St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-28
AT DanVille.
Death of Stephen o. Morse, one of
the Towns Prominent Men.

the Towns Prominent Men.
Stephen o. Morse died Saturday,
| Dec. "a. Although Mr.. Morse had
| for many years been in very poor
health death came very unexpectedly.
Mr.. Morse was born at Morse's Mills,
| May IT, 1861, and was the son of
Frank and Emily Stevens Morse. In
1880 he was married to Bell Calm.
| To them were born five children, four
| sons, Frank, of Lyndonville, Murray,
Fent, and George, of this place, and
| one daughter, Mrs. George Keyes of
| Waltham, Mass. For many years Mr..
| Morse was an active business man
| here until his health required him to
retire. He was a kind and loving
| father and husband, and was a man
| who was respected by all who knew
| him. He was a member of the
| Knights of Pythias and has been
| Chancellor Commander of that lodge.
He was member of the Congrega-
| tional church, member of Wash
| burn Lodge, No. 90, f. & A. M, and
| of the Diamond Chapter, No. Ia, 0.
| E. S., both of which attended the
| funeral in body. The funeral was
held at his late home Monday at
| 100 p. M, Rev. j. f. SCHNEIDER and
Rev. A. B. Enright officiating. There
| were many beautiful flowers from low
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| wife and children he leaves father.
At the election of officers of the
| Danville Temple, Pythian Sisters, at
| their last meeting the following were
| chosen: Past chief, Mrs. Sara Nc
Donald; most excellent chief, Mrs.
| Mary Chalmers; senior, Mrs. Sadie
Webb; junior, Mrs. Alma Fisher;
manager, Mrs. May Peck; M. R. c.,
Mrs. Nettie Vance; M. of F., Mrs.
Mary ellis; protector, Mrs. Cassia
| Fellows; guard, Mrs. Eta McCor-
| mick; trustee for Is months, Mrs.
| Anna Cheever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Sanborn of
| ST. Johnsbury visited friends in town
| recently.
Diamond Chapter, No. IA, o. E. S.,
will hold their regular meeting
| Wednesday evening, Jan. A.
A spelling school and box supper
| will be held at Pumpkin Hill school
| house, Jan. g.. Ladies are requested
| to bring box. Home made candy
will be for sale. The proceeds are to
| be used for repairs to the organ.
Dean and Henry Hale of st. Johns
bury and Harold Hale of Boston
| spent Christmas with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Hale.
| Mrs. R. G. Davis is visiting her
| daughter, Mrs. Milo Woods, at
| Waterford.
| Mr.. Newell and John Williams Wis
| tied at Peacham recently.
Byron Wright of Montpelier spent
| Christmas with Mrs. A. G. Mclean.
Fred Crane and Miss Burke of
Springfield, are visiting Mr.. Cranes
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
| Crane
Miss Gladys Mcdonald, who is
| studying music at Boston is spend
ing the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Mcdonald.
Herbert Ranney of Concord, and
Miss Edith Ranney of Holyoke, Mass,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. G. S. Ranney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Davis spent
| Christmas at Stanstead, P. O., with
relatives.
Mrs. Stephen Waterman gave a
Christmas party last Monday evening
| at her home in honor of her sister,
| Miss Harriet Whittier, who is her
| guest. Mrs. Whittier will return to
| Boston with Miss Whittier.
| A preparatory lecture will be held
at the Congregational church,
Thursday. Dec. 20, at two p. M
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kingsbury of
| Montpelier were Christmas guests in
| town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Holbrook of
st. Johnsbury spent Christmas at DR..
| Charles E. Libbey's
Timothy Carr celebrated his 87th
birthday last Tuesday by receiving
| so postal cards.
The members of the Congrega-
tional church and society will hold
their annual meeting for the election
of officers Jan. 5th, at II a. m. at the
Congregational church.
The fire district will hold their
| annual meeting for the election of
officers at the Town Hall Monday
evening, Jan. 2.
The annual election of the officers
of the Christian Endavor society and
social will be held at the Congre-
gational church Thursday evening,
Dec. 10Th.