St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-16
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Railroad Shops Running Only Four
Days a Week-PersOnal and
Social Happenings.


Last Wednesday morning $50
men employed in the railroad shops
we're put on a schedule of four days
per week, the shops being closed
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Al
though il is reported the curtail-
ment is due to a policy of retrench-
ment on the part of the Boston &
Maine there is a feeling here that it
is the forerunner of transfer Of
the work of the car shops to the new
plant at Billerica, Mass.
The students at Lyndon Institute
were given Wednesday to attend the
St. Johnsbury fair and many of them
did So
Miss Edith Cote has gone to work
in the Dairy association Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Petrie have
rooms at G. H. Blake's on Church
street.
Miss Lura Kidder of Westford is
working at DR.. A. A. Cheney's and
attending school at Lyndon Insti-
tute.
At the democratic caucus last
week the following we're elected del
egates to the state and district con
vention in Burlington, September
20: state, George Pierce, Elisha
Bigelow, f. G. Graves, Arthur Guild,
William Mooney: district, Arthur
Simpson, j. J. Stafford, Daniel Greg
DRY, E. H. Gray, Phil Clark; town
committee, George Pierce, Arthur
Guild, Phil Clark.
The state council of the Vermont
Daughters of Liberty is to be held in
the G. A. R. hall Thursday, Septem-
Der II. There will be an afternoon
and evening session with an interest
ing program.
The Mothers Circle will hold their
next meeting Thursday evening of
this week, Sept. II, with Mrs.
Charles Lee.
In October a series of special meet
ings is to be held in the Universalist
church, conducted by the Rev.
George Fortier of Rutland, Univer-
salist state superintendent. 1t is
hoped that Mrs Fortier, who is a
good singer will assist him.
A special meeting of the Lyndon
Union club was held in the Cable
hall Saturday afternoon on the sub
| ject of the European war. There
was an executive board meeting at
two o'clock and five new members
were admitted to the club: Misses
Ruth Mcdowell, May Campbell, Ella
| Wilmarth, Gertrude Newton and Mrs.
II. l.. Doyle. The year books will be
! issued in a few days. At the club
meeting reports were given on sew
eral matters of business. Mrs. Nor
ton Downing and Mrs. E. ]. Blodgett
gave a brief report of the state fed
Grafton meeting at Bellows Falls.
| The speakers of the afternoon were
Mrs. Theodore N. Vail, Miss Marion
Dane and Professor NJ. G.. Benedict
of st. Johnsbury. Extracts from let
| ters of Miss Lois Redmond were read
also. Since Mrs. Vail was in Italy
Miss Redmond in France, Miss Dane
in Germany, and Mr.. Benedict in
/ England, a variety of impressions
and experiences were retold which
made a most interesting and instruc-
tive program. At its close tea was
served by the social committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lumbert
and son, Chesley, came here last
Wednesday morning from Medford
Mass, with the remains of theiI
youngest child, Barbara, who died
of cholera infantum just at the be-
ginning of her second year. The
oldest daughter has been here al
summer with her grand parents
MI. ana MIS-. JOnn MurCn. fQnerd
services for little Barbara were held
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Murch have
a son, born Saturday September ;.
Sibyl Barber, who has been il
Woodsville, N. H., this summer
came home last week to begin school
Mrs. r. G. Warren of Woodsville
y. H., is with her daughter, Mrs. L
It. Huntley.
Albert Stern is at Mount Clemens
Mich, for three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. \. Thomas are al
home from their cottage at Joe's
Pond where they have spent most Of
the summer.
Mrs. A. D. Paige spent last weeI
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fisher anC
family have been taking a motor triI
to Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. w. A. Bemis and children
visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Stan
| ley at North Danville last week.
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