The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-09-30
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, Sept. 80, 1921.

Mr. and Mrs Roland Swasey and Mrs
S L Swasey of Concord, N. H. have
been in town for the past few days,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs Raymond
Worthen.
The annual business meeting and
Roll Call of the Congregational
Church has been postponed until
October goth.
Mrs May Bowen Taplin, a former
Newbury High School girl, was in
town the first of the week, looking
just as attractive as in days of yore.
Her home is in California, where
the climate conditions are such as to
enable one to retain youth perpetual
ly.
DIR. Horace Greeley Darling receiv-
ed a telegram Saturday night which
appraised him of the fact that he
is a Grand-dad, and the young hope
full is boy.
Mrs S C Sawyer of Boston, Mass.
was in town Monday calling on her
aunt Mrs John Hale and other rela-
tives.
N H Titcomb and wife of Little
ton, Mass. were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs Norman Cobb this week. Mrs
Cobb is a sister of Mr. Titcomb.
Our fire department was called in
to action last Monday morning by the
burning out of the chimney of the
Monticello Sanitorium. No serious
damage was done, as the fire was
confined to the chimney, but it did
do one thing, itshowed the efficiency
of our fire department. In less than
five minutes from the sounding OF
the alarm the hose carriage was on
the spot and ready for action. Some
of those men in days of yore oppos-
ed the installation of water system
can realize that it is not such bad
thing for a town after ALL
Miss Helen Dewey, a former teach
err of Newbury High School, is in
town this week, the guest of Mrs
Walker Woodbury..
The Newbury Village Oxbow Gene
terry Association has received this
week substantial sums from Mrs
Milo Jewett, A w Silsby and Mar
shall Avery, the income to be used
for the perpetual care of their lot.
Mr. and Mrs Edwin Bayley of Bos-
ton were in town for a few days last |
week.
Charles Taggart is riding in a new
Ford Sedan.
On Friday, Sept. 90, Mrs John Hale
completed her ninety-third year. She
was able to see few of her most
intimate friends, while the mail
brought many letters of congratula-
tions. Although Mrs Hale for the
mast two months has been seriously
i'll she has so far recovered her
as to be able to sit up all
day, and is making plans for her
return trip to Albany, N. Y, where
she spends the winter with her
daughter, Mrs James F McElroy.
M C Knight, our town clerk and
genial widower, was pleasantly re-
minded last Saturday that that day.
"a, was the anniversary of
his arrival in this vale of tears and
and his many lady friends
put did themselves in making it
day to be long remembered. If it
was not for the town history this
genial widower would pass off as
nan of 40 years, but as long as !
Frederick Wells has him immortaliz-
ID we can only say that he is forty
ears young. WAY ne nave many .
Happy returns of the day is the wish
# his friends.
Miss Patricia Smith is the posses !
or of a German Police dog of the !
emale species named Baneta, which
S very fond of her, and no doubt in '
rider to show her appreciation for I.
Ter young mistress presented her the
ther morning with 10 full blooded
ierman Police puppies, four males
nd six females. AS these dogs find a
eady sale when they attain the age .
{ four months, the males at SIS and =
he females at so, Baneta is really :
ONE dog, and a dog worth having. 7
A card from George L Andrews in :
icates that he still is in the land
T the living and has not forgotten
is Newbury friends, even if he is in
he land of sunshine, California. He
gently ran across an old Newbury- h
te out there, who left town about
fly years ago and who inquired of v
ome of her acquaintance of that 3,
eriod. They are all living and en- a
oying good health, only fifty years
ave brought grey hairs and not u