Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-24
NEWPORT CENTER
TIn4ondad For last week


INTENDED for last week.
Herbert Tute is improving rapidly
and will soon be able to leave the
Cleasby hospital, where ne is a pa
| tient.
M. A. Parker is slowly recovering
! from his severe illness and it is ex-
pected that he will soon be around
again.
Mrs. G.. C.. Bartlett and son, Ralph,
went to Holland Thursday to visit
her mother, who is in very poor
health.
Homer Coburn is able to be out
again and Mrs. Coburn and the chill
dren are gaining strength after their
recent illness.
Mrs. A. B. Kinnie recently received
word of the death of her brother, Mr..
Mitchell, of Lowell, who was Ill but
a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Niles are to
move this week into one of George
lLarabee's tenements at the lower end
of the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Morse expect
to occupy their house recently va
Gated by E. E. Niles, and begin
housekeeping.
George Holmes, who worked two
days last week in M. G. Morse's har-
ness shop, had to leave because OF
sickness and is quite i'll at this time.
Samuel Stowe of Bolton, P. O.,
visited his mother and sister, Stella,
Wednesday night. He came to help
celebrate his mothers S5th birthday.
Guy Armstrong returned Tuesday
from Franklin county, where he was
working for a cousin. He is doing
the chores for Harold Dow for
while.
| Mr.. Perkins expects to go to the
hospital in Rochester, N. H., in few
DAYS for observation and treatment
His son, who lives there, came Satur-
day and expects to take his father
back with him.
Mr.. Mabel Morse spent part of last
week with her parents in Newport
Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Morse
heard DIR. Carroll, the evangelist,
helpful services.
Mrs. Green of Enosburg Falls, a
trained nurse, has been caring for her
niece, Mrs. Pearl Niles and family
during their recent illness. Pearl
and Mrs. Niles are better, but Mrs.
Willard remains about the same.
1t is hoped that the next few Sun
days may be more pleasant than the
last two have been and that every
body in town will plan to attend one
of the three churches in town each
Sunday morning and evening until
Easter.
VIM Boynton, former resident of
this place recently died at the home
of his son-in-law in New Hampshire
Mr.. Boynton has been sick many
months. His widow is also very i'll.
She is a sister of Mrs. George Sleeper
and N. o. Blake.
Il George Norris, Raymond and Har-
Iold, who have been sick with the in
fluenZa are all able to be out again.
Mrs. Norris is still quite weak but
hopes to be better soon. Mildred has
a hard cold and will stay out of
school for another week.
Word has come to the village of the
death of J. Wesley Erwin, brother
of DR.. c. L. Erwin, which took place
March 4th at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Foster in East Swan
ton. Mr.. Erwin had resided in Derby
Center most of his life and was for
many years an able attorney of Or
leans county.
The house occupied by Frank La
bounty was burned to the ground a
few days ago. The family and Geo.
Farrar, who boarded with them, es-
capped with what they wore, but
scarcely anything else was saved
+ hn
ance on the goods. Much sympathy
is expressed for the family
George Armstrong, who is driving
the George Larabee rural route, and
John Lunna, who is driving for Lew
peabody, were unable to cover their
routes last Saturday because of the
storm. The rural carriers have had
a bad winter for their work but have
done remarkably well in the prompt
delivery of mail every working day.
Miss Blanche Lawson, who has Just
completed her nurses training course
IN Boston hospital, arrived in town
last week to spend two weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Law
son. Miss Lawson was snowbound
for several days on the way from
Boston, leaving there on Saturday
morning and arriving in Newport the
following Wednesday.
The Community Singing school has
been broken up badly these last few
weeks because of stormy weather and
the unusual amount of sickness in
town. Rev. L. A. Edwards, the lead
er, is anxious that every member of
the school will make a special effort
from now on to attend every We'd
nesday night that the closing of the
school may be as successful as was
the commencement.
At the fourth quarterly conference
OF the Methodist church held last
week by District Supt. Sharpe, the