St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-05

measles ana the prayer meetlng viii
be held elsewhere.
Miss Mary Roy is visiting at
Richard Johnson S.
We are sorry to hear that Miss
Margaret Harvey is sick. again.
Easter opening, April IS, Thurs
day. Lora NJ Morse of St. Johns
bury will be at Robina Laughlin's
during the season with nice line OF
millinery. All are invited.
VERMONT WONIEN'S CLUBS.
Progressives of Rutland and Other
Clubs Have Elected Officers
Other Notes.
The Progressives of Rutland have
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. ]. B.
Needham; LIST vice president, Mrs. F.
l.. Clark; End vice president, Mrs.
Frank L. Robinson; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Mabel Gleason; dele
gate to state convention of women's
clubs to be held at LyndonvilIe, June
/, Mrs. P. II. Brehmer; alternate to
convention, Mrs. o. II. Coolidge;
scheme committee for 1928, chair
man, Mrs. A. G.. Coolidge, Miss Mari
on Anderson, Mrs f. L. Bigelow.
The Woman's Literary Club of
celebration for next July 4th of the
National Holiday together with the
150th anniversary of the town of
Hartford, which falls on the same
day. The Thomas Chittenden Chap
ter Daughters of the American Revo-
luton of that town, will cooperate
with the Women's Club to make the
celebration memorable in the annals
of the village.
The civic committee of the Rut-
land Woman's club will hold a card
party in the afternoon and evening
of Apr1l 10, at the residence of Mrs.
George T. Chaffee. The object of
the affair is to raise funds with which
to offer prizes to the school children
who raise the best flower and vege-
I. table gardens and maintain the best
lawns throughout the summer, and
to provide for the planting of shrubs
and flowers in the city parks.
Mrs. Arthur L. Birney, correspond
ing secretary of the National Con-
gress of Mothers, has notified Mrs.
Mrs. Smith S. Ballard of
Montpelier, of their appointment
by Governor John A. Mead
to represent Vermont at the second
international congress on the well
fare of the child to be held at Wash
ington, d. c., April Is to May e. The
topic will be 1.-The Relation of the
Home, the School, the Church and
the State to Child Welfare
The civic committee of the Rutland
WOman's club is planning to conduct
an active campaign during the spring
and summer in cleaning up and beau
tifying the city streets. The interest
in home gardens, for which 5000
packages of flower seeds were distri-
buted among the school children last
summer, twelve prizes being awarded
in. September, encourages the con-
tinuance of the plan this summer.
The following officers of the Ran
dolph Woman's Literary club have
been elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. E. O. Blanchard;
vice president, Mrs. E. F. Emerson;
secretary, Miss Desier G. Mou1ton;
treasurer, Mrs. H. A. Leonard. The
committees appointed were:-Pro-
gram, Mrs. j. w. Chesbro, Mrs. J. B.
Adams, Mrs. H. w. Holden, Mrs. J.
P. Clifford, Mrs. G. F. Moulton; book,
Mrs. E. G. Ham, Mrs. A. C. Gilmore,
Mrs. A. E. Bass, Mrs. B. D. Dubois,
Mrs. P. Morse; flower, Mrs. M. A.
Tewksbury, Mrs. E. w. Tewksbury.
Voted to give books for 1911 to the
Kimball Public Library and to give
$40 to the library to assist in buying
magazines for the year 1911.
The new officers of the Home Gull
ture club of Hyde Park are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Stella Goddard; vice presi-
dent, Miss Doris DeNio; secretary,
Mrs. Lillian Leach; treasurer,
Mrs. Isadore Thorp.
The following officers have been
elected by the Bellows Falls Music
club for the next year, which begins
the second Monday in October:
President, Mrs. Lila J. Ferguson;
vice president, Mrs. Madaline B. Kel-
ley; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Mary R. Cutting; librarian, Mrs.
Mary D. Wheeler; assistant librarian,
Miss Eta P. Labaree; program COM
mittee, Mrs. Helen A. Pratt, Mrs
Adelaide M. Know1ton, Miss Hazel
v. Mesick.
Mrs. o. J. Ashton of Rutland. fed
Grafton president, was the guest of
the Woman's Literary club at South
Royalton at their last meeting, when
the Royalton Woman's club was in
vited to meet her. She addressed the
meeting chiefly on education and civic
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