Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
CONTINUED from Page Onel.

valuable aid to the church.
The afternoon program was as fol-
lows:
13O o'clock
Organ voluntary, selected, Miss
Wilson, organist.
Jerusalem," Mr.. Perley and choir.
Presentation of U. S. flags to the
church by the Christian Endeavor So
clety, Mr.. Gilpin. Flags carried by
Misses Marjorie Nelson and Mildred
McFarlane.
Acceptance, Mr.. Warner.
Cornet solo, 'The Holy City," Mr..
Jones.
Historical address, Mr.. Baldwin,
Vocal solo, 'Sun of My Soul" Mrs.
Webster.
Address, DR.. Milo B. Hillegas, COM
missioner of education.
Hymn, ''The Church's One Founda-
tion," choir and audience.
Benediction, Rev. Robert LaWtOn.
The flag presentation was especial
ly inspiring. Following a bugle blast
the side doors at the front of the
church swung open and two Christian
Endeavorers, Misses Marjorie Nelson
and Mildred McFarlane, entered, each
on a standard. At the instant the
doors opened the choir and audience
arose and sang a verse Of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" while the flag
bearers marched to the rOstrum
where they stood while Mr.. Gilpin
presented the flags to the church in
the name of the Christian Endeavor
society. Mr.. Warner accepted them
in the name of the church and placed
them in the sockets intended for their
reception.
n CIR a.
on educational lines, pointing to the
close relationship between the school,
the home, the church and the child.
He emphasized the value of musical
education and the value of good read
ing as part Of that which should en-
ter into every life, spoke of the harm
often wrought by the moving picture
on the young mind, and the value OF
the proper social training of the
youth. DR.. Hillegas impressed his
audience as thoroughly alive to his
hearers with much material for
thought and action.
The musical part of the program
was especially pleasing. The cornet
solo by Mr.. Jones and the vocal solo
by Mrs. Webster deserve particular
mention, while the work of the choir
and organist was good. Mr.. Perley
and Miss Baxter executed the solo
parts in the anthems with unusual
pleasure to the audience.
A roll of the visitors during the af-
ternoon showed that there were over
SO persons from the churches at Cow
entry, West Charleston, Greensboro,
West Glover, 1rasburg, Orleans and
Bloomington, Newport, WestmOre
and Island Pond present.
Mr.. Baldwin's historical address,
which is the part of the program
which contains most of interest and
value to the people of Barton, is
printed in full as follows:
The town Of Barton was granted to
Gen. William Barton and his a5sOci-
ates Oct. 20, 1871.
The Hazen Military road was built
from NeWbury through Greensboro,
Craftsbury, Albany and Lowell and
ended in Westfeld the same year.
At this time there was no settle
ment in the county of Orleans.
Greensboro and Craftsbury were not
settled until 1889. In 1898, Timothy
Human, the first settler of Derby,
built a crude road from Greensboro,
through Glover, Barton, Browning
ton, Salem to Derby. This road en-
tered Barton near the Vance place,
(Glover's first settler) passed by
thence west Of the fair ground, over
the hill where John Smith now lives,
thence to Barton river, crossing same
where the highway now crosses, just
south Of the upper stone railroad
bridge; thence through Mr.. Lees
sugar place to where T. B. Piper lives,
thence by the North cemetery to
where Bloomington village now
stands, thence to Derby.
In 1894 a road was made from
Wheelock through Sheffield, later
called the Duck Pond road, passing
through what is now Barton village
and intersecting the Human road at
what is now the T. B. Piper place.
The same year, 1894, Gen. VIM
Barton made a clearing on lot No. 5
in the seventh range, which is the lot
where the easterly part of Barton vii
lage now stands. The same year, Asa
Kimball made a clearing on lot No. 5,
in the sixth range, and in April, he
and James May moved their families
into town, and other families came
that year. In March, 1896, David
Pillsbury and John Ames moved into
town and settled on the lot where
Piper now lives, at the intersection of
the Human road and the Duck Pond
road. Mr.. Pillsbury opened an inn or
tavern. The meeting to organize
the town of Barton was held at the
Pillsbury tavern March 26, 1893.
The first religious meeting was
held at the house; of Asa Kimball in
1903 or 1904, and was presided over
by Rev. Phineas Peck, a Methodist
preacher.
The First Congregational church in
Barton was organized August 27,
hIr hn of
Brookfeld and Rev. Walter Chaplin of
Woodstock.
The names of it's members so far as
I have been able to obtain them were,
Lemuel Sturtevant, Cyrus Sturtevant,
Mrs Elizabeth Benton, Mrs. John