St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-13
Concord.
Memorial Exercises,


Nav "a. Rev. Grant Van Blarcom will
deliver the sermon to the veterans at the
Universalst church. The G. A. R.,
Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans
Spanish War Veterans and all other
veterans are requested to be present
Memorial Day will be be observed by
Woodbury. Post and Corps in the usual
manner. picnic dinner will be served
in their hall at noon, to which all school
children who furnish flowers are invited.
After the march to the cemetery the ser
vice for the sailor-soldier dead will be
held at the covered bridge, Following
this there will be exercises at the town
hall. Walter NJ. May, principal of the
High school at Bethlehem, n H., will
deliver the address to the Veterans. All
school children are requested to gather
flowers for Memorial Day and bring
them to G. A. r. hall Saturday morning,
MAY 80. The children of all the schools
in town are invited to march with the
veterans on that day. AS the number
of veterans in the march grows less each
year let the number of children in line
increase. This invitation is not confined
to the children of the village, but includes
the rural schools as well.
The Ladies Benevolent society will
serve one of their good suppers at the
Methodist church Wednesday, May 20.
The painters are busy at Green Noun
tain Hall decorating the walls that had
to be replastered Mr.. and Mrs. Tatro
are expected the last of the month.
The Leader Granite Company have
recently placed fine monument in the
new part OF the cemetery OIL the lot
owned by Fred Gee.
Emmanuel Lillicrap has rented the
tenement in his house to Charles Rock,
who will bring his wife and children here
from England.
The teachers of the village schools are
preparing pre- Memorial Day exercises,
which will be held at the town hall Fri
day, May 20. These exercises are al
ways of exceptional merit and reflect
great credit to teachers and pupils and
the public in general should feel it not
only a privilege, but an obligation, to
attend such exercises.
Woodbury. Woman's Relief Corps have
presented mounted flag to the pupils OF
the primary and intermediate rooms OF
the village school and the flags were
placed in the school rooms the first OF
the week. Patriotic teaching is an
essential part of the work of the
Woman's Relief Corps and it was a
pleasure to them to present the flags to
the schools, that the salute to the flag
could be given with the flag in sight. They
will soon purchase flag for the outside
of the building to replace the one now in
tattered condition that was given by
them to the school quite a good many
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Wright of Lynn,
Mass, were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Lyon. Mr. Wright was a
former resident of Concord and was
lately married at Lynn.
The annual class reception was held
last Tuesday evening at Judevine
Memorial building. This was the first
affair of the kind ever held in the school
building, but the arrangement of the
two rooms on the second floor is such
that they can be thrown into one inn
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such an occasion. There is a class tc
graduate from the high school this year
and they combined their efforts with the
class of the grammar school in making
this reception a success. A large number
of young people were present, who enjoy
ed a very pleasant time. The teacher!
were present as chaperons.
Miss Seeley has been obliged to give
up her position as teacher of the gram
mar room, on account of i'll health, anC
has returned to her home in Jefferson
vile. Mrs. Harry Lillicrap has beer
engaged to finish the term and the
school which was closed several days
opened last Wednesday.
Miss Leola Forsaith, who works in ;
millinery store at Barton, has spent tn,
past week with her mother Mrs. Core
Bailey at B. F. Woodbury's.
Mrs. Della Quimby, who has spent tn
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Gu,
Howard at South Barre, has returned
home and is keeping house for Mrs
Harry Lillicrap.
Arbor Day was observed by the scholar
of the village school in much the usua
manner. No trees were set out, as Il