Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-27
WEST CHARLESTON

| WEST CHARLESTON
Mr.. Kidder is improving slowly.
Harold Wilson has joined the army
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. P. Church are i'm
proving.
H. H. Tracy is improving from his
recent illness.
Walter Coffey has been ill and at
home from his work.
Mrs. Flood of Island Pond has been
here visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Farrar and son
have returned home.
Miss Elsie Calkins has returned to
her school at Derby academy.
George Brown is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Osmond Brown.
Miss Esther Buck was unable to
attend Derby academy last week.
Porter Lyon, who has been in the
West for some time, has returned
home.
A large crowd from here went to
| Derby Friday evening to attend the
Washington ball.
Miss Mae Hastings and pupils in
the Oliver district are doing Junior
Red Cross work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palm of Holland have
! been here to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Alden Armstrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Grin Colburn and
daughter of East Charleston visited
at Mrs. Carrie Temples Sunday.
Mrs. Will Locke of East Charleston
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John Foster and Mrs. Gary Wheeler.
Miss Mary Foss of Saco, Me-, is
visiting her mother, her uncle, Nor
man Brown. and aunt, Mrs. Henry
Lafoe.
Mrs. Harvey is very i'll at her home
in Newport, and her daughter, Mrs.
Margaret Coffey, has gone to help
care for her.
While sliding near Clarence Percy's
one day last week, Willie Hayes
broke one leg above the knee. Mr..
Percy took him home.
The recent mission review held at
Mrs. E. H. Bucks, was very interest
ing. Misses Esther and Airline served
fruit and candy at the close.
Sympathy from many friends here
is extended to Allan Niles, and Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher Niles of Derby, in
the death of Mrs. Allan Niles.
Mrs. Charles Niles has been visit
ing her daughter, Miss Frances Good
ale in Coventry, and her sister, Mrs.
Marshall Powers in Bloomington.
Will Hildreth and family have re-
moved from Newport to their home
here as Mr.. Hildreth has finished
work for Mr. Sherman of Newport.
Harry Dane with his saving ma
chine assisted byseveral men met last
week and sawed and split Rev. G. w.
Collins wood pile. Many thanks are
due.
The Ladies' Aid society dinner was
Baptist parsonage. Thanks to Rev.
and Mrs Collins for opening their
home for the society.
The Valentine social held in the
Congregational vestry Friday even
ing, was we'll attended and was just
fine 1t was arranged by the Sunday
school class of girls, Mrs. jenkins,
teacher.
The grammar school has bought
thrift stamps as follows: Give Du-
rose, war saving certificate, or ~
thrift stamps; Dale Eastman, war
saving certificate; Earl Durgin,
thrift stamps; Flora Durgin, 5 thrift
stamps; Eileen Boyd, thrift stamps;
Cakes Calkins, thrift stamps; Carl
Powers, 1 thrift stamp; Ralph Bar.
rup, 1 thrift stamp, making total of
SO thrift stamps.
The school entertainment was fine.
They cleared about SIP, which with
donations by the children makes
total Of SIS for the Red Cross. Su-
perintendent Boyd and the teachers,
Miss Franklin and Mrs. Gray have
been appointed by the local Red
Cross society to have charge of the
Junior Red Cross. Reports of their
work will be given later. Teachers
and pupils wish to thank all those
who gave sandwiches and milk for
the entertainment.
RED CROSS NOTES.
George Hesslin and Harold Wilson
left for Charlotte, N. c.. Friday
where they will go into training. The
Red Cross furnished each an outfit
consisting of sweater, helmet, socks.
scarf, wristlets and pajamas. Fred
Burroughs was furnished an outfit,
but on account of illness did not start
with the rest.
Social and promenade at town hall
Friday evening March 1. The gen
tlemen act as hosts and it is expected
that many unique features will be
introduced. See posters.
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