Source, The Granville (NY) Sentinel-- Jan. 2?, 1914. POULTNEY, VT. General Notes. The Poultney basketball team defeated Castleton in that village Saturday evening 36 to 30. Mrs. Emma Derby, widow of the late John Derby, one of Poultney's long time, and most esteemed residents, died at her home on Main street Saturday night, aged eighty-six years. She leaves two sons, Clare Derby of Concord, N.H., and William Derby of New York, and one sister, Mrs. Horace Derby of this village. The East Poultney Ladies Aid society have elected the following officers for this year : President, Mrs. Davison; vice president, Miss Francis Marshall; secretary, Mrs. Benjamin Howe ; treasurer, Mrs. Judson Howe; directresses, Mrs. E. W. Merriam, Mrs. William Landry, Mrs. Edward Hopper, Mrs. George Parro, Mrs.James Champion; social committee, Miss Bertha Merriam, Miss Kate Persons, Mrs. George Rogers. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby