Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-03

at Pierce's drug store.
nature. The first snow of the sea-
son fell here Friday and again Sun
day night about an inch fell, but in
general the weather continues mild
for the time of year.
Miss Vera Carpenter and Miss
Helen Analr entertained few young,
| ladies at the home of T. W. Cutting
| saturday evening. The event was a
| miscellaneous shower in honor of the
| approaching marriage of Miss Theda
| 11dhan., The evening was very
pleasantly spent with games and mu-
SIC and Miss Dunham received some
fery beautiful and useful gifts. The
;ostesses served punch and waters.
| The Afternoon Study club met with
-drs. Mamie Hanson Thursday, Octo-
GER 2S. Nineteen members and two
| JIsltors were present. After the
Jusiness meeting the following pro-
gram on Immigration" was given:
Book review of 'The Promised Land, y
oy Mary AntIn, given by Marcia
King; reading, sour Foreign Born
Citizens" Mrs. Eta Mcclellan; read
ing, "kinfolk," Catherine Fisher, by
Mrs. Laura Sheldon. The meeting
adjourned TO meet with Mrs. Annie
Pearson on November IL.
The annual meeting of the Barton
branch of the American Red Cross
was held at the Improvement club
rooms on the afternoon of October
21st. Officers and committees for the
year 1921 were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Sadie B. Cowles; vice
president. Mrs. w. w. Reirden; sec
retary and treasurer, Mrs. G. S. Web
H. I. Seaver, Mrs. Edith Carter, Miss
Redfield, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ere
chette and Mrs. c. S. Webster; finance
committee, F. W. Cutting, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. A. Barrows, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
S. Drew, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Hamblet;
membership committee, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Owen, Mrs F. E. Nelson, Mrs.
Lucy Robinson, Mrs. Robert Merrill,
Mrs. Charles Morse, Mrs. Jennie
Blake, Miss Hamblet, Miss Butler,
Miss May, A. Lee Cowles, Miss Fanny
May, Mrs. Bernard Lee, Mrs. Chas.
Hibbard, Mrs. Roy Barron, Levi Ere
w. Comstock, Mrs. Benware, Miss
Atwell, Mrs NJ H Running.
A clipping from the Delaware, o.,
Gazette, tells of a recent honor re-
ceived by Ina Paige of this village,
who is student in the Ohio Wes-
leyan university of that place. The
clipping says: ELECTION of four
Ohio Wesleyan seniors to Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic fraternity,
was announced this morning at the
morning chapel services of the uni
versity. Marion Briscoe, Park Ridge,
n. j.; R. ]. Havighurst, Springfield,
ILL.,; Mary Wheland, Chattanooga,
Tenn, and Ina Paige, Barton, VT,
were the students chosen to member
ship. All four students attained an
AVERAGE of higher than 90 for the
first three years of their college
work. Not one of the members chos-
en- is from Ohio, and only one is a
man. All are prominent in class and
school activities" Scholarships are
marked there on the basis of points,
three being the highest grade. To be
eligible for election at the beginning
of the senior year, one must have
grade of 2.85 or above. Next to
amagna cum laude," this election is
the highest honor the university gives
as regards scholarship. Il
ALBANY
See Green Mountain threatre ad.
I,ucas Brown has moved to Green's
boro.
Mrs. Mabel Clegg is working at
Dana Hackett's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Miles visited
in Morrisville Sunday.
Glen Miles moved Mr.. Grow to
Wells River last week.
Miss Mabel Vance has been visit
ing friends in Nawport.
Joe Fisher, Jr., has taken posses
sion of the J. B. Dow farm.
Mrs. Harry Wilder has sister,
Mrs Vantine, of Springfield visiting |
her.
Mrs. Edith Miles has gone to New
for an indefinite stay with
a sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Darling and
i. B. Darling of Morrisville, visited at
Harry Darling's this week
DIR. Esmond was called to Maine |
last week on account of the serious
illness of his brother-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Sweet visited |
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Webster or |
Newport the first of the week.
The next regular meeting of the /
Maple Valley grange will be the hrst
Fridav instead of the second Friday |
in November.
haan snending two weeks with his
mother and sister, Mrs. Whittemore,
has returned home.
Those from this place who attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Will Utton OF
Newport were: Mrs. Helen Campbell,
Mrs. Utton's stepmother; Mr. and
Mrs. J. ID. Kelley, Mrs. Fred Newton,
Mrs. c. o. Sweet, Mrs. Maude and
Mabel Vance.
EAST ALBANY
Hear DIR. Hills at Barton Thurs
iay. November 11th. Don't miss this
adv.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
There will be a chicken-pie supper
at the town hall Wednesday evening,
November 10th. There will be lit |
erary and musical program. All are
cordially invited. Ladies please fur