St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-01
LyndOnViIIe
The Star Theatre Sold ID. Halls
House Burned-SOcial and
Personal News

The Star Theatre Sold. ID. Halls
House Burned--SOcial and
Personal News
One of the most important bust
ness changes in town was the pur-
chase last week by John w. LeBour-
veau of f. s. Story's Star Theatre
and moving picture business. Mr.. Lee
Bourveau has taken possession. Mr..
Story has bought the Premier Theatre
at st. Johnsbury with the intention
of moving there this spring.
L. ID. Halls house just below Lyn-
don was burned Sunday about noon.
1t is thought the fire started around
the kitchen chimney. Mrs. Hall was
at church and Mr.. Hall in the barn
and the first he noticed was several
of the neighbors rushing in with f1re
extinguishers. 1t had too good
start then for the extinguisher, but
they were able to save nearly all the
furniture on the first floor, although
they could not get upstairs. The
house was totally destroyed but the
barn is untouched. There is a fair
amount of insurance, in the Union
Mutual of Montpelier.
Miss Blanche Spaulding of ST.
Johnsbury is trimmer in Mrs. Elisha
Bigelows millinery shop.
Mrs. M. V. b. Dow of Danville
was a guest of her brother, Wilbur
Sherburne last week.
Charles M. Darling has returned
from a business trip to Texas.
Miss Amy Wilson went to Boston
last week to attend grand opera and
visit her sisters, before spending the
remainder of her vacation with her
mother in Bethel.
Miss Sarah Randall is working for
j. p. Rock at South Wheelock.
The Art Circle held a pleasant
meeting last Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. ]. w. Titcomb, dis
cussfng the subject of bric-a-brac,
and the small furnishings of the
house. This was the last meeting of
the year, and many plans were dis
cussed for the following season.
Miss Eula Gochee of Barnet visited
in town last week.
Mrs. w. s. LETTERS spent a few
days last week in Barnet with her
sister, Mrs. e. b. Chase.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Harvey spent
a few days in st. Johnsbury last
week.
Mrs. A. ]. Smith of CRANKY is stop
ping with her son here.
The last entertainment in the
Lecture course was given in Music
hall last Thursday evening. A lee
ture by Edward Amherst OFT, entitled
The Haunted House" or will Your
Dreams come true?" The whole
course Of six entertainments has been
successful in every way.
The Village Improvement Society
has engaged a cottage, r'The Bould-
ers," near the south end of Willough-
by Lake, and they are now making
plans to conduct a tea house there
this summer.
Dean Wilder of Whitefeld, N. H.
is spending a part of his vacation
with his aunt, Mrs. II. L. Parker.
Eli Currier and his daughter, Mrs.
Henry WHkie, go to Chicago the last
of this week, where they will spend
about 10 days with the son and
brother, William Currier.
Professor o. d. Mathewson, who
has bought DR.. Davis house, has be-
gun moving intending to make it
slow and sure. DIR. G. G. Waller has
rented the tenement in the Huntley
house where the Mathewsons are iv-
ing, and will move there later in the
spring.
The current events class held an
lul6TG5llnS ulGGLluS DIT the VI
Mrs. E. ]. Blodgett on Monday after
noon of this week, and discussed the
Mexican question, the Monroe Doc
trine and the Panama tolls. Mrs.
Downing, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs.
Bundy were the speakers.
Miss Irene Stimson spent last week
with relatives near Boston.
The children of Miss Blake's dane
ing class had the second of their ser
les of dances in Cables hall, Saturday
evening, Miss Stimson furnishing
music.
The Rines store building in Had
leyville, which was bought by Scott
Farnum and fitted up for a dwell
ing, has been sold to Frank Creaser,
who takes possession this week.
Mrs. Roy Powers visited her aunt, |
Mrs. Charles M. Wallace in East Rye
gate last week.
Samuel McBurney of Monroe, n. |
H., was at Sherburne Lang's a few
days last week
Frank A. Dresser of Lyndon Center |
has recently received a patent for a |
shoes, on which he has been expert |
menting for some time.
Mrs. Inez Perrigo Burke of New |
York city has been for a few days the |
guest of her mother, Mrs. Margaret |
Perrigo.
Miss Bernice King is spending her
vacation at home with her parents in |
Miss Susan Cunningham was in
Boston for her two weeks vacation.
She took with her Miss Eunice Silsby |
who went to meet her parents on |
their return from Florida
School at the Institute began Mon
day for the spring term of twelve
weeks. The Graded School will begin
next Monday, April 6.
Mrs. H. w. Lyster entertains the
Christmas Club this Wednesday after
noon, April 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Jameson spent
the two weeks vacation with her par
n,