Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-01-15


There were 81 who went to Troy
Friday night to the bean supper and
report q fine time.
Mrs. Roy l. Shattuck of Burling-
ton came Saturday to visit her moth
er, Mrs. ". D. Bell.
Homer Longley of Manchester, =.
H, came Saturday TO visit his broth
er, Bert, and relatives in Lowell.
Sunday night the temperature low
cred TO the zero point and Monday
morning was at Is to 20 below, &C
cording to location
Sunday the morning service was
abridged as Rev. W. G. Macfarlane
had TO go TO Lowell to ofhciate at the
funeral of Mrs. Benjamin Hutchlns.
The many old friends of Rev. ].
Elliott Bowman will be interested to
know his son, Marvin, who received
his commission as SECOND lieutenant
last August, and in November had
fall OF 80 feet from his aeropIane,
in which his pilot was killed and
Bowman injured. though his recovery
now seems assured.
Town Clerk H. B. Hitchcock went
TO Montpelier Tuesday TO enter upon
was born in this town a little more
than As years ago, and after finish
ing at local schools, took 2 business
course in a Providence college, for
time clerked for his brother in Prov
idence and little more than 20 years
ago returned to this town and bought
the store he has since conducted.
WESTFIELD, 1918
During the year 1918 there was one
marriage in town, David Aubertine
and Miss Isabel Malboeuf, both re-
Gently from Canada. There were
eight deaths: a still-born daughter
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Verge; Mrs.
Adeline Ducharme, age IS, cause
cancer of the stomach; Mrs Eulalie
Gotta, age 81, pneumonia; Mrs. Mary
Ann Martin, age SO, acute enterltls;
Miss Olympic Barre, age22, consump-
ton; Mrs. Annie Verge, age 50, my
ocarditis; Marie Victoire LaBlanc,
age p, pneumonia; Lucius r. Smith,
age rs, Bright's disease. The births
were IS in number. The names OF
the parents are: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
! Verge, daughter; Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam Merritt, son; Mr.. and Mrs Jo-
seph Charter, son; Mr.. and Mrs: Jo-
seph Pion, daugher; Mr.. and Mrs:
Homer Langevin, daugher; Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph R. L. Meunier, son; Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene McAllister,
daughter; Mr.. and Mrs. Contois, son;
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips n. Messier,
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Meunier,
daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cor
row, daugher; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Sanville, son; Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon
Daudlin, daughter; Mr.. and Mrs,
Ephraim Mayhem, son; Mr.. and Mrs
Steven P. Hilliker, son; Mr.. and
Mrs Thos. Barthiaume, daughter;
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sweet, daugh-
ter. It was interesting to note that
.. of the So parents, p were born II
Canada, most of them not speaking
English till within five years, OF
when they moved to Vermont. There
were a good many real estate trans
fers. which are recorded at this time
mostly farms. The largest was the
sale OF about 1900 acres of timber
. land TO Taplin & Rowell by Myror
Blair Of North Troy. Owing TO {
generous endowment the Congrega
tional church has been able in spite
: Of hard times TO meet its bills. other
wise has held its own. The steadily
i growing Roman Catholic population
: are ministered to at Troy and Lowell
c and seem very prosperous Tn
: town has contributed largely ant
! calls made on it. Fortunately as yet
! none Of our boys have lost their live!
| fighting for world liberty.
' Jan l, Mrs. Jane Stetson arrived
' at the age Of IS years, and he
friends to the number Of 126 CAV,
her a postcard shower for which SIT
4 is deeply grateful