St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-04-24
LyndOnViIIe
Mrs. w. l.. WATSON President of
of Vermont Federation Spoke
to Union Club.

10 Union CluD.
The regular meeting of the Lyn-
don Union club was held last Thurs
day evening in the Cable Hall with
a good attendance of the members
and several guests. A pleasant
feature of the evening was the pres
ence of Mrs. w. L. WATSON of Wat
erbury, the president of the State
Federation, who spoke briefly on
the valuable work done by the
normal training fund. The program
was in charge of the Music Circle
and was devoted to the works of E.
A. Mcdowell. Printed programs
were distributed, announcing a Mac
Dowell musicale. Mrs. j. W. Tit
comb spoke in an interesting man
ner on the subject of MacDowelPs
| life and works. Selections from his
works were given by Mrs. j. j..
Hutchinson in vocal solos, and by
Miss Irene Stinson, Miss Alice
Campbell and Miss Muriel Stock
well, in piano solos and duets. Elk
cellent performances were given
we'll calculated to illustrate the diff
ficulty, the variety, and the haunt
ing charm of this greatest of Ann
erican composers works. Mrs. Was
son held an informal reception at
the completion of the program and
the social committee served punch
and waters.
Lincoln Wilson, Gilbert Campbell
and Homer Watson have returned
to their studies at Dartmouth col
lege.
Mrs. Mabel Barron of Lyme, N.
H., was with her brother, John Nor
To-
Mrs. Josephine Carr came from
her school in Taunton and visited
her mother, Mrs. Josephine Wilder,
from Thursday to Sunday.
Mrs. S. w. Mccall was in town
a few days last week to see her
mother, Mrs. S. S. Thompson, who
is recovering from her recent ill
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Smith are
working for Ira Hunter in Kirby
during sugaring, after which they
will begin work at Mountain View
farm.
Mrs. w. c. Gage was called to
Brookfield last week to attend the
funeral of her brothers wife, Mrs.
Ira Carpenter.
Harris Jenkins and family have
moved here from East Burke.
H. S. Powers, who has been
spending the winter with his
daughter, Mrs. Clayton Libbey, has
returned to his home in East
Ryegate. Mrs. Libbey and her son,
Harvey, accompanied him for a
visit with her brother, Frank Pow
ers.
George Murch and family are
moving into G. M. Darling's tene-
ment next to the garage, where Mrs.
Murch's mother occupies the up
stairs tenement. John Murch will
remain in the Graves house where
all have been living this winter.
Miss Lizzie Aldrich spent last
week at Chester Beams in Newark.
The final examinations of the
winter term at the Institute are be-
ing held from Tuesday to Thursday
inclusive, this week. Those stu
dents fortunate enough to keep up
their general average above 80 are
not required to take these exam
nations and so are enjoying short
vacation.
Miss Ona Roundy visited her
grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Aldrich,
at West Burke last week.
Adrian Cheney has returned to
his work here after an enforced va
cation on account of severe trouble
with his eyes.
George Ide, Frank Powers and
Sumner Prescott all had extensive
"sugaring off, parties last week.
Mrs. Nettie Mccoy has been
spending the spring vacation from
her school with her parents in New
ark.
Professor o. D. Mathewson has
rented of L. IT, Huntley the tene-
ment now occupied by DIR. Davis, for
a year, during which time, he ex-
poets to build a house.
Mrs. G, G. Waller has come from
Troy to join her husband, DIR. Wal
Ter. They are stopping at the
Pleasant View house until they find
satisfactory location for house
keeping.
Mrs. George Cree and Mrs. Elisha
Bigelow were among local visitors
to the Hub last week.
Miss Gladys Trotter and Miss
Dorothy Dexter spent last week
with Miss Trotter's parents in
Springfield, returning Monday.
Mrs. A. G. Emery and children
visited her mother, Mrs. Martin, in
Barnet last week.
Sherman Wakefield has been
spending a few days with a friend
at East Burke.
The Heath-Clark Company had a
successful sale of suits, dresses and
skirts from the Clarkson store last !
Thursday.
Ray Smith from East Haven is a |
new clerk in the Ruggles Brothers
meat market.
The Village Improvement society |
held a successful dance in Music |
hall on Saturday evening. They will |
give one more dance before closing |
the series, and May ball on the
evening of Thursday, May 2.
Mrs. E. r. Brown, who has been
spending the winter at A. L. Fin
ney's, has returned to her home in
Fitch Bay, P. @.
Juniper Branch Lodge, Daugh-
tiers of Rebekah, enjoyed an espec-