The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-26
CHELSEA

MTs. fannle warner OF Hopedale, Conn.
Mrs. Warner is native of Chelsea and
will be pleasantly remembered by many
here as Miss Fannie Metealf, daughter
of the late Lyman Metcalf, She has
been away from Chelsea nearly 30
years, wing been back here but once
during the, time,
Mrs. Harry r. Wishart, who has been
the guest of her parents, Col and Mrs.
Fl. 0. Bixby, during the past week, left
for her home in Winooski Thursday
morning.
Miss Il. Mildred Dutton left early in
the week to spend the week at her home
in East Craftsbury
Atty. William H. Sprague was called
to Manchester N. H., the first Of the
week in attention to some legal mat
tiers.
Harold f. West, who is attending the
Drew Theological seminary at Madison,
n. Y, has been spending the week in
town and preached at the local Meth
odist church last Sunday evening,
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
Iipiiul NHui1H Will w HSiu ~ tHc tiiuiCll
vestry at 10 o'clock a. m, Thursday,
Jan. l. to be followed by the annual
roll call and church dinner.
Among our young people who are at
home for the Christmas holidays are
Vinton G. Corwin from Dartmouth col
lege, William H. Adams from Norwich
university, Reginald l.. Hill from the
University of erHont, Joseph X Oar
ling from Goddard seminary, Luther
Baraw, Leon Clark and Charles Titus
from Montpelier seminary, Miss Ina
Waldo. who is teaching in Roxbury, and
Miss Neya Ne Bohonan, who is teaching
in Hartland !
The returns Of divorces granted by
the Orange county court during the
present year show that Is have been
granted, five at the June term and 10
at the December term The wife was
the petitioner in seven cases and the
husband in eight. The longest period
OF marriage was 36 years and the short
est was three years, the average being
about | years. The causes for which
divorce was granted in the above cases
are as follows: Adultery, five; adultery
and wilful desertion, one; intolerable
severity, four; neglect and refusal to
support, one and wilful desertion, four
Mrs Fred L. Goodwin and son, Vim
cent, who have been in Washington for
the past few weeks, have returned
home
Mrs Charles A. Bacon has been APP
pointed administrator Of the estate Of
her late uncle, Henry Magoon, and H.
ID, Barnes and John NJ, Comstock have
been appointed appraisers and commits.
sioners on the estate.
DR. r. A Hayden has moved fromsthc
Office over the drug store where he has
been since he located in town, to the
suite Of dental parlors in the new Ma
sonic block which have Just been com
pleted for his occupancy and he now
has as fine and well appointed offices as
can be found in this section Of the state
and has a large and growing practice
although he has been located here but
short time and has had TO work AT a
disadvantage on account Of an incon-
yenient and small office prior TO rcmoy.
ing to his new quarters.
II A.. Dwincll5 the Orange county az.
ricultufal agent. left Tuesday for his
home in Calais to spend Christmas at
the home OF his parents.
Judge Stanley G. Wilson, who has
been presiding over the December term
OF I.amoille county court at Hyde Park,
completed the work Of the term and
arrived home Saturday afternoon, Dec.
~.
The annual meeting OF the stockhold.
crs of the National Bank OF Orange
County will be held in their banking
rooms at 10 o'clock a m Thursday,
Jan. 10, for the purpose of electing di-
reetcrs for the ensuing year and the
transaction Of any other proper bust.
ness to come before the meeting.
Schools in town are taking vaca-
ton until after the holidays and the
out Of town teachers have gone 70 their
respective homes TO spend the vacation.
The people of Orange county, and
Chelsea especially, note with much sat.
isfaction and hopeful anticipation the
possibility OF Col. Curtis S. Emery of
Newport becoming candidate for gov
ernor in the next campaign, and ii such
fact materializes be will give the other
good men in the race, whoever they
may be- such a fast heat under the
rules of a square deal, that they will
know that they viii have TO step
some ii they expect TO come under the
wire ahead Of Curt Col Emery is II
ull.Aedged. self made man. unassum-
ing, without frills or blare Of trumpet,
but automatic and fact thoroughly
known throughout the state, that when
he goes after anything he brings home
the bacon.
The local fire department has con-
tracted with Fred Parkhurst and Roy
b. Tilton to take care of the fire engine
and operate it in case Of fire during the
next four months