Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-07-12
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Miss Ethel Newton is at home
from Long Valley, N. j., for her
summer vacation.
Several from here attended the
dance in DR.. Wells new barn at his
farm in Westmore.
Mrs. Alberta Newton and children
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Day and other relatives.
Mrs. Alberta Newton and children
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Day, and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Regan and
called on friends one day last week
Rev. A. j. Ward of Irasburg
preached here Sunday in the absence
of Rev. G. D. Pierce, who is i'll with
blood poison.
The Ladies' Aid society will have
an ice cream and cake supper at the
hall Saturday night, July 18th. Ev-
erybody come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Waterman
and child spent the Fourth with Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Kalhstrom of VIII
loughby lake.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Dutton enter
tanned Mrs. Edna Dutton, Mrs. Mabel
Adams, Louise Adams and Mrs. Ar
thur Austin and children last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Burrows and
daughter, Lillian, in company with
Eleanor Marena, niece, and Miss
Lillian Barrows and Guy Seaborne,
all of Boston, on their way to visit
his mother, Mrs. Evelyn Burrows,
and family, had very narrow escape
from serious accident. The car
went down a seven-foot embankment
near ST. Johnsbury and turned COM
pletely over pinning the occupants
beneath the car. When extricated
Mr.. Burrows received several cuts,
Mrs. Burrows received a bad bruise
on the head, Miss Burrows fracturl
ed wrist and Mr.. Seaborne was quite
badly injured. The two children were
uninjured. They were attended by
Drs. Kendrick and Wells.
GOLDEN WEDDING
The evening of the Fourth of July
was a joyous occasion to the friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Virgins, who
had come together at the hall to
help them celebrate their 50th we'd
ding anniversary with their children,
grandchildren, brothers and sisters.
The hall upstairs and downstairs was
prettily decorated with gold, white
and green. Two tables were set for
refreshments.
Mrs. j. E Young extended the con-
gratulations of the company to Mr..
and Mrs. Virgins and by request
read a poem which had been written
by Mrs. Clara Joslyn Gross on the
50th wedding annlv els saLy of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Murray, uncle and aunt
of Mrs. Wiggins; readings, Mr..
Young and Mrs. e. S. Kelley; song,
Pauline Virgins; song, Mrs. Eva
Cleveland; song, Marjorie Young;
reading and recitation by Mrs Mar
jorie Martel; song, Mrs. Kate Wig
gins and George Virgins; piano and
violin solo, Mr.. and Mrs. Martel; vio-
lin solo by VIM. P. Smith, aged 85,
encored twice; humorous sketches by
Scott Tinkham; recitation and stories
Fred Adams; several community
songs. They were presented with
$110 in gold, $50 of it given by the
Church. Delicious refreshments of
wedding cake, made by Mrs. L. T.
Grow, was a decided success. Out of
town guests were Frank Adams and
son of Manchester, N. H.; Fred
Dayton, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Virgins and son of Hartford,
Conn, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Martel,
Maiden, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Virgins and daughter, Pauline, from
Forest Hill, Mass, and Samuel Cloud
of Lowell.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
Joseph Bourrette is entertaining
his brothers and sisters from Quebec.
There will be a social dance at the
town hall Thursday evening, July 13.
Miss Mildred Bundy of Lowell is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mamie Dee+-
ker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stone of
Gardner, Mass, are visiting his broth
er, p. G. Stone.
Mrs. Elmer White of East Brown
ington is spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Whitcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Smith attended
the golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Virgins at Bloomington July
News has been received of the mar
riage of Miss Dorothy Seymour to
Mahlon Robbins of Craftsbury. Con-
gratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Emery and S.
H. Clough went to Troy Sunday taxi
ing Mrs. Lafayette Willis, who has
been visiting them, to her, home
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Currier enter
tanned as guests on Sunday their
nephew and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Currier, of North Troy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Skinner and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Bishop of Orleans and
Miss Evelyn Currier of Newport.
ALBANY
Alfred Whitehead, organist at the
cathedral at Montreal, will
be the pianist at the M. Z. church
Sunday, July 16.
A child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Mason July 9th, but lived onlv
q few hours. The funeral was held
morning.
At the NJ E. parsonage July 5
Maryland j. Robbins and Adorothy
May Seymour were united in mar
riage by Rev. Percy Newton.
The social event of last week was
a reception given Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
Did Chaffee at their home Friday
evening. Over 100 of their friends