Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-05-22
THE MONITOR, MAY 22, 1918

Rev. Edwards and J. R. Akin are
i the official delegates from the Con-
vention of Congregationalists being
held at Lyndonville this week.
Sam Davis has been engaged as
steward of the Yacht club for an
other season and has entered on his
duties. The club will have it's for
NAL opening in the near future.
A new boiler is being installed by
Prouty & Miller at the old Interna-
tional mill and as soon as completed
the mill will start saving the hard
wood which will be barged up the
lake. It is hoped to have the mill
in operation prior to June LIST.
Charles Duval, who for several
years has, in the employ of F. P.
Davis, transferred the mail from
the trains to the postoffice and very
graciously served the public as truck
man, has left Mr.. Davis employ and
gone onto the railroad as brakeman.
C. S. Emery & Co., custom house
brokers have engaged M. J. Bisbee to
manage the brokerage office at the B.
e. M. station. They have also en-
gagged Miss Clara Bailey as stenog-
rapher and typewriter. Mr.. Bisbee
and Miss Bailey will begin their du-
ties June LIST.
Grand Patriarch e. E. Jenne and
E.. F. Hobson attended a meeting of
the Grand Encampment at Barre on
Tuesday; M. J. Bisbee and Linn
Young, meeting of the Grand
Lodge I. O. O. F. Wednesday and
Mrs. Bly, and Mrs. Morrow a meeting
of the Rebekahs.
C. A. Bancroft, deputy collector in
charge of this port, and Inspector T..
C. Gale left Monday for Windsor to
appear before the federal grand jury
relative to liquor smuggling and In
spector A. E. Bishop left Tuesday to
apear as a witness relative to the
seizure of morphine which he made
recently.
Of the boys recently entering the
government service, the following
are Newport boys: To Burlington
for mechanic training, George Ray
mond Sheehan, Harry Edward
Knapp, Benjamin Percy Heath, Rob
ert George Wetherill and Harold D..
HENDERSON; to Fort Benjamin Harri-
u
Pelkey, John J. Brouillette, Henry
Arthur Mossa, Henry V. Ellsworth
and Harry Hildreth.
The total number of thrift stamps
owned by pupils in the Newport high
and graded schools on May goth was
as follows: High school, 1914;
grade w, $40; vi, SOB; VII, 583; 1,
479; V, 4O7; VIII, 1872; III, 1854; H.,
313. The following pupils have
bought war savings stamps during
Pierce, Clara Richmond, Henry
Black, Lane Dwinell, Howard Root,
Howard Clement, Olive Wilkie, Will
liam Blodgett, Willard Richmond,
Margaret SWEET, Frances Clark.
DERBY
Mrs. A. w. Kimball and Miss En-
ma Bezinet were in New York last
week.
Mrs. c.. D. Goodrich, who has been
in Rutland during the winter, has re-
turned.
Rev. Herbert Coontz Of Newport
will preach Sunday morning in the
Methodist church.
Rev. w. C. johnson has moved to
Charleston and will have charge of
the work of the Congregational
church.
Ex-Gov. Grout of Newport gave a
very interesting talk on the work Of
the Red Cross in the Methodist
church Sunday evening.
The Red Cross will serve dinner in
the town hall Friday at the close Of
the graduating exercises. This will
take the place of the usual Alumni
banquet.
Rev. Clifford Smith, superintend-
ent of the Anti-Saloon league, will
speak in the Congregational church
Sunday evening on national prohib-
ition.
Principal I. A. Boden has received
and accepted a call to become princi-
pal of the high school in Ludlow.
Prof. Boden has been principal of the
Derby academy for nine years and his
many friends here wish him success
in his new field of labor.
A large congregation gathered in
the Congregational church Sunday
morning to listen to the baccalaure-
ate sermon given by Rev. E. L. Rice
of Rock Island, Que. This was the
beginning of the commencement ex-
ercises Of Derby academy which con-
tinue during the week. On Friday at
1890 will occur the graduating ex-
ercises, followed by the dinner, fur
nished by the local Red Cross. In the
evening a reception will be given to
the senior class.
EAST CHARLESTON
Mrs. Abbie Parker is nursing in
Derby.
Frank Wilder has moved into H. j.
Hudson's block.
w. Hartshorn has moved to the
Robey place at Echo lake.
Hinton & Canning have bought
two farms from E. Legacy.