St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-12-27
LYNDON.

singing by the small chiloTen.
LYNDON.
Misses Dema and Mary Chayer arrived
the last Of the week to spend short
time with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Chayer.
Miss Edith Mooney returned to her
school Monday night, having spent a
few days at home.
Roland Spencer, who has been at work
in Brattleboro for several months, re-
turned home last week.
Mrs. Clara Bailey OF Peacham and her
granddaughter, Miss Ida Bailey have
been spending a few days at Scott
Farnums.
Mrs. Lucia Grant is at home from
Northfelo, Mass, TOR vac ton. Miss
Grace Holton is also at home from
Mortified for the holidays.
Miss Lewis Dana and son Charlie have
| gone to Peacham for visit.
| The Sunshine society visited Mrs.
Hattie Trtfren, Thursday, and left her
handsome chair to remind her that she
was the first bride in the society.
The meeting of the literary society will
be omitted next week on account of the
extra meetings to be held in the Meth
odist church during the entire week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church held chowder supper at
Scott Farnum's last week Wednesday
evening which Melted the society between
So and 81 They have just purchased
nice set OF chairs for the parsonage din.
ing room and paid quite a bill for
repairs.
This village as we'll as the Center and
Lyndonville have been in darkness since
Saturday night on account of the break
ing of the wheel at the electric light
plant.
The Congregational Sunday school
held it's usual Christmas concert in con-
nection with a tree Saturday evening.
The children rendered number OF
choruses interspersed with Rotations
and songs, also short cantata entitled
Searching for the King" The exercises
were under the direction Of Mrs. Cornelia
Trull. While all did well the audience
were especially pleased with both the
recitation and the solo of little Miss
Celeste Evans. fine tree occupied the
center of the platform and dispensed
gifts to the Sunday school and many o.
its friends. Evergreen branches and
| ropes formed the principal decorations.
A large audience was present to lister
5 to the Christmas concert given by the
Methodist Sunday School Monday
. evening The decorations were elaborate
and handsome, the color scheme beins
8 green and red. Clusters of evergreen
t branches, red bills, and large evergreen
bell were prettily arranged. The mem
q bers OF the Sunday school who were t
a take part in the exercises were seated II
= a pyramid in the place usually occupied
:. bv the choir presented very pretty ap
> pearance. The exercise was entitled
y santa Claus and his Helpers" and con
= sis ed OF recitatious solos, duets, ant
= choruses. The 23d psalm and variou
y scripture passages relating to the brit
, of Christ were wrought into the recite
= tons in a pleasing way. Solos wer
, sung by Misses Beatrice and Verna Ale
- rich and Louise Spencer. Duets by Mlsse
Grace and Alice Kidder and BeatriC
Alcricb and Eva Chaytr. There was a
Y exercise on the word Christmas by min
q little girls combining Rotations and
. solo and chorus. A difficult little sta
drill containing both recitations an
IS song was successfully performed b
i seven little girls. AS group OF childre
a each holding stocking finished a son;
" Santa Claus entered through windo
'e at the back of the platform and sang
song, when the children gathered aroun
m him and begged him to remember tt
children who were poor and make thel
'e- happy also. All parts were well re
dered. The entire program rthtct'
m great credit on Mrs. Hattie Trefren ar
Mrs. ]. H. McGoff, who planned the exc
else and drilled the children. A lart
G. tree loaded with gifts made glad II
= hearts OF all the children large and sma
a. Mrs. Hannah Williams died at Il
p residence of her son, Ashley William
last Wednesday aged 90 years. Mr.
Williams maiden name was Hanna
re K mball and she was born in Ellsworr
N H., ian. %, 1914. She was the 'daug
r ter OF George and Jeanette (Avery) XII
r. ball and came to live in Lyndon at
years of age, since which time she hi
he always lived here except Ia years
a Monroe, N. RI. Aug. II, 1854 she W
married to James Randall Williams al
three sons were born to them: Marsha
Darius, and Ashley. Darius died in 1856
The other two live in this town. Nj
NJ Williams was a kind hearted, indu
" trious woman, devoted mother, go'
neighbor. In early lite she was mel
N, Der of the Baptist church, but for MAJ
er, years and until prevented by age al
feebleness, she was constant attenta
ay Of the Congregational church in this v
st. lage. For some years Mrs. Williams h
nd been failing mentally and physically a
she has been kindly cared tor by her S
III Ashley and his wife, with whom she b
or. lived since the death of her husba
many years ago.
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