St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-26
NORTH DANvILLE.
''The Little Gypsy" Presented at the
Closing of SchooI-PersOnaIs.

! day, June II, and in the evening the
| scholars gave the operetta THE
Little Gypsy" The Juniors kindly
gave them the use of their hall,
which by the time of opening the ex-
ercises, at eight o'clock was well fill
ed. The opening scene represented
a village common, with the children
at play AS the curtain arose Flor
ence M. Forbes as the Little Gypsy"
stood in the center of the stage hold
ing a basket in which were purses
that she had for sale. Florence HIATT
as Florence Earle and Helen Joyce
as Kate BIoomer, school girls, stood
on either side of her looking at her
purses, asking about them and each
bought one. They were surrounded
by the village boys and girls, some
seated on the see-saw, some jumping
the rope, the others amusing them
selves in various ways and all joined
in singing the opening chorus, Hap
py, happy schooldays. The solos
taken by Florence HIATT, Florence M.
i FORCES, Wendell H. Massey and the
duet by Florence HIATT and Helen
Joyce were especially we'll rendered,
but each and all did their parts very
we'll and did much credit to the
teachers, Miss Bell, Miss Colby and
i
so patiently drilled them. The cast of
characters was as follows: Daisy
Glenn, a gypsy girl, Florence M.
Forbes; school girls, Florence Earle,
Florence HIATT, Kate Bloomer, Helen
Joyce; Ike, a gypsy boy, Wendell H.
Massey; school boys, Willie Fair,
| Harold Gadapee, Frank Ellis, George
Douglas. The final chorus was a
welcome, hearty welcome" to the
Little Gypsy who had been restor-
ed to her parents, from whom she
was stolen when but a lisping child
and to "Ike'' who deserted the gyp-
sizes and was taken by Willie Fair
to his home. At the close of the eX-
ercises ice cream and cake were
served. The receipts of the evening
were $2O.89, two dollars of which
will finish paying for the organ they
already have and the rest to help
purchase another one for the primary
department.
Mrs Mark A. Hubbard and three
children, Calvin P, Marion E., and
Florence A, of East Burke who spent
few days the past week at w. F.
Robinson's returned home Sunday,
Mr.. Robinson drove up with them.
, James Hart of StewartstOwn, N. H.
who has spent the past two weeks
with his daughter, Mrs. w. M. Forbes
returned to his home last Thursday.
His granddaughter, Florence M. For
bes, went with him and will remain
there until the last of August.
Mrs. Cora Hudson and son, Albert,
who have been visiting at F. w.
Powers returned to their home at
East Haven last week.
Mrs. William Clement spent last
week with her cousin, Mrs. J. E. Tin
ker at Danville..
Wendell H. Massey is visiting his
friend, j. Milo Jeffrey at East Burke.
Anna L., eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Stanton, who
has been quite i'll with bronchial
pneumonia is gaining.
Margaret E. Bailey of New York
City is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ray G.
| Palmer.
Mildred A. HIATT spent few days
the past week at Ryegate.
M. Pearl Bell, teacher in the
grammar school at the village, ac-
companied by Helen M. Colby, teach
| in the primary department, return
ed to her home at Lunenburg, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dodge of Lit
Teton, N. H. were at B. A. HATS
! last Friday
The ninth grade graduates from
this part of the town were: Walter
er in the primary department, return
| M. Clifford, Florence E. Clifford and
Anna L. Stanton. On account of her
| illness, Miss Stanton was unable to
attend the exercises at DanVille, last
Wednesday, but the others were all
present and received their diplomas.
Edward Morrison of ST. Johnsbury
was the guest of A. L. Massey over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer
and daughter, Mantle, and son, John
F., who have spent the past month
visiting his father, F. R. Palmer,
and other relatives in this vicinity,
left here last Saturday, en- route for
their home at Berkeley, Cal. They
expect to make several stops on the
way and will arrive home about the
middle of July.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blewitt spent Sun
day with her son, A. E. BleWitt and |
family.
Mrs. Emma Emmons who was re-
ported last week as lying critically |
i'll at her home was later taken to |
the St. Johnsbury hospital where as
a last resort an operation was per-
formed but with no avail and she
morning. The funeral was held from |
Notre Dame church at st. Johnsbury |
Tuesday morning at nine o'clock.
She leaves six children, Edward H,
Timothy c., Ralph c., Ida NJ, Lena /
B., and Herman L., who are orphans
as their father, Henry V. Emmons,
died some four years ago. Besides
her children, she leaves six sisters,
and a wide circle of relatives and /
friends.
Mrs. J. B. Higgins returned from
Mortified last Saturday. Her aunt
Mrs. Balm, whose illness was caused
by a shock remains about the same.
The Ladies' Aid are to hold an
advertisement social at the church
vestry Friday evening June 21st.
Ice cream and cake are to be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Blew
lit of Barnet spent Tuesday with
l. H.