St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-03-08
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The New Minister Begins Service at
Congregational Church.

Congregational Church.
The new Congregational minister
the Rev James Hutchinson, occupied
that pulpit for the first time Sunday
morning. His FAMILY and goods will
arrive this week. Mr. Hutchinson
comes from a very successful pas
torate in Fitch Bay, p @. He was
! born near the town of Fergus,
! Ont, four months after the
sudden death of his father. At an
! early age he hired out to farmers
and only attended school during two
or three months of each winter. In
| 1897 he obtained teachers GER
/ tificate at the high school in Flora,
Ontario. In 1900 he took his matri-
culation examination at the McGill
University, Montreal, and studied
there one year. The next year he
preached at Forest, Ontario, to
obtain funds for further study. He
spent the next four years at the
Congregational college in Montreal,
graduating April II, 1906, with the
gold medal to his honor.. While in
college he assisted one sumner in the
Congregational church at CRANKY, P
O., and for the last two and one
half years was acting pastor
of the church at Brigham, P.
O., where he was ordained April 20,
1906. The following November he
resigned the pastorate on account of
poor health and spent two months on
a farm recuperating. On Jan. 1,
1907, he took up the pastorate at
Fitch Bay, which he has just re-
signed. He has been a member of
the board Of school commissioners
for the township of Stanstead and
also holds the offices of secretary and
the county and president of the
district Sunday school associations
In June, 1908, he married Miss Eva
G. Rider of Fitch Bay. Mrs. Hutch
insOn is a talented musician, both
vocal and instrumental
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
society served an excellent supper
Friday evening, in which fish
chowder and baked beans were the
principal dishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Daniels en-
tertained a party of friends at whist
last week Tuesday evening.
Mrs. G. M. Campbell was the
hostess of the Christmas club at
very pleasant meeting last Wednes-
day afternoon
Mrs. Frank Eaton visited friends
in st. Johnsbury last week.
A large number OF children were
present at the Library story hour on
Saturday. Mrs. Chase told the
stories in the basement, having a
new picture machine which enlarges
and throws the post card views on
a screen.
Thursday evening of this week with
Mrs. Shattuck and the Rev E. G.
French is to give an address.
j. w. Bedard, photographer, has
opened his new studio in the
Ruggles block.
George Pierce is improving after
an illness of several weeks.
George LaFoint is absent on a
business trip to Boston, Springfield
and other Massachusetts cities.
Mabyn Terrill, who is at school in
st. Johnsbury, has been spending a
few days with her mother, Mrs. E. J.
Heath.
Marguerite and Madeline Robin
son have been visiting friends and
relatives in town.
Mrs. Mabel Barron and daughter,
Marjorie are spending part of the
spring vacation in Boston.
The graded schoti closes Friday
of this week for a three weeks
vacation
The play given by the senior
class at the institute last Thursday
evening, Me an Otis" was laugh
able affair, and we'll carried out by
all who participated. The attendance
was good and the class will net
about $50.
The Universalist., Ladies' Aid
society met with Mrs. L. r. Wood
ward last Friday afternoon.
The Art Circle held a most inter
Ahern on Friday afternoon.
J. c. Eaton is taking a brief
southern trip.
Guy Smith came here from Lunen-
burg last week, and on Monday went
to Boston with his father, James
Smith, who has gone down to the
automobile show
Lewis Shonyo has been visiting his
grandparents at Barnet.
Mrs. Ellen Prescott has returned
from Newport and is caring for Mrs
John Webster, who has been suffer
ing with bronchitis.
Edward McG1nnis has been a
recent sufferer with the grip and
struggle with this disease
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Lyster have
been spending a few days with his
brothers at Whitefeld, n. H.
w. |. Powers and E. J. BIodgett
went to Boston Monday to attend the
/ automobile show. a large number
/ from East Burke took the train here
/ for the same purpose
Miss Lucia Baldwin is at home
from her school at Dean Academy,
! Worcester, that school having been
! closed on account of some light cases
1 of scarlet fever.
A new bubble fountain has been
/ installed in the girls basement at
the graded school building, and if
found satisfactory, others will soon