Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-10-10
WEST BURKE

Mrs. Myrtle Hall was quite i'll last
week.
Mrs. Earl Reed has been visiting in
North Troy.
Mrs. Betsey Clough is visiting rela-
tives in Sutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mears were in
Newport over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Marshall are
visiting in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Susan Walter visited friends
in ST. Johnsbury last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Howard took an
auto trip to Piermont last week.
Mrs. W. w. Gallagher spent Sun
day with friends in Newport recently.
Mrs. M. M. Coe was confined to the
house by a severe cold the last of the
week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. H.
A. Fowler of Charlestown, N. H., on
Oct. I'd.
DR.. and Mrs. D. S. Atwood of st.
] Johnsbury spent Sunday at L. C.
! Roundy's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Wa
terbury, Conn, have been visiting rel
atives in town.
DIN Allard is sick, but is about the
house and gets out some, when the
weather permits.
Mr. and Mrs. Will King of Concord,
| N. H, have been spending few days
at Riley Roundy's.
Mrs. Gadupee of Derby Line has
| been spending several weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Harris Colby.
Several students from West Burke
attended the Freshman reception at
Lyndon institute Friday evening.
The W. F. M. S. will meet with
Mrs. Mary Wallace Friday afternoon
Mrs. Myrtle Hall will be the leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al White and daugh-
ter Daisy, of Newport visited at H.
c. Colby's the latter part of the week.
Mrs. c.. H. Coburn, who is assembly
warden of the D. Of W., went to
Hardwick on Wednesday of last week
to visit that lodge.
Mrs. Adele Schulman and two lit
tie sons, who have been spending the
summer here, returned to their home
in New York City last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Montgomery
have gone to Florida for the winter.
They travelled by auto and plan to
make the trip in eleven days.
Mrs. Kate Fowle is visiting her son,
Albert, in Brooklyn, N. Y, and her
sister, Miss Bemis, is staying with
friends in Newark during her alb
sence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith of
North Hatley, P. O., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Straw of Worcester and
Denton Daymon of Island Pond, visit
ed at Williom Gallagher's recently.
I Chas. R. Taggart, "The Man from
Vermont" will give one of his very
enjoyable entertainments here on the
evening of Friday, Oct. 18th. He
comes under the auspices of the Boy
Scouts, and those who find their way
to the G. A. R. hall on that. evening
will be sure to have good time.
RALPH E. SMITH.
The news of the sudden death OF
Ralph E. Smith of Boston, which took
place at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Smith of Burke, or
Wednesday, Oct. Sd, was a great
shock to MS many friends mere, anC
elsewhere. He came home several
weeks ago, suffering from neuritis
and very serious throat trouble, anC
had been under a physicians care ev-
er since; but though. the case seemed
very unusual one, no one dreamed
that it was as serious as it really was
or that the end was so near.
Ralph was the eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Smith, and was borr
in Newark, Dec. 18th, 1887. He was
educated in the public schools OF
Burke, and later took a course at AL
bany business college in Albany. N
Y. At one time he was a popular
clerk in the w. w. Coe store in this
village, but went to Boston when
about twenty, where he has beer