The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-08-11
NEWBURY.
CAROLS Famous Orchestra of Barre
at Lake Morey Casino, Monday night.
Friday Morning, Aug. IL, 1922.

CAROLS Famous Orchestra of Barre
at Lake MOrey Casino, Monday night.
Friday Morning, Aug. IL, 1922.
The annual Church Fair of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the First Con-
gregational Church of Newbury has
been postponed until Friday evening,
Aug. 18th.
M A Gale of Bradford was in town
Thursday, calling on old friends and
reviving pleasant memories. He re-
turned to his home at Miami Florida
Tuesday, Aug. 8. The mild climate of
his adopted southern home seems to
agree with Maurice, or perhaps he
has taken the gland cure, anyway he
looks 10 years younger than he did
five years ago. If you want to set
Maurice's tongue to wagging just say
Miami, Florida. He will do the rest.
Mrs Nelson Stetson and her daugh-
ter Miss Clara, of Arlington, Mass,
are in town, the guests of Mr. M c
Knight.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Whitaker Of
California are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs Raymond Worthen. Mr. and Mrs
Whitaker have just returned from an
extensive European tour.
Miss Suzanne Smith entertained her
young friends Tuesday, Aug. 9Th, the
occasion being her fifth anniversary,
and if we can judge anything by the
description given US by certain
young man of the same age as Miss
Suzanne, we should call the enter
tainment first class in every respect,
and that it would bear repeating
twice a week.
DR.. Irving johnson and Mrs John
son arrived in town Monday and will
spend the summer in summer home
recently purchased of Walter Grant.
Rev. Mr. Boland of Haverhill ex-
changed with Rev. H S Ives last Sun
day evening.
Mrs Murray Ives and daughter Bar
bara are the guests of Rev. and Mrs
Ives
There were about 200 representa-
tive people who called at Wildwood
Hall during Aug. LIST. and End. The
Hall, which is beautiful for situation,
commanding one of the finest views
on the Connecticut, was handsomely
decorated with flowers, and as one of
the ladies expressed it was perfect
dream" is most fittingly adapted for
the display of the wonderful art ere
ations which it housed. The music
room was used for the display of the
French productio while in the sit
ting room were the rugs and lustre
ware. There was a fine display of
linens in the dining room while in
the main hall were quilts, replica of
those of Revolutionary times. The
fame of these wonderful creations of
art had spread beyond the confines
of Newbury, attracting lovers of the
beautiful from as far north as Bar
ton, as we'll as Art Critics from the
great cities, who went into ecstasies
over the delicate embroideries as well
as being loud in their praises of Mrs
Martha Ross Titcomb's rugs. There
were many enthusiastic purchasers,
and their is to be generous sum
given to- the Nawbury Memorial fund.
Miss Dora Wells, principal of the
Flower Technical High School, under
the Board of Education of Chicago
working out a technical education for
girls, and her sister, Miss Emma Les
lie Wells, teacher of history at the
Bowen High School of Chicago, are in
town the guests of their aunts, Mrs
Freeman and Mrs Worthen.
George Fabyan and Mr. Mann of
Springfield, Mass. are in town, the
guests of James Hubbard.
D S Jones is entertaining his
father and mother of Randolph.
We notice by the Montpelier Argus
the death of Mrs Mary Wells, an old
resident of that city, her death TAX
ing place in Chicago, Ill. July Both,
and in her passing Montpelier has
lost another of her old time citizens"
Montpelier may take pride in hay-
ing this estimable woman spend
most of her life as citizen, but the
inland city must give Newbury the
honor of being her birthplace and
the home of her girlhood, for Mrs
Mary Leslie Wells was born in New
bury Mar. 26, 1888, the second child
of George w and Mehitable Williams
Leslie. After early training in pub
lie and private schools she entered
the Vermont Methodist Conference
Seminary of this place, from which
she graduated in 1858.
At the age of Is she began to teach
and for several years alternated in
the fall and winter. Upon grauation
she became preceptress of young
ladies' seminary in Pennington, N. j.,
where she remained until her marry
ing to Samuel Wells of Montpelier,
Sept. 10, 1854. To Mr. and Mrs Wells
three children were born, son who
died in infancy, and two daughters,
Dora and Emma l. Wells.
Mrs Wells was woman of rare at
tainments, and in spite of her family
cares never lost her love of books.
Able to read several foreign lam
guages, she delighted in reviewing
and increasing her knowledge of them.
Her oral reading of Shakespeare will
be recalled by all who had the pleas
ure of istenuing to it. For the last
10 years of her life Mrs Wells was
entirely blind. Her endomitable
courage is shown by the fact that as
soon as she learned that blindness
was inevitable she set to work to
learn one of the touch systems of
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