St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-29
At Danyille.
Mrs. Whittier Given a Surprise on
Her S1St Birthday-CIOsing of

Mrs. Whittier Given a Surprise on
Her .S1st Birthday-CIOsing of
Schools.
One of the pleasant social events of
party arranged by Mrs. Stephen
Waterman and Miss Harriet S.
Whittier for their mother, Mrs. D.
B. Whittier. 1t was in celebration
Of her, 81st birthday and took place
Thursday afternoon from two till
five o'clock at the home of Miss Whit
tier. The house was made attractive
with flowers, many of them being
gifts from friends. Refreshments of
sandwiches. cake, ice cream and
features of the occa sion were the cut
ting of the birthday cake by Mrs
Whittier and the serving of the cake
by her little grand daughter, June
1877 congratulatory post cards be-
sides many gifts. There was goodly
number present and all spent a
delightful afternoon
Town Graduation Exercises.
The graduation exercises of the
town schools were held at Danville
Green Wednesday of last week. About
It's pupils were present and all the
teachers except ocIe. The bait game
in the forenoon was close one, the
score standing 10 in favor of the
nine of which John F. Birch was cap
school umpired. The exercises
opened at the town hall at o'clock
with a packed house. The pupils in
charge Of Miss Sadie B. Parker, the
supervisor of music, sang four songs
in a very taking manner. There were
eight speakers: Eva M. Smith, 1.-THE
Forget-Me-Not;" Joseph B. Fourier,
George Washington" Albert H. Dan
forth, Success in Life" Wayne En-
cry, The Home in the Nations
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Prophecy" Minnie E. Langmaid, "An
Indian Hunter Wendell H. Thomp-
son, THE Vermonter;" Marion A.
Harrington, 1.-The Power of Charac-
ter" and t'The Valedictory.'' All did
well but special mention may we'll be
made of Albert E. Danforth, Wayne
Emery and Grace M. Way. DR.. c. E.
Libbey, chairman of the school board,
presented the diplomas and addressed
the graduates and the pupils of the
lower grades. Marion A. harrington
led the class in scholarship, with
Frances w. Clement, Wendell S.
Thompson, Wayne Emery and Min
ME E. Langmaid next in order.
A Model Barn.
On June 16 Charles A. Joyce's new
barn in the north part of the town,
replacing the one burned last year,
was raised and he now considers that
he has one of the best barns of its
size in town, if not in the state
The ground dimensions are A 105
feet; there is an eight-foot basement
taking over SO cords of stone and
cement grouting, which is a fine
piece of work done by J. Russell
of East Barnet. The head wall took
8 cords of stone work, being built
on a solid ledge. The basement tim
bers are 10x1O inches, the frame above
is x 8 inches. to the top of the purlin
plates. Wherever there was place
for girts or braces. they were put
in, and this part of the work was
done by w. Fisher and Peter Pettin-
carriage house between the house and
barn, connecting the two, SO that
some of the work at the barn can be
done, if necessary, without going out
of doors. There is running water
in the barn. This new barn will tie
up about 35 head of cattle; there are
five horse stalls on the same floor
with the cattle, and all can be fed
granery Is x IS X 10 feet, and all
grain and feed will be spouted from
the floor above into each bin. The
barn will store 125 tons of hay and
over the top of the wagon it
stands the floor. There is ample
space for turning team in the barn,
and the drive way is level with the |
barn floor. There are four bays, Is
X Is feet Fl feet deep and the |
weight from these all rests on the |
ground. Mr.. Joyce was his own archi- |
tect. and has one of the most durable |
barns in town, costing about $4,000. |
Pumpkin Hill school, with Miss Alb |
bic Badger. teacher closed last week |
with the following pupils having no |
absent marks during the term: Lillian |
d. Cobb, Grace Y. Cobb, Eleanor c. |
VIM, John F. Birch. Charles F. |
Birch, Everett I. Church, Warren c. |
Phelps, Harley S. Holbrook, Harold |
Phelps, Harley S. Holbrook. Harold |
E. Winn and Howard E. Cobb were |
absent but one day and Myrtle F.
Gadipee attended one year without |
an absent mark.
The following scholars of Danville
high school had no absent marks
during the term Just closed Grade
1, Eve NJ. Oderkirk. Irene NJ Plant,
Annie B. Steady; grade 2. Stella A
Peck, Annett F. Stocker. Marshall J.
Morrill,. Frank L. Steady. Harold H.
Steady; grade 3. Ella L. LeBaron
Pauline G. Plant, Edith NJ Plant,
Wallace J. Collins Earl c. Rodgers;
grade 4. Marjorie E. Currier. Vie s.
Dole. Mary A. Plant. Katherine NJ
Rodgers; grade 5, Helen P. Chalmers.
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