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New Britain herald., 1920-10-20

guild will be held. Rev. MT. Moore Browne of Providence, R. l., will give an address. The guild will march from the parsonage to the church where the trustees will meet them at the door The processional song will be, Onward Christian Soldiers" Recess Aonal rJerusalem the EoldenA" Piano solos will be rendered by Miss Susie King. The pu up1ic is invited to attend the services. A social will fol- low the services. and will be held at the parsonage. Mrs. Helen O'Neil is the president of the pastors guild.
 Schools Close Friday.
 That the local teachers will have an opportunity to attend the Connec- ticut State Teachers association con- vention, Friday, there will be no school. This is the 74th successful year of the association and conven- tions will be held in Hartford, Nor walk, New Haven and New London.
 Attends Convention.
 At the W. c. T. U. convention being held at Hartford this week, many To- cal members of the W. c. T. U. are attending. The convention started yesterday and will continue until Fri day. Those who are attending from here are: Mrs. Charles Goodhue, Mrs. l.. B. Warren and Mrs. George E. Tyler. The delegates that were elect ed to attend, including those men, toned above are: Mrs. John Lamb, Mrs. A. H. Dresser and Mrs. c. Nor ton.
 Baby Conference Tomorrow.
 The Baby Welfare conference will be held at the Nurses Visiting sta tion on Whiting street tomorrow aft ernoon at 3 o'clock. It will continue until 5 o'clock. Mrs. Edwin Hills, Mrs. Frank Hobien and Mrs. Charles Spaulding will be in attendance.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20
Town Talk.

Town Talk.
 The Knights of Pythias held a regular meeting at the hall last evening. Plans for the banquet and degree team for Friday evening was discussed.
 George Woodford and wife have gone on a trip to Florida. They will also visit other sections through the South.
 William Parkinson of New York, attended the marriage of his sister here this morning.
 The annual meeting of the Red Cross branch will be held at the
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20
FEW VOTERS MADE
 AT LAST SESSION
Large Number of Women Fail to
 Appear for Electors Oath
GRANGE FAIR OPENED TODAY
Pretty Wedding This Morning "Church Night" Lecture-Pastors' Guild Services-School Closes Fri- day-W. c. T. U. Convention.

day-W. c. T. U. Convention.
 Yesterday was the last day that the selectmen of the town were in session at the Town hall for the pur- pose of receiving and qualifying per- sons for the electors oath. Although there remained fully 300 or more women on the ito be made list, comparatively few of these appeared to take the oath. A total of 97 women were made eligible voters yes- terday and only 16 men. This brings mitted to the electors oath up to 463. There were upwards of 725 that registered. Many of the women took advantage of the services of Mrs. Frank Usher, who offered the use of automobiles to convey any one who was unable to go to the Town hall.
 The assessors wish also to announce that they will be at the Town hall Saturday from g a. m. until 5 p. m. and from 7:00 until S:30 o'clock in the evening, to receive lists of all property liable to taxation.
 Grange Fair Opens.
 The Plainville Grange fair opened this afternoon at the Grange hall on Pierce street. Booths were open and a sale of food and fruits, as we'll as vegetables, took place. The hall was appropriately decorated and both floors were occupied. This evening the wethersfield Grange will journey to the fair and a musical program will be presented by them. The enter tainment will begin at 8 o'clock. Dancing will follow. The fair will continue tomorrow afternoon and evening. A miscellaneous program has been arranged for the evenings entertainment Local talent will be seen.
 Pretty Wedding Today.
 A pretty wedding took place this morning at o'clock when Miss Mary Parkinson of 93 Broad street was married to Francis Mccarthy of Hart ford. It was held in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Rev. John B. Fay performed the ceremony with a nup- tiaI high mass. The attendants were Miss Theresa Parkinson, sister of the bride and James Cunningham. The bride was dressed in white georgette crepe with a white veil to match and carried a shower bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaid wore pink georgette, a black picture hat, and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The double ring service was used. Mrs. Patrick Casey. organist, played the wedding march. MT. Mccarthy is em- ployed at the Neri Brothers new con- fectionery store on Central Square. MT. and Mrs. Mccarthy left on a short wedding trip to New York and will reside at the home of the bride, tenn porarily, on their return.
 Church Night
 At the Congregational church to- morrow evening, Colonel G. Arthur HadselI, U. s. A. will give talk on his experiences at the Philippine Islands and other interesting places he has visited. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock and the public Is extend- ed an invitation to attend.
 Pastors' Guild Service.
 At the A. M. E. Zion church at 8 o'clock this evening, the first annual consecration services of the pastors
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20

Plainville court rooms at this evening. Officers for u term will be elected. All are urged to attend.
 At the local post office q 15 days there was approxin tons of parcel post handled livered.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20

All persons owning property in the Town of Berlin. liable to pay Taxes. sre hereby notified and requested to return to the Assessors on or before tho First Day of November next. list Of alf property owned or possessed by them on the first day of October. 1920. For convenience of Tax Payers the Asscssors will meet as follows for the purpose of receiving said list.
 Athletic Building. East Berlin, Oc- tober 35. from 10 n. m. to D. m.
 School House, Blue Hills. October 35. from 10 a. m. to 6 ?. m.
 Berlin Bank. Kensington. October n, 10 a. m. to -s p. m., and October 5s. from 10 A. m. to s p. m.
 Town Hall. Berlin. october 20 and 20. 10 a. m. to 6 D. m.. and November 1. to p. m. k4
 c. !. MUELLER. wE JASON M. TAYLOR,
 NERN0N REA D-
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20
BERLIN HAS 1928 REGISTERED VOTERS
0i This Number 42S Are Women,
 Recently Admitted ...
EVENING SCHOOL CROWDED
Glasses Arc Being Conducted Suc- .c-~sruIiy-schooI Children Trying
 Co Buy Motion Picture Machine 1other News Items Of Interest.

Berlin has i.22s voters. including tho women as we'll as the men. Of this number 500 arc men and 423 women. This is considered by the town officers as a good showing. There were onry 2+ more voters made yesterday. Kensington is in the lead with the largest number. The final vtatistics arc as follows: In the worthinRton district 1s3 women reg istercd of these 132 were made voters. This gives district No. a percentage Of ss of women voters. . Tn the Kensin gton district 266 reg fsterod and 203 were made voters. This gives district No. 2 q percentage of 7s. Tn the East Berlin district there were 122 women registered and of these ss were made voters. This gives the third district a Nrecentage Of n.
 Children Have Job.
 An offer has been mNle the chill drcn of the local schools by a Phila- deiphia publishing company to pro- , c,irr a portable moving picture ma chine. @All that is necessary for the children to do is to secure enough subscriptions to raise at least s245. The machine sells for t25o, but if paid in cash can be secured for s2t5. AS ia prescribed by law the com pnny can give 50 cents on each dol- lar Subscription. On this basis it will be necessary for the children to get Ae0 subscriptions.
 fThc machine offered is Of the best type and runs the standard film used tn all moving picture theaters. New Britain has several of these machines and they are used quite often. They have proven a benefit to the student body and the children in this town feel as if they would like one. They have already been about town to sew fernl homes and have secured a few
New Britain herald., 1920-10-20
Mass Meeting.

There will be a mass meeting of the women of the town next Monday evening. IL win be held along the line of a school for women voters Mrs. Kitchls, director of Americanization department of the Connecticut Suf- frage association. will instruct in the use of the ballot. All women of the to1An lar.. urged Ln attend whether
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
ADVENT MINISTER AT
CENTER DROPS DEAD
KeS. Shurtleff Dies Sunday nm
Street. Had just Returned
to Town

heV. Charles II. Shurtleff who uvas
p Pc - OF the Christian Advent church
" newport Center since the last SIM
udy OF july of the present year. dron-
RES leu QeaQ on the sidewalk in front of
T, Z rank Mlller's residence and onlv >
1 &c" doors from mis- own, Sunday
AIf. Shurtleff went to Rutland the
week before to baptize three candi-
yates and from Rutland he accom-
panied Mrs. Shurtleff to Lowell tn
Visit hef> sister. He left her at Lowell
70 VISIT Tor few days and re-
Cuileo 70 the Center on the Air Line
any went directly b the post-office to
geL MS mail and on his wav homo
stopped to talk to one of his members
Mrs. Retta Rollins, and told her of
MS Wlfe's delicate health and ex-
pressed himself as glad when all his
worry and anxiety would be over and
then suddenly fell to the walk.
me nelghborS rallied around him
ana the doctor was called but death
mad come TO this good man without
warning and without suffering. Mr..
Snurtlef had been pastor of the
church at Lowell, Mass, for six wears
before being called to the church here
ana mad greatly endeared himself TO
the people of both churches. He had
/ =
their addresses have not yet been Sc
cured Mrs. Shurtleff accompanied
by her son, W. H. Story, who is a
rural carrier in Hudson, Mass. ar
rived on the evening train Sunday
night and returned to Lowell, Mass,
on the midnight train. A brief ser
vice was held at his late home here
on Sunday evening at 8 O'Clock, con-
Quoted by his closest friend, Rev. A.
D. Ericsson, pastor of the Advent
church at Littleton, N. II. Further
services will be conducted by Mr..
Ericsson at Lowell, Mass, on Monday
and interment will follow in the local
cemetery. There were present at the
services here a large company of his
own people and his nearest neigh
bors- Rev. Henry Squires, and Mrs.
SquIres from Newport city were in at
tendance, as well as Rev c. W. Kel-
ley and Rev. Mr.. Morse of this town.
The Advent church was left without
pastor and feel their loss keenly
They very generously paid the entire
cost of the funeral expenses.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
Elmer Clayton Rogers

Elmer Rogers, who has been in
serious condition for several weeks
died Tuesday forenoon about IL 80
O'Clock. Mr.. Rogers suffered a para
lytic stroke about the first of Novem-
Der 1919, from which he failed TO re-
cover. During his sickness there has
been times when there were signs of
Improvements, but tn latter part of
the season the disease took new hold
and ne gradually failed.
The funeral services were held at
his late home 103 North avenue, Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev.
Leon Peabody Advent pastor of
Waterbury officiating, assisted by Har-
land Cousins. The burial was in the
family lot at Newport Center. The
floral tributes were most beautiful.
Mr. Rogers was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathaniel S. Rogers, born in
Newport Ctr.,May Is. 1868. On May
Is, 1898 he was united in marriage to
Nellie Hager of Newport, and by this
union one child was born, Maud Mel
lie, who died at the age of one and one
half years. Lucius S. Squires, ne
phew of Mrs. Rogers, whose mother
died when he was u days old. found
a home in this family where he has
lived ever since, and was a son In
the family circle. Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
gers have spent all their years In
Newport and Newport Center. They
moved to Newport about nineteen
years ago and during this period Mr..
Rogers has been a faithful employee
of the Newport Electric Light Co.
He was a member of the Advent
church, Evening Star Lodge, No. 81
10. o. F., Frontier Encampment No.
IS. also of Court Honor /. o. F. all
being represented in body at the fun
eral.
In all of the orders he was a very
interested and active member and
will be greatly missed at their meet
inps. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Rog-
nephew, Lucius Squires, and
one sister. Mrs. Jennie Campbell, who
was present and helped care for him
in his last days. The bearers were,
Frank Litchfield, John Squlres,
| DWIGHT S0uires. Gerald BuZzell.
Those from out of town to attend
the funeral were, Rev. Leon Peabody
of Waterbury, Mrs. A. w. Lamb OF
Rarnet Mr.. mad Mrs. VIM. Morse OF
| lyndon. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gallop
| of Rrownington Center, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Glenn Prior of Morrisville, Mr.. and
| Mrs Calvin Whipple, Mr. and Mrs.
George Whipple, Mr.. Floyd Bailey
Mrs. George Rogers and Mrs. Ray
Griffin of Newport Center:
The beautiful floral display con,
sisted of a pillow from the widow and
sister; harp, Newport Electric Light
Co. and employees; wreath, Evening
Star Lodge; harp, Frontier Eneamp,
ment; wreath, Independent order OF
Foresters; anchor, the Squlres lam
! ily: besides numerous sprays from
relatives and friends.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
where she has been working.

where she has been working.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. z. Ra,ib.
three sons of Newport visi4aa aa ailo
Lou Bruce SUNDAY afternoon MSS
Hubert Albee and family have INV
81 % DERBY Line, where he will Wort,
~ the Butterfeld machine shop.
James Mcnamara of st. Johnsbnr,,
VISITED at Z. s. Boyd's one dav 10
week and called on other friends.
Mrs. Eva HiIdretb and d.,,-h+
Ethelyn, of Derby Line -- ba 80 hosr,
c +sr1.g her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Earl Eley has been very IN
CLle past week but is slightly bette
sAI present writing. Mrs. Ii. q. Ruife1
IS caring for her. : '''i
Mrs. Howard Dow and two cb;ldrop
q newport Center spent the week
g5lo WITH ner parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Allen and TWO
children went TO Bloomington S,1n5sS
g visit her parents, Mr.. and Nrs
stewart Lafoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson Of
Holland have been here to see her ia
ther, James Randall, whose health re-
mains very poor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rice of HoI-
land and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Rice
and baby of Morgan visited AT q 8
hlee's last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lueius Park of Tvn-
6onvlle, Elmer Allen and daughter.
MIS- Cora Famrer of Bradford visited
MIS- Josie Royce one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Brooks and
children of Coventry and Mrs. Carrie
Temple OF Newport visited at Henry
Church's Sunday. Mrs. Blanche vii
son returned home with the Brooks
family
Many here were panied to learn of
the death of G. w. Twombly at the
nome OF MS daughter, Mrs. circuit, in
DERBY. Mr.. Twombly lived here for
some time and was much respected bv
all who knew him.
Mrs Adeline Church of Browning
ton visited her granddaughter, Mrs.
VIII Ranney, here last week, and is
now visiting at Henry Church's and
calling on her many friends as this
Is where she formerly lived.
Guests at Mrs. Josie Royee's Sun
day We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ho-
bart and three children of Newbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boardway OF
South Ryegate, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Allen and son and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Allen and son of this place.
Mrs. Margaret Leaveris and son
Reginald, are visiting her daughter
Mrs. Leo Callahan and family in Lit
Teton, n. II. They went with an
other daughter, Mrs. Raymond Blake
and family of Derby. Recently, while
the Callahan's were on an auto trip
their car got overturned and Mr.. and
Mrs. Callahan and two small children
with difficulty got out and were not
much injured. but the car took fire
and was entirely burned, also the
baby carriage and some clothes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
WEST CHARLESTON
Mrs. George Piper is in.


Frank Faufaw is re-laying H. 7.
Chureh's chimneys.
Mr.. Batting has returned to b,s
home IN Maiden, Mass. -S
E. NJ. Pickel and family of west
more visited here Sunday.
Karl Ruiter has been VISITING a.
Glen Ruiter's IN Montreal.
Mrs. Carrie Temple is WORKING At
the Raymond Hotel in Newport.
/ DR.. and Mrs. Hodgdon spent Thurs
day OF last week in st. Johnsbury.
Miss Sylvia Weymouth went last
week to Maiden, Mass, TO visit
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Grow have
moved INTO VIM. Nelson's tenement
house.
/ Mrs. Albert Nadeau and Miss Ru-
dora Hudson recently spent a day in
st. Johnsbury.
+ Mrs. Clifton Barrup visited Mrs. J.
T ". Burgin IN Lyndon Center, Thurs
+ day of tszst week.
7 Mrs. Hodgdon is quite i'll DR.
Farmer Of St. Johnsbury was called
F TO see her Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ruiter OF
+. Newport visited at H G. Ruiter's and
( Jay Labounty's Sunday.
Mr.. Hendrix, who has been with his
daughter, Mrs. Jenkins, has returned
to his home IN Westfield.
Mrs. Billiard returned TO her home
at Miss Bruee's Sunday, from Derby,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20

has been one of the finest in many
years. 1t has been a long time since
the waters on Lake Memphremagog
have been so beautiful, both day and
evening, as in the past summer.
During the entire month of August
hardly ripple was seen on its sur
face. H. o. Smith contractor states
that there has been only 6 days dur
ing the season that he has called off
his men on account OF bad weather.
Four of the cottages in the Farrant
Grove are still occupied, and the oc-
cupants are enjoying the beautiful
autumn days, and scenery surround
ing the lake.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
NEWPORT PERSONALS

Miss Della Deatte was in st. john
bury last Friday.
Earl Davis has purchased the E.
+. Spaulding house boat.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Wright were
at ID. r. Stetson's over Sunday.
Russell Humphrey was in Burling-
ton and st. Johnsbury, Sunday.
Mrs. ]. z. Berard began work in
the Frank D. Flint store last Monday
The J. E. Berry house on Bayview
street was sold Monday to Cleon Sea-
yer.
w. E. Drake of Orleans visited his
father and sister on East Main street
last Saturday.
Claude Gokay is moving from Cow
entry street to the tenement vacated
by Ara Wilcox on Second street.
Mr. and Mrs. Damas Berard of st.
Johns, Que, spent the weekend in
town visiting at Theo. st. German.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Dow left
Thursday for Biddeford. Me-, where
they viii make their home for the
George Haskell, president of the
Vermont jewelers. Association, also W.
NJ. Reed of Montpelier, were in town
Friday.
Mrs. Fred Harvey has returned to
work after visiting her brother George
A. Massey at Echo Farm in North
Danville.
Mr.. and Mrs.>C. II. Mcclure accom-
panied by their daughter, Mrs. Edith
Magoon, have returned from Wash
burn, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Rowe of Miami,
Florida are spending a few days at
Ernest Rickaby's before returning to
their home.
Leah Giroux and sister, Marie, have
gone to Littleton, n. H., to visit. Miss
Marie goes from there to her work
as nurse in Boston.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Porter of ST. Johns
bury. Mrs. Porter was Miss Glen
ma Hayes of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Spaulding and
Miss Claudia left here Monday for
their home in California going by way
of Washington and Florida.
Miss Florence Drew, former 3rd
grade teacher in Newport, now prin-
cipal of Lyndonville High school, was
in town for the weekend visiting
| friends.
Mrs. VIM. Labounty and daughter,
Alice, motored TO Danville, Que, Sun
day to visit Mrs. Labounty's mother,
Mrs. John Moffett. They returned
Monday.
Mrs. A. K Bassett and daughter
May, of Springfield, Mass, has been
visiting in town, the guest of her Sis
ter, Mrs. L. Martin, and niece, Mrs
Chas. Allen, Colfax avenue.
] Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Richard and z. B. Bowley
were in Mortified over the week
end to visit Maurice Clark and Ed.
mund Richard who are in school there
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Lawson and
daughter, Evelyn, also Mrs. Lawson
mother, Mrs. Vanderine of Contra
Vale, n. Y, are visiting Mr.. Law
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Law
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corey with Mr.. an,
: Mrs. johnson of Springfield, Mass
who are touring through the Whit
Mountains and Vermont, visited Nh
and Mrs Ralph Hamblett the last o
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Fairbrother ant
; son. Walter, Mr.. and Mrs. M. j
Wentworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
: Garrett and daughter, Hazel, Mr.. ant
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20
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Mrs. Henry LaFountain and Mrs. R.
c. Mouge and son, Graydon, took an
auto trip through the White Noun
tains Saturday. During their trip of
two days four of the party walked to
the top of Mount Washington, which
took four hours and fifteen minutes
to make the round trip. Those who
made the climb We're, Henry La
Fountain, 90 pears of age, who kept
pace with the younger element and
arrived at the foot more frisky than
ever.
1t may be of interest to the one
time Vermonter to know that the sea
son of 1920, both summer and fall,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-10-20

Il isn't how hard you work. but how
manager friendly.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Swindlers Again Dig Up
The Anne!xc Jams Estate
New Flood OF Letters Out Offer.
ing ''tIeirs" Split in
Widows Millions

The Annekc Jams swinde, which
nctted It's originators nearly 81 600. 900
three decades ago. is being revived. ac-
cordlns to the District Attorneys Of
tlce. Reports received at the Criminal
Courts building indicate that numerous
persons throughout the country. named
as heirs to the famous JAMS estate in
this city, have been deluged with letters
stating that the estate was to be d.
Nidcd shortly and asking for contri-
buttons to dcfray necessary legal ex-
pcnscs
Letters asking when the division
Wou.o take place have come to Mr..
Swann from many Quarters. The
sWlndlcrs sent persons on their "suckcr
list fake newspaper clippings an
nounclEg that a vault, filed with Jewels
and money had been discovered here.
According to the clippings, the estate
consists Of Trinity Church. sections Of
Wall Street, the Woolworth Building,
the Sub Treasury and the Customs
House. and stated that the United
States government was urging settle
ment.
Mr.. Swami said the Annekc JAMS
estate litigation is a closed incident
Her estate having been left to Trinity
Church Corporation. 1t is estimated
that hundreds of persons claimed to
be descendants Of the widow and heirs
to her property.