St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-11-04
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Gertrude Mclaughlin Given a Birth
day Parcy'--Other Happenings.
Fourteen schoolrnates of Gertrude
Mclaughlin met at her home on last
Wednesday, Oct. %. and gave her
a surprise party. 1t being her 18th
birthday. Games were played and
a jolly time prevailed during the
evening. The birthday cake was
made by her &. andmother, Mrs.
Forsythe and IL was decorated with
IL candies. She received many beau
tiful gifts. Light refreshments were
served and all enjoyed the evening.
Horace Woodruff of Bangor, Me,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Woodruff
of Washington, d. c., have been Wis
iting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
/. Woodruff
MS. Nellie Astle and daughter of
Goss Hollow were the guests of her
mother, Mrs. @. ". Maynard.
On Friday evening Is of the en-
ployers OF the New Method Laundry
spent the evening at Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Eastman's. Music. games
and dancing were the entertainment
for the evening and q merry time
enjoyed by all. Cake, sand
witches and coffee were served.
MS. Hannah Barber, who has been
visiting Mrs. Celie Eastman, has re-
turned home at Sheffield
Miss Ella Mclaughlin spent Sun
day with friends at St. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Joyce who
have been spending several weeks at
New York and Philadelphia, have re-
turned home.
Arthu: Rich of Newport was the
guest of Mrs. Charlie Benedict on
Sunday.
Mrs. Rebecca Harrimen who has
been visiting at Boston has returned
home.
Mrs. Agnes Blodgett of st. Johns
bury spent Thursday with Mrs.
Arthur Knoblock.
The masquerade and dance given
by the Green. Mountain Grange, No.
1, was very successful and a good
time was enjoyed. About SIG was
cleared.
The Halloween Social given by the
grammer school was wei lattended
and pleasant time enjoyed. Guess
games and fortunes were the attrac-
ton of the evening. The following
program was given: Recitation,
Brownies. Arts Brook; song by Ger
trude Mclaughlin and Kathleen
Chaffee; recitation, A Bunch of Col
den Keys, Evangeline Chafiee; recita-
ton, My Shadow, Eleanor Goss; reci-
tation, Evelyn Tromley; Lullaby, by
intermediate grade; recitation, The
Soul Of the Violin, Miss Folsom.
There was a large attendance at
the masquerade promenade and
dance which was given by Green
Mountain Grange, No. l, at their hall
last Friday evening. The greater
part of those present were masked.
The music which was furnished by
A. B. Goliath, piano, Mrs. Lula
Trombly, violin, and A. L. Massey:
violin, was fine. Refreshments of
sandwiches. cake and coffee were
served. Everybody appeared to
have a good time and the receipts |
of the evening added a neat little
sum to the treasury.
The "Green Mountain Grange ORA
matte Club" will present the drama
1.-THE Spy of Gettysburg" at Concord
next Friday evening, Nov. 6.
Helen M. Massey of Putney is Wis
iting her parents Mr.. and M s. E. M. |
Massey. other guests at Mr.. Mas
sey's during the past week were, Mr.. !
and Mrs. r. F.. Woodward and three ,
children of st. Johnsbury and Mrs.
Alonzo o. Tibbitts of KnowltOn,
p. Q.
Death of Nj. ID. Park
After a long period of failing
health, Myron d. Park, died Wednes-
day, Oct. 81, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. G. ID. Hubbard. Myron
ID. Park was born in Lyndon, Ma. CHI
Is, 1916, a son of Abel and Sophia
Dow Park. His early life was spent
on the home farm. December %,
1880, he married Julia Locklin of
Lyndon. The young couple went
to Wheelock where they lived for
13 years. For six years they we're
on a farm and then Mr.. Park had
a store in Wheelock village. Later
he bought the hotel, conducting that
and the sto.e during the last three
years he was in town. He was a
prominent and popular resident of
that town, serving as lister and Sc
lectman there for eight years, filling
these position with credit to him !
self and town. In August, 1894, he
moved to st. Johnsbury Center,
buying a store and doing successful
business there for 20 years. Mr..
Park was a past master of Shepherd
Pomona Grange, a prominent mem
Der of the l. o. o. F. and Rebekah
lodge at Lyndonville. Moose River
encampment. Passumpsic lodge F.
and A. M. and the o. E. S. at st.
Johnsbury. He was a man we'll
liked bv al who knew him as he
was by nature kind and friendly. He
is survived by his wife, a sister, Mrs.
G. d. Hubbard and two brothers.
S. d. Park of Crete, Neb., who have
been here during the last week Of
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