Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-30

weeks Monitor.
leaves a wife and two children. The
| funeral was held Saturday, Rev. G.
B. Danse officiating and burial was in
| the village cemetery.
1t is learned from the society notes
in the Boston Sunday Post that "Miss
| Katherine Clapp, daughter of Mr..
J and Mrs. J. Emory Clapp of Auburn
| dale, Mass, has announced her en-
gagement to Guy Eugene Wheelock
| of Newport, CD VT, now acting as
an assistant superintendent of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation at Hog
Island, near Philadelphia.
The friends and relatives in this
/ town and along the border, of Harry
home on Geraldine avenue. He was
nearly "a years of age, and was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon A. Ran
dali of this village. The deceased
Crompton, will be pleased to learn
that he has been rewarded for marked
gallantry and meritorious service in
: the second battle Of the Marine The
| Commander G.. r. Edwards Young
Crompton is the son of Ex-Alderman
and Mrs. j. H. Crompton of Nashua,
! N. H., and answered the first call of
his country for volunteers in May,
1917.
Fire broke out in the rear part of
the second story of the K P. build
| ing Saturday afternoon, and before
/ the firemen could eXtinguish the
flames the roof of the rear annex was
burned through and the interior of
| the property room was completely
| Quilted and the contents of the room
| totally destroyed. All the contents
and furnishings of the other rooms
were removed in fairly good condi-
! ton. The fire originated in the prop
erty room and was confined prin-
, cipally to the southwest corner of
the building. The actual cause of
the fire has not been fully determined
The building is owned by Trojan
! Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias,
and is occupied by them and Alpha
Temple, Pythian' Sisters. Trojan
! Lodge lost all it's regalia and para
phernalia valued at $500.
WEsTFIELD
Milton Bell goes this week to Bur-
| lington where he enters the u. V. M,
students training army camp, IVY
department.
AS usual this town wertc ever the
top in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive
and the church bell and the firing of
cannon celebrated that fact Saturday
evening.
Roy Shattuck sailed from New
| York Saturday without being able to
visit Mrs. Shattuck or being able to
| have hey visit him in New York as
planned. Mr.. Shattuck will drive a
motor truck overseas.
Mrs. w. B. Gilpin spent the week
end in Compton, P. Q. Miss Eva
! Gilpin was home from Barton over
| Sunday. Miss Minnie Gilpin went to
Barton Wednesday and will return to
| Boston the last of the week where
she has held a responsible position
| for several years.
Thursday, while Mrs. George Morey
and children were at Troy and Mr..
Morey was working on the road, their
house took fire round the chimney and
was burned to the ground together
with all contents. The barn also
burned. Nothing but the clothes they
wore was saved and people have been
glad to contribute to their house
| keeping again. They are living in the
building owned by the Barton bank.
LOWELL
Frank Andrews of Troy was a
caller in town Saturday.
Frank Dion and family of Irasburg
! visited at Lewis Sanville's Sunday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Diette, Tuesday, October p.
Harold Stockman had the misfor-
tune to cut his foot quite badly on
| Monday.
Frances hurry has leased L. G. Mil
ler's farm for one year and taken
! possession.
John McAllister, who has been suf-
fering from pneumonia, is reported
on the gain.
J. A. Keech returned Saturday from
| Burlington where he went to visit
his parents a few days.
1t is reported that all those having
measles are on the gain except Miss
Ella Pope and Beulah Cello.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Lester and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Barney and daugh-
ter, Evelyn, are visiting at Frank
Barney's.
L. C. Powers accompanied his chill
dren to- Wells River last week, where
they will stay for some time with
their aunt, Mrs. Clair Adams.
Those on the sick list this week are
DR.. w. A. Young, Mr.. and Mrs. War
ner Mitchell, Mrs. Irving Longley,
B. H. Powers, George Rouse, Oliver
Recor and John Poronto.
Solomon Morton and grandson, Roll
lin Morton of Lawrnce, Mass, re-
Gently motored to Montreal to visit
his daughter, Mrs. A. Davenport.