St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-07-10
NEWBURY.
Program for Old Home Week Gel
ebratiOn Aug. 11-14-LOcals.

ebratiOn Aug. 11-14-LOcals.
Old Home week, 1762-1912, begin
ming Sunday, Aug. IL continuing
through Aug. IA. Music furnished
by Nevers' Second Regiment band
of Concord, n. H.
Sunday, Aug. 18th.
1890, union services in Methodist
church; sermon by Rev. Joseph King,
principal of Newbury Seminary from
184S-53.
2.3O p. m. Exercises in Congre-
gational church, Rev E. G. French,
presiding. Welcome by Hon. Horace
w. Bailey Historical address, 1.-THE
Ideals of the Early Settlers Rev.
John NJ Thomas, president of Mid
dlebury college.
Monday, Aug. IL.
100 p. M, band concert on the
common; 23O p. M, matinee in
Chadwick Hall, historical play, ''The
Difference" 500 p. M, band con-
cert on common; 900 p. m, dancing
in Chadwick Hall.
Tuesday, Aug. IS.
900 a. M, band concert on COM
mon; 1000 a. M, exercises in Chad
wick hall, Hon. Horace w. Bailey,
presiding. Dedication of historical
tablets: /, marking the site of old
Court House; 2, marking site of the
old state house; address by Hon. H.
w. Bailey; 3, marking site of the first
meeting house, address by DR.. Fred
C. Russell; 4, marking site of first
settlement, within memory of Col
Thomas Johnson, address by Frank
V. Johnson of New York City; 1.3O
p. M, band concert on common; 2.3O
D. M, exercises in Congregational
church; dedication of the monument
to Brigadier General Jacob Bayley,
founder of the town, Charles H Bay
ley of Boston will preside; address by
Hon. Edwin A. Bayley of Boston, i'm
mediately followed by the unwilling
of the monument on the common by
a great great great grandson of
Wells River, bearing the name of his
illustrious ancestor; 700 p. M, band
concert on common; 500, reception
in Chadwick hall to Gov. Mead and
staff, by the Ox-bow Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
Wednesday, Aug. IA.
90 a. m, band concert on COM
800 a. M, band concert on COM
mon; 1000 a. M, reunion of stu
Senator William P. Dillingham; will
preside; LOO p. m, band concert;
200 p. M, in Chadwick Hall, reunion
of veterans Col. Jesse r. Squires of
Haverhill, presiding; address by
Gov. Mead and others; ZOO p. M,
band concert; 500 p. M, historical
play, 1.-The Difference" in Chadwick
Hall. The Lend-a-Hand club by con-
slant rehearsing give evidence OF a
successful play.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Haviland and
family left Monday for an auto trip
to Glen Falls, N. Y.
The exceedingly dry weathr has re-
duced the promised abundant hay
crop to below the general average.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution met July 1, at the home
of Mrs. James Lawrie to consider
their work for Old Home Week.
Henry Rollins who bought the
George Slack home, has moved his
household goods into his new house.
His former residence has been bought
by David Amell, who will reside here.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Hale are
making an auto trip to Albany, N.
Y.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Crosby re-
ceived the sad news Friday morning
of the death of his sister by drowning
on the 4th of July. They left on the
morning train for his home in Lenox,
Mass.
Miss Elsye Sargent of St. Johns
bury has been visiting friends in
town.