The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-09
CITY OF NEWPORT

/ Newport people were shocked to
/ learn of the death of Mrs. Angie
Powell Watson, which occurred
Tuesday noon at her home on Bay
View street. Mrs. Watson was the
wife of Lawrence A. Watson, who
is employed as pay master for the
New England Tel. and Tel. Co. She
i was employed as .bookkeeper for the
same company, beginning work for
| this company at ST. Johnsbury in
1907. Mr.. and Mrs. Watson came to
1 Newport in 1912 and in the seven
i years that they have lived here have
4 made many friends. Mrs. Watson
had been confined to the house with
a hard cold which developed into
h bronchial pneumonia. Nurse Collins
was called on the case Saturday and
It was thought she was doing as well
as could be expected and considered
great deal better Monday, but dur
ing the night Monday she was taken
worse and failed rapidly, passing
away Tuesday noon. She was 81
years, T months of age and leaves
her husband, who has the sympathy
of all who knew them. Prayer SER
vices will be held at the B. S. Cur
4 It's Undertaking Parlors Thursday
and the remains will be taken to St
Johnsbury for burial.
Tuesday morning as one of Hoods
i Creamery Trucks was coming VI
! Coventry street the stearing gear got
caught and as the driver tried to fol
low the traffic rules and keep to The
right of the traffic light at the cor
ner of Coventry and Main streets
came up against the cement founda
ton with such force that the from
wheels OF the truck were turned fac
Il ing each other. The accident caused
very little damage, the truck strlk
ing the solid cement foundation dit
q not do any damage to the traffi
q light and the damage to the trucl
n was soon repaired.
s. Howard Ford, who came here iron
8 St. Johnsbury to take the place o
8 Charles Booth, as manager OF tn
q Atlantic and Pacific store, went t
his home at St. Johnsbury Saturda
8 and is reported as being very sick.
MI. and Mrs. A. P. Stowe of S.
n Johnsbury were in town Monday.
y Howard Spaulding is visitin
B friends at Glover.
Mrs. Annie BLY, is on the sick lis
D and her mother is here caring for he'
q Among the recent ones who al
81 reported as being hard sick are: Be
e Brown, Homer Martin, Charles Clarl
q and George Mcdonald. Mrs. McDor
n aid and two children are also sick.
b Word came to Newport, Tucsda.
b that D. c. Green, who has been EN-
n ployed by the city the past summe
81 as driver of the auto truck sprint
n Ter, died at his home at ST.. John
b bury, Monday evening. -
& Mrs. Robert Porter will go
n Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, to after
q the international Garment Worker
- Convention, which will be in sessic
in that city the week of Oct. IA. MI
4 Porter goes as q delegate from Il
I local Garment Workers Union.
Inc Dody OF W1lilam WelcH w
brought to Newport, Monday moo
and taken to Newport Center f
burial. MI. WEIGH had many frien
in Newport, who are sorry to knc
Of his death. He was at one time Ell
ployed at the BigeloW's Pharma
remaining with them for nearly
years and was well liked and made
( host of friends. After closing
labors here he went to Richford a
later to Bradford and was in the e
ploy of Sisco and Son, druggis
when he died. He leaves a wife w
is reported as being very sick a
was unable to accompany the DO
/ to Newport.