St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
Concord.
Many Christmas Visitors in Town
Other Personal News.

Among Christmas visitors in town
were Mrs. Maude A. May, Viola
Stacy May of st. Johnsbury and
Walter NJ May of Lisbon, N. H, al
C. L. Stacy's; Willard o. Brewer OF
Meriden, Conn, at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Brewer;
Harold F. French of Ann Arbor,
Mich, with his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
G. B. French; Miss Ivanella Sampson
of Philadelphia, Penn, and Miss
Geraldine Sampson with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Sampson;
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Temple of
Somerville, Mass, with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Libbey Lewis; Dennis Stan
ley of Maine at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Hunter.
Libbey Lewis who works in Bar
ton spent Sunday at his home here.
Guests at Green Mountain Hall
this week at Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
MiItimore of Portland, Me-; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. M. Tatro, Chicago; Miss Ada
Miltimore, Waukegan, Ill; Miss
Josephine Tatro, Manchester, N. H.,
and DR.. Fred Fair and bride of
Chicago. Mrs Fair will be pleas
antly remembered here as Miss Hell
en- Emery of Biddeford, Me.
Mrs. Lucy B. Darling of Stone
ham, Mass, is a guest of Mrs. M.
Emma West.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ C. Harvey enter
tanned their children, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Palmer and daughter, Made
line, Mr. and Mrs. MILFORD Harvey
of st. Johnsbury and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Hastings and little daughter
of Waterford, the first of the week.
Mrs. Horace Cutting visited Mrs.
Emma Quimby last week Monday
and Tuesday.
Miss Mabel Williams is at work
for Mrs. R. T. Johnson.
Miss Carrie Damon of East st.
Johnsbury visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Lyon the past week.
Mrs. Charles Wheaton went the
last of the week to visit relatives at
Enrol, N. H.
Mrs. Margaret Bailey and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rowland of Cabot were in
town part of last week. Mrs. Bailey
has sold her house to M. B. Car
penter.
Miss Fanny Eastman went to her
home in Bradford, Saturday for the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Maynard and
Cassius McGregor were in Lunen-
burg Friday to attend the funeral
of James Dodge.
Burke Saturday to spend Christmas
with his grandfather, Mr. Wilson
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles May are en-
tertaining their niece, Irene Bur-
bank, of Worcester, Mass.
Daniel Lunnie of Jay visited his
daughter, Mrs. S. G. Haviland last
week. Miss Pearl Lunnie is spend
ing the holidays at her home in Jay.
Schools in town are having a hol-
iday vacation till Jan. 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Forsaith were
called to ST. Johnsbury Saturday, by
the serious illness of Frank For
saith.
Herbert Douglas, who has been in
the northwest for several years was
in town last week calling on rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Richards of
st. Johnsbury spent Sunday with.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Richards.
Mrs Minnie Seavey- spent part of
last week with ST. Johnsbury friends.
Mrs. Hattie James who has been
spending several weeks at Berlin, N.
H., is a guest of her daughter, Mrs.
F. w. Chapman.
Mrs Minnie Adams spent the first |
of the week at the home of Mr.. and |
MIS-. horace
Helen Stearns of ST. Johnsbury |
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. E. D. |
Lee.
J. G. Turnbun with two sons and
Miss Eva Merrill of Orleans and |
Miss Hester Barnes of Buffalo, N. |
Y, spent Christmas with Rev. and |
Mrs l. P Chase.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sundberg, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wadleigh, Mr..
and Mrs. MILFORD Harvey, William
Harvey and George Parker of st. |
Johnsbury spent Sunday at Edgar
Harvey's.
Rev. A. P. Grint will preach at
the Town Hall Sunday afternoon at |
three o'clock.
Obituary of George N. Gilbert.
The large circle of relatives,
friends, and acquaintance of George
N. Gilbert were shocked to receive |
the news of his death which Occurr
ed Friday, Dec. % at his home in
San Diego, Cal. He had been i'll |
with grip, which developed in a COM
plication of diseases. The deceased |
was born in Concord, April Is, 1859 |
a son of Nathaniel and Judith Hutch
inson Gilbert. Two sisters, Mrs.
Frank Powers of East Burke and |
Mrs. Florence Matthews of Grove
ton, N. H, and two half sisters, Mrs.
Charles M. Wallace of East Ryegate
and Mrs. Phebe Quimby of Kirby |
survive him. He received his edu-
cation in the Kirby and Concord |
schools. When he started out to
make his way in the world, he was
associated with his half brother,
Horace Gilbert, in the meat business
in Concord. Dec. %, 1881, he was
married to Miss Jennie A. Frye of |
Concord, daughter of the late
George Frye of Concord. For
time they made their home in Con-
cord but Mrs. Gilbert's health oblig-
ed them to seek a warmer climate,
and in 1886 they went to California. |
The change was not a benefit to Mrs.