Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-06-05
ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION
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ORLEANS LOCAL MENTION
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and went to Boston and Hudson.
Mass, Monday for a two weeks va
cation.
The Home Guards went to Barton
tuesday evening to join in the parade
IN honor of Corporal Guyette, who
spoke there, a soldier sent home by
Pershing to tell the story.
The work of the Red Cross enter
talnment for the month of April was
very successfully done by Mrs. Jo-
! seph Emmonds and Mrs Elmer Trip
the sum realized being $23.45.
The Odd Girls were given a very
pleasant evening Monday at the home
of Mrs. Ray Wilcox. A few guests
were invited and cards formed the
evenings entertainment, followed by
refreshments.
George Stone and Elmer Hilliard
| came home from U. V. M. on a week.
end pass. Mr.. Stone is in training
for ambulance service and Mr.. Hill
lard as carpenter. They expect
! to get their uniforms this week.
Mrs. Orene Dudley finished work.
ing in the basement store Saturday
and Miss Ruby Trip will take her
place. Mrs. Dudley will take an ex-
tended vacation before going to work
again in the fall
Park Beede, while scuf1ing with
other boys near the bridge Tuesday
evening fell and struck on his head
He was taken home in F. L. Halls
physicians were called and at last re-
ports he seemed to be improving.
Miss Rebecca Rash and Shirley
Hutchins of Barton were married at
ST. Johnsbury Saturday. They re-
turned to Orleans Monday where Mr.
Hutchins expects to work for the
Parker Young Co., and Mrs. Hutchins
will continue her work in the New
England Telephone office.
There will be a Red Cross business
meeting at the Orleans club rooms
Thursday afternoon at p. m. Re-
ports of the state meeting at Bur-
lington on Wednesday of last week
will be given. All interested are re-
Ouested to be present. Surgical
dressings, Wednesday and sewing
on Thursday as usual.
Among the people who formerly
lived here and came back home to at
tend the Thespians are Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ford of Concord, N. H., who
are stopping with Mrs. Henry Dud-
ley, both oid-time actors; Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Heath of Wells River,
at Meadow Farm; Mrs. S. E. Page of
Boston, at E. H. Lothrop's; E. K.
Gray Of Newport, one of the original
Thespians.
Cecil Robinson is close second to
States Attorney Stoddard in the art
Of fishing. He was fishing from the
church lawn on Saturday afternoon
and hooked steelhead trout weigh
ing 2A pounds. F. H. Pierce came
to his assistance in landing the fish.
1t is very unusual catch as the dam
below is higher than they are often
able to jump.
Mrs. Ethel Dickens, Mrs. R. A.
Hamilton, Mrs. Eta Clapper, Mrs.
Arthur Gilmour and Miss Ruth Rich
mond are passing the pledges asking
the people to abstain from wheat en-
tirely until the next harvest. This is
an important matter and in view of
the events of the past few days we
must realize that no one has done
their best until every ounce of effort
has been put into the winning of the
war.
LOWELL
B. w. Stannard was a visitor in
Orleans Wednesday.
Mrs. Ella Dana is visiting her
brother, E. S. Coolidge.
L. J. Pudvah has rented his farm
to Homer Godeire of Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Miller visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Curtis a few
days recently.
A. P. Sweet and Geo. E. Curtis
were business callers in Hyde Park
Wednesday.
Westfield visited her brother, J. F. |
Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Dodge visited her
Mrs. Mary Warner, a few
days the past week.
Alice Laclair is home from Rye
gate, where she has been teaching |
the past year. Miss Leclair was ac-
by friends from Ryegate
and Groton.
Helen Stephenson of Concord, N.
H., Pearl Stephenson of Camp Dew
ems, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Stephenson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grove and
daughter, Gwendolyn, of Sheldon, Wis
tied at the home of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Stephenson, the last
Of the week.
The remains of Frank Sanborn, a
former resident Of this place and at
The time of his decease a resident of
Newport Center, were brought here
for burial Friday. The funeral SER
vices were held at the Congregation
al church of which he was a men,
Der, Rev. w. A. Warner of Barton Of
iciating.