Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-02-11
NEWPORT PERSONALS
(Intended for last weekly

Iul0HuS0 1OI ldSL week.
Peggy Burnes has gone to her home
at West Burke for two-weeks va
cation.
Ralph Hamblet and Arab Wilcox
made a business trip to Lyndonville,
Monday.
M. E. Willis was in Island Pond
this week in the interests of the New
port bakery.
Mrs. Elmer circuit of Derby re-
Gently visited Mrs. E. c. Blanchard
for few days.
Mr.. Gillette of Boston of the
Spencer Heating Co., was here the
first of the week.
Attorneys J. G. Sargent of Ludlow.
and Claire Powers of Island Pond,
were in town Wednesday.
Clare Coburn is reported to be
gaining nicely after her recent oper-
alton at Brightlook hospital.
Miss Dorothy Paquin is gaining
after her operation at Orleans last
week and will return home on Satur-
day.
David Conant of st. Johnsbury
was in the town Thursday, to try
chancery case.
e. J. Prouty was in Boston the first
of the week attending the banquet
at Hotel Somerset.
All ex-service men should take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered
for free me-correspondence courses
as explained elsewhere in this paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Prouty went to
Boston to attend the banquet and lee
ture given Monday night by the Hon.
G. A. Prouty, at Hotel Somerset.
Edwin Camp who has been i'll at
Dartmouth returned home with DIR.
and Mrs. Hamilton and has been con-
fined to the bed since arriving home
Harry Shaw and Clarence Richmond
of Newport and Arthur Clough of
Irasburg returned home Thursday
where they have been attending the
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
injecting.
Letters from Florida state that our
old friends, the Rodenboughs, who
staged "The New Minister" '.The
Merry Whirl' and several other sue
cessful musical comedies in New
port, are travelling in Florida this
winter, and have just put on a show
in st. Petersburg.
William Boivin of Central street
who, with his family, have been visit
ing friends in Schenectady, n. Y,
since Christmas has decided to locate
in that city. Mr.. Boivin has returned
here and shipped his household effects
to that place where he will work at
his trade as paper hanger.
A meeting of the Newport city fire
department was held at the Fireman's
hail last evening, with a large atten-
dance. New members were taken in
to the company to fill the places made
vacant by designations. The most i'm
portant business of the gathering
was the annual pay day.
The members of the Baraca elias
of the East Main street Baptis
church, about % in number, gave {
banquet to the ladies OF the commu
: nifty, in the church, on Wednesda.
evening. The following was the mem
successfully prepared by the mel
, alone: Oyster stew, cold ham, scallop
ed salmon rolls, ice cream, cake an,
! coffee.
The engagement is announced o
Gerald French of Orleans to Miss
: Ruth Jackson of Maiden, Mass. Mis-
, jackson is a school friend of Mis-
Doris Emery, and has spent vacation
in Newport. Mr.. French is a son o
; Carl French of Orleans. He was on
D of the first of the American men t
! land in Italy and was stationed Their
S with the army for a long time. Bot
young people have many friends i
Newport who extend congratulation
and all good wishes.
= Clarence Dwyer, ten-year-old sol
+ of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Dwyer, Will
q sliding on Hoskins avenue Tuesda
forenoon, lost control of his sic,
and it came in contact with the rea
e end of a load of lumber A stake i
S the sled which extended down throug
n the sled beam caught the little felloV
o as his sled went under the load o
7, lumber, cutting his leg from the kne
y to the waist line. DR.. Somers wa
called and found it necessary to tax
: 20 stitches to close the wound: Cla1
" ence is doing as well as could be eS
e pected.
d Charles Borella received a messag
t this week calling him to Montpelie
n last evening to take part in a wrest
ling match, the message did not stat
! who he was to meet, but Charlie bar
r no one and left yesterday noon fo
: that city. The Newport News offic
: received a letter from John Carlso
% champion middleweight wrestler O
: Ohio, now located in Boston, aslin
# this paper to arrange a bout wit
! Mr.. Borella or any other man in TIL
= section of New England. This cha
% Ilenge arrived too late to appear i
! our last issue but Borella on learr
i ing of this challenge at once accept
n ed the challenge and arrangement
e have been completed for this bout t
e take place at the Pastime hall, Wee
nesday evening, February IL. See til
advertisement in this paper.
q One day last week as Edmond Coz
II ture who lives on the Kimball far
! on the South Troy road was DRAWN
- four-foot wood to j. A Aubin, an