St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-06-09
At the willie.
un,on club Meeting.

snecial- business meeting of the
,rndon Union Club was held Thursday
aarnoon. The secretary read the fol.
s a appointments OF chairmen of
W"nn,ittees, which have been made by
t ts,a president: Education, Mrs. H. E.
T tnI forestry, Mrs. SIG Prescott;
5 rU-a Mrs. M. E. Daniels; social,
n mrs + Fl. Davis; program, Miss Nellie |
lis. class, Mrs. A. L. Finney
a p~,H Mrs. w. L. Guild; custodian,
Mrs. E. L. Wood. Since the idea of
uniting the Village Improvement society
With the club had been found impossible
+o hiring about, vote was carried to
dron the proposed civics department,
SINCE the Village Improvement society
oorries on the work along that line. On
tbe request of the state president, Mrs
Ashton. and by the recommendation of
Mrs, Folsom, it was voted to contribute
from the treasury $18, to be given the
state federation to use in the fund with
which they propose to aid girls at
tsnding normal schools. These girls
will be expected to teach in our rural
schools as many years as they have
receved aid. The Forestry prize of $40
offered last year was given to the Village
Improvement society and school of
lyndon, which had set out the most
trees on the school grounds. The report
Of the committee on revising the consti-
tuton was heard and discussed The
principal changes adopted were as fol-
ows. The meetings of the club are here
after to be held monthly, extending from
the third Thursday of September till
the third Thursday in May, alternately
afternoon and evening. The manner of
eIecting officers is changed as follows:
At the March meeting the president is
to appoint nominating committee OF
seven, who shall present at the April
meeting list of candidates for officers,
who shall be voted on at the May
meeting. Executive Board meetings are
to be held monthly on the Tuesday pre-
yious to the regular club meeting. 1t
was voted to continue the pleasant
custom of serving refreshments at the
regular meetings Mrs. G. M. Campbell
gave an itemized report of the sale
Of cook books. Over $3.50 has been
received from their sale and from adver-
Using, and of COS books there are
only III remaining unsold. This report
seems very encouraging, and the club is
glad to have so large sum to con-
tribute to the Institute repair fund. A
few remarks were made in regard to the
formation of classes or circles. The
music class, with Mrs. Paige as leader,
and the mothers class, Mrs. Goodwin
leader, are we'll established. An art
class is also hoped for. Many are inter
ested in a domestic science class and
wish to take up the study of household
management, using the textbooks of the
American School of Home Economics,
the foremost school of this character.
All who are interestedin joining any of
these classes. or in forming any Others,
are requested to notify Mrs. A. L. Finney,
and classes will be formed wherever
there is sufficient number interested.
KIP. District Meeting.
The annual meeting of district No. s.,
Knights of Pythias, of the domain OF
Vermont, was held with Olympia lodge,
No. 10, of this place, last night. The
meeting was largely attended and several
grand officers and prominent Pythians
from all parts of the state were present
Fred c. Shonyo, D. D. G. c., had charge
of the meeting. Five candidates were
worked in the rank of page by the fol-
lowing degree team of Olympia lodge:
H. A. Squires, c. c.; H. Swail, Y. G.; A.
L. Guild, prelate; H. Brown, M. W.; u.
SGrant, NJ. "a; G. w. Pierce. D. M. After
the work District Deputy Shonyo called
on grand officers and visiting Pythians.
Grand Chancellor w. A. Mcdonald con-
graduated the local lodge on their work.
He also spoke in an optimistic vein OF
q the good work being done throughout
the state and the bright future of the
order. Col. c. Nj. Wiley, P. G. c., exem-
plifed the secret work and gave an out
line for the proper conducting OF the
uniform rank Several Others spoke.
Following the regular meeting, the
local lodge of Pythian Sisters, with Mrs.
Ida F. Robinson at the head OF the
committee served sumptuous banquet.
The hall and tables were prettlly deco
rated with K. of P. flags and bunting.
The evening closed with an entertain
ment consisting of selections by Apollo
Lodge quartet and Frank 0. French, and
readings by Miss Marguerite Robinson,
all of which were well received and re-
peatedly encored. The lodges in this
district are as follows: Apollo, No. z,
st. Johnsburv; Hector, No. 8, Mclndoe
Falls; Union No. 8, Hardwick; Damon,
No. 16 Danville; Olympia, No. 10, Lyn,,
donville. Among grand officers and
prominent Pythians present were the
following: William A. Mcdonald, 9. C.,
Bellows Falls; V. W. Rand, G. p, Hard
wick; W. c. Heath. G. l. g., Danville
Col. c. M. Wiley, P. G. c., Barre; ID
Buchanan, P. s. R., Orleans; W. ii. Oil
christ, P. G. c., McIndoes.
Commencement Week.
The graduating class at Lyndon lnsti
tute this year numbers seven: Pau
Cheney, Martha Sias, Sarah McCann
Clinton Jones, Rose MacLaughlin, Rich
ard MacLaughlin and William Campbell
Paul Cheney receives first honors for the
four years course, with Martha Sias o.
East Burke second. The program toi
commencement week is as follows: June
IA, Is and 16, examinations; June II
Thursday, is alumni day. There will be
athletics on the campus in the afternoon
and reunion in Thompson Hall IN the
evening Martin E. Daniels, president o
the association, has charge OF the pro
gram. Friday, June IS, at 1880 a. M.
the graduating exercises take place II
Music Hall. Instead of the usual pro
gram there will be an address by Key
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