St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-08-31
At Ryegate.
Nolan Family Reunion.

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| fort and pleasure of the guests.
There were swings and boats and
"a that and a. that" About $50
persons were in attendance, of whom
| all but a few belonged to the fam
ily,' as descendants of John and
| Catherine Nolan, who came from
Scotland probably in 1888. They
had IL children whose descendants
| are in many states and in Canada.
Relatives came to the reunion not
/ only from Ryegate but from Barnet,
| Peacham, Danville, ST. Johnsbury,
! Groton, Topsham and Corinth. From
/ out of the state were Walter t.,
| Charles and Theodore Nolan of
Concord, N. H; Mrs. Woodwork,
Mr. Lamb, Mrs. Walker, Ruth and
Elsie Walker, all of Somerville,
Mass; w. A. Hunter and Miss
| Hunter of Worcester. Mass; and
| John Wilson and daughter of Ok
| lahoma The cover of creamery
can made an effective dinner gong
and in answer to this slogan nearly
100 people were seated at the beauti-
| fully and beautifully covered table,
| where there were no indications of
a food-famine or milk war, nor any
controversy between producer and
consumer, although side by side sat
| the manufacturer, the merchant, the
creamery man, the railroad man, the
politician, the clerk of the B. G. M.
P. c., the preacher and the dumb
and docile farmer" who liked such
| table better than the Knapp table
of variation" In order that the
widely scattered families might be-
come better acquainted it had been
| thought best to give more time to
| social intercourse than to speech
making. However, there was call
| for a few words from the clergymen
| present. Rev. D. G. Faris of Barnet
was first called to the rostrum. He
and Rev. D. NJ Mckinley of Tops
| ham, who was the next speaker, did
| some sharp-shooting in the way of
| story telling. The truthfulness Of
these stories can only be vouched for
by the fact that preachers cannot
| tell a lie Rev. R. Hargrave of
| Northwood, Ohio, next spoke. He
| said he claimed no relationship to
the Nolan family only that he, too,
came from Scotch ancestry. Vermont
| should produce men and women wor-
| thy of noble ancestry. In such
surroundings of rocks and hills
| people should become strong and
| grand, wise happy and good. The
| those who can appreciate beauty,
| who see in them the Creator, and
| who can carry away the beauty of
| the scenery with them as they go
| to their homes. He would like to
| take this beautiful scenery with him.
| Rev. J. A. Mckirahan, who was the
| last speaker, said the farmers here
would be glad to have Mr.. Hargraye
visit their farms and carry away all
| their stones and rocks to Ohio.
| Prof. F. L. gibson of Lyme, n. H.,
| cd
pany in singing "Auld Lang Syne."
| The next reunion will be held in the
| grove near A. w. McLam' S. Thanks
| are due to the host and hostess,
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Nolan and their
family for their generosity in all the
| details of entertaining such large
| company. Pleasant memories of the
| day were carried to many homes as
the company parted.
DR.. Benedict of ST. >Johnsbury was
| in the village on Saturday calling on
| | respective students for st. Johns
bury academy.
Alice McKenna of Woodsville was
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William McKenna, over Sunday.
Miss Van Deusen returned to
Northampton on Tuesday. Miss Van
| D0uS0u udS U00n FdCdL1Ou guest
| of Miss Grace Nolan for the past
| two weeks. Miss Van Deusen is en-
/ gagged as a teacher in Clark college
| for the deaf and dumb at Northamp-
| ton.
Mrs. William Thompson is spend
| ing her summer vacation at Old Or
chard beach. Ellen Harris of st.
Johnsbury is with her.
Hiram Merrill of New York re-
| turned to his home on Tuesday. Mr..
Merrill is in the employ of the Cen
4 fury Magazine Co., as an artist for
| that publication. While at his aunt's,
| Mrs Samantha WhitehilPs, he made
some fine sketches of Blue Mountains
and some of the older buildings of
| the village.
The corn roast at M. H. Gibson's
/ was enjoyed immensely by a merry
party of about 80 young people on
| Thursday evening.
/ Mrs Walker of Boston, with her
| two daughters, Ruth and Elsie, is
| visiting friends and relatives in this
/ community.
| Rev. Mr.. Hargrave of Northwood,
/ Ohio, assisted Rev. Mr.. Faris of the
Reformed Presbyterian church in the
| two days of preparatory services
| Thursday and Saturday, following on
Sunday with the communion services.
| Mrs. William McKenna, with her
son, Francis, went to ST. Johnsbury
| on Monday to make arrangements for
Francis to enter the academy at the
| opening of the fall term.
Grace Nolan will go to Cham
plain, N. Y, on Saturday where she
will begin her duties as teacher at
| that place on Tuesday.
| The body of Mrs. Isabel Gray
| Hewey, who was formerly Mrs. James
R. Buchanan of this town, was
brought from Springfield, VT, Satur-
dal, for burial in the family lot at
| South Ryegate. She is survived by
three children by her first marriage,
who will be cared for by her