St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-10
At the Willie.
,,,,,aye Improvement Society Bazaar.

The bazar and sale held by the Village
1,,nrovement Society last week was a
a,reat success, financially and otherwise.
HE bazar opened in Music Hall, Wednes-
dav afternoon, and the result of weeks
Of labor and planning were seen. The
hall looked very pretty with its gay
booths charrningly decorated. On the
r;oht. as one entered the door, was the
booth of fruit and vegetables. This was
snnropriately decorated and Mrs. B. F.
Brown was the presiding genius, assisted
nv Mrs. w. H. Parker, Mrs. Charles
Buckley and Mrs. c. M. Darling. Next
in order came the mystery booth, a
symphony in red, with elaborate lattice
work and furnished with dimly-burning
lanterns and -richly-colored rugs and
hangings. Here Mrs. George Morse and
Miss Charlotte Kenney sold mysterious
nackages at dime each. A pretty doll
and clock were also ratified here, Mrs.
S, 7. Wilson winning the doll and DR.. H.
M Smith the clock. In a "spooky"
looking wigwam near by fortune teller
had her stand. The food sale booth was
one of the prettiest and one of the best
paving booths in the bazaar, and also
one of the hardest working. Mrs. Elisha
Bigelow was chairman and she was ably
assisted by Mrs John Chase, Mrs. Will
Gage, Mrs. E. L. Wells, Mrs. L. c. Todd,
Mrs. E. 6. French and Mrs. Stephen
Folsom. The art booth was symphony
in pink, white and silver. A dark back
ground afforded place for the exhibition
of many pictures, photographs, water
colors, postal cards, and calendars of all
varieties. Miss Ida Pearl, Mrs. H. w.
Lvster, Mrs. H. M. Smith, Mrs. L. T.
Huntley and Mrs. c. w. Staples presided
here. The candy booth was circular,
occupying the center of the hall and all
in white with decorations of evergreen,
and proved to be the best paying booth
in the bazaar. The ladies who occupied
this den of sweets were Mrs. GIN. Camp
bell, Mrs. Harry Silsby, Mrs. John Lee
Bourveau, Misses Alice and Katharine
Vail and Alice Hutchinson. At another
booth were dispensed delicious soft
drinks and hot tea and coffee, as well as
ice cream and pop corn. Mrs W. l.
Powers, Mrs. W. H. Ford, Mrs. John
Ahern, Mrs. B. G. Morrison, Misses
Mary Emerson and Clara Shirley were
the ladies in charge here. The variety
booth was wholly trimmed with flags
and bunting, and presented a very
patriotic appearance. Here were solo
fancy articles of all kinds. Mrs. H. {
Wilson was the chairman, assisted by
Mrs. c. B. Dodge, Mrs. J. S. Schofeld
Mrs. H. o. Allen, Mrs. Traver Blaisdell
and Mrs. E. ]. Blodgett. The remaining
corner was occupied by the tables of thu
rummage sale. Here Mrs. A. d. Paig'
was chairman and she was aided b.
Mrs. l.. w. mclaughlin, Mrs. MilC
Shattuck, Misses Nellie Davis and Anni
Maxfeld. The bazaar was open Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday afternoon
and evenings. A large crowd was il
attendance all the time. Thursda,
evening short farce and an operett;
were given, which were very laughable
Mrs. Harry Smith sang delightfully."-, a
did also Jack Rose. On Friday evening
Frank Lynch kindly auctioned off all tn
"remainders" and the hall was cleared
for few hours for dancing. The exac
amount made cannot be told yet, but /
will be in the vicinity of $3.50. This Wi
be we'll expended for the beauty of tn
village. The management wish to than
especially all the people who gave s.
willingly and patronized the bazaar s.
freely and also all the ladies who worke
so hard and generously to make it sue
a success.
lack Rose, who has been visiting hi
sister. Mrs. |. w. MacLaughlin, has re
turned to his home in Waterloo, +. <
Mrs. Frank Eaton of st. Johnsbur
was in town few days last week.
Mr.. LOOMS and Mrs. Clara Caswe
were quietly married last week Wednes
day evening, and will live in her hous
on Main street.
The fire department was called GU
Wednesday for a slight blaze in tn
Union Journal office, which was 500
extinguished.
Mrs. ]. T. Gleason and Mrs. A. /
Finney attended the meeting of the Stat
Federation of Women's Clubs at Bel
nington, last week.
Mrs. A. L. Finney and E. Nj. Campbe
are attending the annual meeting OF TT
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Parre