down street or
an errand. The evening was pleas
antly spent with games, followed by
refreshments. While seated at the
table, Justin Curtis, for those present
presented MissRuth with a nice wal
let as token of remembrance anc
friendship.
The arrival of the large concrete
mixer enables speedier laying of the
cement street, yet the work is pro
crossing very slowly as viewed By
those who have to travel over the
rough and much neglected portion OF
! the street awaiting reconstruction
We expect the splendid street wher
completed will be well worth our wor-
ry and Inconvenience, and a credit tt
the efforts of the trustees who are
giving much of their time to pushing
the work as much as possible.