Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-04
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the County Seat.

/ DIR. Lynch of Sherbrooke performed
the operation, assisted by Dr. J. +
McIver-
4 Miss Hazel Nichols was taken 70
4 St. Johnsbury Sunday wher she re-
I eeived surgical treatment for appen-
dicitiS- She was accompanied by her
sister, Mrs Louis Hazen-
! Mrs B. s. Curtis, accompanied by
Z q brother, Horace Cairns, Of SawyerS-
I Vile p O.. went Monday 70 Green
4 field. Mass, called there BY the seri-
Gus illness OF another brother, Justin
/ Cairns
Next Sunday night 3 special East
er eantata viii be rendered at the
Congregational church by 30 voices
/ The Methodist people viii join with
I the CongregatiOnalists for = union
service
Harold Lewis and Miss Beatrice
4 Buck were united IN marriage Mon
happy couple left Immediately for
their home IN Derby Line, where the
groom IS employed
The funeral OF Alton Tower, who
died IN South Dakota, was held Sun
day afternoon at the home Of his SIS
ter, Mrs Inez Hussey, IN West Derby,
Rev Ponfrey Officiating Interment
was in the West Derby cemetery
The annual meeting Of the Young
Mems Improvement club was held
4 Tuesday evening st the club rooms
Reports from the various committees
were given and showed that the club
+ Is IN q very fourishing condition, the
Z best since its organization
Major the Rev. Bruce Taylor Of
Montreal delivered his lecture, Life
/ IN the Trenches Thursday evening m
F the CONGREGATIONAL church There was
4 q large audience and they were royal
! " entertained by Major Taylor's de-
+ seriptions of modern army life
4 Miss Sarah Richie, accompanied
I by her sister, Miss Catherine Richie,
I and DIR. Lynch. went TO SherbrOoke
Friday. where she submitted to an
+ operation for appendicitis She IS
L now doing well Miss Catherine
Richie returned TO town Sunday
night
/ Mr.. and Mrs Fred Wilson of
{ Springfield, Mass, have been visiting
I her mother, Mrs ]. H Martin Mrs
I Wilson returned home Thursday. Mr.
Wilson having been previously called
back because of the call to arms OF
/ the Massachusetts National Guard Of
which he Is 3 member
The violent wind last week stirred
I things considerably, blowing bill
/ boards through store windows and do
/ ing various stunts H O. Smith and
4 assistants have replaced broken plate
glass windows IN the Gilman store,
/ B1gel0w's Pharmacy and True &
Blanchard Company store
The following young people have
+ been here for their Easter vacations
/ P J. Moore, Perley Hill, Aubrey Akin,
I Warner Keith, Percy Foster, Harold
/ BCWIey and Louise Spear from u V
/ NJ Melbourne White and Willis True
I form LOOMS institute, Walter kIpp,
/ OIney Morrill,, Bradley and Donald Da-
Wis from Dartmouth college, Dorothy
/ Miles from Montpelier seminary and
Linus LorTmer from EImh4rst college
/ The girls basket ball team gave q
reception TO Miss Ruth Eeet Friday
evening IN the Kindergarten room
/ Miss keet Is Instructor OF English IN
/ the high school and has taken great
I interest II the athletics Of the young
/ ladies and has been very active IN the
training Of the team As token OF
their appreciation for her interest
[ and faiEhfuIness- she was presented
with beautiful electric coffee per
colatnr-
Lakeside Chapter No q, O. Z g.
held It's annual inspection Friday eve
ming. The guests Of honor were Mrs.
Florence Z Pierce OF Barton. Grand
Matr0u- Mrs Nellie VI SuyThe OF St
Johnzbury, Grand Lecturer, and l. 3.
/ WeIEnsn. District Deputy Grand Pa
trUn- 4 splendid supper was served,
after which the degrees Of the order
were conferred upon Mrs j. Z Spird-
Ter Z solo By Mrs Vincent Jones
was much enjoyed by all
David Kendall STuo1ds, one OF
MaEchester's most distinguished citI-
zenss died Thursday after IN illness
Of several months aged 70 years
Mr. SImo1dz studied law hare n the
/ Office Of Crane q BIsbee III 1855 and
was editor OF the Express ard Stan
dzrd for Z year He then purchased
the Manchester Journal and ran that
paper until 1905 He was postmaster
IN Manchester many years and town
clerk > years. ard was representa-
tive from Manchester and serz-or
from Bennington county
The annual meetfng Of LakesFde
I Chapter No =, O. z 6 Ezz held
+ M0nday evenIrz q Masonic hzII- The
annual reports q the oEeers were
read showing the CHAPTER TO Be i'm
I patron presided during the election
f Of fs-s-zrz for ~+F<z ez7-zrTTrr- 49, r.