Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-02-23
NEWPORT PERSONALS

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Miss Jennie Curtis of the U. v. M.
spent the weekend with her father,
B. S. Curtis.
William Drumming, Mr.. and Mrs.
| M. H. Drumming of Barton were in
| Newport, Saturday.
| Dorothy Norris is assisting in the
| Novelty Store for the week in the
absence of Mrs. M. E. Willis.
The Rev. H. B. Rankin will go to
Derby, Friday night, to give his over
seas social for the Derby Academy.
The proceeds are to go to the Athletic
association.
f, Rev. H. B. Rankin preached in the
| Baptist church at Beebe Plain, Sun
| day afternoon, in the absence of Rev.
! J. II. Blackburn, who was unable to
be present by being called to oficiate
at funeral.
The funeral services were held at
| the home Sunday afternoon at 2
pastor of the Main street Baptist
| church officiating. The interment
was in the family lot at Coventry.
Besides his sister, Mrs. Zelda Tyler,
he leaves an aged brother, Robert S.
Tice of Irasburg, and several neph-
ews and nieces.
The Epworth League of the M. E.
| church held another decidedly sue
| evening. This was a Valentine party
attended by thirty-seven members
| and friends. The rooms were appro-
priately decorated with red and white
| hearts, Suitable games, music, and
| refreshments of sandwiches, heart
cakes and punch were enjoyed.
Wilbur F. Tice, who has been in
poor health for the past rs years
| from a stroke of paralysis, passed
| away at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Zelda A. Tyler on East Main street,
during the latter part of the night
| not discovered until Mrs. Tyler went
to his room to call him Friday morn
! ing. Mr.. Tice. was born in Coventry,
March 80, 1s47, and the greater part
| of his life was spent in Jay, but for
| the past 20 years had made his home
with his sister where he had been ten
derby cared for.
The local order of Modern Wood
man of America, Camp 1924, held a
very enjoyable session at their regu-
| ldI IIlccClllS LII VOOUIIldu Hall,
| day night. Nearly forty members of
the local order were present, also sew
eral visitors including the degree team
to the number of Is from Orleans.
The degree team from Orleans, in I'M
form, conferred the Woodman degree
upon four candidates. Two others
| were taken as social members. State
Deputy, Geo. F. Baldwin, was present
and showed two reel picture of "The
Value of a Life" and "Who is Thy
Neighbour" At the close of the meet
ing the neighbors repaired to the din
ing rooms and partook of lunch of
sandwiches, doughnuts, coffee and
cheese. Mrs. Annie Magoon, Mrs.
Harry Ouimett and Mrs. Edd Reece
served.
The following unique invitation is
being sent to the members and at
tendants of the First Baptist church:
"On the twenty-second day of Feb
ruary, nineteen hundred and twenty
one, at the Meeting House on Second
street, in the city of Newport, in the
State of Vermont, we are going to
have a birthday party for the folks,
old and young, who are members of
the First Baptist church and Con-
gregation and Sunday School. So you,
] to whom this announcement comes
are invited. Shall we have the pleas
ure of your company at thirty min
utes past six on the above named eve
ming? Accompanying the above in
vitation to be detached, signed, and
returned by the one accepting the in
vitation is the following: =
accept with pleasure the invitation to
the birthday party for February
twenty-second. I will be at the sup
per table at twenty minutes past six
and will bring twenty-five cents, as
birthday gift to the Sunday School
expect to tarry during the early
hours of the evening to enjoy the
social time promised. I think it a
good plan to get-together socially
| now and then"