Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-02-02
NEWPORT PERSONALS

Edmond Richard and Maurice Clark
of Middlebury college are at home I'M
til Thursday.
o. G. Hardy has been confined to the
house for the past week with plurisy
but is now on the gain.
Mrs. E. NJ Clarke and her niece,
Miss Irene LaBarr, are spending the
week with relatives in Burlington.
Fora Wheeler left Saturday to
spend few days with her people in
Bath, Me.
The Misses Marion Hamilton, Maud
Smith and Mae Wiley spent the
weekend in ST. Johnsbury.
The Newport Ice Co. will cut ice
for the farmers this week and next
week. The price will be five cents a
cake. y
Mrs. E. A. Hamilton, who has been
spending three weeks visiting her
parents in Lowell, returned home Fri
day.
Mrs. James Barry of Glen Road has
been shut-in the past six months
by illness. She appreciates the visit
of her friends.
Mrs. George Hayes, who has been
in Brightlook hospital at st. Johns
bury for an operation for gall stones
was able to came home Saturday.
Chamber of Commerce banquet will
be held at CongI dining room, free to ali
members. At which time report of
work will be giveu and officers elect
ed.
Ben Wheeler of Newport Center has
been in our city for several days in
the interest of the Junior Order Unit
ed American Mechanics. Mr.. Wheel
er is thoroughly alive to the splendid
work of this order and is having great
success in securing new members for
the local lodge.
Superintendent E. A. Hamilton left
Monday night to attend a meeting of
the executive committee of the Yer
mont State Teachers association OF
which he is member, the meeting is
to be held Tuesday in Rutland. The
other member of the committee are
Miss Eta Franklin of Rutland, who
is chairman of the committee and
Principal D. w. Mcclellan of Ben
rfngton. The purpose of the meeting
is to decide on the dates and place
Of holding the fall convention, and
to make preliminary arrangements.
At recent meeting of the C. L
A. auxiliary to the B. of L. E. the
following officers were elected for the
year 1921. President, Mrs. W. E
/ Davis; vice president, Mrs. David AID
Olson; secretary, Mrs. G. w. Foster
treasurer, Mrs. Edwin P. Rickaby;
Guide, Mrs. /. B. Hutchinson; chaplai
Mrs. J. c. Oakley. Mrs. J. H. Hagan
was elected as delegate to attend the
National convention which is to be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, next May.
Charlie Borella, who is in the Mass
achusetts Radio school at Boston
spent the weekend IN town Youne
borella known around the state as the
holder of welterweight title as cham
pion wrestler, received q wire to come
to st. bloomsbury Monday night where
he was to meet Bernard Pembroke al
a smoker of the Fairbanks Athletic
Association. Borella staged severa
! matches early in the season and de-
| feated such men as Lafond, Bill Ed
munds, A. J. Marshall, Fred O'Hara
and won a match from Bernard Penn.
! broke in Newport, Oct. goth. Borella
was never in better trim than today
and it is safe bet that he will once
again be winner.
! The basketball fans of the city viii
have the privilege of ENJOYING two
games at the school hall this week in
| which great deal of interest is
| manifested. The first contest is book
! ed for Wednesday night when the
Laconia boys, one of the strongest
| teams in New Hampshire will meet
| the fast team of Company l.. On
Friday night the Richford high school
| will play return game with the N
H. S. team. The first game played
1T Richford between these two/teams
about three weeks ago resulted, in
Richford winning with a score of 81
! to 90 Watch the tables turn.
Miss Maud Smith, teacher of the