St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-07-28
EAST BURKE
Meeting of Garden Class-Sudden
Death of Walter Counter.
B. G. Humphrey, Correspondent.

meet at Bessie Harris Thursday af-
ternoon at two o'clock. Please bring
sewing. Miss Newton of Lyndon is
expected to be present and will give
! a demonstration of Gaming vcge-
tables. Any of the mothers who may
| be interested are invited to come to
this meeting.
This community was shocked and
saddened Sunday to hear that Walter
Counter one of our most respected
citizens had dropped dead about four
O'Clock while walking across the room
at his home Although he had been
in very poor health for years he had
been as we'll as usual that day. The
funeral will be held from his late
home Wednesday afternoon at two
O'Clock. He leaves a wife, an aged
mother and three brothers, besides a
host of friends to mourn his loss.
E. r. Harvey is shingling his house
and making repairs on the interior.
j. c. Lucia has finished repairing
the bulkhead at Darling's mill and
| is to make considerable repairs on
the mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wheeler and
two little girls, Bernice and Gladys,
were Sunday visitors at their uncle,
Frank Counters.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob MaGilI were at
The Hollow Sunday to see her moth
er, Mrs. Tyler Gaskill who is in a
critical condition.
Mr.. Waters from Rhode Island has
come to join his wife and child who
have been visiting at w. H. Jeffrey's
and will spend his vacation there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Quimby and
children from Concord were Sunday
visitors at Wesley Dee's.
Miss Martha Sias from Boston is
spending her vacation with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Sias.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stafford and
daughter Ava from Lyndonville were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Drown.
Mrs. Grover Allard is still very
sick with but little hopes of recovery
Mrs. May ellison who has been car
ing for her daughter, Mrs. George
Phillips, returned to her home in
Lyndonville Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Hunter from
Lyndon visited Mrs. Lucy Jenkins
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry White and lit
tie daughter, and father, Alfred
Finney from Lyndonville were in
town Monday night to call on Mrs.
Clara Counter.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Perry from
Kirby spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Perry.
Mrs. Mabel Vance and daughters,
Celia and Helen returned Wednesday
night from visit in Rumney, N. H.,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Silsby.
Edmund and Gladys McNally were
in Sheffield Saturday and Sunday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Fitzpatrick
Mrs. A. w. Wilson is quite sick
with neuralgia.
Miss Mildred Vance went Saturday
to Boston to visit friends.
Mrs Walter Wheeler and two
children spent last week in Concord
with her sister, Mrs. Harvey Morri-
son.
Clayton Coe is visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Charles Ball.
Oliver Counter has been nursing
a bad cut on his knee the past week.
Mrs. Mary Hubbard is keeping
house for her son George while his
housekeeper is in Groveton called
there by the illness of a relative.
Abbie Colby returned from st.
Johnsbury Wednesday where she has
been nursing for a few weeks.
Mrs. Ella Harvey from ST. Johns
bury spent last week at F. C. Har-
vey's.
DR.. Roland Harvey from Hardwick
was visitor of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. G. Harvey, Saturday.
Mrs. Post and son from Massachu-
setts are visiting at George Gilson's
Frank Counter has sold his old
automobile to Chester Wyman.
Ernest Mathers is working for
John McNally through haying.
Miss Mildred Rivers of Lyndon
Center is spending the week with her
aunt, Mrs. B. F. Humphrey.
Austin Webb from Boston who has
been visiting at Merton Vance's re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Wyman who
have been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Wyman returned
Tuesday to their home in WoodsviIle,
n. H.
Miss Inez Goodwin from Newark
is working for Mrs. George Cole.
Leon Pelky has moved to Corn
wall Mill into the Streeter house.
Will Lavely from Lyndonville spent
Sunday at his brother, John Lavely's.
Alfred burlington from West Leb-
anon, n. H., spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Bur-
rington and at f. E. Temples.