St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-20

| u0y Will stay at OdEdSOld, lOrlQd.
Mrs. John Norris of Lyme, N. H.,
has been spending few days with
her son, John Norris.
Miss Ethel Dunbar is spending her
Christmas vacation in Boston; Miss
Blanche brennan with her sister in
st. Adams, Miss Flora Laid at Bar
nard Hoyt's.
Miss Lottie Agan of West Burke
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Gilman.
Will Gray and Dale Simpson, who
have been quite i'll from the effects
of vaccination, are improving.
Mrs. D. r. Brown and children are
visiting the doctors parents in Con-
cord, N. H.
William Wilbur Joyce who was
killed in the accident Of last week
Tuesday evening when the sloughing
off of part of the ledge in cut below
Wells River caused the wreck of
double-header freight train, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Joyce
of Northfield, where he was born
Dec. II, 1874. He had been resi-
dent of this town for about 10 years,
except for short time spent in the
west He had recently been promot-
ed to engineer. His parents, two
sisters and two brothers survive him.
Mr.. Joyce was not married, but en-
gagged to one of our charming young
women. Funeral services were held
at his parents home in Mortified,
and public services in the Episcopal
church there. Many from here at
tended. The bearers were ~Messrs.
Rollins and Thompson of Newport,
Mr. Moriarty of Mortified, George
Randall, Robert Watson and N. A.
Norton of Lyndonville. The Fire
mems burial service was conducted
by Benjamin Riley of Newport.
James N. Carder, the fireman, was
born in Waterford "a years ago. His
parents moved to ST. Johnsbury,
then to Meredith, N. H., his father
being a railroad employe. He work
at the Fairbanks shops until last
March, when he became a fireman.
In August he moved to Lyndonville,
living in James Webber's house.
Four years ago he married Alice
Clark of Glover, who with an infant
survives him. He was a member of
the Methodist church at st. Johns
bury, and the Rev. Peter Black con-
Quoted funeral services at the house
on Friday. Music was by Mrs. l.. T.
Huntley, Miss Campbell, accompan-
Meredith, N H., Saturday, and Mrs
Clark, Mrs. Emery and Mrs. Harvey
accompanied his wife. Funeral ser
vices were held in the church there
the Firemen's burial service being
led by B. J. Riley of Newport. The
bearers were w. H. Durgan, A. G.
Emery, E. w. Sheldon, Lyndonville;
Carroll Rollins, B. E. Fairbrother,
Newport.
Death of William McVicar.
The sudden death of William Nc
Vicar, which occurred at his home
Saturday morning, from valvular
disease of the heart, was a great
shock to his family and friends. He |
had suffered from bad sinking
spell in Fosters barber shop on the |
previous Tuesday, the first intima-
ton any one had of any trouble with |
his heart. Saturday morning he did |
not rise to breakfast, and was found |
by his sister, Mrs. Flanders, half sit
ting up in bed, dead. Funeral SER
vices will be held Thursday, after
the arrival of his brothers. William
Henry McVicar, son of Robert and
Jane McVicar was born at Waterloo,
P. O., Feb. 10, 1852. He was one
Of II children, of whom six survive
him: Ed. McVicar of Franklin,
Penn; Robert McVicar of ST. Paul;
Mrs. Electus Parmalee of Waterloo,
P. O.; Mrs. Theodore Parker, Mrs
Albert Walter and Mrs. Marion Elan
ders of this place. He also leaves
an aged mother, Mrs. Jane McVicar,
who will be 95 years old on the 10th
Of January. When Will was ten years
Did his parents moved to Lyndon
Center and he has lived here since
His father was a blacksmith, and he
worked at that trade many years.
He was very fond of horses, drove a
great deal, and trained them, and at
one time ran livery stable. He
belonged to the order of Odd Eel
ows and was very much interested
n all that pertained to the order.
He was quiet, but genial and pleas
mt gentleman, never married but
made his home with his mother and
sister. All his relatives have the
of many friends in their
oss.
Mrs. G. M. Campbell is very i'll
With bronchitis and under the care
# a trained nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Parker are
moving this week into the lower ten
,ment of L. w. Parker's house on
Church street, recently purchased of
Hiss Susan B. Hume.
Henry Graves is having steel cell
ngs put in some rooms in his resi-
Lence on Main street.
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