St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-11-25

Ohlcers OF the Driving Club-Ad-
dress by Champ Clark Tues
daY EYening-LocAlS.


and has elected the following Of
fcers: President, DR.. D. r. Brown;
vice-presidents. C. w. Thompson, &.
NJ. Darling, secretary and treasurer,
j. ID. Dorion; auditor, Roger Ladd;
Hanscom, L. r. Fa-rar, G. j. Tref-
Hanscom, L. r. Fa- Tar, G. D. Tref-
rem; judges, c. NJ. Thompson, r. b.
Laid, marshall, f. G. Lynch.
At the Star Theater benefit given
by J. NJ. lie Bourveau last week
Monday afternoon and evening,
S32.75 was .aised which was given
to the Red Cross committee of the
Lyndon Union Club. and will be for
warded by them to those in charge.
A great deal is being done in town
for this work by different societies
and individuals. Grand Army Hall
was we'll filed Saturday afternoon
by ladies who met to cut out and
begin work from the materials pur-
chased by the Lyndon Union Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Downing have
gone from Lyndon Center to Bel
lows Falls where his parents live.
Miss Hazel Reynolds of St. Al
bans, a student at Lyndon Institute,
visited last week at the Rev. Ralph
loves in St. Johnsbury.
The great card of the lecture
course was naturally Champ Clark's
lecture which was delivered in Mu-
sic Hall Tuesday evening with a
large attendance The hall is not
entirely completed but by working
day and night it was found possible
to take down the stagings and get
the room ready 10 be used that eve
ming.
Miss Marion Shattuck of North
ampton, Mass, has been a guest at
G.. w. McDonald's fo~ few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w. Mccall
were in town few days last week.
Mr.. Mccall returned to Winchester
the first of the week and Mrs. Mccall
remained until Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Stuart. On that day she
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart to
Boston where they will remain for
the winter months.
The pupils of Miss Irene Slim
sons music class held a recital in
the Cable Hall and gave a varied pro-
gram of piano selections which
showed good progress in their study
of music.
The Helping Hands, which is the
girls society of the Universalist
Church, held their annual meeting
Saturday with Mrs. L. S. Howe, and
elected Mrs. Howe president; Miss
Marjorie Ruggles, vice-president;
Miss Edith Lensey, secretary, and
Miss Ruth Blodgett, treasurer. These
girls meet every two weeks to sew
and raise quite a sum of money for
the church each year, besides learn
ing a great deal of practical needle
work.
Miss Bernice King, who has been
spending two weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. w. L. Guild, retu: ned Sunday
to her home in Evansville.
The Gordon Brothers, L. H. and
Iphus, with their wives, visited their
father, L. M. Gordon, in Sutton, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Murphy Wis
tied friends in Concord last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith spent last
week with his parents, M. and Mrs.
Adna Smith in. East Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Grant Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Hunt in Monroe, N. H., last
week.
Aaron Twombley, former resident
of this place, is reported to have
died at his home in Los Angeles,
Cal, on Nov. 9. Mr.. Trombly was
in the d:y goods business here a
number of years ago.
Mrs. L. ]. Hovey and son Howard
of Danvflle have recently been Wis
iting her mother.
Mrs. Edwin Hough recently Wis
tied in West Burke.
Mrs. F. H. Powers of East Rye
gate was in town last week, a guest
OF Mrs. Clayton Libbey.
Mr.. MacAulay from Berry, P. O.,
has been spending a few days in
town with his daughters, Mrs. Da: l.
ing. Mrs. Buckley and Mrs. Shat
tuck.
Mr.. Sears, who lives in the Glea-
son house on South street, recently
suffered a slight shock but has re-
covered enough to return to his
work again.
Mrs. J. T. Gleason has been en-
joylng a visit from her sister, Mrs.
Freeman of Lancaster, N. H., for
few weeks.
Quite a party from here took an
automobile trip to st. Johnsbury last
week Tuesday evening and enjoyed
the comedy "A Pair of Skies"
The body of Albert La Hue, whose
name was incorrectly given in last
weeks paper, who was killed at the
railroad shops, was taken last Mon
day to Newport where his mother
and brother survive him.
Mrs. Edwin Hough was sick last
week and the Cong: egational Ladies
Aid Society which was to have met
with her on Thursday last, met at
the church vestry.
The regular meeting of the Lyn-
don Union Club was held on Thurs
day evening, Nov. 10. in the Cable
Hall. At an executive board meet
ing Just previous the following mem
bers were admitted to the club:
Mrs. Clara Bean, Mrs. Sumner
Stuart, Mrs. George Goodrow, Miss
Ruth Paris, Mrs William jeffrey,
Miss Angie Hunter, Mrs. Anna Spen-
Ger Frost, Mrs. Roy Coburn. At this
meeting it was voted also to appro-
pirate SIS more. making $25 in all
for the purchase of materials for