Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-12-04

Edith Comstock house on Glover
street and gone to spend the winter
with her husband, who is Inspector OF
government shoes made by contract.
Three or four inches of snow have
fallen in the past week and Monday
morning the thermometer dropped to
a few points below zero. Occasional
ly a sleigh is seen but wheels are the
rule.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Day express
their heartfelt thanks to the friends
and neighbors, who so kindly remem-
bered them on Thanksgiving day and
other occasions and for the flowers
sent in from time to time.
Miss Eva Mcdonald, bookkeeper at
the Roy stone sheds, who was called
to Bennington by the serious illness
Of a brother with pneumonia, was
herself taken with influenza at her
home in Barre and has just returned.
The war benefit carnival mentioned
some time ago as being planned for
early in December, was necessarily
given up on account of the epidemic
at the time rehearsaIs were to begin.
The idea may be carried out later in
the winter.
Word from John Parker, who left
October 9th for California in an auto
mobile, tells of his arrival in Los An
geles on November %. He was ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. j. HI.
Stuart of McIndoes and others to
make up party of two cars.
The Burroughs orchestra of New
port will give a concert and dance at
Seaver's hall Friday evening. The
orchestra is composed of five of the
best musicians in this vicinity and
promises rare evenings entertain
ment. Concert from 815 to 8.45. ad.
Mrs. Minnie Shattuck and daugh-
ter, Florence, and Mr.. and Mrs. C. B.
Porter spent Thanksgiving with their
They returned to Danville Friday
night as Mrs. Porter is teaching in
that town and Mr.. Porter is working
for B. c. Shattuck.
Miss Amy Davis, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Davis, was critically
i'll with penumonia in Los Angeles,
CAL, on Thanksgiving day, according
to letter from friends there. It
was reported the day the letter was
dispatched that her condition seemed
improved.
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs. G. F. Mathewson, who
was known here through her summer
visits. She suffered stroke of par
alysis the latter part of August and
died Oct 10. She was a woman of
ability, the daughter of a former
governor of Maine.
Frank Gilman and Mrs. A. A. La
moray were married Saturday and
left Saturday night for Manchester,
N. H., where they will live this win
ter. Mr.. Gilman will work at his
trade in an automobile paint shop.
The Star restaurant, conducted by
Mrs. Lamoray, will be closed until
March Is.
A representative number of Barton
men met at the Improvement club
rooms Tuesday evening and formed a
War Chest association by electing J.
F. 'Batchelder president; e. w. Bar
ron, vice president; and C. S. Web
ster, secretary and treasurer. These
men with Wallace III. Gilpin, C. A.
a board Of control. This association
will have charge of war calls from
this date on.
word has been received here of the
death of George Blake Jacobs, son of
w. L. and Mary B. Jacobs of South
Pasadena, CAL, on November 26 of
tuberculosis. George was born in
Barton October 13, 1902. He has
been in delicate health for nearly two
years and has been unable to attend
high school this year, but his death
was shock to all, following a Sc
we're hemorrhage. He was universal
ly liked, had a rare faculty of making
friends, and would not admit that he
was sick. The Jacobs family moved
from Barton to California in 1904.
The Woman's Literary club held a
very pleasant meeting with Miss Bax-
ter on the evening of Nov. 27. Twelve
members answered the roll call,
What Have We to Be Thankful for
This Year?" One visitor was pres
ent. The penny collection amounted