St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-17

East Burke last week.
Mrs. Fred Shonyo and son How
ard, spent few days last week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dick
inson, at East Barnet.
Bernard Gerry's little daughter,
Lena, has been quite i'll and his moth
er, Mrs. G. L. Gerry, has been tax
ing care of her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Smith visited
friends in East Burke last week.
Mrs. o. G. Chase has returned
home after several weeks visit to her
son, Ernest Chase, in Manchester,
N. H.
An agent was in town last week
making final arrangements for the
Chatauqua assembly, which is to be
held here next August. A fine pro-
gram is being prepared and among
the attractive features will be the pre-
sentation of a Shakespeare play by
the Ben Greet players.
E. 7. Wood, who has sold his brass
foundry and business to Lyman P.
Hartman of ST. Johnsbury, will prob
ably not engage in active business
again He plans to spend the next
winter in California.
Mrs. G. H. Pillsbury of Groton was
a recent visitor in town, a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Murray.
Mrs. Samuel McBirney of Monroe,
n. H., was called here last week to at
tend the funeral of her niece, Mrs.
Fred Hubbard.
Miss Roancy Parker and Mrs Elva
Harvey from East Burke were guests
of Mrs. Nellie Gray last week.
The Rev. Rutherford Moore was
called to North Hero last week to at
tend the funeral of a former parish
Toner
John L. Norris is at home from his
trip through the Panama Canal and
to the San Francisco Exposition
Miss Ruth Chapman is working in
the dental office of DR.. H. Munford
Smith.
A free lecture was given in Music
Hall Tuesday evening by Warren E.
Bristol of Vergennes, secretary of
the Worlds Alliance of the Y. M. C.
A. The lecture was given under the
auspices of the Lyndon Union Club
on the subject, Women in the
European War. Mr.. Bristol is a
native of Vergennes, a Rhodes schoI-
ar and thoroughly conversant with
LIZ OoOJONCs 11O WdS accompanied DIV
the state secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
Byron R. Clark and will probably
spend a few days in town, arousing
interest in the extension of the Y. M
e.. A. into the French army.
The ladies of Farnsworth Relief
Corps served a dinner in G.. A. r.
Hall last Friday, to which members
OF the post and corps were invited
R91nh HinnC so
tack of the chicken pox and Arthur
Mccain siege with the mumps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Dwinell. Jr
have been spending a few days at her
former home in West Townshend.
Mass.
The news was received last week
of the death of Mrs Amelia (Killy)
Church in Walpole, N. H., after an
illness of nearly six years from the
eHects of a shock. Since her hus-
bands death, she has been cared for
by her brother, Henry Killy. Both
MRS. Church and Mr.. Killy were well
known former residents of this town
and nave many friends here.
Tne Mothers Circle had a very
pleasant meeting last Thursday eve
ming with Mrs. w. H. Parker.
the ladies of the friendly aid com
m1ttee of the Lyndon Union Club
meet each week Tuesday to sew. They
also ask for contributions of gar
ments from any one who has them
Mrs. Clara Lomis is able to be ont
again after a tedious illness of sew
eral weeks.
Arthur Emery has been sick for
a few days.
Mrs. Leon Pontbriand, the Catholic
priests mother, is in very poor health
l.. X. Farrar and George La Point
were both in Boston the week of the
automobile show and attended the
same.
J. L. Hovey of Eagle Point, Ore.
mas been visiting his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Hovey.
A little fire scare occurred in the
tin shop in the Eaton block last
week Tuesday from opening one of
the plumbers fire pots rather sud
denly The flames burst out and
created a little scare, but the gaso-
line soon burned itself out and did
little harm.