The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-12-30
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, Dec. 80, 1921.

OCCuTIeu dJ Inc nOIllt VI IeT uduSl'
ter, Mrs Walker Woodbury. at an early
hour Monday morning. Mrs Hinman
for many years, had been an invalid
which incapacitated her from all the
activities of life, yet through all
these years she never complained and
bore her sufferings with great forti'
tude. She leaves a son Harry l. Hin.
man, and a daughter Mrs Walker
Woodbury., who have done everything
in their power to relieve and make
comfortable a most worthy mother OF
whom it can be truly said-'life had
no purposes in which she was not
steadfast, and eternity has no prom
ises so rich as to be beyond the hope
and expectations of her living friends
for her.
John Sleeper of Windsor is spend
ing a few days in town.
There died in Lowell, Mass. last
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. Il, Miss
Arabella A Prescott, a native OF New
bury, born July 7; 1S48. Her early
life was spent in this town. Here she
attended school at the Old Newbury
Seminary and here she will be pleas
antly remembered as Belle Prescott.
In the early seventies her father
James Y Prescott, sold the farm
which is now owned by the Miller
Brothers at West Newbury and which
had been in the Prescott family for
many years, and took up his resi-
dence in Lowell, Mass. Here Miss
Prescott accepted a position as
teacher in the Bartlett Grammar
School. Her ability as an instruct
Dress was Immediately recognized ana
she RAPIDLY rose from the middle
grade to the highest position, which
Che held at the time of her death.
There was services held at her late
home Thursday afternoon, and FRIDAY
her remains were taken TO west
Newbury and placed in the FAMILY
lot where rest the remains OF her
father and mother. She is survived
by brother Frank P Prescott.
Rev. E T Sturtevant of Lyndon, Vt.
WAS in town Wednesday making calls
on his friends.
The Christmas exercises in Chad,
wick Hall passed off pleasantly, and
many little ones were made happy ny
Santa Claus, while the grown ups en-
loved the songs and recitatlons OF the
little ones.
That blizzard, which that old chap
down east predicted last August
would arrive December 2lst, got here
on scheduled time, getting here just
about one half hour before the doors
of Chadwick Hall opened up to let IN
the crowds who were planning TO see
~ iuniors and seniors of Newbury
HIGH School act their parts In that
PiI9rim play, "The Rose of Plymouth
Town" As it was there was goou
sized audience who braved the blasts
off the North winds, and were well
renaid for their effort, for Patrlcla
smith was the rose of Plymouth Town.
q little French maiden, whose ideas
seem to conflict with those OF her
Puritanical friends; while Letha Al,
per, the demure little Puritan malu
with lovely hair and impressive eye eyes
did mean to win the heart OF fnil-
lime flames Southworth), the
brother of Rose, but she did just the
same much to the amusement OF the
small bows who sat in the front row
and were anxious to know how that
lind of work was done. Then there
vas Alice Avery, as Aunt Resolute
story. This part just suited Alice, and
he made things jingle with her ac-
.ustomed spirit. Rudolph McNeliI
vas Captain Miles Standish, who II
hat character had been on earth to-
Law would have been called a stern
Old Cuss," was we'll adapted for the
,art. and came out with his COM
nand of silence when all was silent.
While his wife Mrs Standish, Cert
ude Smith, a daughter of John
smith. not of Pocahontas fame, but
ust one of our selectmen) was be-
omingly attired in a garb when
with the times. James
yhitehill took the part of John
fargeson, a stern Puritan who had
lis eye on the capricious French
Maiden. and had an idea of making a
wife out of her, but there was a
block in the way in the
hape of Garrett Foster, member ,
f another colony, who came here to +,
liant tobacco in Virginia. This Gar
EFT Foster, (Plin Welch) a warm .
Hooded, reckless fellow with the
owe light in his eyes, was more Of a
match for the cold blooded Puritan
n the battle of Cupid, and a man ,
nth only a half eye open could see !
ust which way the wind was blowing
yhen the liquid eyes of Rose met
hose of the ardent young English
nan. The stage setting was a log ,
abin scene of the period of 1922 to
3, and was indeed impressive as
yell as artistic and showed the
resence of master minds in the
making. All who were present great ,
Y enjoyed the efforts of those EN-
ryo actors, who have the promise of
ecoming stars on the theatrical
tage, and if these young people will
onsult their almanac and bespeak
air weather, we feel certain that If :
he Rose of Plymouth Town" is re- ,
eated Chadwick Hall would be
rowded- Veal unto the very doors.
All the relatives, the uncles, the
ousins and the aunts, partook Of a
christmas dinner Monday at the hos :
home Of Mr. and Mrs Frank ,,
'rock Of South Newbury, and that :
] most of the Oxbow and the balance
the town. So that must have ,
cen some dinner. That reminds us,
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