Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-09
COVENTRY

W. J. Corrow has returned to Bart
lett, n. H.
Arlene Cleveland has been quite III
the past week.
Miss Muriel Wells spent the week
end in Newport.
Mrs. c. A. Bickford, who was i'll
last week, is better.
n. L. LABEL has moved his family
into the Louis Mongeon house.
Mrs. H. J. Frazier has been quite
i'll with hard cold and asthma.
A. B. Mongeon returned last week
from Boston. He is again sick IN
bed.
On account of a stoppage in the
school sewer there was no school
Monday.
Mrs. Augusta Best is visiting
friends in town before going to her
new home In Waterville.
Mothers Day will be observed in
the M. E. church with special music
and an appropriate sermon by the
pastor.
Miss Blanche. Bickford, who was
called home by the illness of her
mother, returned to Orleans Monday
morning.
Mrs. C. T. Chapman has returned
from St. J6hnsbury, where she was.
called by the Serious illness of her
sister, Mrs. Beckwith.
Raymond Kneeland- is working in
| Newport He has. II. S. Bridges po-
sition with the Heed company, Mr..
Bridges having accepted a better po-
sition in Hardwick.
A party of boys with their musical
tin pans recently called on Leonard
Lawson. He very willingly treated
with cigars. The crowd wished them
much happiness and prosperity.
There will be a box social and
promenade in the town hall Friday
evening. Ladies without boxes, 20
cents, boys Is cents and ladies with
boxes free. All are cordially invited.
Good music.
Rev. and Mrs. w. L. Bradford and
son, Harold, arrived here from their
home in Vermontville, N. Y, Satur-
day. Mr.. Bradford is the new pastor
in the NJ. E. church. He preached two
excellent. sermons Sunday.
W. E. Cleveland started Sunday for
Wareham, Mass, with Rev. L. E.
Taylor's auto. His mother accom-
/ panied him as far as st. Johnsbury,
where she visited her sister, Mrs. c.
F. Branch, returning Monday night.
The board of stewards and the
Sunday school board of the NJ E.
church are requested to meet Thurs
day evening after prayermeeting to
meet the new pastor, Rev. w. L.
Bradford, and to transact any neces-
sary business.
The local branch of the New En-
gland Milk Producers association
will hold their quarterly meeting Sat-
urday evening at the town hall at 8
p. m. This is also a special meeting
on the food question All are well
pecially requested to attend as there
are some business matters to attend
to,
The West Hill baseball club and
their lady friends met at the home of
William Lawson Monday evening and
the following officers were elected:
Captain, Harry Metcalf; manager,
George Lawson; secretary and treas
urer, Charles Miles; reporter, Edward
Rouse, after which dainty refresh
ments were served and games were
played. The party departed at an
early hour and all reported a good
time.
The Best class met last night at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs E. L.
Batchelder. The class was much
! pleased to have with them Mrs A.
NJ. Best the organizer and former
teacher of the class, who, in a few
well-chosen words manifested her
deep interest in the class and also her
best wishes and hopes for it. Rev
i w. L. Bradford also made a few re-
marks and gave fine organ SOLO
The "AlevahatwilI" quartet sang by
request. Sugar on snow and raised
doughnuts were served. A very
pleasant evening was enjoyed by ALL
and 1925 was added to the treasury
About rs of the friends of Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Chaffee gathered at their
home Friday evening to remind them
of their 18th wedding anniversary
The following program was listened
to: Piano duet, Misses CIarissa Met
calf and Marion Chaffee; solo, w. R.
Thurber; piano solo, Miss Ruth Ship
pee; Rotations by Misses Myra
Douglass, Clarissa Metcalf and Doro-
thy Mansfield; remarks, Rev. C. C..
Claris; original poem, Mrs. Kate
Hancock, after which A NJ Wright,
in behalf of the company, presented
Mr.. and Mrs Chaffee with a purse of
money, towhieh Mr. Chaffee respond
cd with words of thanks. Refresh
ments of cake and ice cream were
served. A very pleasant evening was
enjoyed by all Their friends Joined
IN wishing them many more happy
anniversaries.
CONG. CHURCH NOTES
Sunday, May Is.
Morning service at 10z5 Subject