St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-03-16
Local Gatherings.
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Some of those who recently left here
to work in the Buick Automobile works
at Flint. Mich, found conditions there
hardly up to their expectations and most
of them are already seeking employment
elsewhere. James and John Grady have
returned to their home here and James
Drummond has gone to Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan. Wallace Drew remained
at Flint to meet his brother, John Drew,
Artie Hooker and John Granger, who
left here last week. Henry Juneau has
also returned to his home after course
in the Packard Automobile school at
Detroit.
"A special civil service clerk carrier ex-
animation will be held at the post office,
March &c, for the selection of a carrier in
this office. Full particulars in regard to
this examination, with specimen ques-
tions, are furnished with each applica-
ton blank. and can he obtained from F.
x. Lanctot, Local Secretary at the post
Office, or Edward E. Stebbins, Secretary
First Civil Service District, Boston, Mass.
Applications must be on file with the
latter not later than March %, 1910.
The advertised letters are Ladies:
Andrews, Mrs. Chas.; billiard, Miss
Carrie; Richardson. Mrs. Fred; Sholla,
Mrs. A. S.; Tinker, Susie E.; Vaughn,
Mrs. ]. w. Gentlemen: Hill, F. l.;
Lamere, E. J.; McCarty, Augustus;
Provonchia, Sydney.
The firm of Menut and Parks, repre-
senting the St. Johnsbury Wood Yard,
has dissolved, Mr.. Menut having bought
his partners interest in the business.
AT Brightlook Hospital during the
past week the following patients were
admitted: Miss Avis NJ Gotta, Mrs. G.
F. Hunter, Mrs. George B. Trow. Miss
Dorothy Fairbanks, Mrs. Ida Jock, Mrs.
M. E. Dudley. These patients have been
discharged: Fred Clark, Miss Dorothy
Fairbanks, Miss Jennie w. Farquharson
of West Derby, w. H. Parmenter of
North Derby, Miss Josephine Griffin of
Boynton, P. O., Miss Lillian Virtue of
Concord, Miss Alice Davis of Kirby,
Clarence Batchelder of Lyndonville, and
Harold Stinson.
AT St. Johnsbury Hospital Mrs.
Louis S. Heon and Herbert Carpentia
are new patients.
"A class meeting was held for the
eighth and ninth grades in the ninth
grade room, Tuesday, March Is, at II
o'clock to elect captain and manager
of base ball team for the ensuing year.
Hugh Spaulding was elected captain and
Paul Sargent, manager.
-Abbie Stuart, wife of John Smith,
died at Brightlook hospital, Monday
evening of pneumonia. The funeral will
be held at Newburv today at 2 o'clock
at the church. The deceased was a sis
ter of George H. Stuart of this place.
Mrs. Annette Parmelee of Enosburg
Falls, who was in town yesterday to at
tend a meeting of the state executive
board of the W. c. T. u, met the local
committee of the Vermont Equal Suf-
OF Dr oh
fields to arrange for further suffrage
work including speeches by state talent |
and the organizing of local suffrage |
club. Mrs. Parmelee is press agent for
the Vermont Equal Suffrage association.
Arthur A Blunt has moved from c.
T. Brigham's house on Mt. Pleasant |
street to Mrs. Anna H. Puffer's house on
Winter street.
w. A. Wright has recently sold four
Fords. four Maxwells, and one Mitchell |
car, and a carload of Fords came in yes
terday.
Robert Wakefield, formerly employed |
by W. A. Wright is now employed by the |
Goss garage.
The snow shoe club expect to tramp
to A. F. Lawrence's tonight, where they |
wills sample his new sugar. They will |
meet at the Ranlet printing office at 7.3O. |
The bi-monthly meeting of the Gale
donna Association of Congregational |
ministers was held at the chapel of the |
North church yesterday forenoon. |
Twelve ministers were present. Rev. |
DIR. Edward T. Fairbanks gave a report |
of the Laymens Missionary conference
in Burlington, after which adjournment |
was taken for dinner. The afternoon
session was held at the home of Rev. DIR. |
S. 6. Barnes, when Rev. ]. K. Fuller
delivered sermon on Public Men, fol- |
lowing which remarks were made by
those present concerning the reading each |
had been doing in the past few months. |
The girls of the Missionary Round |
Table of the North Church were delight
fully entertained last week Tuesday |
night at the home of Miss Ellie B. Hig- |
gins. They met at Miss Bingham's stu
do and were taken over from there and |
returned in a four horse barge sent by
the hostess. A very pleasant social time
was enjoyed and new sugar on snow
with sandwiches, plain doughnuts and
pickles was served.
Mrs. E. Patrick has arrived home
from the Boston and New York markets