Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-06-20

There was q good attendance at the
Red Cross meeting Friday and much
interest shown. Work was done on
napkins and shoulder wraps.
Mrs. Perley Herman and children
and Mrs. Wilmer Leach of Orleans
and their brother, Ray Wilder, of
Coventry were callers here recently.
Mrs. J. B. Gray has as guests her
mother, Mrs. McFarlane, Waterbury,
/ and sister, Mrs Dummett of Boston.
Mrs. McFarlane has been Ill for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nye and Mr..
and Mrs. Wellington Cilley visited at
Walter Nye's in Barton Sunday. They
were conveyed by Guy Barrup by
auto.
Mrs. Hetherington visited at Mr..
Frazier's in Island Pond part of last
week and attended the commence
ment exercises of Island Pond high
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Boardway of
Claremont, N. H., Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Boardway and daughter of Island
Pond visited at Mrs. Josie Royce's
last week.
Several from here attended the
Derby commencement exercises last
week. Miss Rena Temple received
the prize in the speaking contest.
Congratulations.
Stanley Hetherington, who has
been teaching in Barton grammar
school, returned home Monday. Mr..
| Webster of Barton came with him to
remain for several days.
Mrs. Harold Dow and baby of st.
Adams are visiting her parents, Mr.;
and Mrs. Hamblet. Mr.. Dow and
family are soon to move onto Mr..
Hamblet's farm in Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Griggs Wis
! tied her sister, Mrs. Gardner, IN Hol-
land recently. Mrs. Gardner has been
obliged to have water drawn from her
side again and is in very poor health.
Mrs. Marshall Wilson of New
Hampshire, formerly of this place,
made a short call here one day last
week. She has many friends here,
who would have been glad to see her.
Miss Helen Franklin went to her
home in Newbury for part Of last
week to attend the graduation of a
brother. Her sister, Miss Hattie, re-
turned with her and will remain this
week.
The graduating exercises of the
grammar schools of this town will be
held Friday evening at the Congrega-
tional church At the close there will
be a social hour at the church and a
promenade and ice cream sale at the
schoolhouse hall.
Monday afternoon ten little friends
of Barbara Pickel helped her cele-
brate her fourth birthday. They had
a royal good time and Mrs. Pickel
served cake, cookies, ice cream and
candy. Barbara received some little
remembrances of the occasion.
Miss Stella Danes Sunday school
class will hold a food sale on Mrs.
Hetherington's piazza Saturday af-
ternoon. To anyone who will furnish
for the sale che boys will be very
grateful. At their food sale last
Saturday they made So. They are to
go camping next week and the pro-
ceeds of these sales are to help them
out with their expenses.
C. EUGENE PERCY.
C. Eugene Percy was born at Jay,
Sept. 18th, 1856, the oldest of the chill
dren born to George E. and Lucia
| (Chase) Percy. The deceased had
been in failing health for over year,
a great sufferer from organic heart
trouble. He has borne his sufferings
bravely and passed peacefully away
| Wednesday morning, June 9th. He
was hard working man, kind hus-
band and father and in all dealings en-
tirely honest. He leaves to mourn
his loss his wife and son, Clarence
E. Percy, also five brothers and three
sisters. Of these two sisters and
three brothers and their husbands and
wives attended his funeral, also sew
eral nephews and nieces, neighbors
and friends from both Charleston and
Derby.
The funeral was held at the late
home near West Charleston Saturday
June 9th, the Rev. Hetherington Of
floating The flowers from relatives
and friends were many and beautiful.
Burial was at Derby in the Morrill,
cemetery Mrs. Percy and son have
the sympathy of all in their sorrow.
Mr. Percy was well liked here and
will be missed by all who knew him.
CONG. CHURCH NOTES
Sunday morning worship, 1890
Sunday school at IL m.
Union service in the Baptist church
at 7.30 p. m.
Thursday evening, C. E. meeting,
1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. Price, Mr. and Mrs
l Cummings, Mrs. Kendrick, Mr.. Kid
der, and Mr.. Griggs are attending the
annual meeting of the Orleans Asso-
citation of Congregational churches at
Irasburg.
The Old Time Skipper.
Inmates of the ward ROOM ON an