Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-06
BARTON LOCAL NOTES
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w. H. Turner of New York, gen
eral manager of the Peerless Man
utacturlng company, was in town the
last of the week.
Parker Barrows has been trans
ferred from Camp Devens to Camp
Merritt, N. J. There are about So
900 men located there.
! Miss Catherine Labounty who has
been nursing a diphtheria case in
Newport was called to Irasburg last
week to nurse patient.
Mrs. H. G. Perley and Mrs. A. G.
Williams were called to Orleans to-
day by the death Of their aunt, Mrs.
A. D. Patterson.
John Curtis, who is employed as
| government inspector of leather, To-
Gated in Boston, has been transferred
to Haverhill, Mass.
Oscar Q. Owen, who is now in Nor
rison, Va, instead Of Texas, has been
promoted to the rank of sergeant in
the aviation corps.
C. J. Clogston, who has been seri-
ously sick for about ten weeks, is still
very low and does not gain as much
as his many friends would wish.
Mrs. H. M. Gardiner was unable to
be in the Bradford Clothes Shop last
week on account of illness and Mrs.
G. r. Prescott assisted in the store
during her absence.
Harry Edwards of Craftsbury, who
is very i'll at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Bert Hazen, is a little improved.
Miss Austin of Sunshine sanitarium
| is helping to care for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis McVicker and
daughter, Lois, who have been spend
ing several weeks at o. H. Moss
mans returned to their home in
Waverly, Mass, Saturday.
All those interested in a class for
Red Cross surgical dressings are re-
quested to meet at the domestic sci
ence room at the schoolhouse Tues
day evening, Feb. ~, at 7.3O p. m.
The following letters remain I'M
called for at the, postoffice. Please
say advertised when ealing for these
letters, Miss Lenora B. Armstrong,
Mrs. l. A. Gilman, Mrs. Clara Nor
rill.
w. E. Hanson has sold 100000 feet
of hardwood dimension lumber to the
government, which, it is understood,
will go into the construction of the
wooden ships being built for war
service.
The Frances Willard Memorial
meeting Of the w. G.. T. U. will meet
| Tuesday afternoon with Miss Sophia
| Drew. Roll call will be answered
with quotations from Miss Wizards
writings.
Stockholders of the Barton Gran
| lite Promoting company have been
notified to meet at the club rooms of
the Barton Improvement club Thurs
day evening at 7.30 o'clock to tran
sact important business.
In addition to the opening of the
postoffice Sunday from 11.45 to 1915
o'clock, it will hereafter be open
from $50 to o'clock in the evening
and a mail pouch will be made up for
points outside of Vermont to 90 on
the night train.
The Nashua On. H. Telegraph of
January %, states that a son was
born Sunday, Jan. 27 to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Redmond Of that place, MAX
ing the fifth generation in the family,
his great, great grandmother being
Mrs. Edward Hitchcock of this place,
and the great grandmother is Mrs.
William Currier of Albany.
We are compelled to report anoth-
er cold and stormy week. Tuesday
morning was the worst of the season
and one of the worst in many years,
the mercury registering about 80 de-
grees with a stiff north wind which
blew all night. Many freeze-ups in
water systems were reported, some
that have not before been affected.
F. d. Pierce has been appointed
member of the state board of phar-
macy for a term of five years This
is distinct compliment to Mr.. Pierce
and to Barton as the appointment
came entirely unsolicited, while phar-
macists in other parts of the state
were candidating for the place. Mr..
Pierce succeeds w. F. Root of Brat
tleboro.
Rural Delivery Carrier Jenness re-
ports that he has received notice from
the postoffice department that he
need not traverse parts of his route
where the roads are not kept in bet
ter condition than they have been
some of the time this winter Roads
have been hard to keep this winter in
general and are now very high, but
Mr.. JenneSS believes some of his
route has been especially neglected.
Lecture course patrons will be de-
lighted to learn that the Redpath
bureau which supplied the talent for
the course this year and was unable
to bring Ratio here for his engage
ment in December, will substitute
for him the Ben Greet Players in one
of their famous productions. This is
a much more expensive number but
will cost ticket holders no more. The
date for this number is Saturday eve
ming, February Is.
On the afternoon of Ian 31St the