Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-10-03
THE THREE GRAF'TSBURY
CRAFTSBURY

CRAFTSBURY
Julia Chamberlin of DesMoines, Ia,
is visiting friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Noodle were
business visitors in Barton Saturday.
George Anderson of Glover was in
| town to attend Mr.. Nelson's funeral.
Mrs. Alice Cutting and daughter,
Lottle, of Lebanon, N. H., are guests
of Mrs. E. N. Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Bickford moved
Saturday to Charles Wylie's farm
tenement house at North Craftsbury
Madam Day, who has been spend
ing the summer here with her son,
Arthur, has returned to her home in
| Boston.
| Mr.. Corrow and daughter, Mrs
Smith were called to Wolcott Friday
| to attend thefuneral of their aunt
Mrs. Dwyer.
Mrs. Emma Nelson and sister, Mrs
Alice Cutting and daughter, Lottie, OF
Lebanon were guests of their sister
Mrs. Shufelt, in Lowell over Sunday.
Mrs. Kate Thayer suffered a stroke
OF paralysis Thursday evening. She
was unconscious and in serious con-
dition for some time. She is i'm
proving.
In the fog Of Thursday morning
James Dunn's car went over the bank
near F. J. Glidden's and Mrs. Dunn
was badly cut and bruised on a barb
| ed wire fence. The other occupants
were not injured The car was badly
| damaged.
George Nelson, a former resident,
Whohas been spending several weeks
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Sawyer, died Of heart trouble Thurs
! day. The funeral was held at the
home Saturday, the Rev. G.. D Pierce
officiating. Burial was in the family
lot in the village cemetery. He leaves
two sons, Harris of New York and
Fred of Newport. They were both
here to attend the funeral
Miss Clementina Butler, associa-
ate secretary of the New England
branch of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society, spoke to the ladies of
the Methodist church Monday after
lnoon and an auxiliary of the society
was formed, with the following off
GERS: President, Mrs. J. E. Dawson:
vice president, Mrs. S. R. Lathe; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Harry Emery;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. c.. D.
Pierce; treasurer, Mrs. H. Macken-
der; supervisor children's work, Mrs.
NJ. s. Sawyer; superintendent chill
dren's work, Miss Rose Smith.
RED CROSS NOTES.
The Craftsbury branch of the Red
Cross has shipped to Burlington: 2
pairs of pajamas and 3 dozen comfort
bags filled, complete with the house
wives included. This branch has fur
nished our drafted boys with pajam-
as, comfort bags and housewives. 1t
has sent comfort bags to Arthur F.
Hitchcock, Clarence Fay and Harry
Bishop, former Craftsbury boys who
had not been otherwise supplied. On
September 20, this branch made the
following shipment to Boston: 4
sweaters, 6 scarfs, 2 pair hospital
socks, Is pairs service socks, 20 pairs
Wrlstlets. In response to the above
the secretary here received the fol-
lowing letters:
Dear Madam: We are in receipt of
your shipment of knitted articles for
whichwe are very grateful. They have
been inspected and are all most salts
factorily made. We shall hope for
similar shipments from you in the fu-
ture.
Very truly yours,
Red Cross Supply Service,
Boston.
Westfeld, Mass.
Sept. II, 1917.
To the Craftsbury Branch, Red Cross
Society:
am writing to let you know that
received the comfort bag and supplies
and was pleased with it. l thank you
ever so much. It is a great help to
me and just what I needed. Thanks
thousand times.
With my best regards to you all,
Harvey Bishop,