St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
LyndOnViIle
Annual Meeting of The Lyndon
Union Club-PersonaI and VIII


The annual business meeting of
the Lyndon Union club was held in
the Cable hall Thursday afternoon
May Is, and was devoted wholly to
business matters. At the executive
board meeting held just before,
eight new members we're voted in,
making a total of Al members adj
mitted during the year, less those
who have gone away or withdrawn,
| the present membership is 208. At
] ter the secretary's report of the last
meeting, reports were given by the
different officers and committees as
| follows: Annual secretary's report,
| by Mrs. Fannie Cheney Smith; re-
port of corresponding secretary by
Mrs. w. r. Cheney; report of treas
urer, by Miss Martha Stevens,
report of auditor by Mrs.
G. A. Whipplel Mrs J.. w.
Titcomb reported for the Art
Circle which has held very inter
esting meetings on the subject of
Arts and Crafts. Mrs. John B.
Chase reported for the Current
Events and Travel Circle. Mrs.
Charles T. Walter reported for the
Civics Committee, of which the late
Mrs. w. 1. Powers was chairman.
Mrs. E. A. Daniels reported sue
cessful years work for the Educa-
ton committee. Mrs. H E. Fol
som gave an interesting report of
the Conservation committee, which
has continued the work begun the
year before of arousing interest In
apple raising. Mrs. George lde
sent a report from the Household
Economics committee. Mrs. H. w.
4 NrI frr- AI,n fhVaoT~
mittee, which has given much time
to work in the library. This COM
mittee also raised $500 from a min
strel show, which was used to pay
for the periodicals in the reading
room, and for new books. Mrs. G.
B. Dodge sent a report for the social
committee, which has furnished re-
freshments at the different meet
ings and had charge of the annual
gentleman's night. Mrs. A. r. Mer-
rill reported for the Child Study
Circle, and Mrs. Harry Colby for the
Music Circle reported a successful
years work. A rising vote of thanks
was extended to Mrs. Theodore Vail
for her thoughtfulness in supplying
the club with flowers and many 9TH
er courtesies extended during the
year Election of officers was next
in order and the names presented
by the nominating committee were
balloted upon and unanimously
elected. The president, Mrs. G. M.
Campbell, was reelected. The 9TH
er officers are as follows: First vice
president, Mrs. G. A. Hall; second
vice president, Mrs. M. E. Daniels;
recording secretary, Mrs. E. j.
Blodgett; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Fannie Cheney Smith; treas
urer, Miss Martha Stevens; audi
tor, Mrs. Grover Foster. Delegates
to the State Federation meeting at
st. Johnsbury to be held June As
are: Mrs. Arthur R. Merrill, Mrs.
E. ]. Blodgett, Mrs. Fannie Cheney
Smith, Mrs. L. T. Huntley, Mrs. H.
E. Folsom. Alternates, Mrs. E. A.
Daniels, Mrs. e. G. Morse, Mrs. G.
A. Whipple, Mrs. E. A Shorey, Mrs.
A. L. Finney.
H. L. Parker spent several days
last week in Burlington, attending
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows.
Mrs. D. r. Brown and Mrs. George
Ide gave a ten o'clock breakfast Fri
day at the home of Mrs. Ide, the
guest of honor being Madame
Brown Of Concord, who is the guest
of her son, DR.. David R. Brown.
Mr.. Danforth, who has charge of
the street work, has engaged a room
at Mrs. w. L. Guilds.
The trustees are having a new
cement sidewalk laid on the south
side of Center street, from Elm
street to Broad street.
The Rev. J. G. McKim, whose in
cumbency as rector at st. Peters
mission will close June 1, leaves
soon after for Japan, where he goes
as a missionary. His father is lOcat-
ed there as bishop of Toxic.
The Rev. J. J. Hutchinson ex-
changed pulpits Sunday with the
Rev. A. N. Chandler of Sutton.
B. F. Quimby who has been carry
ing on his brothers farm in Sutton,
has moved here and gone to work in
the creamery.
Miss Eunice Silsby visited her
aunt, Mrs. Humphrey, in West
Burke, last week.
Lewis Silsby has come home to
spend the summer. Both his parents
are in very poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A Squires went
to Barre last week and Mrs. Squires
who is suffering with a very ner-
NOuS lAOuOlOs Will Cllldln anu SpCnu
the summer with her daughter, Mrs.
Edward Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Squires and
a friend from ST. Johnsbury and w.
S. Harris, spent a few days camping
and fishing last week at Stone Pond
in Glover.
Ora McDowell's five children have
been entertaining the German meas
les.
G. M. Campbell has been earring
several tons of maple sugar here in
the past week.
Mrs. George D. Tute has been
confined to the house by illness for
several weeks.
Work has begun on James Web
ber's new house on South street, and
the cellar is being excavated. A. N.
Drew is to build the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Green of
Barnston, Mass, have moved into a
tenement in the Stern block
Miss Catharine Rexford has re-