St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-21

ST. JOHNSBURH CENTER.
Ladies of Congregational Church
Elect Officers-PerSOnaI
Mention.
The ladies' of the Congregational
church elected the following officers
Friday afternoon President, Mrs.
James Greenwood; vice president,
Mrs. Charlie Benedict; second vice
president, Miss Ella Mclaughlin;
secretary, Mrs. F. S. GOodheart;
treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Morrill,. After
the meeting refreshments were serV
ed by Miss Jennie Gallagher and
Mrs. f. S. Goodheart.
Mrs. Oracle Humphrey of West
Glover was the guest of Mrs. Eliza
Allen last week.
On Friday Rev. Mr.. Blodgett in
vited his church people to his home
at Lyndon to spend the day. A
bOuntiful dinner was served. After
the people had been there for a short
time they discovered that it was Rev.
Mr.. BlOdgett's birthday and they
made up a purse of money for him.
Those who went were, Mrs. G. M.
Maynard, Mr.. and Mrs. S. K. Huse,
Mrs. Page, Mrs. Granger, Mrs. Oliver
Hall and Charlie Butler.
OWl ms " IhC SOA0 "OGChOA AcASN
week the business meeting and social
of the Chistian Endeavor Society was
postponed until Jan. 28th.
M. d. Park who has been unable
to attend to his duties in the store on
account of sickness, is better. Geo.
Eastman has been helping in the
store.
Mrs. George Dow lost a brown
fur neck scarf between the Center
and st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. LIE Pier of St. Johnsbury adj
dressed the Endeavor Society on Sun
day evening.
Shepherd Pomona Grange will meet
with Enterprise Grange at Lyndon,
Wednesday evening, January 21sU.
The officers for the coming year will
be installed.
Miss Hazel Counter of Megantic,
P. @. was the guest of her cousin,
Miss Bessie Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brewer are
to be congratulated on a grand
daughter born Jan. 8th, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Blodgett at Springfield,
Mass.
Rev. Mr.. Blodgett will speak on
Methodism next Sunday. He re-
quests all those who are interested in
the Methodist church or those who
can attend to make an effort to come.
The entertainment given under the
auspices of Green Mountain Grange,
No. l, at their hall last Friday even
ing by 2. A. Gilmore, of Cabot, was
we'll attended and the applause tina
greeted the reader at the close of
each selection showed that the audi
ence was appreciative. The readings
we're intersperssed with selection by
Green Mountain Grange orchestra,
also a song Baby Hands was sweet
ly rendered by two little girls, Kath-
leen Chaffee and Gertrude McLaugh-
lin, accompanied by their teacher,
Miss Marion Barrows. At the close
of the entertainment q social hour
and dancing by the young people
was INDUCED in.
At the regular meeting of Greer
Mountain Grange, No. 1, held last
Saturday evening, Edith McLaugh
lin was installed Ceres" by Past
Master, Walter c. Hall, assisted by
Annie Hall. George Wheeler, l. G.
Hall and E. NJ. Massey and May Gal
lagher and linda Farnham responded
to suggestions for the good Of the
order. A committee was appointed tc
give an entertainments sometime this
month and a grange reporter was
also elected.
At the close of the meeting the
doors were thrown open and the lee
turer's program, which follows was
given: Song, The River of Time, by
the Grange; reading, Adam Never
was a Boy, Ella Hall; discussion, Who
will go down in history up to the
present time, as the greatest man?
responded to by L. G. Hall and L. F.
Miner; speaking, Bill .Mason's Bride
Walter Gallagher; reading, High
Farming at Elmwood, linda Farnham:
discussion, DO the mothers of today
teach their daughters to cook, sew,
and conduct housekeeping as they
should? responded to by Mary Hal
lett, Winnie Goss and Emma K. Mas
sey; reading, Minnie Miners Mis-
take, Edith Mclaughlin.
The attendance at both the meet
ings and the open program were
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Bigelow and
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Wilkie of ST.
Johnsbury came up to attend the
entertainment Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Massey and lit
tie son Owen s., spent Sunday with
his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
NJ. Massey.