St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The Grace Unity Club of the
Methodist church will meet Friday
evening, December 20, with Mrs. |
Ralph Sulloway, Summer street.
There was large attendance
at the noon day Christmas service
of Palestine Commandery No. 5,
knights Templar at Masonic Hall,
Monday. After the exercises E. A.
Silsby gave a very interesting &C
count of his visit to Palestine and
the Holy City on topics of special
interest to Knights Templar.
States Attorney R. w. Simonds
and Sheriff w. H. Worthen left yes
terday for Montreal on official bust
ness. Mr.. Simonds has other legal
business and will not return until
Friday.
The semi-annual dividend of 8 II
% to the preferred stock holders of
Pillsbury & Baldwin Co., will be paid
Jan. J., 1912.
ALI the lawyers of Caledonia
bar from Lyndonville and ST. Johns
bury, with two exceptions, met in the
G. A R. hall Thursday night in hon
or of Herbert w. Hovey, who leaves
town soon for Montpelier where
he has a position with the American
F1O6lJy COMPANY. "a Ola OOAA 90
banquet was served by o. H. Smith
and Madam Brooks orchestra fur
nished music The bar presented
Mr.. Hovey with a tankard and six
stems. The presentation was made
by Alexander DuDnett and Mr.. Hovey
responded in a witty manner.
The proceeds of the annual
Christmas sale of the North church
were $363.81.
1t wasn't green Christmas IN
St. Johnsbury for enough snow re-
NAMED on the ground so that few
sleighs dragged around, but the r1V-
er broke up the first of the week for
the fourth time this season. Instead
of the usual skating for Christmas
one crowd of young men, G. A.
Moyse, J. A Osgood and B. L. Hall,
enjoyed a canoe trip to celebrate the
day. The weather was perfect and
the only thing lacking was some
frst-class sleighing.
The Scotia club will give ban
guet January rs for all Scotch peo-
pie, and those that are not Scotch
too, who are interested.
The banks will be closed Mon
day, New Years Day.
One of the many kind things
done on Christmas was the act OF
the ladies composing Mrs. 5. L.
Brooks Sunday school class at the
North church and now taught by J.
c. Danforth, in giving the ladies at
Sunset Home a Christmas tree on
Saturday afternoon. The ladies in
the class sent little gifts so that the
seven ladies who compose the Sun
set Home family were all remember
ed and a beautiful time enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Danforth assisted in
making the event the success 1t was.
Miss Hudson gave very inter
esting talk to a room full of ladies
at the Club house Thursday even
ing. Miss Hudson has given three
lectures here and those that have
attended are very much enthused
over the last talk.
The Pillsbury and Baldwin plant
which is closed for the holidays will
resume work in it's paint shop on
Jan. and its wood working depart
ment on January 8.
Grace Methodist church invites
it's members and friends to recep-
ton to be given in the church parlors
Monday evening, January 1, 1912, at
1870 o'clock.
Mrs. Henry Galley of Passump-
sic was admitted to the st. johns
bury Hospital Christmas day.
Patients admitted at Bright
look Hospital this week were George
H. Hyde, Mrs. Archie Lanctot, Mrs.
J. w. Sherry of ST. Johnsbury, Mrs.
Alice Varney of Lyndonville and
Harry Towne of North Danville.
Those discharged were Mark Conroy
Mrs Bert Gerry, Mrs. John w. Dur
gin of St. Johnsbury; Albert H.
Clough of Bath, Kate Marshall of
Orleans, David S. Johnson of Marsh
field and Eta N. Wheeler of COven-
try.
From now on the millinery
stores will close every evening ex-
cept Saturday until the first of
March.
The social of the Don't Worry
club which was held the first of Dec
ember with Mrs. Shastany, proved
a success with a good attendance
and a most enjoyable program, in
Guiding grapaphone music after
which dainty refreshments were
served. The next meeting of the club
will be held with Mrs. George Glib
bons, Caledonia street, January 3. A
good attendance is requested as
there will be nomination of officers
and for the program will be dem
onstration on paper bag cooking OF
cod fish croquettes. Members please
send them in.
Old Custom Revived.
The North Church boy choir in