Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-08-08


bury. spent the weekend at the
home of B. A. Durham.
Mrs. s. j. Woodbury. of Boston, has
arrived at the Valley House for the
remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Bertha Harrington anddaugh-
ter of Lyndonville, are visiting rel
atives and friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wedge and Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Sargent, are spending
a vacation at Portland, Me.
Miss Doris Spafford has been as
sisting at the bank during the vaca-
ton of Miss Marie Darling.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Guild and Mr..
and Mrs. Jason Badger, visited at the
Fort Ethan Allen on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Clapper were
at Fort Ethan Allen over Sunday, TO
pay a visit to their son, Henry.
1t was the family of Joseph Gilman
instead of Leon Gilman that has bro
ken up housekeeping, as reported last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Twombly of
Holland, have been visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Kittredge.
Mrs. Fannie Hill of Rock Island, p.
O., has come to spend the remainder
of the summer with her daughter,
Mrs. f. III. Dean.
The town treasurer viii be at the
Valley House, in Orleans, Tuesday,
August 18th, from 9 a. m, to 5 p. M,
to collect town taxes.
Colby Stoddard has been notified
TO attend the meetings of the local
exemption board at Newport, in be-
half of the government.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arab Wilcox and Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Kipp, motored through the
White Mountains, on Sunday.
F. NJ. Andrus has sold his milk
business to his son, Delone Andrus.
The change was made on account of
the poor health of Mr.. Andrus.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Donaldson, Miss
Beatrice Stearns and Leon Turnbul,
are spending a week at the Turn
bull cottage, at Willoughby Lake.
H. NJ. Whiting who incidentally
does a good business carrying bath
ers from here to Crystal Lake, has
built a fine raft there for the use of
bathers.
Chas. Taplin has enlisted in the
ordnance corps of the u. S. army,
expecting to enter the Amos Tuck
school at Dartmouth college, Aug.
| 20, for a six weeks course.
The band concert last Friday even
/ ing, was one of the best given here
this season. Several players from
the Irasburg band joined the local
boys and all gave a fine concert.
Ephraim Neil who lives on the
| George Twombly farm near Brown
ington village, has erected a black
smith shop on the farm. Mr.. Neil
formerly worked for J. B. Winget at
| Orleans.
Hale Mason expects to go this
week to Lisbon to assume his new
duties with the Parker & Young
/ Company. He expects to move to
Lisbon as soon as arrangements can
/ be made.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. French, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Bean and Mr.. and Mrs
Maynard Skinner, were at Beebe, p.
O.; last week to attend the funeral of
/ Mrs. House, who was killed during
the storm of Monday night.
Lynn Sanborn, Maynard Wilkie
and Ray Wells of Fort Ethan Allen,
were home over Sunday. The boys
expect to leave for Charlotte, n. c.,
for more extensive military training
in preparation for their expected trip
to France.
The states attorney and Sheriff
Beede, were on the lookout for Of
Tending autoists at the band concert.
Friday evening. An examination of
the many cars present disclosed the
fact that every owner had at least
made an attempt to comply with the
law regarding headlights and but one
team was noticed without lights
The village trustees are laying a
new cement sidewalk from the ]. B.
Cotton turn to Willoughby River on
East Street, changing the grade of
the street and widening the road bed
! putting IN cement steps to the dwell
ings and making extensive improve
ments. This is a part Of the plan to
have fine street from the village to
the cemetery.