The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-08-18
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, August Is, 1922.
illumination Night Saturday, Aug. 26

illumination Night Saturday, Aug. 26.
Rev. George Credeford and Mrs
Credeford of Ward Hill, Mass. were
in town Sunday, Mr. Credeford as
sisting the pastor Mr. Ives in the
morning service. Mrs Credeford was
formerly Miss Ella Bixby of this
town.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Olmsted OF
Washington, D. C. are the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Avery.
Miss Ethel Bailey has returned from
her Summer School at Burlington
and she, with her mother, have open
ed up "Under-clnt."
Mr. and Mrs w E Monroe, who
have been away on two weeks
vacation trip through the Adirondackss
also visiting friends in Canada ana
the State of New York, have return,
ed in a very happy state of mind
which indicates that in the l2Oo
miles covered they found good roads
and the motor went all 0. K. 1--WE
bet a dollar that Mrs Monroe drove
the car, if it went all right. On
their arrival home, they found as
guests Mrs Wollcot of New Haven,
Conn. and Mr. Albert Cox of Massa-
wippi, Quebec.
There motored through town last
Thursday, Mrs Alice Hadley, Mrs
Jennie Mills, John M Atwood, MIR and
Mrs Fred Atwood, Mr. and Mrs H K
Morse and Russell Morse. Mrs Had
lev is the daughter of Archibald
Mills, the architect of the CongTe-
gational church of this place. MRS
Hadley and her children visited the
church which her father planned 90
wears ago and with them, at the
portal of the church, with it's Cor
inthian columns, paid him fitting
tribute in reverencing his memory
by having family photograph taken;
The Nellie Gill Co played to full
house last Friday evening. 1t was
the old play Peg of My Heart"
which will bear repeating once a
year. They had a fine orchestra
with them and when the play was
over they had good dance, which
all seemed to enjoy. They Will pc
here again in about three weeks.
Mr. Charles Hartwell is the owner
of a fine Hudson limousine, when
his family greatly enjoy, and when
also illustrates what hard work and
careful management will accomplish.
Charles says "By CORY, | can handle
a Ford and truck alright, but
when it comes to running house on
wheels it takes courage"
Sunday, Aug. 13, 1922 1t was just
46 years ago today that fire visited
what is now known as Hale's Corner,
for it was on Sunday, Aug. Ii, 1876
that the Old Aurora of the Valley
Building, H H Demings's Store, 5 l.
Swasey's Jewelry store and the Old
Depot building went down in flames.
That was hot Sunday afternoon, and
there are only few about town who
remember that lively day. Andrew
Kelley states the fire started at just
2.45 in the D. m. in the rear of the
Aurora Building, then occupied by
Moses Clark and family. He claims
that he remembers it so distinctly as
he was up on ArthurIs seat reading a
good book. ct must have been the
Bible as Andrew would read no other
book on Sunday, and perchance he
was reading about the fall of Sodom
and that other city with a long name)
when he noticed smoke rising, and
rising with it shot the flames. There
being no wind to speak of the fire
was confined to the above named
buildings although Keyes store across
the street was badly scorched. The
families made homeless that day were
Moses Clark, H H Deming, o c
Temple, Simeon Shepardson, William
and Eliza Morse and Larken Lovejoy.
We have vivid recollection Of MIR
Lovejoy, "UncIe Lark" as he was
called, as a young clerk in Reyes
store sold him by mistake a small
vial of muriatic acid for Bailey's
linement, and when the old man ap-
piled it to his lame back that night
he expressed his establishment in just
one word 'Godelmitty," and swore
he would kill that young cuss the
next time he laid hands on him.
Poor Uncle Lark, you were gathered
to your fathers before you could
put that threat into execution. Mr.
Clark and Mr. Deming rebuilt in 1877
and the town put up the Clerks
office in 1883. On June IA, 1913, this
corner again was swept by fire and
the Deming's store and the Moses
Clark residence were the victims.
They are now replaced by a brick
block and the residence of B Hale.
The Tenney Memorial Library.
The citizens of Newbury are proud
of it's institutions which comprise the
Town Central School Building, Chad
wick Hall, the Congregational church,
the Bailey Memorial Club, the Ok
bow D. A. r. Building, with all its
interesting mementos pertaining to
the history of our town, but the
building which seems to come near
est to the heart of every citizen of
the town, and which with the church
is exerting it's greatest influence for
the moral, mental and spiritual up
lift of the community, is the Tenney
Memorial Library, erected rs years
ago by Miss Martha ] Tenney in
memory of her father, the value OF