St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-01-05
LyndOnYilIe.
Holiday Guests from Schools and Colleges
Return to Their Work.

now away at school, in college, or at
work, also of other Christmas visitors
in town. Erwin Bundy and George
Ferguson to the Vermont Medical col
lege; Walter Cleary to Middlebury;
Homer Watson and Lincoln Wilson to
Dartmouth; Bruce Wakefield and Sumner
Stuart to Gushing Academy; THETA
Powers to Smith college; Avis Todd,
| Eva Wood and Pearl WilmOt to the con-
| vent at Stanstead Ruth Butler, Evelyn
Cheney and Christabel Brown and Alice
Campbell to Boston; Janet Bundy and
| Marguerite Robinson to their respective
| positions; Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Irvine
and daughter have returned TO Sher-
| brooke; Mrs. Josephine Carr to her
school in Taunton, Mass; May Camp
| bell to Vermont University; DIR. Ralph
| Dodge has returned to Boston, also j.
| Dewey Baldwin, and Forest Ranger,
| who spent the holidays at A. D. Paige's
| has returned to Providence; Richard
mclaughlin remained with an uncle in
Ohio for Christmas; Paul Cheney visited
cousins in Hammond, a suburb of
Chicago, and Howard Ford returned
from Ann Arbor to his home in Spring
field, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Brown
spent the Holidays with their daughter,
Mrs. Davis, near Boston. With the
opening of the schools on Monday, the
teachers all returned from their different
homes: Miss Bankwitz and Miss Dunan
from Turner's Falls, Mass, Mr.. Hayes
from Durham, N. H., and Mr.. Wiggin
from Montpelier, are back at the Insti-
tute, and at the graded school Miss Dun
bar has returned from Glover; Mrs.
Shepherd from Passumpsic, Miss Cady
from Waterbury, and the other teachers
from their homes in town. Mrs. Georgi-
anna Wallace has returned from her
sisters in Springfield, Mass, Marguerite
Smith from Lunenburg; MIR. and Mrs.
James Dexter and daughter, Dorothy,
his brothers in Newbury; Mrs. J. P.
Baldwin from Massachusetts; Aubrey
Grey from a visit to Concord; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Chase and daughter,
Ethelynd, have returned to Manchester.
N. H., having spent the holidays at the
Union House.
Reception at Library.
The Cobleigh Library was closed on
New Years day for business but opened
from $50 to 400 in the afternoon for a
reception given under the auspices of the
library committee of the Union Club
The committee consists of Mrs. M. E.
Daniels, chairman, Mrs. H. M. Lyster,
Mrs. w. l. Powers, Miss Elizabeth Hills,
Miss Katharine Vail, Miss Martha
Stevens. Miss Vail and Miss Stevens
were absent and the commit tee were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs H. M. Smith,
Mrs. Theo. N. Vail, Miss Alice Vail and
Mrs. w. S. letters. Coffee ard tea were
served, the former in the trustees room
where bright fire burned on the hearth, |
the latter in the reading room. The |
library was gaily decorated with Christ |
mas greens and cut flowers and looked |
very homelike and pleasant. The recep- |
ton was we'll attended and most sue
cessfully carried out.
DR.. and Mrs. M. c. Blake are visiting |
their daughter in Yonkers, N. Y.
Mrs. George Morrison is very feeble,
and is obliged to have the care of a |
nurse, Mrs. William Densmore.
Miss Mabel Sullivan from Lancaster,
N. H., is new waitress at Webb's hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Bigelow enter
tanned the members of the Juvenile Whist
ant party of four tables last Thursday
evening, bid whist being played. Light
refreshments were served and music Suf-
feed for entertai nment.
Mrs. H. c. Wilson was the hostess of
the Christmas club at their regular meet
ing last Wednesday afternoon.
The Household Science circle of the
Lyndon Union club held a pleasant meet
ing last Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Claude Watson, with very good at
tendance. The subject of the program
was Division of Income" the lesson be-
ing taken up in a very helpful and practi-
cal way.
The art classes of the Lyndon Union
club will meet with Miss Vail on Satur-
day of this week Miss Grace Cutting of
Barton will be present to see all those
who wish to form a class in embroidery
this winter.
n Is. A. L. Finney has gone to Fitch
Bay P. O., to spend the New Year with
her daughter. Mrs. Harry White. Mrs.
White was recently thrown from her
sleigh and had a narrow escape from ser
ious injury, but is now quite well, except
for slight lameness.
Isabel and Dean Wilder from Whitefeld,
N. H., spent few days last week with
their aunt, Mrs. H. L. Parker, and grand
mother, Mrs. Josephine Wilder.
Miss Nora Little of Buliver, P. O.. has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Arthur
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Norris and chill
dren left on Saturday for St. Louis, where
they will spend the winter. Mrs. Barron
will make her home here with her broth
er, John Norris.
Santa Claus on his rounds gladdened
three homes by the gift of fine new
piano, at Will Parker's, George Fishers,
and Roland Bells.
A circular has been received in regard
to the Merrimac Mission, an agency for
good located in the slums of Boston.
People here are much interested to know
that Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Winslow, former
" of this place. are in charge of this mis-
sion, and are doing a great and noble
work.
Mr. and Mrs E. c. Frost gave a very
delightful tea Christmas afternoon, in
honor of Mrs. Frost's niece, formerly Miss
Susie Hale, and her husband. Prof. and
Mrs. Harley Cowles of I>unenburg. The
evening was delightfully."- spent with gifts,
songs by Mrs. Cowles and
Mrs. Goodwin and toasts by Mrs. Fin