Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-11
WEST CHARLESTON

Arthur horn - working Tor john
Foster.
Elmer Powers is working for Mr.
Beerworth.
Mrs. Gibney and baby are at Eu-
gene Clarke's.
Mrs. Farr is doing sewing for Mrs.
Fred Hamblet.
Mrs. Frances Lyon has had tele-
phone Installed.
Miss Mae Hastings has returned to
Lyndon Institute.
William Flood of Island Pond has
been in town lately.
G. W. Brown was i'll over Sunday
with a bilious attack.
Chester Eastman has bought Mrs.
L. ]. Seavey's place.
Mrs. N. c. Eastman is now able to
attend to her own housework.
George Cummings and son, Joey,
are carrying on A. II, kidder's sugar
place.
CLYDE Durgin has new milking
machine installed by Mr.. Scott of
Newport.
Lyle Rice was i'll the past week.
His brother, Merrick, has been i'll, but
is now out of doors.
Roland Hastings of Derby has been
here to visit his uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. N. c. Eastman.
Miss Maude Davis of Derby has
been visiting at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Eugene Clarke.
Miss Helen Franklin of Newbury
has returned to teach in the grammar
room at the village school.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Kidder and Miss
Ella Alton are gaining although Mrs.
Kidder is still confined TO her bed.
Mrs. Leon Adams of Lisbon, N. H,
visited at the home of her brother,
Herbert Badger, part of last week.
Mrs. Charles Niles and daughter,
Miss Frances Goodale, were IN New
port on business one day last week.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer and family were
IN Salem-Derby part of last week be-
cause of the illness Of Mrs. Hannah
1 Griffin.
The Easter exercises at the Congre-
gational church Sunday evening were
very good, the children doing especial
" well.
Harold. Hayes of West Derby has
been visiting his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hayes and his broth
er, Willie.
Mrs. Madge Pickel and son, Wins
low, of West Derby visited at Lewis
Nye's, Fred Parlin's and E. NJ. Pick
els part of last week.
Mrs. Stanton Hitchcock, who has
| been working for her niece, Mrs.
Wright Kendall, returned to her home
in West Derby Saturday.
Holton & Weymouth are making
changes in the arrangement of the in
/ terror of their store which add to the
/ appearance. They are also installing
an Innovation American soda foun-
/ tain.
Mrs. Bert Bailey is able to look af-
/ ter her own houseWork now. She is
very appreciative of the postcard
! shower she recently received and for
! the many kindnesses shown her all
| through her long illness.
The Easter exercises at the Bap-
I fist church were very good. The choir
3
/ school session two boys were present
| ed with diplomas as they graduated to
/ a higher class. Miss Stella Dane gave
her class Of boys each pretty Easter
/ remembrance.
Mrs. II. E. Hill received a nice
/ Easter box from her daughter, Mrs.
/ George Gatchell, of Bennington In
| it was food, fruit and flowers. Mrs.
/ Hill also received an Easter postcard
shower from her many friends here.
For all these tokens of friendship she
is very appreciative.
MRS LUCINA PARSONS PARLIN.
On April 8 the oldest person in this
| town died, In the person of Mrs. Lu-
! Gina Parlin, mother of Fred and Miss
Lizzie Parlin of this village. She
was born Oct. 8, 1924 in Bloomington,
one of nine children born to Leonard
and Nancy (Norris) Pierce. She was
educated at the Bloomington academy
and boarded at the Old Stone House.
For many years she was a successful
school teacher. In those days the
| ssboarded around" On July IA, 1852,
she married Daniel o. Parlin of this
| place. At first they boarded at the
| hotel which was where VIII Hildreth
now lives. Next Mr.. Parlin built the
house where Clifton Barrup now lives.
| He was Industrious enough to get it
far enough along In three days so
/ they moved IN, Mrs. Parlin said for
several nights she was able to lie in
bed and see the stars. From here
! they went TO Bloomington. While
there FIVE children were born TO them.
OF these son was buried on his 18th
birthday and little girl Of six years
/ died Both died Of scarlet fever. Bert
grew 70 manhood and was a success
I ful engineer. He persisted of the
Florida coast during tidal wave In
/ 1906. Fred and Lizzie are now the
sole survivors Of the family as the IA
tner died ten years ago.
Nr. and Mrs. Parlin came back TO
Charleston about so years ago. Late