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Vol 48 -No. 21
BARTON, VERMONT WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1919
Single Copies 5 Cents.
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Shed advertising
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(:.(.: Ilir0C, Apr wo'd thereafter. Cash
c,, cent per flfcer jvo odcerlise-
FOR SALE
-TsALEGood work horse 12
E. Sockol, Barton. 19tf
-5an old.
"TsALE High-grade fertiliz
wc right. C. A. NuteBar-
. at T T",XTrP TTrviica on1
.1 one acre of land, 1 miles
Orleans. J
A. Bates. 20-22
JlUlii
-TnpALE 5 nice grade Hol
heifers. H. C. Wilson, Jras-
cur;:, M
rOF S A.LE Eclipse corn planter,
neWnew. Priced to sell. Graham
Elliott. Bartoi 21-p
"lvpTne lumber for sale, 1 in, 1
ia and 3 in. thkk.E. W. Barron Bar-
ten1Vt L5tf
FOR SALE White Plymouth
Rock esr?s tor natcmng, i 2.. "
E. W. Barron, Barton, V t.
17tf
FOR SALE Carload of extra
l I K;-r.rrloc will JlTTlVe
clear, rea ceu.ii am", . ,,
soon, rnce '
t . ci; nr ror m 5T Tnp par
Dwinell & Morse, Orleans.
FOE SALE Registered Jersey
hull ae 22 months. From register
of
niprt dam. iiowaru riuuwj,
North Craftsbury.
21-22p
FOR SALE OR TRADE My Oak-land-6
touring car, new last fall, run
le than 1000 miles. Not a scratch
or blemish on it. Reason for selling
t'ree cars too many for one man to
use. G. S. Dodge, Orleans. 21tf
FOR SALE at Craftshury, a vil
lage residence consisting of a house
and barn in good repair situated on
Main street, near the postofhce, school
and church. Small garden. Mrs.
Nellie S. Urie. 21-24
FOR SALE Furnished cottage
and large lot situated on the shore of
Crvstal lake, Barton, Vt. Known as
tfiP Rfnrv nr Edeewood Cottage. Ad
dress F." H. Goss, Melrose, Mass., or
V. L. Dow, 2'J4 Washington St., Bos-
ton Mass., room 836.
FOR SALE 260-acre farm equip
rlR nf tools and ma
chinery. Keeps 45 head of stock,
2000 su?ar trees all rigged. Quantities
of wood, lumber and pulp, never fail
in? water, good buildings, electric
lights. A. Fl. Rich, Glover. 20-22p
FOR SALE Two tenement house
vrith half acre of land and barn on
Park street, Barton. Modern in every
way, each tenement entirely separate
and in first-class condition. Special
price to sell before July 1st. Inquire
of F. Comstock, Barton, or -write
Sirs. G. L. Merriam, 2 Main St.,
Greenfield, Mass. 21tf
MISCELLANEOUS
Cash waiting for your maple sug
ar with top price guaranteed up to
June 1st. Ray P. Webster, Barton.
14tf
INSURANCE Best stock and mu
tual companies. Surety bonds. F.
W. Baldwin, Agent, Barton. 26tf
AUTO LIVERY day and night
service. Bell telephone. Homer
Kushford, Barton. 21tf
See our plant adv. on another page
of this paper. All standard varieties
tomato and cabbage plants and 40
prjeties splendid flowering plants.
A. R. Wakeman, Barton.
SUGAR MAKERS Will buy sug-
T at 25c anH tvutt ovtTQ 4nr no-ce
Pkapes, Saturday and Monday,
y 17 and 19. Churchill & Dodge,
BOATING. PLEAS
l a year around home, cottage
couse, barn, acre land, 25 nice fruit
trcS. n v o 1 r-, 1 -; ov j , i a.
r?a;!C5d,-Corner few rods to lake,
B. tllvered telephone if wanted.
rS kitchen, parlor, three bed
ims well water. Barn room for
Dow' Tnd hay- only 600-A-B
a- Johnsbury. 21-22
WANTED
poultry. Elriek,
on. o
1 ,2NTED-Calf skins, 5 to 7 lbs.,
I 9 " 2.75. E. Sockol.
street, Barton. TeL 24-11. 6tf
general housework.
it Vac Vy-W Pr week. F. E. Duf-
Coan AV Mam St., West Hartford
. 18-22p
t n i Paltry and fresh
Hocd. Uea"s express station next
OrleanL'
4tf
iP:nr'1An t0 8lt orders
arab? l;and ornamental trees, roses,
C W 81tlon- Pay weekly. Apply
wk.Suart & Newark, New
43tf
FARMERS' Noncrrc win t.nr
win'? Monday from now on.
Dod. MS?dy at storehouse. G. S.
. vneani. 1921
Anonymous Complaints Ignored.
Having received through the mail
several anonymous complaints, I de
sire to inform the public that I will
not consider or investigate any writ
ten complaint unless it is signed by
some responsible person ready to
stand back of the same.
Frank D. Thompson,
State's Attorney.
BARTON LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. W. M. Wright is in New York
to visit relatives.
C. J. Derusha has returned to
Groveton, N. H., to work.
Mme. J. C. E. Tardif of Montreal is
visiting at the Emerson farm.
Regular meetine of Sunbeam Re-
bekah Lodge, Tuesday evening.
Percy W. Cowles of New York Citv
is spending a few days in town.
Mrs. W. H. Benware of Westfield
is assisting in Pierce's drug store.
Willard Goodro spent last week at
Orleans with his aunt, Mrs. F. W.
Hardy.
Leo LeBlanc of the Monitor force
spent the week-end at his home in
Bedford.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Pierce and Mrs.
F. H. Pillsbury are in Boston on an
automobile trip.
Miss Ruby Campbell of New York
City is spending a few days with her
sister, Mrs. F. A. Hunt.
W. E. Hanson has recently com
pleted the grading of his lawn and
had concrete walks put in.
George Rowen of Springfield,
Mass., is spending a time with his
lamily at the Mason home.
Mr. and Mrs. Cha'rles Clogston will
move from the Stannard house to
the Lester house on Harrison avenue
Homer Rushford has sold his truck
ing business and equipment to E. D
Alger, who will continue the business
Mr. and Mrs. James Cavanaugh of
Newport have been recent guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Dil
ley.
The monthly missionary meeting
will be held with Mrs. Albert Webster
Tuesday afternoon. Leader, Mrs.
King.
The annual business meeting of the
Afternoon Study club will be held
with Mrs. H. W. Carter Thursday
afternoon.
Misses Esther. Brunning and Ruth
Burnham, who have been taking a va
cation at home, returned to Spring
field, Mass., Saturday.
Regular meeting of Orient Chap
ter, No. 13, O. E. S., Friday evening
at 7 o'clock. Please note the change
in time of meeting.
Mrs. L. M. Hubbard is in town for
a few days before going to Willough-
by lake to open the .New vvulough
by Hotel on June 1st.
Work on the addition to the Gem
theatre is progressing well, the place
having been completely closed in and
the inside work nearmg completion.
Miss Annie Wright, who has been
spending a number of weeks m Ar
ington. Va.. with her sister, Mrs. C.
Warner, arrived home tius morn
ing.
Harry Gaudette of Lyndonville was
a guest at the Saril Brooks home last
week. Mr. Gaudette was in the sig
nal corp and was in France for some
time.
Oscar Owen has received his dis
charge and returned home Sunday.
He enlisted in August, 1917, and was
in France 14 months with the 485th
Aero Construction Squadron.
Miss Sadie Page, a government
nurse at Manama, is visiting ner
brother, Kim Page, and other rela
tives in this section. Miss Page is on
a month's leave of absence from her
duties.
Those who attended the annual
state meeting of Odd Fellows and Re
bekahs at Burlington last week were
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goodro, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Larabee, Mrs. R. F Ma
son and F. R. Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Sawyer of Lyn-
donvUle will reside here this sum
mer and Mr. Sawyer will work for
the Hood Co. Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Sawyer of Glover street will move
to Lyndonville for the season.
A reception will be given Rev. and
Mrs. W. A. Warner by Orleans
Lodge, F. & A. M. and the Order of
the O. E. S. at Masonic nau ax o
o'clock Friday evening. A cordial
invitation is extended to Masons ana
their families.
M. C. Heath, who has been sick
for ten days and has been failing for
some weeks, died Tuesday evening.
Particulars regarding his life will be
printed next week. The funeral will
be at the home on Lincoln avenue on
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
TO RENT
TO RENT First class tenement,
Lincoln avenue, 6 rooms and pantry,
flnv. olnaot two larere closets, large
UrM woodshed in base
ment. Garden. storm winVws,
screens. H. a Gay. 12 tf
LOST
LOST In Barton village bunch of
keys. Finder please return to W. W.
Reirden. xw
t oct PwVt hook containing $26
or more, also check book. Name of
at Monitor office for reward. 20-21p
owner on bank receipts msiae.
Plan to attend one of the Farm
I Bureau district meetings next w.
Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
Rev. M. A. Turner, Pastor
Sunday, May 25th
There will be no mornine service
in this church, the union Memorial
day service being held in the Congre
gational cnurcn.
Sunday school, 12.00.
Junior League at 4 p. m.
Epworth League, 6.30.
Evening service, 7.30.
Thursday evening prayer meetine
at 7.30 o'clock.
Last Sunday the pastor's morning
sermon was in preparation for the
eentenary canvass, which is being
held this week, briefly and effective
ly describing the purpose and plan
of the Centenary. Miss Porter sang
an offertory solo.
Congregational Church Notes.
Sunday, May 25th
10.45, Morning service.
12.00, Sunday school.
6.30, Christian Endeavor meeting.
The regular mid-week prayer meet
ing on Thursday evening at 7.30.
There will be no evening preaching
service next Sunday.
A. F. Stone of St. ' Johnsbury will
occupy the pulpit Sunday morning for
the union Memorial service. Ihe
choir will sing a patriotic anthem.
Rev. J. H. Reid of Lebanon, Pa.,
occupied the pulpit Sunday morning
preaching an especially fine sermon.
Mr. Reid is a native of Vermont and
formerly held the Congregational
pastorate at Bellows Falls, but for the
past 15 years has been in business in
Lebanon.
The Improvement club is keeping
up its good work of stocking the wa
ters of several ol our laKes, ponus
and brooks by arranging for several
shipments of young trout to be placed
in Crystal lake, Stone pond and other
fishing grounds.
The weather has been generally
fair for the past ten days and has
moderated to the extent that crops
are beiner nut in. trees are leaving
.out and cherry trees and strawberries
are in blossom. Grass iana is loos
ing exceptionally well.
Mrs. Ida Wilkie of Ashland, N. H.,
came Friday to help care for her
brother, M. C. Heath, who has since
died. Mr. Heath's son, Chester, from
Connecticut, also his daughter, Mrs.
Etta Dunham, of Springfield, came
the first of the week.
The students of Barton academy
will make a canvass of the village
Monday for the sale of tickets for the
Grilley entertainment on June 6. Be
ready with your 50c. The tickets sold
will be exchangeable at Pierce's May
29 or after for reserved seats.
The Victory loan banner being dis
rilnvpd in the nostoffice was awarded
this place because of its showing m
the recent loan. This end of the
town was allotted $60,000 in the loan
and subscribed $68,500, thus keeping
its record in the war drives far above
quotas assigned.
Mrs. Jones of Waterbury, state -war
savin ca stamn director, was in town
last week and interviewed Prin. Bates
on the matter of the school here co
operating in the purchase of savings
stamps. Members of the high school
have bought $5 worth of stamps since
January 1 it was discovered.
F. A. Hunt of the Monitor caught
his right hand in one of the job
presses Monday afternoon. The hand
was so badly crushed that the two
middle fingers and a portion of the
forefinger were amputated at the
r.leasbv hosnital in Orleans that eve
ning by Dr. Allen of St. Johnsbury.
Rmrar men have been busy the past
ten days receiving maple sugar for
shipment, it is estunaieu ujr iuu
in a nosition to know that there has
been brought into this village in the
past ten days $1U,UUU wortn oi mapie
sugar per day or $100,000 of sugar
since May 1U. une car loaueu x ue
day by R. P. Webster, contained $16,-
000 worth ol mapie proaucts.
The local cast of the drama, "The
Thiat of the Earth." which has been
played so successfully here, in Lyn
donville, uiover ana irasuuxg wa
given to a crowded house at Shef
field Tuesday evening. Standing room
only could be had and 50 couples were
present at the dance. The people be
hind this play are certainly to be con
gratulated upon their success.
W. E. Hanson - has purchased of
N. M. Lewis of Northampton, Mass.,
formerly of this place, a tract of 13,-
500 acres ol timoer iana in uiovw,
known as the "South HillL" There are
several million leet ol Dotn naro. ana
soft wood on this land and Mr. Han
son will begin lumbering tne tract
this fall. All of which means in
creased business for the Hanson mill
and Barton.
Crvstal lake is coming to be one of
the best bodies of water for fishing in
the south end of the county. So far
as known no lake has yielded as many
nice fish this year as Crystal lake.
About 25 beautiful specimens of
trout have been taken, all of which
wpich from four to 16 pounds. The
16-pounder was taken by Labounty
and MartelL The laDOunty Drotners
have taken the largest number, while , t trustees, Mrs. Seaver, Mrs.
Moner Hitchcock and Ambrose have Piercef Mrs. Baldwin, Miss Fanny
taken five, Clyde Heath three and May Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Ruth Webster,
parties from Newport have taken Mr8 Ada Webster; program corn
several, and a number of local men ; mittet iS.is Butler, Mrs. Erwin, Miss
have taken one or more. j Haroblet, Miss Burgess. At the pres-
The remains of Mrs. Susan K. ent time we have in the Library
Brown, who died in Manchester, N. Building Fund. $985.32.
GREAT JUNE DRIVE
FOR MEMBERSHIPS.
County Farm Bureau Needs lo'oo
Members. Women to Join. Three
District Meetings.
The first three days of next week,
May 26, 27 and 28th, have been set
apart for three rousing district meet
ings to head up final plans for the
Farm Bureau Membership Drive
which opens the first week in June.
These meetings, which are open to
both men and women, interested in
the work of the Farm Bureau, will be
addressed by J. E. Carrigan of the
extension service of Burlington and
Miss Pettit of the States Relations
Service at Washington. As both
speakers are closely associated with
Farm Bureau work, an interesting
program is anticipated. Final plans
for the launching of the campaign will
be outlined by some officer of the
Farm Bureau and the county agent.
These meetings will be held in the
following towns:
West Charleston, Monday, 8 p. m.
May 26th, at School hall.
South Troy, Tuesday, 8 p. m., May
27th at the Methodist church.
South Albany, Wednesday, 8 p. m.,
May 28th at the Congregational
church.
Letters have gone out to all mem
bers of the various community mem
bership committees urging them to be
present at one of these meetings. In
fact, community chairmen are plan
ning with various committee mem
bers how everyone may go by auto,
those having autos taking those who
have not.
One thousand Farm Bureau mem
bers, no less, is the stint for the va
rious members of the community
committees of this county .Is that too
many to expect when there are over
5000 farm men and farm women in
Orleans county? There will be no
less than 150 men and women who
will make the canvass of the county.
If each one secures six members,
including renewals and new members,
that will put the county "over the
top." Each community will have a
quota and a set day on which the
campaign will be run. Further in
formation about the campaign will be
published in this paper next week. If
you want to know how Orleans coun
ty stands at present with the other
counties of the state and of the New
England states, read the article on
the third page of the New England
Homestead for May 17th. Orleans
county is by no means at the bottom
and is far from the top in the matter
of membership. But, 1000 members
will put the Orleans County Farm
Bureau "over the top" and at the
"top" in this state. There is no use
talking, it must be done.
In many of the towns of this coun
ty, the women are organizing com
mittees the same as the men to con
duct a live membership drive the first
of June. At present there is no
Home Demonstration agent in the
county, owing to Miss Seaver's resig
nation, but the chances are better
than ever that there will be one locat
ed here before the summer is over.
The women realize that they must
show a substantial membership the
same as the men if they are to ex
pect that Uncle Sam will pay the sal
ary of a home demonstration agent.
Caledonia county, south of us, has 300
women members in the Farm Bureau
and has never had a home demon
stration agent. It is expected that
one
will soon be secured, urieans
countv women should show their in
terest in this work by membership in
the Farm Bureau or little assistance
will be given by the department at
Washington to the Farm Bureau in
securing someone to fill the vacancy
caused by Miss Seaver's resignation.
It is simply a business proposition
with the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. If the women of any
county " show by good membership
that they want home demonstration
work, the department will do its part
and will give them assistance as far
as funds will permit. But, if the
women are not interested enough to
show a good membership, the depart
ment at Washington is liable to place
the funds at their disposal m some
county where there is more interest.
Hence the reason for a campaign for
v
women memuera.
H., some time ago, and have been in
the tomb there since, arrived here on
Wednesday morning, accompanied by
her only son, Dana Kimball. Brown of
Manchester. She was one of the
four daughters of the late S. Dana
and Abigail (Barnard) Kimball, and
widow of J. W. Brown, all well
known and much respected citizens of
this nlace. She was a sister of the
late Hazen Kimball of New York
r.itrr and Helen Kimball, so well re
membered here. She leaves several
cousins in this place. The remains
were placed in the family lot in the
Welcome O. Jirown cemetery.
The annual business meeting of the
Woman's Literary club was held with
Mrs. Seaver Wednesday evening, May
14 and 13 members were present.
"Prophecy of the Club, Mrs. Ruth
Webster. The following annual re
ports were given: Secretary, treasur
er, clerk of the corporation, penny
collection. It was voted to hold club
day this year. The following officers
were elected: Pres., Mrs. Frances
Seaver; Vice Pres., Mrs. Florence
Pierce; Sec. and Clerk, Mrs. Mae R.
T-UaAor' Trean.. Miaa Dotie Pot-
Turn Your Junk into Savings Stamps
The following extract from a letter
to Isadore Sockol of Barton, from
Mrs. Dan C. Jones, state manager of
War Savings Stamp campaign is self
explanatory, and asks people to ac
cept savings stamps for their junk.
"The United States government
desires the cooperation of all junk
dealers in the campaign for War Sav
ings Stamps.
"We are asking all Junk Dealers to
pay for junk in Thrift Stamps, and
we furnish an oilcloth sign for each
cart that reads, "I Give Thrift
Stamps for Junk." We also furnish
a window card, with the word "Sal
vage,
i "
in larere letters, for everv
iM,ci.T;n 4. , . . . I
5Slle?f ,.?laCe. in er 2"ndow I
when she has junk to sell. By this
method, all that is required of the
junk man is to put the sign on the
cart and collect from the houses
where the signs are seen.
America has been buying hundreds
of tons of salvage from England,
when there are hundreds of tons go
ing to waste here in this country. The
government wants your help in this
work, and is willing to help your
trade by doing the advertising for
you.
"Will you not get your junkmen to
gether in your town and present this
proposition to them?
If you will cooperate with us, kind
ly let me know and I will send as
many signs for the wagons as you
will need and place a "Salvage" win
dow card in each house in your town."
Mr. Sockol has arranged to carry
out the suggestions in the letter.
The new developme nt at Wil
loughby lake is bringing consid
erable business to Barton. W. E.
Hanson began delivering lumber to
the contractors Monday morning, and
will run his sawmill day and night in
order to cut and deliver the lumber.
Four teams started hauling Monday
and others will be added, the amount
called for being between 200,000 and
4w,uuv leet. John Millar will have
charge of the cement work and has
been hiring many men for the job.
The Barton Savings Bank will be
bankers for the contracting concern
and many men have hired to work
on the job in different canaeities.
This does not by any means rehearse
the business Barton will receive from
the project as it is at least two miles
nearer the site of the camp than any
other railroad center by fully two
miles. With a better road between here
and the camp much more business
would be had and much greater and
lasting benefit be received from the
camp after its establishment.
'BROWNINGTON
Mrs. Edna
Orleans.
Dutton is moving to
Leon Marsh has moved to the
Gross farm.
Bert Dolan has moved into R. A.
Dutton's tenement house.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Going have
gone to if raniam tor a f ew days.
Mrs. Ida Foster of Barton is hon
ing Mrs. Clarence Hawse for a few
days.
Mrs. G. E. Newton and children
have been having septic sore throats
recently.
Mrs. Hildreth of Newport was with
her sister, Mrs. Flint for a few days
last week.
Miss Dolores Sias and Maurice Mc
Lellan of Newport spent the week
end at A. W. Davies'.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Davies, ac
companied by Mrs. Grace Gross, mo
tored to Newport Friday.
Mrs. Lulu Buswell of Barton was
at her home on account of the sick
ness of her mother, Mrs. J. B. Flint.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wilder and
daughter, Joyce, of Coventry were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Davies.
Mrs. A. W. Davies entertained 17
pupils of B. V. S. Wednesday eve
ning. The children had a club meet
ing, and enjoyed games and music,
followed by refreshments.
It is expected that Harry Dickens
of Orleans, and .Leon Going will be
at the grange meeting, May 27th,
and give some of their experiences
while overseas. Let each member
make a special effort to be present.
r BROWNINGTON CENTER
Esther Stone is working at J. G.
Turnbull's office at Orleans.
County Agent Johnson of Newport
and Mr. Cameron were visitors in
school Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Philo Powers were in
Barnet Saturday to attend the fu
neral of Mrs. Powers' father, Mr.
Hanson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lacoss and Mr.
and Mrs. Prevost attended the fu
neral of Miss Clara Lacoss at the vil
lage Saturday.
There will be p re-Memorial exer
cises at the town hall Thursday af
ternoon, May 29, at two o'clock. A
program of music, recitations and a
short play will be given by the sixth
and eighth 'grades. Veterans of the
Civil war and our recent war are ex
pected to be present as speakers. The
teacher and school extend an invrta
tion to everyone to attend. Try and
arrange your work so you can be
there and by your presence encourage
the children.
EVANS VI LLE
Fred Miles is ill with scarlet fev
er. Wilmer Gray has sold his farm to
S. Souliere.
William Lowery has been quite sick
the past week.
VERMONT NOTES
Evidence in the case of Geo. Long
and Mrs. Isabelle Parker, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Harry
Broadwell in Barre on the night of
May 3, is rapidly piling up. The
state each day is strengthening its
case against the two accused of one of
the worst murders in the history of
the state.
Congressman Frank L. Greene ar
rived in New York Saturday from
Europe and went immediately to
Washington because of the opening
of the new Congress. Mr. Greene
went iu i iautc as i memuer ui me
rr m: .
auuse ministry ttuairs coin rruiiee 10
investigate conditions in the Ameri-
can army. Mr. Greene arrived in
France too late to see the 26th Divi
sion, which had sailed for home, but
he saw many Vermonters who had
been left behind in other outfits.
Attorney J. Rolfe Searles of St.
Johnsbury has resigned his position
as chairman of the Republican state
committee, which office he has held
for three years. He has been a mem
ber of this committee eight years,
and previous to his election as chair
man, he held the position of vice
chairman and secretary. Stress of
other business caused him to resign.
He recommended Harry H. Carr of
St. Johnsbury as his successor as a
member of the committee from Cale
donia county.
Vermont I. O. O. F. and Rebekahs.
The following officers of the state
Rebekah assembly were elected:
Pres., Mrs. Emma M. Coburn, West
Burke; Vice Pres., Mrs. Gertrude S.
Jewell, Proctorsville; warden, Mrs.
Adelle B. Wallis, WTaitsfield; Sec,
Miss- Emma H. Gates, Ludlow;
Treas., Mrs. Eva M. Hazen, Windsor;
marshal, Mrs. Mabel Caldwell, Bur
lington; conductor, Mrs. Louise C.
Perry, Brattleboro; inside guardian,
Mrs. Calla A. Beebe, West Rupert;
outside guardian, Mrs. Margaret R.
Kelley, Derby; chaplain, Mrs. Kate
B. Smith, Montplier; district deputy
presidents in this part of the state,
district five, Mrs. Lizzie Maxwell of
Island Pond; district six, Mrs. Mabel
D. Morrison, St. Johnsbury; district
11, Mrs. Lola Libbey, Hardwick.
At the 79th annual convention of
the Grand Lodges of Vermont, I. O.
O. F., held in Burlington last week
the following officers were elected:
Grand Master, Alexander Duncan of
Barre; deputy grand master, H. T.
Brown of Ludrtaw; grand warden, II.
A. Morse of Bellows Falls; grand sec
retary, Frank Wr Jackson of Barre:
grand treasurer, L. C. Grant of Br.r
V'rjton; grand chaplain, J. B. Rcar
don of Barre; grand conductor, O.
L. Martin of Plainfield; grand guar
dian, N. C. Buck of Randolph; grand
herald, C. A. Anderson of Proctor;
delegate to the sovereign grand lodge
convention, Oscar W. Edwards of
Burlington. The annual address was
delivered by the retiring grand mas
ter, Oscar W. Edwards of this city.
He called attention to the fact that
the year, 1918 showed a net loss in
membership, due to conditions which
were the result of the great war, but
he said that with the coming of
peace, splendid progress is being
made in building up the membership
of the order and that Odd Fellowship
will undoubtedly see a banner year.
Werrenrath Coming to St. Johnsbury
Reinald Werrenrath, the famous
American baritone will appear at the
Colonial theatre in St. Johnsbury on
Thursday evening, May 29.
Appearing four times within two
seasons as soloist with the N. Y.
Oratorio society is a record that Wer
renrath will establish this year. The
American baritone, known to thou
sands of concert goers all over the
country, gave such a superb perform
ance of the part of Christ in Bach's
"St. Matthew Passion" last winter
that he was immediately reengaged
for the same role this season. Mr.
Werrenrath also created a deep im
pression with it in Boston. "Few
singers can compete with him" de
clares the New York Evening Post.
Mrs. Sophia Watson of Sutton is
visiting at G. H. Hunt's.
Marjorie King of Barton visited
Vera Leland last week.
Mrs. W. W. McDowell has finished
work for Mrs. Omira Skinner.
Mrs. Chas. Royes of Irasburg re
cently visited at Ephraim Neil's.
G. H. Hunt has gone to Windsor as
petit juror to hear the state cases.
Mrs. Will Stevens has four hens
which laid two dozen and one eggs
in a week.
Mrs. Jim Lowery and son. Glen, of
Walden, visited at William Lowery's
the past week.
W. D. Hill and family of Lyndon
Center visited his sister, Mrs. Nettie
Marshall, Sunday.
F. S. Foster piped running water to
his house recently from the Orleans
main supply pipe.
Several from here went to West
Charleston Friday evening to attend
the play given by the school there.
Mrs. Adelbert Converse, Mrs. Ed.
Carpenter and Mrs. -.o. iiunt were
i business visitors at Newport Wednes-
oay oi wee.
The social at the church Thnrsday
evening, netted the ladies, $25. Every
one enjoyed the talks given by Dr.
Karl Webster and O. W. Allard of
Orleans and were also much interest
ed in the souvenirs which they show
ed, brought from "over there."
Plan to attend one of the Farm
Bureau district meetings next week.
GREAT DEVELOPMENT
AT WILLOUGHBY LAKE
IVene Property to be Site of Large
Girls Camp. Nearly 50 Build
ings Going Up at Once.
Work has begun at Willoughby lake
at the greatest single development
ever made on any of the beautiful
lakes of Orleans county. The proj
ect is the establishment of a large
girls' summer camp on' the site of the
Peene estate and farms on the west
side of the lake near the north end,
six miles from Barton.
The entire estate of Mrs. A. L.
Peene of Yonkers, N. Y., and the
Peene farms in connection including
the fine summer residence of Mrs.
Peene and the farm buildings, has
been transferred to a New York
corporation, including men from New
York, Pennsylvania and other places.
This corporation has contracted with
A. M. Stone & Son of Middletown,
Conn., for the erection of 44 camp
buildings and work has already be
gun on the project, Edgar Congdon
being the executive head of the proj
ect for the contractors.
Each of the 44 camps will be sleep
ing quarters for five girls and it is
understood over 200 girls have al
ready been booked for the camp. A
large pavilion and dining room is also
to be centrally erected and other
buildings .already on the property re
modelled. The contract calls for the -cottages
to be ready for occupancy
by July 1 which means that the con
tractors will make every day count
to the utmost.
The contractors will require sever
al hundred men on the job to com
plete it by the specified time having
begun operations only Monday. The
original plans called for the develop
ment on the east side of the lake be
tween the schoolhouse and the village
with the Atkins farm included, but
difficulties arose which made the
change to the west side advisable, and
the Peene property was purchased.
There are fully 200 acres of land be
longing to the camp with a lake front
extending from the outlet nearly a
mile south on the west shore. The
Peene property commands a magnifi
cent view of the lake and is an ideal
location for such a development as
the one now under way.
The camp will be known as "Camp
Westmore for Girls," and is to be op
erated by the Camp Westmore Com
pany, Inc. Mrs. Anna D. Justis is
president of the company and will be
remembered as Miss Anna Day, a na-
tive of Brownington and for years an
crthusiastic camper at Willoughby.
Joseph F. Preston is secretary of the
company and the winter address is
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City.
Miss Laura Joll, lady principal of
King's Hall School, Compton, P. Q.,
is to be director of the camp and Mrs.
Helen McClure of Miss Potter's
school, Farmington, Conn., will be as
sistant director.
Literature of the company adver
tises the camp as on Willoughby lake,
"The Lucerne of America," and ad
vertises to give instruction in boat
ing, canoeing, swimming, horseback
riding, tennis, field hockey, archery,
basketball and athletics of all kinds
will give instruction in dancing, pho
tography, drawing, sketching, fancy
work and crocheting. It is planned
to have a camp orchestra and camp
chorus, a camp paper and camp bank.
Summer camps for boys and girls
are of recent origin, being established
for the purpose of taking children
from the cities during the school va
cation months into the country where
they are under supervision of experts
who give them training in boating,
swimming, horseback riding and oth
er sports. The price paid by parents
for the care and training of their girls
in such a camp as the one being es
tablished at Willoughby varies from
$150 to $400 and even higher. It is
understood the ages of the girls in
this camp will be from 12 to 18
years.
The camp development calls for
an expenditure of approximately
$50,000 while the annual expenditure
of the corporation will be a large
sum. The development means much
to the south end of Orleans county.
To Westmore it will mean an increas
ed grand list and greater publicity
for Willoughby lake. To Barton and
Orleans it will mean more business in
many ways while to labor it will mean
much especially this season.
It might be stated that in other
Dlaces where summer camps for boys
and girls have been located more
camps soon follow, and hints of an
other camp for next season have al
ready been made.
Persia's Favorite Beverage.
The great Levers In Persia Is sher
bet, which Is plentifully supplied and
of which there are many varieties
from the bowl of water with a squeese
f lemon to the clear concentrated Jaica
of any sort of fruit to which water is
added to dilute It. Only amonj the
rich and fashionable are glasses used;
In all other cases sherbet 1 served la
china bowls sod drunk from deep
wooden spoon carved In pearwood,
Tr Tnr'.ft cf Years.
Every taai. fckocld strive to live at
least VJJ cir uul die all hitched up
In wori.it! ; harm-nit. Many a znaa
fela tht he would like to retire at
about sixty aul scud the rest of bis
years with nothijug to do but lead
gold-headed cane around by the band.
It Is thrifty to ft a y on the job just
as long as poaxible. Every man shoold
make the century plant bis favorite
Cower and the undertaker his worst
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