St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-06
At Barnet.
Officers of The Sunday School Elect
ed-Death of Mrs. SOmers.


Last Sunday was the annual cleo
ton of officers of the Sunday school.
They were as follows: Chester Som
ers;> superintendent, Mrs. Chase,
first assistant; Mrs. Margaret Will
son, second assistant; secretary and
treasurer, Harleigh Somers; How
ard Elliott, assistant; Virginia Ell
lott, organist; Charlotte Dow, as
sistant; Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Ii
brarian; Mildred Hall, assistant.
Substitutes were chosen for all the
classes.
The Ladies' society will hold their
annual sale Of aprons and fancy
work at the schoolhouse hall Friday
night, December s. There will be an
oyster supper. Those having aprons
or fancy work please leave them at
the home of Mrs. L. E. GiIfIlan at
their earliest possible convenience
The Barnet Brotherhood will hold
their meeting at the schoolhouse
next Friday evening at eight O'Clock,
Dec. 8. There will be some very i'm
portant business. Supper in the
Schoolhouse hall.
Mrs. Charlotte Dow went to her
school in Monroe, last Monday, also
Abbie Hall to hers in the county.
The community was shocked and
saddened last Sunday by the news
of the death of Mrs Ellen (Wright)
Somers at Calgary, the Canadian
northwest. Mrs. Somers was fire.
quent visitor in town before she
went away, and will be greatly miss
ed by large circle of friends.
Mrs. Louise Moulton of Lowell,
Mass, called upon friends in town
last Monday.
Miss Elsie and Hazen Gochee of
Passumpsic visited in town a few
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Simonds and
son, Fred, spent Thanksgiving with
friends in West Barnet.
School in this place commenced
last Monday with the same teachers
as last term.
Robert Kendall and man are
building a piazza at Walter John
sons.
Word has been received of a
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Davidson, formerly of this place,
but now in Calgary, the northwest
Edward c.. Smith and wife and
daughter, Mildred, of Mills, Mass,
spent last week with Mr.. Smiths
mother at Walter Kendall's.
Turner's Falls, Mass, last week
Wednesday to spend the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Da-
vison.
Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Drew and
daughter, Dorothy, spent Thanks
giving at Chester Somers' in COM
pany with 1 6 others.
Mrs. Annie Gilfillan went to
Waterbury last week Friday to see
her aunt, who is very sick. From
there she will go to Brighton,
Mass, to visit her sister a week or
two.
Mrs. Mary Fox of Rumney, N.
H., spent few days with her sister, |
Mrs. DR.. Elliott.
E. Belle Parker of Johnson Nor
NAL school spent Thanksgiving |
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Parker.
DR.. Jonah Gilfllan and wife of
Beebe Plain, P. O., spent Thanks
giving at Bert GilfiIlan's.
Frank Myhill who has worked for
Bert Gilfllan for the past nine
months has finished work there and
moved his family to Laconia, N. H.
Rev. Charles Clark and wife of |
Georgia, have come to spend the |
winter with their son, Rev. w. H. |
Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark have just |
their 50th wedding ami
at Georgia where Mr. Clark |
has preached for over 80 years Mr. |
Clark is over so years old, but |
strong and hearty for a man of his
years.
Rev. Peter Black of the Grace |
Methodist church of St. Johnsbury, |
will give his lecture "My Native |
Land; Bonnie Scotland" in the Bar
net Center Presbyterian church, Fri |
day evening, Dec. 8. This lecture is |
beautifully illustrated with sterop- |
ticon slides taken in Scotland. The |
7. P. G. U. is giving this entertain |
ment to help defray the expense of |
installing electric lights in the |
church.
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