Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-10-15
COVENTRY


Mrs. Israel Truedau is on the sick
list.
Miss Mildred Ware was home from
Derby Center over Sunday.
Bert Ware is having one side of his
barn newly covered with steel roof
ing.
Ernest Batchelder is having a new
cement foundation put under MS
house.
Mrs. James LABEL went to Orleans
hospital Sunday and an operation was
performed on her throat.
Mrs. Ira Wheelock and daughter,
Alta, went to st. Johnsbury Monday
to have Miss Atlas eyes treated.
Henry Goss has sold his farm to j.
Gonya. The friends of Mr.. and MRS.
Goss hope they will remain IN town.
Quincy Goss, who is working in
Maine, came home Monday and Is
quite i'll at the home of his father,
Henry Goss.
Eldridge Handkerchief factory at
Orleans has positions open for few
more girls. Light, pleasant and
lnrofitable work. adv.
George Benware gave very inter
esting report of the Orleans Sun
day school convention at the close OF
Sunday school last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Wright and
Mrs A ID. Thurber attended the Nj.
E. Sunday school convention at Lyn-
donville last week and also went to
St. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ware, Mr.. and
Mrs Bert Ware and grandsons en-
| joyed a motor trip to Eden, Morris
vile and Hyde Park recently.
The young men will hold prone
made and dance in the town hall Fri
day evening, Oct. 25th. This will be
box party. All cordially invited.
Good music in attendance.
Lee Porter motored to Lyndonville
last week to get Mrs. Porter's moth
er, Mr.. Porter's mother, who is Wis
iting relatives in Cowansville, is un-
able to return home.
Preston and Bernice Wheeler are
/ just home from Massachusetts and
Preston is clerking in a grocery
store in st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Ide of Croydon,
n. H, and Mrs. Ide's brother, Mr..
and Mrs Branch Alexander of Scit-
uate, Mass, called on Mrs. Ide's aunt,
Mrs. George Corrow, as they were
touring Vermont last week.
About o'clock Sunday the bells
began ringing and the alarm for fire
was given. 1t proved to be at the
home of Chas. Chapman, where the
chimney was ablaze and the walls
soon caught fire, but help came
promptly and it was soon extinguish-
ed. 1t was lucky it was not in the
look very closely after their chimneys
and stovepipes.
Friday evening members of the c.
E. society held a fine social at the
Ivestry. Music and games were in
dulged in and most pleasant time
was enjoyed by all. About O'Clock
Cinderella's coach rolled up to the
door and three fairygodmother ap-
peared bearing fancy cookies, candy
ETC., with which they RECALLED the
young people. 1t is expected many
of these gatherings will be held dur
ing the winter months.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Hancock met
with very agreeable surprise Wed
nesday evening of last week when
they went over to the Congregational
vestry supposing they were to attend
the wedding anniversary of friends
and found out they were attending
their own. Over 100 guests were
present and most enjoyable evening
was spent by all The following pro-
gram was listened to: Reading, Miss
Eta Litchfield; original poem, Mrs.
Azubia Hancock; vocal solo, Walter
Cleveland, accompanist, Miss Marion
Cleveland; piano solo, Mrs. George
Benware; vocal solo, Rev. c. E.
Southland, accompanist, Mrs. South
ard; original poem, Edward Bryant:
remarks, Rev. Southland At this time
Mr.. and Mrs. Hancock were made the
recipients of a gift from their rela-
tIyes, neighbors and friends. Mr..
Handbook, in responding, thanked one
and all not only for the gift but for
the motive that prompted it. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hancock have lived all their
lives IN Coventry and thoroughly ap-
precIate their many friends and good
nnelghbors. Among friends present
from out of town were Mrs. Lillian
Bean, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Prouty. Miss
Kate Drew, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ware.
mrs. b. >. Pomroy and children of
Newport, Mrs. Flora Watson of Der
Eby,. Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Whittemore
and son, Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gray of Irasburg, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Shippee, of Orleans.
On account of not being able to
give facts your correspondent has
not not written a notice of the death of
mrs. Marllla Stevens, formerly of
1Ils place, at Newport, Sept. 3Oth.
daughter, Mrs. Carl White. Mr. and
Mrs. Stevens came to Coventrv ~
1--we IN 1865 and spent all of fba;r
married life here until the death Of
: Mr.. Stevens in 1911 MI, - "