Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-12-18
BARTON LOCAL NOTES

BARTON LOCAL NOTES
J. F. Batehelder. is in Boston on
business.
E. E. Webster of Quebec was re-
cent visitor in town.
Merritt Potter of Newport, R.. L.,
is home for few weeks.
Miss Evelyn Merrill of Skowhegan,
Me-, is visiting at the Lee farm.
A son was born last week to Mr..
and Mrs. Coolbeth of High street.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
R. M. Gilmour Tuesday morning.
Mrs. w. B. Proctor was business
visitor in st. Johnsbury Saturday.
Alton Marsh has begun clerking
for AR. Robinson in his grocery
store.
Mr.. Ramsey of Bellows Falls is Wis
iting his daughter, Mrs. M. A..
Turner.
Alden Owen returned last week
from Camp Devens and is again In
the bank.
The Afternoon Study club will
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day afternoon.
Schools close Friday night and will
reopen Tuesday, Dec. 81, keeping
New Years day.
There will be Christmas tree and
exercises by the Sunday school in
the M. E. church Tuesday evening.
Christmas dance and concert at
Orleans opera house Monday evening,
Dec. %. Old and new dances. adv.
Shirl Hutchins, who is in Sunshine
sanitarium, recovering from an op-
Grafton, is making splendid recovery.
Mrs. Elvira Drown, who has been
in Groton several weeks visiting her
brother, has returned to her home
here.
Cards have been received here an
nouncing the engagement of Miss
Portia McGill of East Barnet to Dean
P. Mcclellan.
Christmas exercises will be held at
the Riverside school Friday evening,
Dec. 20. Parents and friends cor
daily invited.
Elmer Nye, who has been spending
a few weeks with his mother, Mrs.
Abbie Nye, has returned to his home
in Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Fred Kinsey of West Hart
ford, Conn.,, is visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. s.
Whitcher, for a time.
The regular meeting of Crystal
Lake Grange will be held Friday eve
ming. Roll call responded to by each
giving Christmas wish.
Bernard Lee was home last week,
having been released from military
duty. He will return to his school
position at Mt. Vernon, N. III.
Report from F. w. Cutting, who
is in Brookline, Mass, hospital, re-
covering from an operation, is to the
effect that he is gaining rapidly.
Rev. M. A. Turner goes to st.
Johnsbury Thursday to attend a
meeting of Methodist clergymen and
laymen of northeastern Vermont.
C. S. Webster was in Boston the
last of the week to attend meeting
of bankers. He attended as secre-
tary of the Vermont Bankers associ-
alton.
Barton merchants are making
very commendable showing of holi-
day goods. Many windows are
handsomely trimmed and the inside
displays are well made.
Rev. Wilmond Warner was in Shef-
field Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Eunice Simpson, and at Eden
Mills Wednesday to oficiate at the
funeral of Col. Joseph Scott.
Emma Goss LaRoche, formerly a
teacher in the first grade here, re-
Gently died in the Canadian north
west as result of an automobile ac-
cident, her body being brought to
Coventry for burial
This is a final reminder that Spug
dues of ten cents must be paid at
once if the needy children of the
community are to get any Christmas
cheer from the proceeds this year.
Hand to Mrs. Barrows.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Twombly en-
tertained several friends Wednesday
evening of last week in honor of Mr..
Twombly's 8Oth birthday. The eve
ming was pleasantly spent and re-
freshments of cake and coffee were
served.
Vernon Degreenia returned home
Monday, having received his dis
charge from the navy. He is still
lame from gunshot wound received
while on shore leave in Rio de jan
eiro, Brazil, some months ago. He
has been in the hospital for Is weeks.