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

Mrs. J. r. Cushing of Andover, N.
H., was the guest of her sisters,
Mrs James Scott and Mrs. Joseph
Brooks, last week.
Mrs. G. J. Derusha and daughters,
Mrs. Guy Sawyer and Mrs. j. S.
Chesley and daughter, Ruth, spent
several days with Mr.. Derusha in
Groveton, NH, last week.
Harley Marsh is acting as janitor
at the school builing during the i'll
ness of Curtis Mudgett. Mrs. Mudg-
ett was also i'll last week.
Eldridge Handkerchief factory at
Orleans has positions open for few
more girls. Light, pleasant and
profitable work. adv.
Mrs. Carrie Burnham has rented
her house to Wallace Foss and gone
to Springfield, Mass, to spend the
winter with her daughter, Ruth.
H. McClary, who has spent the
summer with his daughter, Mrs. w.
E. Hanson, is at the home of another
daughter in Craftsbury for visit.
Mrs. E. w. Barron will entertain
the Ladies' society at her home on
Thursday afternoon. All the ladies
of the cuhrch are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Pierce and Mrs.
F. III. Pillsbury are on an automo-
bile trip to Springfield, Boston and
other southern New England points.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wakeman en-
tertained their daughter, Miss Alice
Wakeman. and friend, Miss Winsome
Jones, of Newport for the weekend.
Mrs. /. A. Ranney of Hardwick
and Mrs. Jennie Willis of Newport
attended the chicken-pie supper and
sale at the Methodist church Friday
and visited friends in town.
Except for the closing of the bank
and postoffice at certain hours our
village would scarcely have realized
that Monday was a holiday, "Colum-
bus DaJ."
Barton Masons are to work the
first section of the Master Masons
degree at the annual district meeting
in Irasbprg Thursday afternoon OF
! next week, H. r. Barron, master.
A number of Barton baseball en-
thusiasts went to ST. Johnsbury Fri
day to see the New York Giants play
picked st. Johnsbury team in which
Bernard Lee of this town played Sec
ond base.
Ralph King was in Burlington to
attend a reunion of signal corps men
last week, and Julia King attended
the state teachers convention II
Montpelier and then went to Bur
lington to visit her sister, Marjorie
at U. V. nj.
Mrs. Doncho Atanasoff and two
children were weekend guests at the
home of a friend, Mrs. r. A. Allen
at Lyndon. H. III. Wheeler, lately
returned from overseas, was a gues1
of his cousin, Mrs. Atanasoff, enroutt
to his home in Irasbprg.
Barton attorneys have played {
most important part In the presen
long term of Orleans county court
Every case has had Barton attorney
on one side or the other and in mos
cases Barton counsel was engaged OF
both sides. This term of court ha
been remarkable in this respect.
A few of the ladies of the mission
ary society met with Mrs. G. +. Cutie
one day last week and filled larg
barrel with comforters and article
that had been donated by member
| and friends The barrel is to be sen
to Dorchester academy and the valu
! of the barrel was $14O.
AL Dever of the merchant marine
returned Saturday to his home i
Everett, Mass. Mr.. Dever has jus
returned from a long cruise in South
, ern waters, having an opportunity t
visit many South American ports
, While here Mr.. Dever was guest o
> Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Proctor.
5 Word has been received here of tn
5 critical illness of Fred Dyke, VIII
: was taken suddenly i'll at his home i
:. Northfield and rushed to the hospita
in Montpelier, where an operation
was performed Friday. 1t is learne