St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
PERSONALS.


gusta was on Wednesday, June Is,
nominated at the democratic state
convention as the gubernatorlal can
didate for the coming campaign. May
or PIaisted received 575 votes Whlle
311 votes were cast for Obadiah Gard
ner of Rockland, the nominee Of two
years ago. Mayor Plaisted's father was
the last democrat to be elected cover
nor of Maine. The mayor is a Gradu-
ate of ST. JohnSbUry academy in 1884
and has many friends here.
Kenneth Kirk is employed in the Of
flee of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.
Sisters ST. Mary Angela, ST. Valen-
tine and ST. Josephine of the convent
went to Montreal Monday for three
weeks retreat and to attend summer
school.
Mrs. E. Y Mason and daughter,
Sarah, from Delaware, Ohio, and Mrs.
w. K. Knowles and son. Howard, OF
Campello, Mass, have been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph c. Sulloway.
George F. Cushman from Lisbon,
N H, were in town few days last
week, and is greatly improved from
his recent severe illness. Miss Ellen
M. Cushman, who teaches at Mont
clair n. J., is in Lisbon where she will
spend the summer with her father.
A. S. Haskins, secretary of the
board of examiners in optometry, is
to give a stereoEticon talk tonight
on "Some Defects Of the Eye and the
Importance of Objective EXamina-
TONS at the third annual conven-
ton of the Vermont State Optical So
ciety, which opened yesterday and
closes tomorrow at the Cedar Grove
house, Lake Bomoseen.
Among t. graduates from the Am
herst, Mass, high school on June 22,
was Paul Wallace Hardy, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Hardy, who delivered
an Grafton on" The Coming Triumph
of Peace
A. F. Lawrence and wife and Miss
Jennie Allison started Monday morn
ing for Caledonia Springs Ontario,
where Mrs. Lawrence will receive
treatment for rheumatism.
John H. and Sidney Borland have
gone to the Sunset Hill house. Sugar
Hill, N. H, where they have employ
ment this summer.
Misses Maude and Isabel Follensby
leave Saturday for Mt. Monandnock,
N. H., where they will join party
of IA from Boston to spend a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Covel and
son, Paul, are expected Friday to
spend a few weeks at the William
Dole farm in Danville.
Franklin L. Whyte, vocal teacher
of Boston, has come to spend the
greater part of the summer here.
Mr. Whyte has already a large class
of pupils and any desired informa-
ton may be obtained of Miss Maude
E. Follensby, who has studied the
Mrs D. P. Celley, who has been
very i'll, is very much improved.
Harry E. Stockwell, of Danville, P. O.,
and Miss Elizabeth Harkins, of Beatrice,
Neb., were quietly married by Rev. F. w
Ho1linrake at Windsor, Ont, on May 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Stockwell will make their
home in Detroit, Mich.
Emery Gagnon has returned to his
work in the Indian Motorcycle factory in
Springfield, Mass, after several weeks
with his parents here.
Superintendent Hazen and engineer
Bousfeld of the Fairbanks Scale Co.
left Monday morning on a two weeks
business trip to Chicago, St. Paul anc
Winnipeg and intermediate points.
Albert Blake and Miss Emma BLAKE
were called to Sutton last week by TIT
sudden death of their brothers wife, Mrs
H. A. Blake, which occurred Monday
Miss Lizzie Blake was called from he
school duties at Montpelier by her sister
in-law's death. Miss Emma Blake came
home Thursday, but returned Friday Oh
account of another death in the family.
Capt. w. w. Rockwell and A. I. Good
hue of Burlington, federal inspectors o
bulls and boilers were in town Friday
They had been to Newport, to inspec
the steam vessels on Lake Meuphrema
cog.
Henry Lavigne spent Sunday in Shel
brooke.
Mrs. w. ]. Perry and two children v
sited relatives in Barnet part of las
week and over Sunday.
Mrs Allen Knight is spending tw
weeks in Waterville and other Canada
points.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Smith and SO
Ralph of Barre visited Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Ball last week and are now with Nj
Smiths brother, Byron Smith in Littl
ton. Mr. Smith has resigned his positio
and the first of July he and his family G
to Hardwick to reside. Mr.. Smith he
purchased the interest of E. N. Webst'
in the Leach store there and the firm nan
here after will be Leach and Smith. NJ