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

Mrs. III. Schoolcraft and three
dauchters. who have been visiting
her mother, Mrs. +. 9. Buck. for >
few days, returned Monday to Spring
field. Mass.
Rev. II. e. Rankin was in Burling-
ton and Westminster last week. re-
turning Friday, accompanied by Mrs
Rankin, who has been spending the
winter with her mother, IN Norwich,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Scott returned
home. Tuesday. Mr.. Scott has been
spending the winter with daughter,
in Ventura, Cal, and Mrs. Scott with
a daughter, Mrs Melvin Willis, IN
Barton.
Miss Myra Hammond, for several
wears chief bookkeeper of the Pas
sumpsic Telephone company, left
Saturday TO accept 3 more lucrative
position for the Bell Telephone COM
pany at Worcester, Mass.
Schools opened here Tuesday, ow-
ing TO the illness OF Principal Wat
son. Asst. s. W. Miles viii be in
charge and It Is expected Miss Mar
ion Dane viii serve as assistant
teacher for the spring term.
The Y. N. l. C. are expressing
their patriotism by causing 3 flag
staff to be erected and furnishing a
flag to float therefrom. The pole is
now being prepared and viii be placed
in the common near the cannon.
Easter Sunday was appropriately
observed at the Congregational
church by the rendering of beautiful
cantata entitled, The Greatest Love +"
The leading parts were carried by the
soIoiStS, Miss Glaribel SomerS, Mrs J..
E. NcCarten, o. s. Searles, Henry
Smith and DR. II. F. Hamilton. Sup
porting these there was chorus Of 90
voices. Great credit is due the pas
tor, Rev. L. A. Edwards, under whose
direction the cantata was given and
70 the organlst, Mrs. f. r. Wright.
The Epworth League of the NJ. E.
church met Friday evening and elect
ed the following officers for the COM
ing year: President, Miss Ruth Mar
tin; 1st vice presidents, Nelma Lance
and Harry Hunter; I'd vice president,
Maurice Clark; Sd vice presidents,
Crawford Lance and Gladys Drown;
18th vice presidents, Jennie Curtis and
Dorothy Drew, Justin Curtis. Jay
Carr; secretary, Bertha True; assis-
tant secretary, Wesley Joslyn; treas
urer, Edmund Richard; organist, Ruth
Hammond; assistant organist, Maur-
ice Clark After the election ''pov-
critic Soshiable" was held. Refresh
ments Of sugar on snow were served.
The two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. Lemere, who reside IN the
Lake road N the A J. Bailey house,
met with misfortune Monday morn
ing. It appears that the child was
sitting IN a chair IN the kitchen and
Mrs. Lemere Went to the bedroom to
get the child's clothes TO dress him
and heard the child scream and re-
turning TO the room met the child,
the blood running down his face. The
child had bad cut under one eye,
and the eyeban punctured. 1t is
thought the child fell onto the wash
ing machine DR.. LOnge was called
and temporarily dressed the wound.
Dir. Lemere went to St. Johnsbury on
the airline train, expecting that the
eye would have TO be removed.
The contest between the classes of
the II. E. Sunday school, which has
been going on for several months, re-
suited IN victory for the Sunshine
Scatterers," 2 class of boys taught by
Mrs. Robert Porter. According TO the
terms OF the contest a banquet was
given at which they held the place of
honor and while the defeated classes
ate fish chowder, they partook of
roast turkey, which was furnished by
the Brotherhood class. At the table
with the victorious class and their
teacher, as special guests were Supt.
and Mrs. A. c. Clark and Miss Helen
Stewart, assistant teacher of the class.
Mr.. Clark, acting as POSTMASTER,
called upon the following named per
sons, who responded in pleasing
manner: Mrs. Robert Porter. Mrs.
B. f Moore, William Lawson, DR.. l.
III. McIver, Mrs. E l. Richard. and
Rev. H. W. Hunter. The music of the
evening was a piano duet by Jennie
Curtis and Gertrude Harris and a
vocal solo by Mrs. A. c. Clark, ac-
eompanied by her son, Maurice.
EAST CHARLESTOH
Mrs. J. B. Buck is spending a few
days IN Montpelier
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Canning have
moved 20 Island Pond.
Sadie Gray was Ill last week and
unable 70 attend school
Alison Trip has moved from Island
Pond back TO his farm.
Mrs. VIII Gray Of Lyndonville is
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. VIII
MOulton-
Topic for the c. z. prayer meeting
Apr. u, f4The Significance OF Easter
Leader, Mrs. Eugene Gray.
Miss Morgan and Miss Slack, who
spent their vacation At their homes
/ IN New York, have returned.
Charles ". Moulton and Irving r
Wolcott were delegates at the u. "
A. convention held In Orleans Apr. 4
+ Mrs. Viola Robinson and son OF
WoCdsville, N H, are guests Of hel
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. Z. HOPKINS