Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-05-19

broken arm and a badly injured hip,
from which she is slowly recovering.
To my Friends:
c. L. Stretch of the Evening Bulle-
tin, Philadelphia, Pa, W. H. Jones of
Swift & Co., Newark, N. j., j. w.
Knevels of Kee Lox Mfg. Co., New
York, and C. R. Emerson of the Fos-
ter Engineering Co., Newark, N; j.,
spent several days last week fishing
in Crystal lake. They report fine
luck.
| Cards have been received announc-
| ing the marriage of James Bygrave
Harmed and Miss Reba Marion Porter
on May II at johnson. They will be
at home June 1 at 55 Summer street,
St. Johnsbury. Miss Porter will be
pleasantly remembered as one of the
grade teachers until her resignation
April 10th.
The adjourned annual business
meeting of the Alumni association
of Barton academy was held in the
school building Monday evening, May
I17th. Miss Aftian L. Scott was elect
ed president pro tenn. 1t was voted
Ito hold a banquet June IL. The fol
/ lowing committee of arrangements
was appointed by the president: Mr.
Lee, Mrs. Erwin, and Miss Potter.
The many friends of Miss Ethel L.
Cowles, formerly student In Barton
graded school, but now of Claremont
IN. H, will be pleased to learn that
Classical course of Stevens high
school. ClA'emont, having beer
ava rded second honor in the class
which numbers So, of which she will
he salutatorian. Miss Cowles has
also won a cash prize of $4,000, this
being second of the Alden prizes fol
high standing in all branches ex.
: elusive of foreign languages.
| At the Republican caucus in Seav
: er's hall Saturday evening, Z. A. Bar
rows. o. w. Locke, H. A. Cleveland
a M M. Taplin, E. r. Cook were elected
!. delegates to attend the Republican
I state convention to be held In Mont
heller. The alternates elected wer.
R%arrv R% dickens. F. A. Hunt, F. C
d Brown. B. o. Smith and ]. F. Batch
Y aIdor The town committee electet
: ,-as p A. Bean, F. w. Cutting, AM
n Webster. F. w. Baldwin pre-
sided over the meeting as chairman
y and q. w. Locke acted as secretary
e The annual business meeting of tn
,. uo,oan,s Literary Club was held il
/. tho off;ce of Miss Abby May Wednes
Jay evening, May 18th. Twelve mem
! bays answered at roll call. The an
/ .,1a1 renorts of the secretary an,
traas,rer were heard and approved
Il vas Voted to hold club day an
d Mrs Pierce, Mrs. Caron and Mrs
f p;1lsburv were a committee appolnte'
: - make arrangements. The follow
r ~ officers were elected: President
Ms Perley; vice president, Mrs. Rut
Webster: secretary and clerk, Mrs
o RatcheIder; treasurer, Miss Potter
J. trustees. Hrs. Hanson, Mrs. Periey
! Mrs pierce, Mrs. Ruth Webster, MRS
q Seaver. Mrs. Ada Webster, Miss ABB
Nav: program committee, MRS. III
win Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Hutchinson
l. Mrs. Buswell, Miss Austin.
d Rev. Benz. Drumming, brother 9
d VIM. Drumming of this place died 9
It tbe home of his son IN Boone, low;
II on on May 10, Mr.. Drumming was y
Years old and had had a remarkabl
!. career. He was born IN OXFORD; En-,
% March %. 1921, the Oldest or IL chi
II dren. In 1886 his parents with se'
4 en- children crossed the ocean IN tn
~ SraoLa p O. After about a year h
9atbar died and he was practical
Is ~ haad of the family. When
Of of age he came to Glover an
IS 1900 the trade of shoe making
v. 4La sbon of the late Orrin Frencl
w IL IL nracticed his trade in Waldo
Ig Wa~,port and in Wateryille ar
coranton, P. @. He married Soph
Tortpn daughter of the late Natha
=, nJ Pehecca Norton of Glover.
- -atnrned from Compton and purcha
~ 81 = farm in Glover where he live
= until 1857 when he went to Boone, ]