Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-05-28
BARTON LOCAL NOTES

BARTON LOCAL NOTES
o. Dwyer is sick.
E. L. Graves is in Chicago on busi-
ness.
The library will be closed Friday
afternoon, Decoration day.
There will be dance at Woodman's
hall, Evansville, Friday evening. ad.
The bank will be closed Friday,
May Both, in observance of Memorial
day.
Albert Hardy has returned to
Groveton after spending a week at
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. R. Hardy and Ray
mond were in Groveton, n. H, last
week.
Miss Pearl Robinson spent a few
days with relatives in West Burke
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Cutler of Nash
ua, n. H, are spending few days at
his old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Goodro of New
York City are visiting his mother,
Mrs. Mary Goodro.
Mrs. M. J. Wright's school in
Mountain View, closed Friday with
pre- e-Memorial exercises.
A daughter, Jeanette Florence,
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Da-
mon Thursday, May. 18th.
Miss S. B. Cowles of White Plains,
N. Y, is in town for the summer. She
will occupy her cottage In Crystal
Lake Grove.
The postoffice will be closed Friday
from o'clock a. m. to 11.15 a. m. and
from 1.30 o'clock to 800 p. m. and at
o'clock p. m.
! Ralph and Ernest Hibbard, recent
ly discharged from army service, are
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Hibbard.
Mrs. F. Jay Bates, who has spent
much of the winter and spring IN
! Connecticut on account of her health,
has returned home.
] At the prayer meeting this week,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Baldwin will give
reports of the conference held at Es-
! sex Junction last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Baldwin were
I in Essex Junction last week to attend
the annual meeting of the Vermont
/ conference of which Mr.. Baldwin mas
been treasurer for several years.
Miss Marion Redfeld, who is vo-
cal soloist in the Newport Congregai
tional church has been asked to IN
vite Barton singers to participate al
the. "Welcome Home" celebration
there Tuesday.
Dra- Mapooria1 exercises will be
held i'm Alumni hall at 2 o'clocB
Thursday afternoon. The program
consists of music, drills, pageants
speaking by the children of the
grades. Everyone is cordially invlt-
ed.
Clarence Brooks, son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Judah Brooks, arrived nome
from overseas Monday and a family
reunion was held Mr.. Brooks was {
a member of one of the divisions
which went into Germany, andrelate:
some very interesting experiences.
Sparks from a chimney fire set th'
roof of the tenement house owned by
f. W. Baldwin near the north end o.
High street afre Tuesday evening
and the fire department was called
out. They made short work OF th'
blaze and the damage was not serious
PUPILS of the high school ant
grades will assemble at the school
house at 1 o'clock Friday Afternoon
to participate in the parade. All chill
dren from Barton village and tn
surrounding schools and terrltor.
are earnestly invited to join them.
The cottage of Miss Sarah B
CowIes was broken into during tn
winter and considerable damage dom
: in one way or another. 1t is down
right shame that cottages cannot b.
left alone by those who viii force al
entrance and do property damage, a
/ is reported nearly every spring.
The executive board Of the Ver
. mont Rural Letter Carriers assocla
tion will meet here Friday to pla
: the program for the state cOnventlo
of the association which is to be mel
> in Barton later in the summer. Z. y
. Knapp of Irasburg is president c
!, the association and A. y. Webster o
West Glover is on the eXecutIV
- board.
James Dodge was tried in munic1
- pal court Saturday for not complyln
!. with the school law with respect I
:. seeing that his son was kept IN schoC
e at Willoughby. The jury returned
: verdict of guilty and Dodge was nne
), S25 and costs by Judge Nrlgn
States Attorney Thompson prosecul
ed for the state while Dodge had
II counsel
q Mrs. A. A. Larabee is carrying on
o arm in a sling and sustained man
J. bruises from the overturnlng OF ca